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Old 14 July 2018, 08:33 PM
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I've never owned a French car and after seeing this I am pretty sure I never will

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-...rench-12917992


The wrong colour at the end really made me laugh......You fly a multi-million pound jet and someone loaded the wrong colour..............what a ***** up!

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Not sure what a couple of cocky motards crashing has to do with French cars, but whatever, dude.
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Next door in France is renovating a 2CV, it's in bits in his workshop.


I asked him how difficult it was to source parts, he showed me a large, thick colour catalogue. Apparently, you could build one from scratch with all new parts if you had the €€€...even body shells are available.
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As an aside, did anyone spot the tidy looking 205 Rallye in the news footage for the Amesbury poisonings?

There was one one of the victims being wheeled out on a stretcher and I go "oh look a 205 Rallye, you don't see many of them these days".

Does that qualify me as a 80's petrolhead?

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Originally Posted by ALi-B
As an aside, did anyone spot the tidy looking 205 Rallye in the news footage for the Amesbury poisonings?

There was one one of the victims being wheeled out on a stretcher and I go "oh look a 205 Rallye, you don't see many of them these days".

Does that qualify me as a 80's petrolhead?
Great cars, mate of mine had 3, used to race
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Originally Posted by alcazar
Not sure what a couple of cocky motards crashing has to do with French cars, but whatever, dude.

Practise makes perfect...........
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Originally Posted by alcazar
Next door in France is renovating a 2CV, it's in bits in his workshop.


I asked him how difficult it was to source parts, he showed me a large, thick colour catalogue. Apparently, you could build one from scratch with all new parts if you had the €€€...even body shells are available.
Bloke I work with renovating his cottage has a 1959 fourgonnette. Spent all day Tuesday polishing the **** out of it, it's currently on the lawn at Goodwood in the Cartier style et luxe. Can be seen on autocar website, festival of speed best of Saturday slide show.
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I'd have an Alpine!
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https://alpinecars.com/en/?ORIGIN=F6...term=%2Balpine
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Originally Posted by lozgti1
I'd have an Alpine!
Really ? the new one ?
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Originally Posted by ALi-B
As an aside, did anyone spot the tidy looking 205 Rallye in the news footage for the Amesbury poisonings?

There was one one of the victims being wheeled out on a stretcher and I go "oh look a 205 Rallye, you don't see many of them these days".

Does that qualify me as a 80's petrolhead?
I used to have both a 1.6 205 GTI, then a 1.9.
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Originally Posted by dpb
Really ? the new one ?
Not half ! (for 20k less than they have priced it and a fire extinguisher thrown in)

Never had the joy of 205 fun . I loved them too
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That listen to the A110 section on that site...sounds great!!
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