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O/t: Did/do Your Parents Have An Interesting Cars?

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My dad loves PT's but he was always too tall to fit in them!

His Prius is automatic, the first one he's had. Now he is typical lazy motorway auto driver!!

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    My dad loves PT's but he was always too tall to fit in them!

    His Prius is automatic, the first one he's had. Now he is typical lazy motorway auto driver!!

    Please tell me he doesn't use Cruise Control as well...

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    Oooh, I love cruise control! Used it for the first time in a Ford Transit last year. And then you press two buttons on the steering wheel to change the speed .... I was like a 7 year old at Christmas! :lol: :lol:

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    Oooh, I love cruise control! Used it for the first time in a Ford Transit last year. And then you press two buttons on the steering wheel to change the speed .... I was like a 7 year old at Christmas! :lol: :lol:

    ohh wait till you get a go on the new cruise control's now, you can set the distance from car infront or match that cars speed and all that nonsense!

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    ohh wait till you get a go on the new cruise control's now, you can set the distance from car infront or match that cars speed and all that nonsense!

    Oh I cant wait for the day I get a car with bucket loads of gadgets. Most modern thing I've had in my cars is air-conditioning. That was in my Focus. My two cars I had before that had no redeeming features what so ever. :lol:

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    My dad had a few high power astras back in the day, escort, few cavaliers, more recently he had a Citroen C5 VTR, and now he has a 58 plate 2.2 vectra sri, probly his best so far i rekon :)

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    Oh I cant wait for the day I get a car with bucket loads of gadgets. Most modern thing I've had in my cars is air-conditioning. That was in my Focus. My two cars I had before that had no redeeming features what so ever. :lol:

    you want see my dads then! even got a heated steering wheel haha

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    xjr = :wub:

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    xjr = :wub:

    i get too drive it too ;) all be it 50 yards from the shed to the courtyard where i clean it but phaww :)

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    i get too drive it too ;) all be it 50 yards from the shed to the courtyard where i clean it but phaww :)

    I thought my dad having a 13 year old MX-5 was nice!!!

    I might actually get to drive it at some point though!

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    and i just noticed... XKR not XJR...

    they have just given him a XJ actually as a courtesy car while his goes in cos there was something wrong with the tire pressure reader or sumat

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    Sorry! yes, xkr, you know what i mean!!

    I bet it's a lovely beast

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    My dad had a Triumph Spitfire a long time ago. One of the front wheels fell off while he was driving down a mountain road, all the sparks eventually made it catch fire...

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    My dad had a Triumph Spitfire a long time ago. One of the front wheels fell off while he was driving down a mountain road, all the sparks eventually made it catch fire...

    crikey!! I'd of !Removed! myself! I'm waiting for my wheels to fall off, only a matter of time

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    crikey!! I'd of !Removed! myself! I'm waiting for my wheels to fall off, only a matter of time

    It is worrying when you thing about all of the force that those four little nuts have to take! :huh:

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