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HUNTERF Thu 14-Mar-13 18:39:56

http://pre-owned.rolls-roycemotorcars.com/rolls-roycemotorcars/provenance/results/0,,rsk-1,00.html#results

Somebody has sent me this link.
The prices are out of my range but other Gransnetters may be interested.

Frank

Orca Sat 16-Mar-13 07:50:08

PS
Do RR headlights act as some form of tractor beam? If he had turned them off could you then have gone further? hmm

Orca Sat 16-Mar-13 07:47:45

What an interesting life you lead Frank.

glammanana Sat 16-Mar-13 07:41:23

"low class peasant" didn't you tell him you have a London pension ? grin

absent Sat 16-Mar-13 07:31:01

Isn't it strange how these kinds of people actively pursue you Frank?

HUNTERF Fri 15-Mar-13 23:42:16

Well, I made a selfish Rolls Royce driver reverse tonight.
He put his main beam on when passing some road works on my side of the road and I could go no further.
He got out and told me to reverse and I pointed out I had got priority.
He just called me an low class peasant.
I just stood my ground and after about 2 minutes he did back up.

Frank

Greatnan Fri 15-Mar-13 19:42:30

I have to speak up for Rolls Royce. When I worked in Monaco I loved travelling back to England in my employer's Silver Ghost (I think that was the model). It was amazing how many doormen rushed to open the door at hotels. The seats were like big leather armchairs. On the other hand, his Lamborghina Espada was a nightmare - rock hard seat, very close to the floor, impossible to exit elegantly. I had to smile at the line in the song about Lucy Jordan - 'She would never drive through Paris in a sports car with the warm wind in her hair'. I could tell her that all she would get in her hair would be diesel fumes.
Now, I am very happy with my little Fiat Panda Climbing - I think it is the smallest 4 x 4 on the market.

Ana Fri 15-Mar-13 17:53:12

As I thought, anno....wink

annodomini Fri 15-Mar-13 17:52:02

I know that part of the A34 - I think Mr Beckham once got caught by one of those cameras between Tesco and Sainsbury's. Funny thing about the A34. It disappears when it meets the M42 and reappears north of Oxford!
Ana, there's a good chance, when you see a Ferrari in North Cheshire, that there will be a footballer at the wheel.

Ana Fri 15-Mar-13 17:16:04

Ferraris? grin

Ella46 Fri 15-Mar-13 17:02:39

The footballers are usually in cars too!

Ella46 Fri 15-Mar-13 17:01:53

Lots of speed cameras on the part of the A34 near to me, and you can get your speed up to @50mph just before a footballer crashes into the back of your car!

grin

soop Fri 15-Mar-13 16:16:30

Frank you are a sweetie pie smile

Galen Fri 15-Mar-13 15:33:38

Having a coffee break!

FlicketyB Fri 15-Mar-13 14:56:19

In a way so are we sorry we do not own a Ferrari, think what we could sell it for!

Never seen a speed camera on the A34, not really needed, but they are constantly parked on the half mile stretch of road between our village and the next where, for about 400 yards you can increase your speed from 30 to 40 and down again. they are there 2 or 3 times a week, and have been for months. Traffic on this stretch of road is generally well within the speed limit so I cannot imagine why they are there, unless their presence is for other reasons, and the speed camera/regiustration recognition van is there as a cover for something else such as ... I am rather stuck to say what as drug dealing and white slave trafficking is no longer a joke.

annodomini Fri 15-Mar-13 14:35:12

Flickety I am familiar with the A34 - I'd be lucky to reach 50mph, far less maintain it. Even in my Ferrari.

glammanana Fri 15-Mar-13 14:32:53

Flickerty my DS1 has an old Saab and he woudn't change it for the world,I offered him my little car when I buy a new one but he has refused he loves his Saab.

Galen Fri 15-Mar-13 14:09:34

I am SO disappointed to hear you don't sad

FlicketyB Fri 15-Mar-13 14:05:00

Actually, DH wouldnt run a Ferrari if you paid him. He is quite content with two very old SAABs that he runs.

Rush hour on the A34 runs from 00.01am to 12.59pm, there are two minutes in between when you might just reach 80 and brake sharply again as two lorries elephant race down the carriageway, one doing 55 mph and the other 55.001mph.

I am sure none of you really did think we ran a Ferrari.

glammanana Fri 15-Mar-13 13:45:13

Nunu Must be a housing estate seems to have open plan frontage hence tree planted on the verge at front of property.shock

Nonu Fri 15-Mar-13 13:15:17

Frank you say you live on an estate , I assume it is a housing estate .

I always had you down as living in a BIG detached house with at least 6 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms , what with your London pension and all .

smile

Ana Fri 15-Mar-13 10:18:27

grin

HUNTERF Fri 15-Mar-13 10:10:20

Hi annodomini

FlicketyB said the rush hour which I think will be 7.30am to 8.30am and 4.30pm to 6pm.
He probably puts false number plate on his Ferrari.

Frank

glammanana Fri 15-Mar-13 10:06:00

I'm not impressed with Rolls Royce its a Bentley for me,but I'll make do with my little Audi TT until I can justify the cost of a A5 convertable in maroon metalic.wink

annodomini Fri 15-Mar-13 09:51:50

100mph on the A34? At what time of day would that be? Have the Thames Valley Police stopped using speed cameras?

HUNTERF Fri 15-Mar-13 08:55:10

FlicketyB

You must be rich to run a Ferrari.
Your insurance premium for 2 years is probably more than what my car is worth.

Frank