IceNineBack to cool stuff @jackyan and @GruffHarding
Green is always a winner I say and again it keeps on winning
https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/chevrolet/oldsmobile/listing/5760414342
Gruff HardingHow are you going to explain the purchase after hitting a fifth division win?
Anyhoo, a few beauts today, but first this - get it and you too can pick the car of your choice
https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/other/other/listing/5761689924
Number two - is purple your lucky colour? Better hope so, because British reliability
https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/austin/1100/listing/5761804800
And always in threes - tow truck might be handy for this, as well as the purple beest
https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/austin/10/listing/5762857206
Jack Yan (甄爵恩)@GruffHarding @IceNine Ah, but was yours twin-carb with the 1300?
I'd hope so!
Thing I like about older cars, you lift the bonnet and can immediately recognise an engine!
A nice honest car, with honest description
I think @BobLefridge left it sitting out the front for a few years
On the beach
https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/fiat/124-spider/listing/5765339931
@IceNine @GruffHarding @BobLefridge I think this shows how restrictive Trade Me is with descriptions. The seller probably wanted to write Fiat 124 Sport Spider but couldnʼt.
@jackyan @GruffHarding @BobLefridge
That said, they'd otherwise have a zillion categories
And someone would probably moan something like "Why isn't there a category for a Super Windy Starlet?" instead of being embarrassed by such a daft name
@IceNine @GruffHarding @BobLefridge No need for categories, just let the seller type in the name? Itʼs in their interest to get the details right.
@jackyan @GruffHarding @BobLefridge
Yeah, there's always the 'Other' category too - only, as you've noted, it'll get called a Fiat Other
That said, this red beauty had the same issue
https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/fiat/124-spider/listing/5761148783
@IceNine @GruffHarding @BobLefridge How frustrating. Evidently programmed by morons who know zero about the car industry. They expect everyone to be in tiny conformist boxes, all filling in Toyota Corolla or whatever it is you buy to signal that you have given up on life.
@jackyan @GruffHarding @BobLefridge
Too true, but also they make up 90% of the population. It's also why I search using filters and not by make or model (colour is tempting) - that said, the quickest and most powerful way to undertake any selection is through it's manual 😆
Prize for rephrasing that into the original English translation
@IceNine @GruffHarding @BobLefridge They should allow for variations as Auto Trader (UK and NZ) do. I don’t use Trade Me at all when it comes to cars—would honestly prefer searching either Auto Trader NZ or dealer listings directly.
@jackyan @IceNine @BobLefridge https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/ford/cortina/listing/5762087452 when I win lotto tonight I an gonna buy this, then get it repainted in Sherwood Green. In honour of the one I bought from mystic Granddad
Bob LeFridge 
Tidy vehicle, but $16k for a Cortina?
Colin Jackson@BobLefridge @IceNine @jackyan @GruffHarding you could have a love affair in that…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuNyzEa0gU8
(Video is Billericay Dickie by Ian Dury)
Ian Dury & The Blockheads Billericay Dickie 1977
@BobLefridge @jackyan @IceNine https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/toyota/corolla/listing/5766979559 what's worse is we used to buy these for 500 bucks in the the early 90s
@BobLefridge @jackyan @IceNine https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/ford/cortina/listing/5644967175 I'd buy thistle for my brother the road trip it back 😁
@GruffHarding @BobLefridge @jackyan
That and 323s were just everywhere
Some times they'd pass a warrant, but oh the rust
@GruffHarding @BobLefridge @jackyan
I knew I should have waited - 1.7L sewing machine
https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/other/other/listing/5776548241
@jackyan @GruffHarding @BobLefridge
Didn't know corgi were hunting dogs
Short legs, they'd get stuck all the time
@jackyan @GruffHarding @BobLefridge
Sorry, is this a dog, a fish, or a reptile?
Oh. None of the above. Very slow of me.
@jackyan @GruffHarding @BobLefridge
It's a pangolin
@jackyan @GruffHarding @BobLefridge
Well I've found the perfect companion to pick it up with - a miniature truck
https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/daihatsu/delta/listing/5783733380
@IceNine @BobLefridge @jackyan is the singer a sport version of the hunter, i'e more gauges same rubbish performance.
@IceNine @BobLefridge @jackyan I'm still here fellas 😁, I've just been a bit distracted with let's say admin, but all is well 😁
@GruffHarding @BobLefridge @jackyan
I found a cracker though 😆
https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/toyota/hilux/listing/5788409900
@GruffHarding @BobLefridge @jackyan
More serious, I 100% picture Jack in this beast
https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/austin/other/listing/5790751772
@IceNine @GruffHarding @BobLefridge The van would be great, though I would need an anthropomorphic dog to help me run the business.
@jackyan @GruffHarding @BobLefridge
Forget the Austin, we have a winner for you Jack!
And think, you can do a road trip via Ōtepoti and Ōtautahi to show it off!
https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/renault/other/listing/5785593103
John Cortexiphan@yakmoose @GruffHarding @BobLefridge @jackyan
They buffed the engine out!
@IceNine @yakmoose @BobLefridge @jackyan A mate thought the same thing when he rolled a car into an estuary many years ago, flooded the engine a bit though.
@IceNine @yakmoose @BobLefridge @jackyan https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/subaru/brumby/listing/5920872214 I found the perfect classic!
@GruffHarding @IceNine @BobLefridge Iʼd say Sunbeam was the sport brand. Prewar, and before Rootes, Singer was pretty innovative, so it was the more engineering-oriented brand.
Phil Stevens