S12 spotted!

JackieFan · #1 23-10-2006, 15:25

Was anyone driving through Langley last Friday?? It was a Red, fairly tidy looking one with standard Wheels and standard suspension. It's the first time i've seen another S12 on the road!

rpettafor · #2 23-10-2006, 16:38

that would be mine! im doing a college course there, but dont go very regularly (im redoing 1 module, so i dont have to attend all the time). im from the other side of reading, so im not usually found in that area, are you far from there? ive still not seen any others on the road!

JackieFan · #3 23-10-2006, 16:49

Nice one! I was driving that way home from work because the M25 was it's usual rubbish self! I was going to flash but then I remembered I wasn't in the 12! Would have just looked like a nutter

You've got a long way to go just for a college course! I live in Leighton Buzzard which is a fair way out from Langley but I cut through that way sometimes for a change of scenery!

rpettafor · #4 24-10-2006, 16:52

yeah its quite a way, but im doing an apprenticeship, so my company chooses the course, so i have little choice! do you use the 12 much, or is it more of a weekend/project car?

JackieFan · #5 24-10-2006, 17:13

At the moment is a fairly sorry looking Driveway ornament! However it's going to be a bit of a track toy before long. I've not bothered sorting out the MOT since I lowered it because the rear brakes are hanging on so I don't want to use it till that's well and truly sorted. I'm waiting for a set of poly subframe bushes and diff mount + LSD so that I can attack it over a weekend and do it all in one hit instead of taking things off the car every week. Then it's off to get the bodywork tidyed up and it should be a go'er

What plans have you got for yours? What you doing the Apprenticeship in?

nots13 · #6 25-10-2006, 08:27

i once saw another s12 in huntingdon back in the summer and also when i was in oxford some time in the middle of last year just before i bought mine. both were red and looked very standard. the one i saw in huntingdon looked like it was kept in a giant tupperware box it was soooo mint. the big RAC badge in the grill wasn't so cool. still the geezer who owned it was doing his shopping in tescos with his wife and two kids in it! not too many turbocharged rear wheel drive 80's sports coupe's you can do that with hey!