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chelle_belle Dec 16th, 2017 10:41

Got stuck in a traffic jam on the motorway the other week due to an accident, took an hour to move a couple of miles, we were in the 855 p reg and passed at least four cars that were all newer that had broke down on the hard shoulder,
855 has over 200k on it, :thumbs_up:

Ryan69 Dec 16th, 2017 14:51

Where I park at work my car is the oldest in the street, as the closed the car park to add to the building and encourage public transport usage.
Absolutely no use when you finish when trains and buses are tuck up in a depot. My car the only car not to support a line keyed up the length of the car or worse seems 13 near enough 14-year-old Volvos are less appealing to your average bored ned/chav or maybe the secretly respect Volvos.

stephend Dec 17th, 2017 22:22

My Toyota blew its head gasket this week, so the 740 was hauled out of retirement to drive over to E. Anglia and back. Didn't miss a beat. I was the oldest thing I saw on the motorway - but I spotted an MG TA (or similar) out near Buckingham... :)

volvoid Dec 18th, 2017 17:43

Quote:

Originally Posted by MG68 (Post 2347659)
Popped down to Devon yesterday, 370 mile round trip on £50 derv, coming back was dark and very wet on the '303, but glad I took the 53 V70 rather than the missus 63 BMW 320d.

And clipped over 629k on the way back too ;-)



629 thousand miles !! did you do all those ? dont you have a life ?

Geoff moore Jan 6th, 2018 20:39

I quite often find my 1993 Wentworth is the senior on the road/car park etc however just before Christmas we spotted an austin seven on the m3 (amber light flashing away on its roof)

volvoid Jan 6th, 2018 21:45

I have seen a 1920s ? big bentley doing best part of the ton with 5 people on board, all well wrapped up and looking cold.

tedbriggs Jan 7th, 2018 11:55

People laugh at my volvo because it’s old they don’t understand i don’t want a new volvo that’s mainly foreign parts even if i could afford one

PhilJ82 Jan 7th, 2018 22:19

I followed a vintage Bentley on the A420 sometime over the Christmas period. He stopped at a big house just outside Oxford. Looked lovely in the winter sunshine.


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