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I have taken the plunge

Postby Grampy » Wed 30.07.2014, 06:31

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Well after years of wanting one I have finally committed to buying.

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Re: I have taken the plunge

Postby novacaine » Wed 30.07.2014, 08:07

Nice one! Welcome to the world of Elan ownership!
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Re: I have taken the plunge

Postby maz_r » Wed 30.07.2014, 08:15

Congratulations :) Hope you and the elan have loads of fun together!

Love the colour. Was the car on Ebay?

And pardon my ignorance, but where is Barri?
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Re: I have taken the plunge

Postby HJ2 » Wed 30.07.2014, 08:26

Welcome aboard! Let the fun and tinkering begin :-)
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Re: I have taken the plunge

Postby dapinky » Wed 30.07.2014, 09:19

maz_r wrote:And pardon my ignorance, but where is Barri?


Likewise - if it's a typo, I can probably see you out of my kitchen window :smt039
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Re: I have taken the plunge

Postby Rob P » Wed 30.07.2014, 10:52

Welcome to the joys (and pains) of M100 ownership, enjoy the ride :burnout:
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Re: I have taken the plunge

Postby epipete » Wed 30.07.2014, 11:12

maz_r wrote:Congratulations :)

And pardon my ignorance, but where is Barri?


Really, there is a profound ignorance of Norse Mythology on this site :lol:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barri
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Re: I have taken the plunge

Postby Fredjohn » Wed 30.07.2014, 12:13

Welcome to LEC and may you have many years of happy Elan driving. It's a friendly site, full of extremely helpful information and assistance, as well as a lot of wit and banter, frequently going way OFF TOPIC! :D

..............So where is Barri?
Don't think it's a mythical Norse place, even with the trees (grove), since you have a photo of your drive and garage. So could it be in Umbria Italy? Mmmm perhaps not with a UK reg plate.

Enlightenment is the key :?: :?: :?:
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Re: I have taken the plunge

Postby GeoffSmith » Wed 30.07.2014, 12:44

maz_r wrote:Congratulations :) ... where is Barri?

Let me think....

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Re: I have taken the plunge

Postby Grampy » Wed 30.07.2014, 13:03

Thanks for the warm welcome, and yes Barri is the Welsh spelling of Barry in South Wales.

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Re: I have taken the plunge

Postby dapinky » Wed 30.07.2014, 13:11

Grampy wrote:....and yes Barri is the Welsh spelling of Barry in South Wales.



Ahh, as I thought (but if you'd put "Y Barri" instead it could have saved all of us old buggers with too much time on our hands from speculating :-D :-D

(Nice pair of cars though - something for longer journeys to go with the 'play' car!)....

....do you drive at Llandow at all? It's one of my favourite 'local' tracks. :burnout: :burnout:
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Re: I have taken the plunge

Postby daveiow » Wed 30.07.2014, 13:13

Welcome aboard :D
Almost anything you need to know is here somewhere thanks to the tremendous efforts of members past and present.
You've got the start of a nice collection :P
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Re: I have taken the plunge

Postby Grampy » Wed 30.07.2014, 14:53

dapinky wrote:
Grampy wrote:....and yes Barri is the Welsh spelling of Barry in South Wales.



Ahh, as I thought (but if you'd put "Y Barri" instead it could have saved all of us old buggers with too much time on our hands from speculating :-D :-D

(Nice pair of cars though - something for longer journeys to go with the 'play' car!)....

....do you drive at Llandow at all? It's one of my favourite 'local' tracks. :burnout: :burnout:


Thanks, the intention is hill climbing and sprints, possible I will enter in the future classic series.

Llandow is 15 min away so will be getting to know that track well

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Re: I have taken the plunge

Postby Grampy » Wed 30.07.2014, 14:53

daveiow wrote:Welcome aboard :D
Almost anything you need to know is here somewhere thanks to the tremendous efforts of members past and present.
You've got the start of a nice collection :P
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Re: I have taken the plunge

Postby Grampy » Wed 30.07.2014, 23:47

She is home :-)
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Re: I have taken the plunge

Postby HJ2 » Thu 31.07.2014, 08:33

Let the fun begin!
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Re: I have taken the plunge

Postby Grampy » Thu 31.07.2014, 16:05

Already looking at brakes lol :banghead:
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Re: I have taken the plunge

Postby novacaine » Thu 31.07.2014, 16:10

Yeah get yourself a nice set of HiSpecs from PNM. Its the best improvement I've given mine!
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Re: I have taken the plunge

Postby Grampy » Thu 31.07.2014, 19:16

novacaine wrote:Yeah get yourself a nice set of HiSpecs from PNM. Its the best improvement I've given mine!



That's what I have been recommended :agree:
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Re: I have taken the plunge

Postby mrpmarchant » Wed 06.08.2014, 16:59

Welcome! (I am only 18 miles from Barry and "Barri" had me foxed!)
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