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extinct cars

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How can the bettle be extinct?

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It is the second best selling car in the world, and I think was the longest in production. bah

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i mean beetle.

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duh

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Life On Mars

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Life On Mars??? Surely they are thinking of the granada? The only capri was one being drove into a goal on a football pitch.

Also the flintstones - Super Aguri F1 car comment was daft, they are beating their own company honda on the track.

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Re: Life On Mars

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the same capri in life on mars popped up in lopads of different scenes n episodes, i remember thinking "that car gets everywhere" lol, they must use the same cars a lot, but since it was a capri, i noticedImage
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Re: Life On Mars

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Yeah I noticed the Capri pop up more than once. Same with a Marina which caught my eye as it was my first car and also what I learnt to drive in - and you don't see many of them these days!
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i used the have the ital 1.3
good car
just did not like:
to go round bends
bumpy roads
wet weather
cold weather
hot weather
strong winds
etc......................

but saying that it did me alright

then i had the 1.7 marina
same as above!!!!but faster

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Saw one today

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a light blue Ital near Lincoln, clocked it a quarter of a mile away coming in the opposite direction, once a car spotter always a car spotter eh.
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Re: Saw one today

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Saw a Marina Coupe at the traffic lights by where I work the other day, twas a lovely fetching shade of brown. It was driven by a young-ish kid, but he had an old lady in the car with him, maybe it was his grandad's old car?

Nice though.
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Marina

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Me and my 1.3 Coupe a 'few' years ago

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capri/cortina

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looks like they just don't know the difference between a cortina and a capri, they make the same mistake here too:

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Re: capri/cortina

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my next door neighbour was the same when i bought my 2nd capri

oh i see u like life on mars then? (thinking it was a cortina)

i was like no, its a capri, and a mk 3( 2 / 2.5 /2 facelift whatever) and plus only 3 months ago i had the same car but in blue, you crazy crazy guy

he was a bit shocked that i was emotional about his confusion lol, how can u mix up the 2?Image
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But it's got four headlights!

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..duh! It must be a cortina!
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Re: But it's got four headlights!

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Trabant? Extinct?

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There were **** loads in Bulgaria!!!!
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Re: Trabant? Extinct?

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The Trabant is not extinct! I dove past one tonight, those two stroke enginges sound dog rough though.

I also spotted a Rickshaw painted pink driving through the centre of shields, earlier in the year. As well as the usual classics and odd exotic car that pops up occasionaly.

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