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Have You Seen Any Interesting Cars On The Road Lately?

Guernsey is even worse - took the 968 tip cab there a few years ago, don't think I ever got out of 2nd gear in the days we were there! Loads of the roads were not only twisty and slow, they were also narrow even in a 968 cab!
 
Chrishazle said:
Guernsey is even worse - took the 968 tip cab there a few years ago, don't think I ever got out of 2nd gear in the days we were there! Loads of the roads were not only twisty and slow, they were also narrow even in a 968 cab!
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Sounds like Wales.
 
Darrell said:
Definite **** extensions then?
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There's a lot of very,very wealthy people live here,have to splash it on something I guess.

I know when it all kicked off with the ex Chelsea fc owner Abramovich,Jersey state confiscated £75m of assets he had on the island.
 
Crispian22 said:
There's a lot of very,very wealthy people live here,have to splash it on something I guess.
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IIRC you have to have a pretty high net worth and/or income to be allowed to buy property there?
 
Darrell said:
Or be born there?
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Yup I think if you've already lived there for a certain number of years (over 10)? you are also allowed to buy a house. But property prices are pretty insane ... I remember reading that the average for a 4-bed house there was well over a million :eek:
 
BTB 500 said:
Yup I think if you've already lived there for a certain number of years (over 10)? you are also allowed to buy a house. But property prices are pretty insane ... I remember reading that the average for a 4-bed house there was well over a million :eek:
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An old school friend lives there with her husband who’s actually South African.
I don’t know if they’ve got their own house or what he does but she’s been there for 20 odd years working in the hotel business. They got a 13 year old son who was born there.
 
Darrell said:
An old school friend lives there with her husband who’s actually South African.
I don’t know if they’ve got their own house or what he does but she’s been there for 20 odd years working in the hotel business. They got a 13 year old son who was born there.
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I found some official stats on property costs in Jersey. As of Q2 this year the average prices were as follows:

1-bed flat: £356k
2-bed flat: £558k
2-bed house: £621k
3-bed house: £821k
4-bed house: £1,297k

"The mix-adjusted average price for Jersey was greater than that of London and more than twice that of the UK and England."

I guess rental prices there would also be high (in line with property costs), so it looks like locals would need a pretty decent job to afford their own place!


It's certainly a lovely place to visit though.
 
BTB 500 said:
I found some official stats on property costs in Jersey. As of Q2 this year the average prices were as follows:

1-bed flat: £356k
2-bed flat: £558k
2-bed house: £621k
3-bed house: £821k
4-bed house: £1,297k

"The mix-adjusted average price for Jersey was greater than that of London and more than twice that of the UK and England."

I guess rental prices there would also be high (in line with property costs), so it looks like locals would need a pretty decent job to afford their own place!


It's certainly a lovely place to visit though.
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I’ve only been there once which was back in 1997. The parents of the bride were Jersey aristocracy and their own roller was used for the wedding.
 
I know this is cheating somewhat as I didn’t actually see this, and it’s not a car, but I felt compelled to share it with the collective! I do love the cafe racer style of bike, but never before have I seen such a beautiful bike as this - and a Norvin as well. I can’t stop looking at it, everything seems perfect, even the colour.
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TeddyRuxpin said:
A rare sight these days unfortunately. I miss mine.

This is actually a ULEZ exempt heavily modernised/modified Morris Mini 1000cc! Not one of the later Coopers with the big arches and big superlite wheels. Interesting…
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I saw this one last weekend. It was immaculate - i wonder if it might have even had a heritage shell, it almost looked too pristine. My Dad's friend is just finishing his rebuild of a works Cooper - im not sure which one it is. He did have the ex Paddy Hopkirk Tulip Rally winner in his collection but sold it a while back. He also had a couple of works blocks still in their wax paper. I had a ride in the Tulip car, still with all the Halda etc - not massively quick by todays standards but the noise of the straight cut box was sublime.mini 1.jpg

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This one even had Yoko A008 tyres which i remember were always the tyre of choice. Im amazed they still make them.
 
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