Impending Capri Purchase

[wilbo]

ah... the Capri.. back when I were a lad (needs northern accent) they were known as the clitoris car..

then of course they rusted away and were overtaken by the XR3i..

[Gary K]

theres a 4.5L V8 (ex TVR engine) Capri in Autotrader

a Mk3 RS Tub would be better mate, oh the memories of changing tyres every month..........................

[purple vonny]

Originally Posted by Scubee

A friend of mine has recently bought a pristine champagne one and it is absolutely gorgeous.

It is older than you are though Digs! If you are intending using it to impress women, then the ones it will impress most are my age

when you get it, i will let you take me for a spin

Don't use the word spin and Capri in the same sentence! it'll Probably go like a greased pig on rollerskates. I once had a BF who had one and it frightened me to death. It ended up uside down in a hedge.

[Digger]

Originally Posted by Scubee

A friend of mine has recently bought a pristine champagne one and it is absolutely gorgeous.

It is older than you are though Digs! If you are intending using it to impress women, then the ones it will impress most are my age

when you get it, i will let you take me for a spin

If you want to wind him up, let him know that "Champagne" was known by quite a few at the time as "Hearing Aid Beige".

Quite happy to do sponsored pant shitting sessions. Might even raise some money for MND with a bit of a rally around the UK. Mind you, once the petrol's paid for I think we'll be making a loss even at a grand a time.

Digs.

[Twinsetmad]

Ebay... £3000

[Steve Sub]

Originally Posted by Mike Ward

Learned to drive in one - plain vanilla 1600*. Got it up to 105 indicated and then there was a curve in the road....

*Burnt orange metallic with a black vinyl roof. Not to mention taking up my first serious girlfriend out in it.

Same as Mike! My dad stupidly bought one (metallic silver/black vinyl) in '76 and I learned in it a year later. God knows how I didn't kill myself! A schoolmate's dad had a black/gold JPS 2.0, equally as crap, but seriously cool!

Steve

[Steve Sub]

Originally Posted by purple vonny

I once had a BF who had one and it frightened me to death. It ended up uside down in a hedge.

Did we used to go out????

Steve

[Digger]

Originally Posted by Twinsetmad

Ebay... £3000

Been on the phone to a bloke who seems to have about a dozen Capris, from £1400 to £15,000! I think he might have the one I'm looking for.

Right then. Time to get the Picasso into tip top condition to get it sold for £2.5K.

I am properly excited. My mum is goign to hate me so much when she sees me pull up in this. I don't think Dad's goign to be too excited either, but it was this or a motorbike. I might use my patented:
Digs: "Mum, I've bought a motorbike"
Mummy Digs: "You've done what??? You daft twat etc yadda yadda yadda..."
Digs: "Only kidding, but I have bought a Capri."
Mummy Digs: "Oh, ok then."

I used to do this starting with "Mum, my girlfriend's pregnant" and then tell her I'd crashed the car/got caught with something/needed to go to the clinic, but the motorbike idea seems to illicit the best response in recent years

Digs.

[Sparky750]

I have driven a brooklands special and loved it although i did have it sideways most of the time if you want something to scare yourself buy a bike if you want something with your heart mate buy it better to regret the things you've done thank look back thinking i wish i'd bought that

[Digger]

The thing for me right now is anything could happen in the next 10 years, and I may well never have a chance to have 2 cars, or to own one.

So now is the time. I have decided. And when Digger says now, it means we're go for launch.

Also negotiating couldn't be easier with petrol prices the way they are!

Digs.