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It's not quite a Jaguar… « What I Reckon

It was with a weird mixture of relief and regret that I drove away from the Dealership in my ever-so-shiny, smelling-like-brand-new car, with its higher driving position, much quieter petrol engine, firmer seats and 109000 fewer I bought The Golf as in my previous job I had a company car provided. It was a strange old time, as I'd been on gardening leave for a few months, we'd been trying to sell our house in Oxfordshire without much luck in order to

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It's not quite a Jaguar… « What I Reckon

Mafia II « The Random Number

Unlike the Grand Theft Auto games, crashing will hurt you, guns aren't steady and easy to aim, your car needs petrol, the police will not look the other way if you run a red light, cars aren't always left open,

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And You Thought Your Resto Was A Pain | Automoblog.net

But it got me to thinking about a lot of weird, Soviet related car stuff, and, more importantly, how it relates to being a gearhead in general. But first, let's get my take on our Soviet touchstone for this discussion. …. That's pretty damn odd. Now, extrapolate the windshield wiper thing out to literally every car part you might need for a restoration of a nearly 50-year-old car. And you thought rebuilding the differential and rear end on your Jaguar

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BBC Radio 1: Newsbeat's Odd Box – 26 May 2011 | insurance auto

Ten “funny slash weird video clips” here, including lawnmower racing gnomes, Obama's car The Beast getting stuck and a ticket to the baby opera. It's the week's weird and wonderful video stories in Newsbeat's Odd Box

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BBC Radio 1: Newsbeat's Odd Box – 26 May 2011 | insurance auto