As my car's now 10 years old can I have my COSOC# back, please? Or are lists beyond passé now? -- AndrewR, D.Bot (Celeritas) Aprilia RSV-1000R, Kawasaki ZX-6R, Fiat Coupe 20v Turbo BOTAFOT#2,ITJWTFO#6,UKRMRM#1/13a,MCT#1,DFV#2,SKoGA#0 (and KotL) BotToS#5,SBS#25,IbW#34, DS#5, COSOC# Suspended, KotTFSTR# The speccy Geordie twat.
Heh. I think there was something about the value of the car in there, too - so a Coupe 20vT wouldn't qualify anyway.... But I think the lists thing has had it's day.
You're joking, right? Have you seen what 20VTs go for these days? Mine - 1998 5-speed, tan leather, 70k miles, air-con - would struggle to fetch £1,200 That's a shame, I liked the lists and now I'll never get a YTC# or a BHaLC# (or a FBC#, obviously) -- AndrewR, D.Bot (Celeritas) Aprilia RSV-1000R, Kawasaki ZX-6R, Fiat Coupe 20v Turbo BOTAFOT#2,ITJWTFO#6,UKRMRM#1/13a,MCT#1,DFV#2,SKoGA#0 (and KotL) BotToS#5,SBS#25,IbW#34, DS#5, COSOC# Suspended, KotTFSTR# The speccy Geordie twat.
It would? Blimey, that's one of the few fast(ish) cars I've driven. And the one I drove was exactly the same colour as my Ducati....
Hmmm, I'd disagree. You may get a shitty one for that money, or one, like AndrewRs that's due the 'how fucking much?' cambelt change. But a good one, with a recent belt change, would sell for double that.
£2,500 is top whack for a 5-speed. This one, for example, is far, far nicer than mine ... http://www.fccuk.org/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=510193#Post510193 Mine badly needs a respray - to be fair it needed a respray when I bought it and its picked up a couple of little dings during its time with me (none of them my fault, BTW, unless you count parking it in public places) and its got a leak in the air-con which I was going to fix in August, but I bought a new bike instead. Its not actually due the belt change though, because it had it done at 50k miles ... although it would probably be best to err on the side of caution and have it done anyway. -- AndrewR, D.Bot (Celeritas) Aprilia RSV-1000R, Kawasaki ZX-6R, Fiat Coupe 20v Turbo BOTAFOT#2,ITJWTFO#6,UKRMRM#1/13a,MCT#1,DFV#2,SKoGA#0 (and KotL) BotToS#5,SBS#25,IbW#34, DS#5, COSOC# Suspended, KotTFSTR# The speccy Geordie twat.
That has a lot of miles on it - I'm not sure I'd be 100% happy with one that has over 100k miles. You're in the right ball-park for a decent one at £2.5k, though. Ahhh, that does make a difference - I still say you're under-valuing it by a fair bit. Nah, that should be fine for a while longer - the 5-pot belts don't tend to let go early. I was just assuming yours was due one, as the handbook shows them due at 72k miles.
The experience of the owner's club is that the care taken of the car is far more important than the mileage. Besides, the sub-100k ones are getting hard to come by these days. Not an issue as I'm not selling it and not getting my COSOC# back, either. -- AndrewR, D.Bot (Celeritas) Aprilia RSV-1000R, Kawasaki ZX-6R, Fiat Coupe 20v Turbo BOTAFOT#2,ITJWTFO#6,UKRMRM#1/13a,MCT#1,DFV#2,SKoGA#0 (and KotL) BotToS#5,SBS#25,IbW#34, DS#5, COSOC# Suspended, KotTFSTR# The speccy Geordie twat.
You can have my FBC number if you want. All you have to do is catch me on a flying lap of any race circuit and ask for it.
****. I see you're going on the next TOG trip, will you be using that old 748 of yours or are you planning on borrowing a sports bike?
I don't think you're Mr Richardson so you weren't being offered that number. He's had his chance when he was on his prilly and I was on my wanky old BM and he still wasn't in sight.
Yes, I'll be on the tractor. It's being whisked away to have some more bling fitted this week. I'll try not to crash it before the TOG trip.
Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, A whole lap? I could be tempted to take that bet. -- Wicked Uncle Nigel - "He's hopeless, but he's honest" WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41 SBS#39 OMF#6 Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner", Honda GL1000K2 (Fallen apart) Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single" Norton 850 Commando Kawasaki GTR1400
As long as he doesn't ride like the road's his own personal racetrack he should be OK. -- _______ ..'_/_|_\_'. Ace (bdotrogers a.t compaqnet.fr) \`\ | /`/ DS#8 BOTAFOT#3 SbS#2 UKRMMA#13 DFV#8 SKA#2 IBB#10 `\\ | //' `\|/` `
Indeed. Still, only 18 months later and I'm now once again able[1] to treat the mountain like it's my own personal playground. <fx: Winces at neck-pain from stupid head-plant nearly three weeks ago.> [1] Still not 100% fit, but a damn site closer after 24 days' skiing than I was a couple of months back. -- _______ ..'_/_|_\_'. Ace (b.rogers at ifrance.com) \`\ | /`/ DS#8 BOTAFOT#3 SbS#2 UKRMMA#13 DFV#8 SKA#2 IBB#10 `\\ | //' `\|/` `
