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Nov 11, 2007 14:45:11 GMT
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:)I have a problem which I'm not sure how to deal with. I love Skoda and it's cars and am very proud of it's heritage. I've grown up with Skodas being around me all the time and it kinda upsets me that the old ones that were the butt of jokes have become as rare as they have.
The problem is this.....I can't stop buying them! At the moment I have:
1972 S100L
1984 Rapid 120
1984 Estelle 120 LSE
1988 Estelle 130 LSE
1988 Estelle 130 GL
1990 Rapid 136
RV Dynamics kit car based on an expired 1988 Rapid.
1997 Felicia 1.3 GLi
Some of these are on the road, others are restoration projects.
I'm also storing a 1989 Rapid 136 for a friend to restore, and possibly buying a Mk1 Favorit and been offered at least 2 other Estelle's via email!
As well as cars I have 2 sheds and a council lock up full of old spares, and a load more at the garage/MOT centre I run in Royston, Herts.
Am I obsessed, excentric, ill, crazy or have I just lost the plot totally? ;D
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Nov 11, 2007 14:59:38 GMT
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I think you are obsessed, excentric, ill, crazy and have just lost the plot totally.
Welcome to the club. I'm on 39 Datsuns, 1 Lotus, 2 Hondas, 1 Suzuki, 2 Triumphs, 2 Colts, 1 Caddy, 1 Beach Buggy, 1 Peugeot and 4 Yamaha XJ650s.....and you thought you had problems!!!
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Jet noise....the sound of freedom
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Nov 11, 2007 15:01:03 GMT
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Am I obsessed, excentric, ill, crazy or have I just lost the plot totally? ;D all, thats why you're here.  |
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Nov 11, 2007 15:15:42 GMT
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I think you are obsessed, excentric, ill, crazy and have just lost the plot totally. Welcome to the club. I'm on 39 Datsuns, 1 Lotus, 2 Hondas, 1 Suzuki, 2 Triumphs, 2 Colts, 1 Caddy, 1 Beach Buggy, 1 Peugeot and 4 Yamaha XJ650s.....and you thought you had problems!!! ;D FFS...you have got it bad! |
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ezzysi
Posted a lot
Posts: 1,189
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Nov 11, 2007 15:38:57 GMT
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You say people are emailing you with offers of more skodas? Could it be folk are taking advantage of this obsession!? But seriously, whatever makes you happy, at least it keeps you of street corners, sniffing glue.................. hopefully  |
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1991 Mk2 Golf Gti 8v
2005 Passat tdi (daily)
1971 Mk1 Escort
2004 Touran (her's)
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Nov 11, 2007 15:49:07 GMT
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It does, he now sniffs glue in the back of a 1990 Skoda Rapid.
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Davenger
Club Retro Rides Member
It's only metal
Posts: 7,272
Club RR Member Number: 140
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Nov 11, 2007 16:06:58 GMT
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There's nothing wrong with you.
You've just got enough money and space to do what we'd all like to do
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Nov 11, 2007 17:44:51 GMT
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Yeah if ya happy, and they make you happy. no prob, if you are drowning in projects and related stress you have probs, Dave Rapper, stress?! nah. you're fine. |
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 it doesn't matter if it's a Morris Marina or a Toyota Celica - it's what you do with it that counts  |
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Nov 11, 2007 17:48:48 GMT
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Dave, just send a rapid and/or estelle my way and you'll feel soooooooo much better I'm sure |
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Nov 11, 2007 18:14:51 GMT
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cedrics got the rooom
lucky git lol
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2001 HONDA CT110 (NOT RCV)
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Nov 11, 2007 18:20:49 GMT
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Perfectly normal behaviour. Well. For these parts anyhoo....  |
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B-8-D
Posted a lot
down to one car!!
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Nov 11, 2007 18:21:50 GMT
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join the mad club..
i work on old cars in the day..
have a council lockup. a garrage/unit and a house full of spares for
1 nissan 720 kingcab
1 imp
1 capri
1 bmw 635
1 sd1
and a bandit 400 and a minature bike (currently in the bedroom!)..
plus loads of spares.....
si
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Nov 11, 2007 18:30:29 GMT
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I think I might be borderline 'off the rails'. I consider the Corvette to be a perfectly sensible daily driver. Hell, it averages about 15 blasting around town, which is acceptable, and I (as proven today) can fit all my shopping from Tescos in the back, which promptly gets thrown around, as I attempt to reach the legal limits as quickly as traction allows. .......Nurse! OT it took me 5 petrol stations to find one with a working airline today - do these things go on strike or something!  |
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Last Edit: Nov 11, 2007 18:31:56 GMT by Lewis
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Nov 11, 2007 18:32:07 GMT
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I see nothing wrong with that behaviour Dave Looking out of the kitchen window i see ... my Taunus Transit, another Taunus Transit, a Taunus Transit Trailer, MKIII Granada, MKIII Capri, another Taunus Transit, another MKIII Capri, two plastic TDI dailys, with another Taunus Transit in the barn along with my son´s MKIII Cortina and i´m still looking for a decent Cosworth 24V!!!! ;D Dave (another one with too much room at home) |
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Nov 11, 2007 20:06:15 GMT
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I feel really bad because I forgot to list the Imp, the Stiletto and 3 caravans.
I really think thats it now.
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Jet noise....the sound of freedom
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Nov 11, 2007 20:10:29 GMT
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the more cars you own the less chance of you finishing one. I've learnt that the hard way. Do you wnat to be an accumulator of tat slowing rotting into the ground or do you want to sort any of these cars out? Few of us have the faciities to keep more than 2 - 3 maybe 4 cars and keep them from rotting away to nothing, yet having a garden full of scrap is seen as somehow heroic. (JC seems to be an exception to this rule...)
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Last Edit: Nov 11, 2007 20:10:56 GMT by akku
1937 Austin Street Rod - 1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1976 Rover V8 - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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Nov 11, 2007 20:41:45 GMT
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the more cars you own the less chance of you finishing one. I've learnt that the hard way. Do you wnat to be an accumulator of tat slowing rotting into the ground or do you want to sort any of these cars out? Few of us have the faciities to keep more than 2 - 3 maybe 4 cars and keep them from rotting away to nothing, yet having a garden full of scrap is seen as somehow heroic. (JC seems to be an exception to this rule...) I've learned the same lesson in the past. Between us, Ratdat and I had one of nearly every model of Datsun ever imported....all at the same time. They were parked in a field at his place and when a passer-by complained, we spent many months breaking a lot of them up and getting thoroughly sick of doing it too. In the end, a car was lucky to donate it's fuses before we crushed it with the JCB. Datsuns are too rare to pass them up so when I'm offered one, I usually get it and I have built up a large collection again but this time, have somewhere dry to keep them. Also, I'm being paid quite a hefty pension already so that, coupled with very low overheads at my workshop, means I can spend part of every week doing my own things. It also explains my low hourly rate when working on customers' cars. I'm not doing it to make a million....more for fun. The trick is to concentrate on one car at a time and fix a target for that car and how far you want to go with it. A lot of mine are getting just enough attention to get them back on the road reliably. Then they're passed on. I have a core collection of 10 or so which will never be willingly sold. I still feel obsessed, excentric, ill, crazy and have just lost the plot totally. |
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Jet noise....the sound of freedom
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Nov 11, 2007 21:00:47 GMT
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riley1.5 1950cc needs surgery
EX-BT spacevan gone for restoration!
austin a60 pick-up v8
honda XL500 having rebuild : )
bsa goldstar
ktm ducati
suzuki T500 with nos
pug 205 diesel
playgirl mini daughters
austin j4 panel van
SOME OF THOSE COMMERS HAVE GONE!
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Nov 11, 2007 21:23:00 GMT
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I've leant the Lesson Alistair talked about there too. not just recently, I have been in and out of the situation since I was 21 and got a 'Must have' XR2 but failed o sell my poor old Volv 360. However I'm slightly better equiped these days if slightly out of control, numbers are coming down as we speak! Aaaand my best car will be focused on after Xmas... |
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it doesn't matter if it's a Morris Marina or a Toyota Celica - it's what you do with it that counts |
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Nov 11, 2007 21:54:54 GMT
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don't forget Dave runs a garage. so its not like his cars are sitting rotting away, so he IMO can join the exceptions list.
personally i feel anyone with lots of cars is fine. as long as they aren't getting worse for being owned by you. which is why i've thinned out a bit, down to 13 now (IIRC)
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