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Taipan wrote: Mon Jul 17, 2023 5:12 pm That'd cheer your driveway up! :thumbup:

WIN THIS PORSCHE GT4 & RANGE ROVER SPORT + £5,000 CASH!
What, you've not had a punt on the Rangey & boat combo? :shhh:
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MrLongbeard wrote: Mon Jul 17, 2023 6:22 pm
Taipan wrote: Mon Jul 17, 2023 5:12 pm That'd cheer your driveway up! :thumbup:

WIN THIS PORSCHE GT4 & RANGE ROVER SPORT + £5,000 CASH!
What, you've not had a punt on the Rangey & boat combo? :shhh:
I hate boats! I've cut my entries right down tbh. Only do campers and convertibles!
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Taipan wrote: Mon Jul 17, 2023 6:53 pm I've cut my entries right down tbh
I've got 20 quid of credit sitting on rev comps but nowt worth having a punt that I fancy.
But they've changed recently, prices up for car tickets and tons of little tat auto draws, once I've spent my credit I doubt I'll be bothering on owt else
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Blue Ferrari! :wtf:

Ferrari 488 Spider & £5,000 or £140,000 Tax Free

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Not a car, bike or tech goodies, but the wife told me last night that she had bought a ticket for this: https://omaze.co.uk/pages/yorkshire?fbc ... xzb9H_mQ0o

Why would anyone want to live that far north??? :shock: :mrgreen: :angelic-green: ;) ;) ;) ;)

If won, straight onto the market for sale at a fast selling price. Then buy a London pad for the children.
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Single clutch auto, but for 99p...

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Lamborghini Aventador LP700-4

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The Aventador has 3 variable driving modes. Strada, Sport and Corsa. Corsa being Italian for race. Once in Corsa mode, the brutal noise coming from the rear 4 exhaust pipes is enough to grab the attention from someone in the next town. Having a robotically controlled ISR Automatic transmission, each gear change feels like you're cracking a whip.

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Potter wrote: Mon Jul 31, 2023 1:05 pm
the_priest wrote: Mon Jul 31, 2023 7:11 am Not a car, bike or tech goodies, but the wife told me last night that she had bought a ticket for this: https://omaze.co.uk/pages/yorkshire?fbc ... xzb9H_mQ0o

Why would anyone want to live that far north??? :shock: :mrgreen: :angelic-green: ;) ;) ;) ;)

If won, straight onto the market for sale at a fast selling price. Then buy a London pad for the children.
I wonder if it would be easy to sell?
It would if you throw it out there cheap, but how cheap would it need to be.

As we found out when looking at older cottage/farm type property you have to find someone that wants that sort of property and all the upkeep it demands, then out of that pool of people find someone that wants that specific location, then out of that small pool find someone with the money, and then out of that even smaller pool, find someone that will pay you a decent price for it.

We got our place cheaper than we thought we would and the seller was pretty honest about being realistic on the above.
Aware of all of the above. I'd go cheap, 1/2 price to just shift it. Don't want to be sitting on a property of that sort of complication for any length of time and would just sell it as fast as possible.
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the_priest wrote: Mon Jul 31, 2023 1:37 pm
Potter wrote: Mon Jul 31, 2023 1:05 pm
the_priest wrote: Mon Jul 31, 2023 7:11 am Not a car, bike or tech goodies, but the wife told me last night that she had bought a ticket for this: https://omaze.co.uk/pages/yorkshire?fbc ... xzb9H_mQ0o

Why would anyone want to live that far north??? :shock: :mrgreen: :angelic-green: ;) ;) ;) ;)

If won, straight onto the market for sale at a fast selling price. Then buy a London pad for the children.
I wonder if it would be easy to sell?
It would if you throw it out there cheap, but how cheap would it need to be.

As we found out when looking at older cottage/farm type property you have to find someone that wants that sort of property and all the upkeep it demands, then out of that pool of people find someone that wants that specific location, then out of that small pool find someone with the money, and then out of that even smaller pool, find someone that will pay you a decent price for it.

We got our place cheaper than we thought we would and the seller was pretty honest about being realistic on the above.
Aware of all of the above. I'd go cheap, 1/2 price to just shift it. Don't want to be sitting on a property of that sort of complication for any length of time and would just sell it as fast as possible.
Has anyone pointed out that it's not your ticket? :lol:
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Count Steer wrote: Mon Jul 31, 2023 2:29 pm Has anyone pointed out that it's not your ticket? :lol:
Well everything I have is hers, everything she has is hers.. aaaah right. damn.
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the_priest wrote: Mon Jul 31, 2023 7:11 am Not a car, bike or tech goodies, but the wife told me last night that she had bought a ticket for this: https://omaze.co.uk/pages/yorkshire?fbc ... xzb9H_mQ0o

Why would anyone want to live that far north??? :shock: :mrgreen: :angelic-green: ;) ;) ;) ;)

If won, straight onto the market for sale at a fast selling price. Then buy a London pad for the children.
Yeah, your quality of life would be far better in that London than in Nidderdale.
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Got 25 quid riding on the Norfolk house https://omaze.co.uk/pages/norfolk
I can use the extra £100k to have webbed toes surgically attached if I win.
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MrLongbeard wrote: Mon Jul 31, 2023 9:56 pm Got 25 quid riding on the Norfolk house https://omaze.co.uk/pages/norfolk
I can use the extra £100k to have webbed toes surgically attached if I win.
And the best of British luck to you! :thumbup: We could do with another winner of something on here!
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Many cara which don't deserve the term get called "future classic"....I don't think this is one of thsoe cars.

https://www.revcomps.com/product/1995-f ... -lux-2000/

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Mr. Dazzle wrote: Tue Aug 01, 2023 8:41 am Many cara which don't deserve the term get called "future classic"....I don't think this is one of thsoe cars.

https://www.revcomps.com/product/1995-f ... -lux-2000/

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I watched an episode of a car show (maybe 5th gear?) where they lapped a Cossy against the newish Fiesta ST (a three pot one?) around Anglesey.

They reckoned the Fiesta was quicker. I called bullshit.
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The Escort Cosworth is already a classic and demanding massive money... So it's in no way a future classic as the future is now.
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MrLongbeard wrote: Mon Jul 31, 2023 9:56 pm Got 25 quid riding on the Norfolk house https://omaze.co.uk/pages/norfolk
I can use the extra £100k to have webbed toes surgically attached if I win.
I think I'd quite like that one - they've made the most of the view and it looks light and airy (which will be my #1 priority in my next house). . I think I'm on the verge of being done with old houses where you're in a fairly constant battle with it degrading quicker than you can repair it. And I like Norfolk well enough.

I dunno about the pool though.
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Potter wrote: Tue Aug 01, 2023 8:52 am I don't think there are many places where it would be advantageous over a normal Escort
Bonhams and Christies :thumbup:

There was one just like that ^^^ in "the department" when I was at Uni. It was totally stock, delivery milage, giften to the Uni from Ford by some route or another. It was missing a few key black boxes ISTR but otherwise was a totally mint totally stock Cossie. Even in the noughties it must have been worth a few quid.
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Proper colour Ferrari! :wub:

Ferrari 488 GTB Ateilier

The Ferrari 488 is the first mid-engine Ferrari to use a turbocharged V8 since the legendary F40. The 488 GTB is powered by a 3.9L twin turbo V8 engine, smaller in displacement but generating a higher power output than the previous 458’s naturally aspirated engines. The 3.9L twin turbo V8 engine is capable of producing just under 660bhp & around 760nm of torque.

Meaning the Ferrari 488 GTB can shift from 0-62mph in as little as 3.0seconds and hit over 200mph!

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