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RLL
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Post by RLL » 01 Aug 2007 02:53 pm

I have been looking and looking but no 300 spottings at all...and i live close to Frankfurt, one of Germanys largest cities... Only fun thing was: An older guy came along driving his 240 GLT and we met in a roundabout...I almost crashed and he too because we both were turning heads, trying to get a glimse of eachothers cars... :D
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Post by Ronnie » 02 Aug 2007 09:22 pm

Last night Westbound on the M4 somewhere past Swindon spotted a dark coloured 300 with a smiley young black guy driving - anyone on here?
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Post by Chris_C » 03 Aug 2007 01:32 am

Saw 2 yesterday round here, one F plate white hatch with rear spoiler driven by a black haired lady 100 yds from Nicks house, other red (think it was on an H plate) in the Soton Odean cinema!
'89(G) 340 GLE B172k
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'89(F) 340 GL F7R (ex B172k) - Fake -> SBKV 300 Runner Up 08, 12; '91(H) 340 GL B14.4E - Kar; '88(F) 360 GLT B200E - Jet -> BKV 300 Runner Up 09; '89(G) 360 GLT B200E - Beast
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Post by garethreece » 07 Aug 2007 01:25 pm

Saw 2 today, a red 5dr and a rather odd blue one, didnt spot 3/5dr because i was slightly distracted by the pink seats and flower stickers on the bumpers sm26
B980EAV '85 340 GL
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And only 2 of them are on the road :(
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Post by germ » 07 Aug 2007 04:55 pm

i spoted 2 today

a red gl in non rusty but knocked about condition if u know what i mean.

and a blue 360 in the same condidion lol

i got told that they just run on forever so they dont bother looking after them... :(

well at least they are rolling and being used. :roll:
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Post by Tourinki » 07 Aug 2007 06:11 pm

germ wrote:
i got told that they just run on forever so they dont bother looking after them...
Yes it is shame that most of 300 series aren't looked after properly. Most of the 300s which i see almost daily are quite rusty, paint is oxidised?, and most of them are driven by elderly people. But i have seen couple almost mint ones. But neither are mine :cry: . But the older one of two which i have will be when i finish restoring it.
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Post by 5150 » 07 Aug 2007 07:43 pm

I regularly see one parked near my house - but I've never inspected it closely. I'll have a look tomorrow morning and report back with my findings!

It's a 340GL, I think.... G-reg. There's also D-reg 340GL sometimes parked nearby - and both cars look to be in pretty good nick.

I might make a couple of V3M cards to put under their wipers - might get them to join, or, if nothing else, they might be able to get a bit of info here if their cars develop problems!
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Post by MJ » 08 Aug 2007 12:20 pm

Spotted one myself yesterday. Well my dad thought he spotted one parked by the side of the road, so when we were heading home again I had a quick glance and it was a 360 GLT hatch. I think it was black, or at least a dark colour, hard to tell from the quick glimpse, and it was parked in the shade.
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Post by pyro » 08 Aug 2007 11:40 pm

whilst at the jamboree in essex i spotted a 360 gl (i think) in little baddow/danbury, looked pretty neat wen i was about 6ft up in a discovery!
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Post by filthyjohn » 11 Aug 2007 03:49 pm

G951VTY 5dr 340 in Kwik Fit in Sunderland yesterday. Looked quite tidy and black. Saw a silver 5dr on thursday too, on mackie's corner in Sunderland town centre. They seem to be a more and more common sight around here.
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Post by Chris_C » 11 Aug 2007 04:14 pm

I've seen 5 or so on the island this week, one very very tidy!
'89(G) 340 GLE B172k
'03 S60 D5 SE, '91 (J) MX5, 1954 Cyclemaster
Ex:
'89(F) 340 GL F7R (ex B172k) - Fake -> SBKV 300 Runner Up 08, 12; '91(H) 340 GL B14.4E - Kar; '88(F) 360 GLT B200E - Jet -> BKV 300 Runner Up 09; '89(G) 360 GLT B200E - Beast
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