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Play nice people, or the thought police will lock the thread.. :lol:

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.... an Abarth 500 (even a Fiat 500!) looks `cuter'. :mrgreen:

Will agree to that.


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Nah- I'll take a Renault RS250 Megane, thanks all the same. :lol:


Im officially impressed with you now Kev,

All hail "Doc" observer of fine automobiles!

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Play nice people, or the thought police will lock the thread.. :lol:


I was more impressed with the George Orwell reference than the cars.

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drmini in aust wrote:
Play nice people, or the thought police will lock the thread.. :lol:


I was more impressed with the George Orwell reference than the cars.


:lol:

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drmini in aust wrote:
Nah- I'll take a Renault RS250 Megane, thanks all the same. :lol:


Im officially impressed with you now Kev,

All hail "Doc" observer of fine automobiles!


He's obviously been hanging around with me too much.

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It just looks like a beefier daihatsu copen to me. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daihatsu_Copen


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mattsmadmini wrote:
drmini in aust wrote:
Nah- I'll take a Renault RS250 Megane, thanks all the same. :lol:


Im officially impressed with you now Kev,

All hail "Doc" observer of fine automobiles!


He's obviously been hanging around with me too much.

I was thinking the same thing. :lol:


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I used to help make my mate's Renault 750s go faster, in a previous life (my 1st) :P But they didn't handle worth a damn.
Then l I drove his Morris 850... and got hooked! 8)

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drmini in aust wrote:
I used to help make my mate's Renault 750s go faster, in a previous life (my 1st) :P But they didn't handle worth a damn.
Then l I drove his Morris 850... and got hooked! 8)


The Doc obviously missed the little Clio Rennsports over the back of lot...

http://www.k-tecracing.com/ :P :roll:

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