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Red ones · 20-08-03, 03:57 PM

had SVS for 3 years, wife has Vauxhall Ashtry.

If the weather is crap - then mountain bike to work - get that back end out now!!!

20-08-03, 07:42 PM

I've got an SV which I use for commuting to work and a 1971 Alfa Romeo Spider 1300 which I use for .................. not a lot really as it is usually broken down in my garage!

Oh, I also have access to Mrs Mariners Citroen Pic...****...o, when I can prise the keys from her vice-like grasp.

20-08-03, 07:45 PM

did the gardai get your bike back then barry???

20-08-03, 07:51 PM

No they did not! I've had to buy another one (Many thanks Genesis) and wait for the insurance to pay out. Ten days of using the Alfa commuting 35 miles Bolton to Liverpool has killed it!
All the cash I had saved up for a new SV1000s has been used to pay for repairs and the replacement bike, I'll be waiting ages for the insurance to pay up.

20-08-03, 09:41 PM

Vinyl, so its not just me and my friends that think the same about Bromley

Oh how we laugh everytime we go through there. I've gone out there a couple of nights in the past, pretty much the same sort you get in Croydon

Benji

21-08-03, 09:50 PM

work - '99 VW transporter, soon to be changed for summat bigger.

playing out - much pampered & cleaned svs k3.

car - '01 Punto, lost it to Mrs Fud when she passed her test 2 years ago.

22-08-03, 02:26 PM

Nice one graham, I was thinking I was the odd one out by not having a car.....the SV day and night, summer and winter for me.........

23-08-03, 11:24 PM

Oh God Benji,

Live in Bromley and work in Croydon. I am damned

Vinyl, gonna be selling the Porsche next month anyway as it'l sit in the garage and fester over the winter. Oh no, wait 2 SVs to house and feed ) Guess it would gonna winter outside this year. Another good reason she gotta go. If you fancy a go then Ill mail you next month after its service (9k bless) and the annual rape by the Porsche dealer. Providing I recover from the shock. .....

24-08-03, 10:35 AM

my word Marrus! How do you cope with all the Croydonites? Every time I go there I am surrounded by people I just want to try and push their heads through walls!

In fact I am going to the George later on today

Dude what kind of porsche is it? My ex girlfriend had a thing for porsches, thats who I am going to meet at the George

any chance I could borrow the Porsche?

Elmerfud, how does Mrs Fud find the Mk2 Punto? Am serious liking the new Mk2 B's just out and want one. I don't know what it is with me and Punto's, am doomed for a life a bad handling though I can drive the tits off mine and it has done well.

Benji

24-08-03, 01:10 PM

i used to test drive the newer shape (mk2's)puntos when i worked in a renualt/fiat/alfa and lancia dealers and i thought they were the worst handling cars i have ever driven in my life, if you go round a corner at anything over learner driver speeds the thing tie's itself in knots, its like the rear suspension doesnt know what its supposed to do, my nova is 11 years old, on standard (original) suspension and it handles much better than a mk2 punto so that shows you how bad they really are

View Poll Results: How do u get around?
SV and SV only!	12	16.44%
SV and other bike(s)	5	6.85%
SV and own car	29	39.73%
SV, other bike(s) and own car (greedy/lucky bugger)	14	19.18%
SV and use of someone elses car	7	9.59%
SV and pushbike (boooo hiss!)	4	5.48%
Odd combination of SV/public transport	2	2.74%
Shoe leather. I'm banned/broke my SV/never owned one	0	0%
Voters: 73. You may not vote on this poll

21-08-03, 09:50 PM	#36
elmerfud Guest Posts: n/a	. work - '99 VW transporter, soon to be changed for summat bigger. playing out - much pampered & cleaned svs k3. car - '01 Punto, lost it to Mrs Fud when she passed her test 2 years ago.

22-08-03, 02:26 PM	#37
Aaron Guest Posts: n/a	only the svs Nice one graham, I was thinking I was the odd one out by not having a car.....the SV day and night, summer and winter for me.........

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20-08-03, 03:57 PM	#31
Red ones Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Hertfordshire Posts: 1,422	had SVS for 3 years, wife has Vauxhall Ashtry. If the weather is crap - then mountain bike to work - get that back end out now!!!

20-08-03, 07:42 PM	#32
Mariner Guest Posts: n/a	I've got an SV which I use for commuting to work and a 1971 Alfa Romeo Spider 1300 which I use for .................. not a lot really as it is usually broken down in my garage! Oh, I also have access to Mrs Mariners Citroen Pic...****...o, when I can prise the keys from her vice-like grasp.

20-08-03, 07:45 PM	#33
weegaz22 Guest Posts: n/a	did the gardai get your bike back then barry???

20-08-03, 07:51 PM	#34
Mariner Guest Posts: n/a	No they did not! I've had to buy another one (Many thanks Genesis) and wait for the insurance to pay out. Ten days of using the Alfa commuting 35 miles Bolton to Liverpool has killed it! All the cash I had saved up for a new SV1000s has been used to pay for repairs and the replacement bike, I'll be waiting ages for the insurance to pay up.

20-08-03, 09:41 PM	#35
Benji Guest Posts: n/a	Vinyl, so its not just me and my friends that think the same about Bromley Oh how we laugh everytime we go through there. I've gone out there a couple of nights in the past, pretty much the same sort you get in Croydon Benji

23-08-03, 11:24 PM	#38
Marrus Guest Posts: n/a	Oh God Benji, Live in Bromley and work in Croydon. I am damned Vinyl, gonna be selling the Porsche next month anyway as it'l sit in the garage and fester over the winter. Oh no, wait 2 SVs to house and feed ) Guess it would gonna winter outside this year. Another good reason she gotta go. If you fancy a go then Ill mail you next month after its service (9k bless) and the annual rape by the Porsche dealer. Providing I recover from the shock. .....

24-08-03, 10:35 AM	#39
Benji Guest Posts: n/a	my word Marrus! How do you cope with all the Croydonites? Every time I go there I am surrounded by people I just want to try and push their heads through walls! In fact I am going to the George later on today Dude what kind of porsche is it? My ex girlfriend had a thing for porsches, thats who I am going to meet at the George any chance I could borrow the Porsche? Elmerfud, how does Mrs Fud find the Mk2 Punto? Am serious liking the new Mk2 B's just out and want one. I don't know what it is with me and Punto's, am doomed for a life a bad handling though I can drive the tits off mine and it has done well. Benji

24-08-03, 01:10 PM	#40
weegaz22 Guest Posts: n/a	i used to test drive the newer shape (mk2's)puntos when i worked in a renualt/fiat/alfa and lancia dealers and i thought they were the worst handling cars i have ever driven in my life, if you go round a corner at anything over learner driver speeds the thing tie's itself in knots, its like the rear suspension doesnt know what its supposed to do, my nova is 11 years old, on standard (original) suspension and it handles much better than a mk2 punto so that shows you how bad they really are