ThePollitt
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Fix up, look... at that car on eBay!
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Jan 17, 2011 22:24:12 GMT
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Word up. Tonight the internet has gotten just that little bit fuller thanks to my latest contribution, Not £2 Grand The plan is to update it whenever I get chance and fill it with bits and bobs about all the cars people didn't know they could buy for £2000. Of course you good people won't be shocked by any of the selections as you're fine, upstanding car people. I'm hoping it might educate some though. It's just a bit of fun really, so don't expect MPGs and actual reviews. There's CAR Online and Wikipedia for that. I just thought that as everyone seems to like a blog, it must be worth a punt! Have a read, let me know what you think. www.not2grand.blogspot.comHave some cars that came up after googling 'car blog'...           Chris |
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Ether
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Jan 17, 2011 23:28:59 GMT
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Great idea, old chap. I might biff the Jaguar off soon so I'll be looking for inspiration. Bookmarked!
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EmDee
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New (old) Blog! Not £2 Grand! EmDee
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Brilliant stuff. I've decided I'm taking it upon myself to be "that guy". Spelling mistake in the last line of paragraph 8 in the A8 piece - "the" should read "they". Only telling you because I would want someone to let me know if it were mine. Subscribed by the way, well written and entertaining. Have a "slammed" and "ratted" A8:  |
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New (old) Blog! Not £2 Grand! BenzBoy
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Nice idea! I'll try to look in on it regularly (I've not got the hang of RSS or subscribing to blogs yet...) Hey, you could write about cars for a living or something!  |
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ThePollitt
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Cheers guys, and thanks for the heads up on that typo! I proof read it about 9 times but it still crept in there!
There'll be another update tomorrow!
Chris
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Added to my SSBB blogroll. ;D Very nice, will be looking forward to future updates (whilst enjoying my own newly-acquired £2k car, which I won't be talking about here as it's decidedly non-retro...) ***edit*** BTW, it's pretty easy to embed Google Analytics into Blogger - then you can see who's clicking on what, dwell time on different posts, where in the world you're getting hits, which websites/forums/blogs/etc they got to your blog from, if they found you through Google you can see what keywords they typed in... pretty handy. bit.ly/aobNPM |
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Jan 18, 2011 11:47:11 GMT
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DutyFreeSaviour
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Back For More heartbreak and disappointment.....
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Jan 18, 2011 12:08:24 GMT
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Good work Chris - well written and hopefully will open some eyes.......... someone tell the TG team John |
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Back from the dead..... kind of
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ThePollitt
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Jan 18, 2011 12:45:47 GMT
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Now with Impreza-goodness!
Chris
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Jan 19, 2011 11:21:05 GMT
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Nice blog. Cool cars and a nice writing style!
Can I make a slightly odd suggestion of looking at Saab 9-3 Aero's, fairly modern, loads of gadgets, leather etc and 200BHP for approximately 50p
(I'm biased as I like Saabs. I bought a 2002 Saab 9-5 Vector 2.0T for £1200! These cars are bargains right now)
ta,
Rich
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ThePollitt
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Jan 19, 2011 11:29:50 GMT
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Nice blog. Cool cars and a nice writing style! Can I make a slightly odd suggestion of looking at Saab 9-3 Aero's, fairly modern, loads of gadgets, leather etc and 200BHP for approximately 50p (I'm biased as I like Saabs. I bought a 2002 Saab 9-5 Vector 2.0T for £1200! These cars are bargains right now) ta, Rich I'm all for suggestions, and the Saab was already on the list. I'm trying to shake up the cars so that I don't end up with succession of one particular style of car. Oh, and I've just updated with Alfa Romeo goodness! Chris |
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rob0r
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New (old) Blog! Not £2 Grand! rob0r
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Jan 19, 2011 11:34:05 GMT
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BMW E34/E39 540i would be my suggestion, or if you hunt for one, a BMW E36 M3.
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E30 320i 3.5 - E23 730 - E3 3.0si - E21 316 M42 - E32 750i
ETC
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Stu_B
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Jan 19, 2011 11:40:28 GMT
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Nice blog Chris, although I have to say it'll be a long time before I have £2k to spend on a car  |
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EmDee
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New (old) Blog! Not £2 Grand! EmDee
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Jan 19, 2011 12:00:26 GMT
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Very enjoyable. The obligatory spelling correction of the day is at the end of line one in the Doobaroo article. Should read "a Scotsman" or "Scotsmen". When you're on telly presenting TopGear I would like a cut of your salary for my proofreading skills. And as a thank you for your journalistic prowess - and at the risk of looking almost slightly stalkerish I would like you to have a pic of a weirdo in a nice car.  I should really sort through my RRG pics and post them on here some day. |
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ThePollitt
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Jan 19, 2011 12:03:46 GMT
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Thanks for the heads up, duly edited.
And thanks for the pic!
Your money is in the post.
Chris
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Jan 19, 2011 12:11:05 GMT
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You may not want to roll in a K reg fiat panda, but i don't suppose you know where that one is, as some of us actually like them (i can afford all the cars in that blog, but still want the panda)
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1993 Fiat Panda Selecta
2003 Vauxhall Combo 1.7DI van
2006 Mercedes Kompressor Evolution-S AMG SportCoupé
"You think you hate it now, wait til you drive it"
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ThePollitt
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Jan 19, 2011 12:14:49 GMT
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You may not want to roll in a K reg fiat panda, but I don't suppose you know where that one is, as some of us actually like them (i can afford all the cars in that blog, but still want the panda) Afraid not, it was just a generic pic off the net. And for the record, I have nothing against Pandas! Chris |
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EmDee
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New (old) Blog! Not £2 Grand! EmDee
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Jan 19, 2011 12:15:11 GMT
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How did you get my address?  |
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ThePollitt
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Feb 23, 2011 17:29:42 GMT
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Some retro tin in the latest update...sort of. HERE!Chris |
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Feb 23, 2011 22:33:47 GMT
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That is one well writen blog! Bookmarked  |
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