Should I Be Insulted ?

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Should I Be Insulted ?

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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 enthuse about an old Alfa.

Then he went and spoiled it all by saying, " First time I've seen one of these cars from the Back To The Future film. " :roll:

Oh well, at least he got the colour vaguely correct.

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lol, bless him.



didn't put an order in then nige? :?



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Nige005 wrote:Oh well, at least he got the colour vaguely correct.
And the stylist of course - both designed by Giugiaro, although how anyone could mistake a GTV6 for a DeLorean I can't imagine. Perhaps he came from an alternative timeline - let's see...

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:shock:
I had a friend of friend years ago thinking my s2 33 was a mark 2 escort wtf ,no hope for some poeple :roll:
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When I had my first Sprint one of my Top Gearish know all acquaintances informed everyone in the pub I had a GTV6! as a young 20 year old I kept quiet.....!!!!

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It cant be much worse than a gtv being likened to a princess!

If they werent female, I'd have sat them down, pronto! :lol:



Just tut, roll eyes, and ignore them for life :?
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Well, he is young I suppose ...


I still got people my age and older congratulating me on my Alitalia.... Scirocco ....:/

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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 styling, just one reason why I like the Alfetta, the DeLorean and the Sprint over the 'sud, although I still have what will probably remain an unfulfilled hankering to own another 'sud, a Greencloverleaf naturally !

It wasn't long ago that Kev and I were looking at some DeLoreans at an East Kirkby meet, they attracted a lot of attention and despite the fact that they are probably awful cars in many ways I do like the styling and can see the attraction. Really enjoyed the last episode of " For The Love Of Cars " which featured one of these, smoke 'an all !!! Fascinating story though.
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Buy a delorean and get a kilo of coke half price :lol:
If it wasn't for the film they would have been forgotten , but because of the film ... I want one :mrgreen:
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Johnboy wrote:Buy a delorean and get a kilo of coke half price :lol:
If it wasn't for the film they would have been forgotten , but because of the film ... I want one :mrgreen:
:lol:

Thought that coke was sold in milli litres ? :mrgreen:

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

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So have I :oops: :lol:
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Johnboy wrote:So have I :oops: :lol:
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 ? :!:

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:lol:
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I'm still waiting for the Delorean,

but the coke arrived and i can now wait blissfully ignorant of the fact they were crap! :D
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:lol: :lol:

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:lol: :lol: say hello to my little friend :lol:
This is a prime example of how threads go so wrong :lol:
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Johnboy wrote::lol: :lol: say hello to my little friend :lol:
This is a prime example of how threads go so wrong :lol:
:lol: But it does make it fun !

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Oh yes :mrgreen:
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i think the worst (most ignorant) similarities ive ever heard are the GTV compared to a princess of course, and, a Volvo 340 likened to the 33! :o


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