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A Feelgood Moment
Rek - 20/7/09 at 05:58 PM

Had to post this as my wife didnt get the point

Took my Phaeton to work today (Appreciate they are not to everyones taste!) and on my way home Im sat in traffic between a new range-rover in front and a new Porsche Behind (im guessing a hundred grands between the two).

three teenagers walking past say "Wicked car mate" to me!!! I was grinning all the way home in my thousand pound motor (Hopefully they wernt taking the mickey!!!)

made the skinned knuckles and ballache of the rebuild all worth while...

daniel mason - 20/7/09 at 06:03 PM

thats the thing with kits,everyone seems to love them! i get loads of attention in mine everywhere i go. some people even making recordings on video cameras. thats probably down to being in the lakes and not many on the road!

jpindy3 - 20/7/09 at 06:14 PM

its nice,its coz there diffrent every one has a good look,or that its coz im so good looking

Dangle_kt - 20/7/09 at 06:15 PM

eh?



Phaeton?

daniel mason - 20/7/09 at 06:22 PM

ha ha^^
my uncle has a dutton phaeton in lime green! not to everyones taste.

blakep82 - 20/7/09 at 06:38 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Dangle_kt
eh?



Phaeton?


wow! for only £1000?! didn't know the depreciation was that bad, but thats a b argain for one of them!

blakep82 - 20/7/09 at 06:38 PM

i know its a dutton really

jollygreengiant - 20/7/09 at 07:07 PM

It's great isn't it, I had a complete stranger (over 60's club) walk over to my car one day, whilst waiting to park, who then started to polish my wing mirrors for me. Bless him. then the conversations started, nearly lost my parking space.

wilkingj - 20/7/09 at 07:17 PM

Yep me too....

I pulled into a filling station in Cambridge, and a chap just finished filling his Porsche 911 walked over and said "Nice car mate"
I took it as a compliment.

I get a fair few comments about the car..
I think its cos its different.

I have also had young (20's) females look and give me a brill look and smile, and even a wave sometimes.

Its a damn good job I dont have a windscreen, as with the Helmet on and the Visor down, then cant see I'm an ageing and greying old fart pushing 60, that they wouldnt look once at, let alone twice!

It does me a power of good

Yer cant beat a kit car for all this.... and its priceless... you cant buy it (only the car!)

MautoK - 20/7/09 at 08:13 PM

quote:
Originally posted by wilkingj
I have also had young (20's) females look and give me a brill look and smile, and even a wave sometimes.


...and all I got today was a wave from a bloke in a Transit!

Mr G - 25/7/09 at 11:50 AM



RichieHall - 11/10/09 at 02:24 PM

I never realised how many Phaeton's were left!

But I'll agree even with it on the trailer I get waves, smiles, flashes - out of junctions

[Edited on 11/10/09 by RichieHall]

Ninehigh - 12/10/09 at 07:41 PM

Actually they look pretty cool, a seven on steriods-ish