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PostPosted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 11:23 am 
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I'm not sure what to make of this. Want a Porsche 356 & a Porsche 959? Why not make a Porsche 359? :shock:

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Why o why o why? That looks so wrong. :shock:

Gordon reserve them a bed :violent1:

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PostPosted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 9:53 pm 
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oh dear me, thats horrid

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Don't like that? What about this 356 turbo look thingy? :pukeright: :pukeleft:

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Sorry the first one is vile..... what a waste of money & effort. The second one is not nice either but I see where he's coming from.
Not sure whether either will find a ready market, someones vision is necessarily everybody elses.

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Its like looking at Sophie Ellis Bextor - all the individual parts look good - but put them all together and it just doesn't work :D

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PostPosted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 9:41 pm 
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Its like looking at Sophie Ellis Bextor - all the individual parts look good - but put them all together and it just doesn't work :D

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but its a nice colour

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PaulPSB wrote:
Its like looking at Sophie Ellis Bextor - all the individual parts look good - but put them all together and it just doesn't work :D

Yes maybe but playing with the parts would be fun :twisted: :twisted:

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does this make you dr philistine, or dr frankenstien ?

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lindsayhbrown wrote:
does this make you dr philistine, or dr frankenstien ?

Just the normal Perv, which means I fit here so well..... :mrgreen:

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lindsayhbrown wrote:
but its a nice colour...


...for a postbox. :tongue1:

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