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Ray collins

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  1. Haha ha ha ha.  Oh dear me.   I have just fell in !    I have been promoted to  “ advanced “  status   On the Forum.   There’s me thinking  it was  because of my  forum input   But NO ! It was referring to my  80 years of age,    Can’t get much more advanced than that ,    OMG....  

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      Ray collins

      Rich !  At 500 posts   I would probably be found strangled in a ditch alongside the A41.....  Best regards from Ray... collins ..

       

       

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  2. Got your message Tony.  Re contacting joe direct ETC  via the ‘ call centre’ concerning   the spacers  issue on my MX5      
    I have now been in touch with JOE and all is sorted now,   Get well soon my friend   Best regards. ...RAY..   

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      Thanks Rich,    No, I hadn’t realised that,   -As I previously  mentioned in a previous reply, “I know very little about the way’s of the Internet  and often just look for a place in which to Plant a reply,“   However, I can see your point  about putting a reply  on a private feed’  that everyone else can see, etc, When it was In fact intended for Tony himself,     I will try to master this frigging Internet  even if it takes me  50 years   “”Oh wait a minute“”  not a feasible proposition at 80 years of age  !,  Anyway Thanks Rich,  

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  3. My Dear Tony.  Can you please  tell  JOE that I want to come over to have the H&R 25mm spacers  fitted Before Christmas! !   Maybe next week even,   Will phone and chat to Joe  about ordering the parts    I would like Hub Centric types if they are available,    Best regards   From Ray...

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      Got it  Tony,   Have complied with your suggestion . Ray...

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  4. My Dear Tony.  Can you please  tell  JOE that I want to come over to have the H&R 25mm spacers  fitted Before Christmas! !   Maybe next week even,   Will phone and chat to Joe  about ordering the parts    I would like Hub Centric types if they are available,    Best regards   From Ray...

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      Hi Tony.   No,  Joe said  he will  Need a few days to order the H&R  25mm spacers,    So I await his  instruction for when they arrive  and when he wants the car in for work to commence ,   I had mentioned in one of my blogs that I would be pleased if the H&R spacers were “ hub centric “ 
      But   Joe knows what he is doing And what to order, etc, All I want is for a message telling me that  Joe is ready to apply the spacers,    Maybe a phone call to my house is the best bet.   As I am still not able to fully navigate the Forum successfully  yet,    So I might miss his  ‘ post ‘    You have my  home phone number  I believe ?    I won’t give it over the Internet ...   if you require a deposit  for the spacers No problem ...    Ray... 

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  5. I notice that Tony  displays a Ferrari 360 Spider at the head of his posts !     I had one myself     I bought it from the proceeds of a serious road accident    It belonged to Tim Martin   ( Wetherspoon owner )    Its a long story   I sold it at a loss in 2018    It had a Tubie  exhaust system     That noise is as good as it gets   Even better than the sound of a TVR  on full song,    They were the days eh.   Lovely memories.  Ray

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      Sad to hear that the novelty of owning  your  replica is wearing thin,    Imagine owning the real thing  and then not being able to enjoy it because the funds run out !  That’s what happened to me Tony,   I blew all my  Insurance money on an expensive Ferrari   And ‘hadn’t  given a thought to the  cost of owning and running it. Etc,    

      Anyway,   I  had my little MX5  lowered   Last Thursday and very pleased. Every MX5 should have this modification if they haven’t already. Best way to  enhance the looks ... Your staff member Joe   What a nice guy, eh...   
       

      get to rekindle your enthusiasm for your replica Tony   We have a guy in our village with a replica 355 Ferrari  and  it fooled me     I  often looked at it and thought to myself. He must feel like “Charlie Bananas“      Then one day I met him at a car show  and  he confided in me that it was a replica , 
      He loved it for     ‘what it was’ ,  
      Why pay £30,000 for a Designer ‘hand bag‘  when you can buy an identical and practical replica for £20 quid over the market ?   Who’s the mug ?
       

       

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  6. I notice that Tony  displays a Ferrari 360 Spider at the head of his posts !     I had one myself     I bought it from the proceeds of a serious road accident    It belonged to Tim Martin   ( Wetherspoon owner )    Its a long story   I sold it at a loss in 2018    It had a Tubie  exhaust system     That noise is as good as it gets   Even better than the sound of a TVR  on full song,    They were the days eh.   Lovely memories.  Ray

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      Ray collins

      Nothing sad about that Tony,    It’s all in the mind,    My one was bought with the proceeds of a serious road accident,  my wife told me to go out and treat myself to a nice car as I wasn’t getting any younger,    I did,   I bought a 360 Spider  She could not believe her eyes    She retorted   “ you silly git. I meant something like a Ford Fiesta ..    I then spent £32,000 on a full Ferrari Hamann spoiler kit and  Wheels,

      Then offered it for sale to a Ferrari specialist    At first he  said he wouldn’t be interested because of the spoiler kit etc

      but when he saw it he bought it on the spot    He phoned me three days later to tell me that  he had been in the trade for 40 years and  thought he knew everything about buying and selling Ferrari’s    He said  “ the first person to walk into my showroom“   “walked past every other car  and made a ‘ B ‘ line for the Hamann Ferrari and bought it  I still  go out of my door and  look at my MX5  and still see a Ferrari 360 spider sitting there in my dreams,    But lovely memories I have of owning  that Red Ferrari with Magnolia piped leather,   Enjoy your replica Tony   I’ve seen them at motor shows and they look fantastic ...   best regards  Tony ...Ray...

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