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Old 10-16-2004, 06:33 AM
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Out last weekend blating around the outskirts of Henley, i spotted this thing, followed it for a while (it's not good round corners LOL) and got some pics. Since discovered it is called a Carver:

http://www.pistonheads.com/doc.asp?c=47&i=6958

http://www.carver.nl/home.htm

What weirdo cars have you seen?




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Good spot, I remember clarkson raving about the carver, saying it wa great fun - did you see it angle right over whilst going round any corners?
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Yeah, and it didnt angle quite enough, ended up well wide, and nearly on the other side of the road
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I saw one of these on the road the other day. F*cking horrible.

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Originally Posted by AquilaEagle,Oct 16 2004, 03:33 PM

What weirdo cars have you seen?
Well, I was overtaken on the Evesham By-pass last Sunday by a Crossfire in Vomit Yellow. It zoomed past and then slowed right down, obviously trying to tempt me to play.

As I am of the age where such childish penis-power displays leave me cold, and I was looking for the Shell station to fill up with Optimax, and as I assume such American brutes have about 6 litres to my 2, I disappointed him.

As it happens, the Shell filling station in Broadway Road, Evesham, listed in their booklet has (like so many others) changed to another brand and it wasn't until I got to Milton Keynes that I found a BP station selling Ultra, by which time I was down to a single bar on the gauge.

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i thought a crosfire had the 3.2 merc slk engine.but then again it is an slk
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Saw a re-run of a review on the Crossfire last night. Said it took over 7 seconds to reach 60!
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Weird cars ....

I saw one of those Messerschmitt cars a few months ago.
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The Bond Bug was made in Preston!
All the ones I saw round here were Orange though.
In fact since then can't thing of another Orange car other than the S2000
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Originally Posted by P 1,Oct 16 2004, 10:46 PM
In fact since then can't thing of another Orange car other than the S2000
Koenigsegg!


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