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Auto Italia Day - Standford Hall June 2008
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wrinx



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PostPosted: Sun Jan 11, 2009 12:46 am    Post subject: Auto Italia Day - Standford Hall June 2008 Reply with quote
Sorry, very late, but hope you enjoy the Italian (and other!) exotica:

Some strangely familiar faces there too....





























































...my Tonkatoy featured on the magazine's website after the event Very Happy

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PostPosted: Sun Jan 11, 2009 5:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
mm some tasty metal in that lot, this caught my eye especially



(although is there something going on with the front arch - repaired?)

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PostPosted: Sun Jan 11, 2009 5:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Great minds think alike I liked that one too Rolling Eyes Cool
What exactly is the Maserati one of my friends here used to have a maserati dealership
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 12, 2009 12:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Hi wrinx what happened to that light blue 75 in the 4th from top photo?
It looks like some car ready for bangers or something similar?!
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 12, 2009 12:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
bob,

That was another 'victim' of Top Gear. They each had to buy an Alfa and complete some tasks. The white Spider next to it broke down and got towed into the meet. The program was quite funny but I along with others here don't like what they do with what is really our money.

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PostPosted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 10:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I dont like much this top gear although I never saw a single episode but I saw pieces on youtube.
I do not think they are as passionate about cars as they want us to believe!!
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Although not perfect, Top Gear is about the only programme I circle in the TV paper (F1 too). Some of the episodes drag on (the star in the car thing is really tedious), but most of the rest I find very watchable. I'd rather see my licence fee spent on this than yet another boring phone-in show (Euroyawn, Dancing About, Eastenders and the rest of that dirge).

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PostPosted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 9:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Greeney in France wrote:
Great minds think alike I liked that one too Rolling Eyes Cool
What exactly is the Maserati one of my friends here used to have a maserati dealership


Yup, one of my favourites too...I will own a Maserati one day!!! Cool

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PostPosted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 8:44 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
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(the star in the car thing is really tedious),

that's the contractual arrangement to get to publicise a 'stars' new film or book or just to keep them in the limelight for an up and coming film, book or something. The reasonably priced car is just incidental.
I must say the program is becoming a bit cheesy lets hope the BBC do a better job with the F1 Rolling Eyes
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