Ray collins

Hi Ray,

Ranks are based on the number of posts members have made so once you hit 30 posts you became an advanced member. When you hit 100 that will change to club post guru and dedicated club poster for 500 posts.

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

Thanks....

There's been some changes to the forum, even i'm struggling but Invision who's engine we use is constantly keeping the forum up to date, not just the image but also members security.

Hi Ray,

I think Tony must have sent you a PM (Private Message) but you have replied on his feed page, which everyone can see. I'm not sure if you realise that?

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,  

Ray phone the centre direct... I've not been at the centre for several weeks due to my car crash.

Ray phone the centre direct... I've not been at the centre for several weeks due to my car crash.

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

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...

I was lucky in truth, the seller was a desperate seller and i agreed the 15k asking price.... I spent around 10k on extras like Ferrari seats, glass and so on.

My issue is i think i enjoyed the chase and now it's done i'm losing interest.

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 ?