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PostPosted: Mon Apr 24, 2006 4:36 pm 
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I actually like the look of that zeta thing doc :).

Worst design isn't in the midst of automotive history, it's right now with Ford's Ka. That thing is just.... so bad it's indescribable. It's like they took everything I hate about modern cars and squished it into the design of a single hatchback. Honestly i've never seen so much plastic in a car.

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Yep, amen to that. Ka is Krap... 8)
Actually, the older Taurus (we never got) that was Mulder's wheels in the X-files wasn't a bad looking thing, (similar to KH Laser) until Ford redesigned the bastard so there was not a straight line in it. :lol:
<edit> I fanged one from Reno Nevada down to Yosemite National Park and back. Not a bad thing at all. 8)

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I rest my case... 8)


Doc...some Zeta's for sale in Canberra right now :!: be quick :!:...email me for contact details :shock:

Lightburn made great concrete mixers...and washing machines :!: :D

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Didnt Kelvinator make a car in the 50's/60's???? The one where if you turn the ignition key one way you'd get 4 forward gears...... or turn the key the other way for 4 reverse gears :wink:

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That was the Goggo... you know- G-O-GG-O...
haha :lol:
My mate had one. NOT the Dart!! 8)

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You sure??? I definately remember the story being about a fridge company.....

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You sure??? I definately remember the story being about a fridge company.....

The old `turn key left and start the engine backwards' for reverse trick (2 stroke motors) was used by many microcars, including Goggomobil, also Messerschmidt I think.
Probably others too, including your fridge company. :wink:

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Awesome, I am a bonnet pulling off pimp that has never been dirt bike racing (then again, I don't have a Fox Racing sticker on my Hilux either).

But the Zed thing is wrong. It shouldn't be about divorce, it should be-

"I enjoy spending $10,000 on my $15,000 car, and having it blow a head gasket and two turbos less than three months later".


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i saw one of those zetas the other day, i reckon it looked sweet as. maybe they have an australian forum thats bigger than ausmini? :wink:


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Mini: I enjoy owning a car with a to-do list longer than my grocery shopping list. :D

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erin wrote:
But the Zed thing is wrong. It shouldn't be about divorce, it should be-

"I enjoy spending $10,000 on my $15,000 car, and having it blow a head gasket and two turbos less than three months later".


yuup, that sounds more like it :)

All of them are good though, nice find :)

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=twista= wrote:
Morris Mini: I enjoy taking radiators out and bonnets off.

I just take the WHOLE front off :) :wink:
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Holden Gemini: I delivered pizza for four years to get this car

I got this car TO deliver pizzas :D
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Ford Laser: I don't have a choice

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The old Ford Edsel

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all you need is leopard skin trim and a purple velvet suit

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drmini in aust wrote:
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FUGLY, or what?
I rest my case... 8)

Ahhh!
Thats nice, i did see one of these driving around just a few days ago. It was brown, but i didnt know what it was. Now i do.

And not much could get more sexy than the Edsel
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:shock: Ohhhhh, pat, pat, lick

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What No Alfa's :shock:

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