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by JonathanE
Sun Apr 27, 2025 4:30 pm
Forum: Cars
Topic: Uncool cars with pop up headlights
Replies: 37
Views: 17737

Re: Uncool cars with pop up headlights

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Maybe we need a "What cars with pop up headlights look cool cool when their lights are popped up?" thread.
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https://live.staticflickr.com/5739/23175955930_bdc3571635_k.jpg

https://live.staticflickr.com/657/23103778529_6f5920247d_b.jpg

Any excuse!

Jonathan
by JonathanE
Thu Feb 20, 2025 11:56 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Ukraine
Replies: 1259
Views: 210413

Re: Ukraine

So you think Hamas and Hezbollah were acting in self-defence?
by JonathanE
Thu Feb 20, 2025 11:22 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Ukraine
Replies: 1259
Views: 210413

Re: Ukraine

Unfortunately it seems not, particularly that we now seem to have descended into personal comments.
by JonathanE
Thu Feb 20, 2025 10:55 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Ukraine
Replies: 1259
Views: 210413

Re: Ukraine

I am genuinely struggling to think of any war that didn’t involve explosions in public places. If you are adopting a pacifist stance that’s fine, but if you accept the right of Israel (like any other country) to defend itself against attacks then how do you suggest they do so?

Neither Hezbollah ...
by JonathanE
Thu Feb 20, 2025 6:58 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Ukraine
Replies: 1259
Views: 210413

Re: Ukraine


The indiscriminate nature of Israels attack using everyday devices that in normal context wouldn't be considered wartime materials is what makes it a war crime.


It's very easy for us car enthusiasts to sit comfortably at home and decide who is guilty of war crimes, without knowing all the facts ...
by JonathanE
Thu Feb 20, 2025 1:24 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Ukraine
Replies: 1259
Views: 210413

Re: Ukraine

Beany wrote: Thu Feb 20, 2025 12:56 pm ostensibly civil servants
Seriously?
by JonathanE
Tue Oct 08, 2024 9:15 am
Forum: Cars
Topic: Harry’s Garage
Replies: 3282
Views: 652187

Re: Harry’s Garage



None of us have a countach so it doesn’t matter 🥲


And @JonathanE sold his long ago, so we can't even pressure him to be (credibly) upset/confused/suspicious on our behalf. :(


I will chip in - yes, I sold the Countach 🥲 but can confirm that the steering was VERY heavy below around 15mph ...
by JonathanE
Mon Mar 18, 2024 3:17 pm
Forum: Cars
Topic: Harry’s Garage
Replies: 3282
Views: 652187

Re: Harry’s Garage

Nice to see the cars getting used; maybe a few thoughts:

- I'm surprised that Harry was surprised that most of the roads in Mallorca don't suit a Countach. It's a small, mountainous island! The Countach is much more an A-road rather than a B-road car (never mind the challenge that his one is RHD ...
by JonathanE
Thu Mar 14, 2024 9:49 am
Forum: General
Topic: Marcello Gandini
Replies: 20
Views: 1411

Re: Marcello Gandini

RIP. That's quite a list - I count myself very lucky to have owned some of them, including an inherited BX. As Beany says, pretty much all these designs show a huge and admirable level of commitment - if you look at the squared-off front wheel arch on the BX (and the Rainbow), it's very similar to ...
by JonathanE
Tue Jan 23, 2024 3:12 pm
Forum: General
Topic: I have been a voyeur, not a stalker
Replies: 66
Views: 3494

Re: I have been a voyeur, not a stalker

Welcome! Is the E24 granitsilber? I ask because it looks the same colour as my old E31 (850i). Lovely car (the E24, not the E31 which was an unreliable slug). I hadn't noticed the B pillar treatment before the close-up photo above; it reminds me of the C pillars of the Mercedes 450SLC if you are old ...
by JonathanE
Fri Jan 19, 2024 2:06 pm
Forum: Cars
Topic: Decent car YouTubes
Replies: 3625
Views: 952818

Re: Decent car YouTubes

My old car. Selling it was the second stupidest thing anyone has ever done (selling the Countach being top of the list).

by JonathanE
Tue Oct 10, 2023 9:33 am
Forum: General
Topic: Bye Bye Sunak..
Replies: 1258
Views: 244568

Re: Bye Bye Sunak..






It's not stopping it whatsoever though is it? Probably the opposite.

If 250 civilians are killed in a couple of days, why is that if Israel is so careful to tell people to evacuate? They just couldn't be bothered to save their own lives? Sorry, that level of collateral damage is just not ...
by JonathanE
Mon Oct 09, 2023 10:17 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Bye Bye Sunak..
Replies: 1258
Views: 244568

Re: Bye Bye Sunak..


You don’t get to target blocks of flats and places of worship then claim to be on the side of good. Regardless of the version of god you worship.

If Hamas are using human shields you come up with something better than blowing them up.


Like asking them to evacuate?

Do you have a better ...
by JonathanE
Mon Oct 09, 2023 9:47 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Bye Bye Sunak..
Replies: 1258
Views: 244568

Re: Bye Bye Sunak..


The BBC is reporting 140 children and 105 women killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza.

Are you saying there's been no civilians killed by Israel? I'm not there, but it seems improbable.


No, I wasn't saying that; I was asking you to explain your comment that Israel carries out civilian murders ...
by JonathanE
Mon Oct 09, 2023 9:23 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Bye Bye Sunak..
Replies: 1258
Views: 244568

Re: Bye Bye Sunak..

What's your basis for saying that Israelis (the government, army or citizens) are happy to murder civilians?
by JonathanE
Mon Oct 09, 2023 11:47 am
Forum: General
Topic: Bye Bye Sunak..
Replies: 1258
Views: 244568

Re: Bye Bye Sunak..

ZedLeg wrote: Mon Oct 09, 2023 10:58 am Maybe we as a country shouldn't let the right wing press dictate the discourse like that then, just a thought.
If the press were pro-Israel they would refer to Hamas as terrorists, not militants.
by JonathanE
Fri Feb 10, 2023 5:56 pm
Forum: Cars
Topic: A celebration of well filled arches
Replies: 60
Views: 3502

Re: A celebration of well filled arches

Because it's Friday, and because there are no bad Panteras, here is mine:

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52680700476_659fa36e49_k.jpg IMG_3577 copy

I know the rear arches are slightly too big - I think they have been slightly enlarged. At some point I will invest in 10" rears and 295 (or ...
by JonathanE
Sat Jun 25, 2022 11:12 am
Forum: Cars
Topic: Top 5 grey German cars ranked
Replies: 39
Views: 2911

Re: Top 5 grey German cars ranked

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That's the best silver/grey on the thread.

Why was it such a bad car? I remember when I first saw one of those at the dealership and it was like something from the future and the past at the same time and looked absolutely incredible. I never got to drive one though.
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I bought it ...
by JonathanE
Fri Jun 24, 2022 5:42 pm
Forum: Cars
Topic: Top 5 grey German cars ranked
Replies: 39
Views: 2911

Re: Top 5 grey German cars ranked

This was probably the worst car I ever owned, but I sometimes miss it. I believe the official colour name was "GRANITSILBER METALLIC".

Jonathan

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by JonathanE
Mon Jan 24, 2022 3:56 pm
Forum: Cars
Topic: Wheel choice
Replies: 55
Views: 4819

Re: Wheel choice

VAT in Germany is 19% so it looks like the seller has assumed your €700 offer was inclusive of local VAT, and then deducted the VAT as the wheels are being exported. But in practice you will probably have to pay 20% VAT on the €588 (and on the shipping costs) when you import them into the UK.