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staningrimsby · Postby **staningrimsby** » 13 Jun 2010 21:07

Little lad down the road thought my DHC was a ferrari today he couldn't wait to go and tell his dad. [:D]

willywonka · Postby **willywonka** » 14 Jun 2010 08:00

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by nervousnewowner

black and white collie...lol yeah, and no doubt its your red fhc outside the rally boys house in the sunshine showing mine up....
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Yes my FHC has moved house for a few days as I have the builders in and there have been 5 skips on my drives. I could not believe that when it was due to be moved that everything mechanical worked and was not siezed up, but all the electrics failed, wipers, lights etc.
Not bad for a car that has hardly turned a wheel in 3 years!!!

All the Gear, no idea

nervousnewowner · Postby **nervousnewowner** » 16 Jun 2010 17:26

just finished up doing some more work on the rear drivers wing and was packing up for the day when dvla pulled up took pic of car and told me if its not taxed in two weeks or moved will be clamped towed and crushed....[:(]

i was in such a good mood too as had only taken me two days to get the wing looking half decent..... told the guy its on sorn and the road its parked on was not the public highway, but apparently the law has changed and it now has to be on a drive or on a business premises when sorned..... so now had to book it in for mot tomorro knowing its going to fail but no choice, and then cant decide whether to chuck tax on it and lose what will be about 3 weeks worth by time its mot'd, or store it at the storage place up the road til july and tax it then.

right pain in the butt, you get people rididng round every day in untaxed cars not touched and yet mine ran out the end of may and they come driving up a dead end lane to get me........

well cheesed off.........

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saabfast · Postby **saabfast** » 16 Jun 2010 19:20

To cheese you off further, you can't tax it without a valid MOT (and insurance of course), so if it fails it is a problem. Since when did these bureaucratic sh**s get control over private land? Or is it an 'unadopted road' where the rules still apply but the local authority don't do anything to maintain it?

Alan
Saab 9000 Stg 1
Saab 9000 2.3 FPT Auto
'81 TR7 DHC

prlee · Postby **prlee** » 16 Jun 2010 19:30

Hate to say it but do they really go to places like that on an off chance?

Pete
81 DHC (Undergoing minor body repair)
79 Spitfire (Current Main drive)

FI Spyder · Postby **FI Spyder** » 16 Jun 2010 20:56

Glad I live in the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave......Oh, that's the USA...OK then...the True North Strong and Free....[:)]

TR7 Spider - 1978 Spifire - 1976 Spitfire - 1988 Tercel 4X4 - Kali on Integra - 1991 Integra

willywonka · Postby **willywonka** » 17 Jun 2010 09:46

Sorry to hear that Dave.
My mate has just got a Â£260 fine for the same thing just up the road from you and he only moved the car off the trailor ready to put it in the garage.
Scumbags.

As you have said the amount of none taxed vehicles that pass on that stretch of road is unbelievable.
I wish I could help you out, but as you have seen, my car has had to be moved for a short time down to my mates.
I am on the lookout for a premises where we can store cars safely, but as yet they want too much money in rent.
I have said to them isn't it better to have some rent than none at all?
Their reply was we'll wait for the right company to take it over!!!!

All the Gear, no idea

nervousnewowner · Postby **nervousnewowner** » 17 Jun 2010 12:25

two garages for sale in this weeks local rag kel, tempted to look myself.

saab i know its gonna fail but the dvla aint getting any tax off me til july, no way am paying for 3 weeks backdated..... will rent a space up the road from us til july starts....

kel, they told me they had clamped a car up the road, the rally guys polo? gits arent they......

car up for mot now so picking it up at two with new fail sheet to work off... [:(]

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RadioGuy · Postby **RadioGuy** » 17 Jun 2010 21:32

Don't you just LOVE government[:(!]

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nervousnewowner · Postby **nervousnewowner** » 18 Jun 2010 17:45

just got mot fail sheet, see other post in tr7 forums, too much to type again, and to add insult to injury the car has broken down at the test centre too [B)]

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Cobber · Postby **Cobber** » 19 Jun 2010 17:24

Looks like you Poms may as well not have bothered fighting the nazi fascists back in the 1940's as they seem to've taken over the place now anyway!
I'm surprised more of you aren't cueing up to emigrate to anywhere with better weather and a less politically correct, car hating government.
It's a pity all these bloody do-gooder busy bodies can't seem to find something useful to do, like buggering off and leaving you alone. 

80'Triumph TR7, , 73'Land Rover (Ford 351. V8),
'89 Ford Fairlane
85'Alfa 90, 69'Ford F250.
76' Ford F100

Beans · Postby **Beans** » 19 Jun 2010 17:27

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Cobber

... these bloody do-gooder busy bodies can't seem to find something useful to do, like buggering off ...<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
... to Australia maybe [:D]

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RadioGuy · Postby **RadioGuy** » 19 Jun 2010 18:58

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Cobber

they seem to've taken over the place now anyway! <hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">

Yep, and not just there...it's another jobs program...any mandate from the STATE usually requires the employment of thousands of new workers and the funding of such through taxes, fines and permits. Sad...but true.

Many of our TR's get better mileage than some auto's 30 years younger and we can do it with half the parts and 20% of the cost and we can fix them ourselves without paying $100.00/hour for someone to hook up a computer and still have to guess what is wrong with the over engineered auto's they sell today.

Yea, I know you can get 200,000 + miles with today's cars. I can see both sides of the argument. But how many will be around 30 years from now?

I've GOT to quit rambling...[:I]

Maintained on Saturdayâ€¦Drive on Fun-Day !!! 1976 FHC - 1980 DHC

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