Clarkson at it again. . . .

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Clarkson at it again. . . .

Post by Gee tc » Sat Dec 01, 2012 11:34 am

Watching Graham Norton last night....

From the latest DVD by Top Gear..Worst Cars.
They drop a very nice looking Tax exempt (VWL ***K) 1.3 Coupe onto a newish Fiat panda.
One of them, but dont know which or was said, was Grahams Nortons favouriteish car .
He got a look of scorn from Clarkson & May.

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Post by black tulip tc » Sat Dec 01, 2012 12:59 pm

Could have been the Harvest Gold one that was on ebay 3 or 4 months ago????
The "VWL" part of the reg. sounds familiar.

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Post by vermillion » Sat Dec 01, 2012 1:02 pm

black tulip tc wrote:Could have been the Harvest Gold one that was on ebay 3 or 4 months ago????
The "VWL" part of the reg. sounds familiar.

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We think it was that one Dave. I think Josh made a comment about it in an earlier thread. I also saw some of the Graham Norton programme last night and they were asking the audience about their favourite dislikes. Good on the young lady who got up and said Jeremy Clarkson :clap: :clap:

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Post by JoshWard » Sat Dec 01, 2012 2:40 pm

Yup that's VWL 747K
See here for one of the eBay threads.

The car looked a bit dubious with filler and a dodgy respray, although it would have been far nicer to see it broken for spares than just chucked on a Fiat :rolls:

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Post by tathoarder » Sat Dec 01, 2012 5:37 pm

I tried to buy it when it was last on eBay, now I know who outbid me with seconds to go!

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Post by ado28 » Sun Dec 02, 2012 10:07 am

Anyone see how the Marina faired up lol?
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Post by Marinanut » Sun Dec 02, 2012 10:20 am

ado28 wrote:Anyone see how the Marina faired up lol?
Like dropping a wet towel on a dustbin..... cars aren't designed to bend that way and the roof fell in. They're desperate to get a reaction.... Zzzzzzz.
The classic car movement needs Jeremy Clarkson like Jenson Button needs a towhitch and a Sprite Musketeer....

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Post by balmy » Sun Dec 02, 2012 10:39 am

Marinanut wrote: They're desperate to get a reaction.... Zzzzzzz.
Best we say no more then! :)
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Post by ado28 » Sun Dec 02, 2012 11:19 am

Oh dear, I agree and think its best to say nothing and laugh it off in a sick sort of way
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Post by MarinaCoupe » Sun Dec 02, 2012 11:28 am

Yawn - been done before.......moving on.......

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Post by Uncle Frank » Sun Dec 02, 2012 4:15 pm

;) I suppose he has to find something to do after the last series was cancelled :lol: :lol:
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Post by d13ker67 » Sun Dec 02, 2012 6:11 pm

I rescued this from birmingham,it looks better than it was.It had the wrong sills weld and stuck on and most other patches were the same. I sold it to a bloke who was going to restore it then it went back on ebay
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Post by maestego » Mon Dec 03, 2012 12:20 pm

watched the show last night,oh dear broken back marina....

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Post by Marinanut » Mon Dec 03, 2012 1:07 pm

Uncle Frank wrote:;) I suppose he has to find something to do after the last series was cancelled :lol: :lol:
So we get regurgitated "Best of Top Gear" again.... and again.... and again.... :rolls:
The classic car movement needs Jeremy Clarkson like Jenson Button needs a towhitch and a Sprite Musketeer....

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Post by ado28 » Mon Dec 03, 2012 3:52 pm

Marinanut wrote:
ado28 wrote:Anyone see how the Marina faired up lol?
Like dropping a wet towel on a dustbin..... cars aren't designed to bend that way and the roof fell in. They're desperate to get a reaction.... Zzzzzzz.
Just watched the clip for myself and your right. Its definitely like a wet towel landing on a dust bin lol :eh:

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