if i recall, cyprus don't like old cars, and by old i mean more than about 5 years old. Anything more and they charge astronimical amounts to import them permanently. A mate of mine tried it with his Mitsubishi shogun, late 90's vintage, and found it cheaper to buy and import a much much newer car,...

petrolhead wrote:Oh NO!

what a coincidence!


Maybe thats telling you something about selling it Nige?

Could be Shrew !

:lol: Some great ideas folks ! When I was there in the RAF in the seventies lots of people did drive their cars back home, the two popular routes were ferry over to either Piraeus or Brindisi. Either route made for a great road trip back home. I can't remember the details but it is the import duties...

Nice guy, shame it all went wrong for me.

Josh89 wrote:Wasn't from Northampton was he?

Yes, sort of. Sean from Kettering.

Funny this. The guy who bought my Alfetta on Monday and changed his mind on Tuesday said he'd looked at a Sprint in Sleaford recently.

Well the car was sold last night. This morning it's not, not too unhappy about this although I would let it go to a good home. knowing your cryptic clues nige am i right in thinking the buyer changed their mind? :lol: Yes indeed Kev. He really wanted the car but his wife wasn't so keen ! So deposit...

Well the car was sold last night.

This morning it's not, not too unhappy about this although I would let it go to a good home.

Even if storage was available Kev, which as you know it generally isn't, it would have to be very near by or I, like you, would just be storing and not using, which kinda defeats the object for me.

Don't do it , get one of these ;) http://www.dancovershop.com/uk/products/carcoons--bike-bubbles.aspx I've thought about these John and they do look as if they'd do the job. Can't get over the feeling that they'd look really naff stuck in front of my windows though....... Mind you if that statement...

Hi Shrew.

Perhaps time for a change but if it does sell I suspect I'd be crying in me beer. Wouldn't be unhappy if it didn't sell..... !

If I had a garage I wouldn't even be testing the water as I am now but I'm getting to feel guilty about it sitting in the elements all Winter.

Well I've decided to see if there is any interest in this car so placed an ad in the Classifieds on here. Let us see.....

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1982 Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV6 2.5. I bought the car in Nov 2009. The previous owner bought it earlier in that year after it had been dry stored and off the road since 1992. He spent nearly £2000 on the car to get it up and running again and through it's MOT. It had a full service with BLS, along wit...

That's true - and I don't much persuading tbh !

If I had a garage I wouldn't even be thinking about it, it's just the thought of another Winter of it been exposed to the elements that bothers me.

Spent a little time on the '6 this last week. Had a couple of minor electrical glitches in the last two weeks, an Alternator problem and a poor connection in the Fusebox causing the Injection System to fail, hence no start. Having sorted these out then gave the poor old dear some much needed TLC in ...

Don't think I could push the '6 that far...... !

Mind you if Tom is there it might solve a problem !

A clean looking machine with local connections Kev. Does he still have your old 'sud as well ? Dunno if he'll get the price though, don't recall one going for that sort of price but who knows, perhaps they are, at last, on the up ? Here's another one. Don't much like the tart ups that have been don...

A clean looking machine with local connections Kev. Does he still have your old 'sud as well ? Dunno if he'll get the price though, don't recall one going for that sort of price but who knows, perhaps they are, at last, on the up ? Here's another one. Don't much like the tart ups that have been done...

Johnboy wrote: say hello to my little friend
This is a prime example of how threads go so wrong

But it does make it fun !

Looks fine to me !

Johnboy wrote:So have I

Sadly in my case the shelter hasn't kept the rain off !!!

Or am I just thinking about my 'sud tix with an almost porous Sunroof ?

Johnboy wrote:Buy a delorean and get a kilo of coke half price
If it wasn't for the film they would have been forgotten , but because of the film ... I want one

Thought that coke was sold in milli litres ?

I've had a very sheltered life......

lee16v wrote:I use this stuff.


http://www.bilthamber.com/wax-and-polishes/auto-balm


Easy to apply.Goes a long way. Lasts a long time. high shine. Can use it on plastics. No residue.


Job jobbed.

Sounds good and a reasonable price too.

Order placed Kev, expecting the birthday girl sometime soon........ ! Actually there are similar style points as you guys have mentioned, even to the Princess, which I never fancied and still don't so have at least one functioning brain cell remaining. I do like the " wedge " type of styli...

Had a knock at the door earlier this week and there was a young lad trying to flog me a mail order bride or summat like that- an offer that was easy to resist anyway. He spent much of the time talking about my GTV6 which was parked on the drive. I was thinking how good it was for a young lad to enth...

petrolhead wrote:
It'd be like trying to put lacquer on wd40!

And the problem is.... ? !

Oh dear, what have I started ? If I had any shame I'd hang my head in it but as I haven't........ :mrgreen: What I intended was more of a mild little moan about Halfords marketing strategy but nonetheless it has brought up some interesting comments - to say the least. :) Those who know me surely rea...

I s'pose it's now time to get polishing, a job I really like, but not much. In preparation for this I needed to replenish my stock of Turtle Wax Ice. Now I know that this is not really the best stuff but I like it as it's quick and easy to use but most of all because it doesn't leave white marks on ...

And another thought on this........ If different users are using different time zones to Post and the time zone stamped on the Posts are effectively set by the individual user then I could end up replying to a Post that hasn't yet yet been Posted, seems I'm much better at time travelling than I real...