Italians...

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Tue Sep 20, 2016 9:32 pm

WTActualF?

mercutio · Post by **mercutio** » Tue Sep 20, 2016 10:26 pm

the small car thing is because of the italian road taxation its done on engine size drive a 2.0 or a 2.2 or larger into a petrol station with service and the guy will treat you like royalty they assume your rich such is the cost of big car motoring in Italy

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Wed Sep 21, 2016 8:59 am

Yesterday we went to Herculaneum.
They have a Gorgon:

There, that's 'im, actual Gorgon:

Relevance? Well, some might remember that we used to have a Gorgon. These days we have to make do a pale @Donald impersonation instead. And even that's rare now, since he's started doing some actual work...

I would also like to clarify, that this:

Was not the same house

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Wed Sep 21, 2016 10:24 pm

It seems the Germans are coming!
(Saw these dudes go past today, while we were sat waiting at a bar at the bus stop from Positana back to sorento*)
http://www.rallyevesuvio.de/die-tour/
Impressive tour, that!

*the bus btw, promptly drove straight past without so much as a flinch, on the basis it was already full, leaving us to wait another hour, probably only to find the same again, or... at the mercy of the locals to whore their cars out for cash

guess what we went for

Rudelude · Post by **Rudelude** » Thu Sep 22, 2016 3:33 am

wurlycorner wrote:Meant to be the masters of stylish automobiles.

So, that said then....

Explain this?

It's a bit like the love child of a ford Granada Scorpio and Rover 75....

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Sat Sep 24, 2016 8:07 am

Least scary military police vehicle, ever..?

prelude91 · Post by **prelude91** » Sat Sep 24, 2016 3:39 pm

And what's wrong with 75's?

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Sat Sep 24, 2016 7:13 pm

Turns out they weren't mad when they built the panda 4x4 - they do have a use, after all!

Perfect for driving all over volcanoes, apparently!

They like them so much, they seem to have bought every last one available!

mercutio · Post by **mercutio** » Wed Sep 28, 2016 7:11 pm

nothing wrong with 75's

Post by **simonc** » Thu Sep 29, 2016 8:12 am

mercutio wrote:nothing wrong with 75's

For gentlemen of a certain vintage,there's nothing wrong a 75 at all.