what's on yer eBay watch list - Page 2

MSL · 04-10-12, 01:21 PM

How about this?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DAF-33-Var...item2321fba971

Hanuman · 04-10-12, 04:42 PM

DAF-33-Variomatic

My late, great aunt had one of those when she was learning to drive. One of the funniest memories of my childhood, watching my dads expression after an hour in a car with her- She'd enrolled my dad's assistance with the driving lessons.

Picture this- he's a bloody awful instructor* and she was an ex-teacher, of the Victorian format school-ma'am variety, which essentially meant that by her mid sixties when she was learning to drive, she was an awful student.

Being an English teacher, she also had a tendency to correct grammar first, or deliberately take things too literally by way of making a point, rather than get the gist of the message being relayed to her.

Dad- at the next roundabout, go straight ahead
Aunt- obliges, literally, taking in the grassy knoll, and various flowers, on her journey literally over the top of roundabout.

She must have, singlehanded, kept the spares department at daf in business. She kept destroying the transmissions. She'd keep her foot resting on the throttle, causing the car to move unintended. So she'd brake. Followed by more throttle to get it to move, followed by even more brake, until the car had eaten yet more belts.

The car spent almost as much time in repairs as it did on top of roundabouts.
Still, whoever bought it would have been safe in the knowledge that the transmission had been tested to destruction!

*he decided he would teach me to drive, officially, until we almost came to blows

missfire · 04-10-12, 05:02 PM

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LOL, seen the new price? Some local antique dealer reckons they're a bit of a dabbler in classic cars..

I was trying to get my dad to buy that, just round the corner from us, in the rural sense. He bought a Zafira instead.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MERCEDES-2...item2575f8bdc0

rtz62 · 04-10-12, 06:05 PM

All mine are ve-hic-ular;
BMW E46 m3
Golf R32
Porsche Coxster
(All the above in anticipation of me n stevet63 going to the 'Ring)
Golf Gt tdi
Peugeot 206 gti HDi
VW bora tdi sport
Mercedes 190 Coswortj
(All the above with a view to profit....)

Coxy · 04-10-12, 06:11 PM

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Originally Posted by The Real MSH!

This would be taking the piss....

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1995-Lada-...#ht_1098wt_922

now watching!

Coxy · 04-10-12, 06:13 PM

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Originally Posted by MSL

How about this?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DAF-33-Var...item2321fba971

damn, he's got a superb variety of cars and old skool BMX's for sale!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/purplehors...id=p4340.l2562

Coxy · 04-10-12, 06:14 PM

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Originally Posted by missfire

LOL, seen the new price? Some local antique dealer reckons they're a bit of a dabbler in classic cars..

I was trying to get my dad to buy that, just round the corner from us, in the rural sense. He bought a Zafira instead.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MERCEDES-2...item2575f8bdc0

missfire · 04-10-12, 06:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Coxy

They haven't even done anything to it, but drive it round the corner!.

Lateralus · 04-10-12, 06:33 PM

Coxy - a servant/butler's bell ????

Coxy · 04-10-12, 06:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Lateralus

Coxy - a servant/butler's bell ????

Yeah, but only because it was manufactured in Wellington! I kind of collect random local related stuff, and I do mean random!

04-10-12, 04:42 PM	#12
Hanuman Trickster Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Heckling from the cheap seats, Phnom Penh, KoW Posts: 7,028	DAF-33-Variomatic My late, great aunt had one of those when she was learning to drive. One of the funniest memories of my childhood, watching my dads expression after an hour in a car with her- She'd enrolled my dad's assistance with the driving lessons. Picture this- he's a bloody awful instructor* and she was an ex-teacher, of the Victorian format school-ma'am variety, which essentially meant that by her mid sixties when she was learning to drive, she was an awful student. Being an English teacher, she also had a tendency to correct grammar first, or deliberately take things too literally by way of making a point, rather than get the gist of the message being relayed to her. Dad- at the next roundabout, go straight ahead Aunt- obliges, literally, taking in the grassy knoll, and various flowers, on her journey literally over the top of roundabout. She must have, singlehanded, kept the spares department at daf in business. She kept destroying the transmissions. She'd keep her foot resting on the throttle, causing the car to move unintended. So she'd brake. Followed by more throttle to get it to move, followed by even more brake, until the car had eaten yet more belts. The car spent almost as much time in repairs as it did on top of roundabouts. Still, whoever bought it would have been safe in the knowledge that the transmission had been tested to destruction! *he decided he would teach me to drive, officially, until we almost came to blows __________________ I wish they would keep the damned Chinese away now that I can go home, so that I can enjoy Fish amok and a draught Angkor

04-10-12, 01:21 PM	#11
MSL Grown up member Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 240	How about this? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DAF-33-Var...item2321fba971

04-10-12, 06:05 PM	#14
rtz62 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 1,527	All mine are ve-hic-ular; BMW E46 m3 Golf R32 Porsche Coxster (All the above in anticipation of me n stevet63 going to the 'Ring) Golf Gt tdi Peugeot 206 gti HDi VW bora tdi sport Mercedes 190 Coswortj (All the above with a view to profit....)

04-10-12, 06:33 PM	#19
Lateralus Grown up member Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 115	Coxy - a servant/butler's bell ????