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Needs must sometimes guys and gals. I sadly had something like 20 years of Cortinas Cavaliers Montegos Sierras Vectras and Mondeos when I was Repmobile Boy. :(

(A "claim to fame" which I am actually a little bit proud of is that I had one of the very, very first Sierras after launch. I had a change of vehicle due at just that time, collected it from Head Office in Central London, -it was a Y reg, so must have been 1982 or 1983 - and as I drove through and out of London got more people stopping and staring than if I'd been the Lord Mayor!) It was utter sh*te, btw. They called it the jelly mould because thats what the first ones looked like, and it drove like one too, !Removed! awful.

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I love mondeo I've had a st24 and 2 st24,rs turbo,2 scoobys wrx and a uk300, Honda type r, escort cosworths replica♡♡♡my baby that was.my god you would get bored if I put then all down lol, think I got a illness when it comes 2 cars hee hee (can't get enough of them):)

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me 2 lol....by the time I said about all my car the session would be over pmsl :)

I know the feeling. Im on car number 50 odd. That plus around 10 bikes (not allowed one since I got married 20 odd years ago).

When I first started driving in 1979 (goes to show how old I am) i used to buy a car for a few hundred pounds and change it every three months. Before I got married I had two cars (one main car and a project car) as well as a bike on the go. Marriage really does change things. Still I have my own car and the wifes car is always the one that I use to tinker with.

Now the daughter has had a first driving lesson she wants one as well. Guess who will have to pay for it?

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I know the feeling. Im on car number 50 odd. That plus around 10 bikes (not allowed one since I got married 20 odd years ago).

When I first started driving in 1979 (goes to show how old I am) i used to buy a car for a few hundred pounds and change it every three months. Before I got married I had two cars (one main car and a project car) as well as a bike on the go. Marriage really does change things. Still I have my own car and the wifes car is always the one that I use to tinker with.

Now the daughter has had a first driving lesson she wants one as well. Guess who will have to pay for it?

O bless her hope the lesson went well:) better get her something tidy lol. I don't want 2 count how many I've had and the money I spent..lol

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Bruce don't start on about how old you are 'cos Jeffthro will start on about OAP's again. God, I remember my daughters first lesson, she nearly killed us both, never took her out again.

Perhaps you both should compile a definitive list of what cars you've owned and when. May become a best seller lol ;-)

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Bruce don't start on about how old you are 'cos Jeffthro will start on about OAP's again. God, I remember my daughters first lesson, she nearly killed us both, never took her out again.

Perhaps you both should compile a definitive list of what cars you've owned and when. May become a best seller lol ;-)

Good idea! Lol

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Bruce don't start on about how old you are 'cos Jeffthro will start on about OAP's again. God, I remember my daughters first lesson, she nearly killed us both, never took her out again.

Perhaps you both should compile a definitive list of what cars you've owned and when. May become a best seller lol ;-)

You got me! :) I am indeed the original and genuine Old Git! :rolleyes:

AND I've got two daughters with my second (and still current, lol) wife, one of them I taught right up to within half a dozen lessons of her test, and the second one I took out once and then sent to an instructor. (They both passed first time too!)

Moving on to a list of cars I've owned, not even gonna try, but my very first car was a 1947 Ford Prefect with a new MOT which cost me £12.50. Or £12 and 10 shillings in original money!

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You got me! :) I am indeed the original and genuine Old Git! :rolleyes:

AND I've got two daughters with my second (and still current, lol) wife, one of them I taught right up to within half a dozen lessons of her test, and the second one I took out once and then sent to an instructor. (They both passed first time too!)

Moving on to a list of cars I've owned, not even gonna try, but my very first car was a 1947 Ford Prefect with a new MOT which cost me £12.50. Or £12 and 10 shillings in original money!

How much?...lol:)

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