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( , Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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my arms are sore from the gym yesterday. i blame the press-ups. bearing in mind that it was only the assessment to see if i am fit enough to train, this does NOT bode well for tomorrow's proper beastage.
( , Mon 22 Jul 2013, 10:17, 2 replies, latest was 12 years ago)

Just as I start going on another old car obsessive phase!
( , Mon 22 Jul 2013, 10:20, Reply)

and given a small budget to play with, like £100. that would get him the kind of car he likes, with £90 to spend on parts.
( , Mon 22 Jul 2013, 10:29, Reply)

( , Mon 22 Jul 2013, 10:35, Reply)

so long as nobody is dumb enough to buy it
classic cars are amazing when they are rare and lovely. a golf? you could spit randomly into the street and hit one of those things.
( , Mon 22 Jul 2013, 10:40, Reply)

( , Mon 22 Jul 2013, 10:41, Reply)

I'd maybe pay 3 for an absolute minter. Any mor ethan that's completely taking the piss.
( , Mon 22 Jul 2013, 10:42, Reply)

you can get a new one for £10k. and the old ones did not look good. they looked like boxes on wheels.
urgh.
how about a nice vintage MGBGT? they're a few thousand and look all of teh awesome
( , Mon 22 Jul 2013, 10:45, Reply)

I can about fold myself into a Golf. Not much hope of doing so in a B.
( , Mon 22 Jul 2013, 10:46, Reply)

www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1968-MGB-GT-BLACK-/300935730671?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item46112ad5ef
look at him
he's so so beautiful
( , Mon 22 Jul 2013, 10:47, Reply)

The rubber bumper Bs look awful though. Don't understand the appeal myself, one of my Mum's relations had an MG Midget and it was awful, uncomfortable and slow.
When them 6 numbers come up, Healey 3000 for me.
( , Mon 22 Jul 2013, 10:53, Reply)

But a Healey worth owning will cost you north of 30K. You can get a great 1970ish B roadster for a sixth of that.
So they're hardly comparable.
( , Mon 22 Jul 2013, 11:01, Reply)

so i don't see his problem, the lanky french git
( , Mon 22 Jul 2013, 10:56, Reply)

Too small. I'm too large. They're also way too slow.
( , Mon 22 Jul 2013, 10:59, Reply)

mine was only fast roaded and was faster than a Mk1 golf GTI, no drama.
And you didn't look like an Essex prick boy racer. Granted, that image is gone from golfs now, but still.
( , Mon 22 Jul 2013, 11:03, Reply)

Sorry, I just don't like them all that much.
( , Mon 22 Jul 2013, 11:05, Reply)

there has to be a happy medium here...
( , Mon 22 Jul 2013, 11:07, Reply)

( , Mon 22 Jul 2013, 11:16, Reply)

you spend all that time and money doing them up, and can't sell them on, because as you point out... nobody wants to pay 7k for them
( , Mon 22 Jul 2013, 11:20, Reply)

as it'll always cost you more than you can sell it for.
There is the odd exception for very, very rare cars that fetch 6-7 figures at auction, but normal stuff - generally it'll cost you twice as much as it's worth to do it up. You do it up because you enjoy doing it or because you plan to keep it.
( , Mon 22 Jul 2013, 11:23, Reply)

"men don't agree over two out of a million available cars" shocker.
I think we can both agree that 7k for a mk1 golf is a joke, though.
( , Mon 22 Jul 2013, 11:11, Reply)

I can't see a mk2 Golf ever being worth 8 grand. That's Stag money.
( , Mon 22 Jul 2013, 11:17, Reply)

Still, it's a bargain compared to spending more than 11p on a VW beetle in any condition.
( , Mon 22 Jul 2013, 10:48, Reply)

( , Mon 22 Jul 2013, 10:21, Reply)

if there's a nice one, i'd totally drink that shit
i'm going to do bikram twice a week to help the flexibility and hopefully get rid of the soreness. i suck hard at bikram, but it does feel good.
( , Mon 22 Jul 2013, 10:28, Reply)

( , Mon 22 Jul 2013, 10:31, Reply)

are yet another pointless scam that offer absolutely nothing in terms of benefits to any normal human being.
( , Mon 22 Jul 2013, 10:51, Reply)

No? then your diet contains more protein than you possibly need for recovery from any form of exercise short of an ultramarathon. You do not gain some advantage from the "formulation" of protein for "rapid recovery" or whatever shite they write on these things, becuase that's not how muscle damage, repair and recovery works in any way, shape or form.
So, unless by "works" you mean "relieved you of your money and provided your liver and kidneys with unnecessary work to do" then, no, it didn't work. Soz.
( , Mon 22 Jul 2013, 10:57, Reply)

( , Mon 22 Jul 2013, 11:02, Reply)

Although that's likely psychosomatic.
( , Mon 22 Jul 2013, 11:20, Reply)

There's good money to be made there
( , Mon 22 Jul 2013, 10:54, Reply)

so long as they aren't too stupid. eg my ass-toning trainers - do i reeeeeally think they tone my ass? no. but having spent £100 on them meant that i started walking home, and now often walk home 3-4 times a week, which i didn't do before. so well worth it.
( , Mon 22 Jul 2013, 10:56, Reply)

This is not a placebo effect though. This is paying money for more of something that your diet already contains too much of.
( , Mon 22 Jul 2013, 10:59, Reply)

typical diet would be 2 ryvitas and low fat homous for breakfast with fresh orange (SMOOTH), soup or itsu or something for lunch, and skip dinner or go out and eat something horrendous like feta cheese dip and pittas. i eat a lot of beans/chickpeas, drink milk and am TRYING to eat more fish, but probably a protein deficit really
( , Mon 22 Jul 2013, 11:07, Reply)

what you mention above would be fine. For protein, I mean. You're probably missing a cock load of B vits, but you probably don't need extra protein.
( , Mon 22 Jul 2013, 11:12, Reply)

sounds like an attempt to talk me into swallowing, dude
( , Mon 22 Jul 2013, 11:13, Reply)

but then i remembered i was chatting to the world's most fantastically gay horse!
( , Mon 22 Jul 2013, 11:19, Reply)
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