"average user" (avgusr)
07/31/2018 at 09:34 • Filed to: None
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"average user" (avgusr)
07/31/2018 at 09:34 • Filed to: None | 1
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I was doing some cleaning and organizing yesterday and found a stash of old photos from when i was living in London in the late late 90s. Most are just random shots, but i remember this one: a mystery station wagon parked under a block of very nice flats just down the road from mine in South Kensington (a stone’s throw from the palace and gardens). IIRC it is some kind of custom Bentley station wagon? But i cannot be certain. There are a lot of embassies around those parts, I am pretty certain SOMEONE thought i was a spy or something.
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> average user
07/31/2018 at 09:45 |
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oooooh, Saab convertible
someassemblyrequired
> average user
07/31/2018 at 09:52 |
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Yep Bentley shooting brake:
http://www.coys.co.uk/cars/1979-bentley-t2-shooting-brake
WilliamsSW
> average user
07/31/2018 at 09:53 |
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Hard to tell with the lighting but it just looks like a convertible to me.
fintail
> someassemblyrequired
07/31/2018 at 09:58 |
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That appears to be the exact same car (if I am reading the plate right), nice catch
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average user
> WilliamsSW
07/31/2018 at 10:01 |
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Sorry i tried to play with it with P-shop magic but it failed. Its a scan of an old photo.
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fintail
> average user
07/31/2018 at 10:01 |
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Saab has been off the road since 2004 per the DVLA search function:
https://vehicleenquiry.service.gov.uk/
Elsewhere I find the BMW failed MOT in 2009 , that was it:
https://www.regit.cars/car/t491elm
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average user
> fintail
07/31/2018 at 10:02 |
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The picture was taken around 1999 or 2000. I doubt either is on the road. If i ever found a clearer picture of the Bentley i would post it, but i doubt it.
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fintail
> average user
07/31/2018 at 10:12 |
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Ye ah, cars in Blighty seem to have shorter lives than in much of NA.
Looks like per an auction listing, the Bentley still exists.
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someassemblyrequired
> fintail
07/31/2018 at 10:29 |
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Holy crow, apparently I need to buy a lotto ticket today.
Cé hé sin
> average user
07/31/2018 at 10:30 |
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A thing like this?
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average user
> fintail
07/31/2018 at 11:13 |
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Well a 30 year old Saab and a late 90s E39 probably wont survive America either, but we have lax emissions and inspection rules in much of the country so they can squeak by.
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average user
> someassemblyrequired
07/31/2018 at 11:14 |
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How on earth did you read that plate? The listing seems to be consistent with this particular car if Coy’s history is accurate. South Kensington is only a very
short distance from Knightsbridge so it is likely the owner lives there.
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average user
> Cé hé sin
07/31/2018 at 11:17 |
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Yes, similar.
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someassemblyrequired
> average user
07/31/2018 at 11:22 |
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Dumb luck, I knew it was a Bentley shooting brake - I didn’t actually think the plate was readable, so I just grabbed what looked like a picture of a similar
conversion. But if you zoom in, it appears to have the same registration. Glad it’s survived, love those RR/Bentley/Jag
shooting brakes.
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fintail
> average user
07/31/2018 at 12:00 |
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And nicer climate in some areas - being spoiled on the west coast, I see at least one E39 literally every day, and old Saabs aren’t insanely rare yet either.
ranwhenparked
> fintail
07/31/2018 at 19:27 |
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And cars don’t depreciate as steeply here, so owners are still willing to do repairs on older cars (and dealers are willing to either keep older trade-ins on their used lots, or send them to auction, where a used car dealer will buy them, instead of hauling them straight to the scrapyard).
Being able to tell how old a car is by the registration number might be part of that.
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fintail
> ranwhenparked
07/31/2018 at 21:49 |
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Depreciation is a good point, it is insane in the UK, maybe some of the worst in the world.
In Limeyland, you can get a personal plate that doesn’t reflect the date of registration, but you have to pay for it.