scoobyis2cool
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| posted on 3/9/04 at 05:12 PM |
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You drive a what now?!
I was just wondering how everyone else describes their car to people who know nothing about cars. I gave up long ago telling people it was an MK Indy,
and Caterham or Westfield doesn't seem to ring any bells with most people. I've taken to saying it's a two seater open topped sports
car, but half the people in my road are still convinced I've ripped a load of sierras apart to build another sierra!?!
Oh, and my Mum still insists on telling her friends I'm building a Caterham Westfield...
So how do you describe yours?
Pete
It's not that I'm lazy, it's that I just don't care...
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liam.mccaffrey
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| posted on 3/9/04 at 05:17 PM |
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i tell people i'm building a kit car,
it seems to cover all bases, if they're interested they ask which one or type, and if they're not they usually at least understand what i
am on about
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scoobyis2cool
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| posted on 3/9/04 at 05:20 PM |
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Yeah I tried kit car for a while, but people seemed to think that meant it was radio controlled. Took me ages to explain to them it was a full sized
car, then they wanted to know what it looked like and I was back to square one...
Pete
It's not that I'm lazy, it's that I just don't care...
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Benzine
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| posted on 3/9/04 at 05:43 PM |
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Maybe we should all make some kind of powerpoint presentation for people then take laptops with us everywhere we go 
The mental gymnastics a landlord will employ to justify immoral actions is clinically fascinating. Just because something is legal doesn't make
it moral.
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I love speed :-P
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| posted on 3/9/04 at 05:51 PM |
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i just say i am scratch bulding a lotus 11, they reply which kit is it, is it a westie, no its scratch built, >show them a picture< its
nothing like i thought it would b, i though it would b like a 7
disclamer, i didnt do the body
Don't Steal
The Government doesn’t like the competition
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john_p_b
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| posted on 3/9/04 at 06:01 PM |
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generaly tell them it's a kit car and leave it at that, if they have a clue and are interested then out comes the mobile phone with the piccies
on it.
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Viper
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| posted on 3/9/04 at 07:35 PM |
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a pile 'o' shite.
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stephen_gusterson
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| posted on 3/9/04 at 09:39 PM |
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i tell em that im building a morgan look alike based on plans fpr a lotus seven, and that its from bare steel and not a kit.
most people understand that, but that have had 4+ years to grasp the concept!
atb
steve
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robinbastd
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| posted on 3/9/04 at 09:43 PM |
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Mine's a Tifino,cos I'm f##ked if I know!
Only a dead fish swims with the tide.
http://smuttygifts.com/
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alfasudsprint
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| posted on 4/9/04 at 11:23 AM |
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I remember a student of mine who wrote a composition for an English school, the student wrote about me, said I was building a car....the teacher
crossed it out cos she thought it was impossibble! Usually say say am building a car, thats enough to get them asking...the surprise is always good
fun!
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phelpsa
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| posted on 4/9/04 at 04:23 PM |
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I say I am building a car and thats enough to get most people laughing. Out comes the phone again and then it's 'your only 13, I bet your
lying'. Then I get dad to back me up and then they shut up and sound interested.
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Graceland
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| posted on 5/9/04 at 09:49 AM |
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folk ask me what i'm building and i say
"which one"
then then ask
"what you got"
i tell em
"lots of metal"
hehe - keeps me amused looking at their surprised faces 
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