car of the 80's election

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car of the 80's election

Post by hjkort » Mon Sep 03, 2007 12:27 pm

make the 480 car of the 80's!

In holland we now have an election of which car should represent the 80's.
Our beloved (ahum) 480 can be choosen.

Help out and vote for the 480 by followingthis link.
Hoover over the 480 and click...
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Post by Ral » Tue Sep 04, 2007 7:44 am

They want a (presumably) Dutch postcode though. Good thing I've still got one of those :P
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Post by coyote1980 » Tue Sep 04, 2007 9:41 am

Dutch zipcodes are: 4 digits and 2 characters :)
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Post by esta » Tue Sep 04, 2007 3:30 pm

Ral wrote:They want a (presumably) Dutch postcode though. Good thing I've still got one of those :P
ha ha oops i jumped in and voted before reading the rest of the threads..and just popped in my UK postcode :lol: I really should learn to read things through before jumpin straight in lol :hopping:

I voted 480 woo! ;)
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Post by t_w » Tue Sep 04, 2007 4:10 pm

I saw a link on the dutch volvo forum, sow I'd already voted... :wink:

Curious which car will win...

The 'car of the 70's ' was the good old vw beetle...
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Post by VanDerGraaf » Wed Sep 05, 2007 12:31 pm

This should be made a sticky till the voting is over! :D

Voted ;)

Murf may have a problem voting as I saw a mk1 MR2 on there as well...... :lol:
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Post by catgroom » Wed Sep 05, 2007 12:44 pm

The 480 wasnt even in the running back then...

More like the XR3i or Capri 2.8i

The 480 was much more exclusive and distinctive.They cost a fortune back then,took ages to be able to afford one!!LOL!

I just cant vote for the 480,it'd be lying!

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Post by esta » Wed Sep 05, 2007 5:17 pm

catgroom wrote:
The 480 was much more exclusive and distinctive.They cost a fortune back then,took ages to be able to afford one!!LOL!
How much did a 480 cost?
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Post by Ral » Wed Sep 05, 2007 6:01 pm

catgroom wrote:The 480 wasnt even in the running back then...

More like the XR3i or Capri 2.8i

The 480 was much more exclusive and distinctive.They cost a fortune back then,took ages to be able to afford one!!LOL!

I just cant vote for the 480,it'd be lying!

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True, but then, it's all in hindsight isn't it. I mean, I betcha 90% of the people who voted for the Beetle as the car of the 70s have never been anywhere near a real one, let alone sat inside one on the move or it would have never made it to the top spot :P
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Post by coyote1980 » Mon Sep 17, 2007 8:01 pm

In the end: the Peugeot 205 won the eighties contest. A real shame, isn't it. Probably only won because more were sold...
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Post by esta » Tue Sep 18, 2007 6:19 am

coyote1980 wrote:In the end: the Peugeot 205 won the eighties contest. A real shame, isn't it. Probably only won because more were sold...
...Or maybe because it was the only one people were certain they knew about, most people i meet have never seen my car before!! :lol:

(Lol-one person, upon seeing my bright red ES with here pop up lights up from the front, actually asked me if it was a Ferrari-as if the Volvo grill and badge didn't give it away-durh!!! :rofl: )
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Post by gltease » Tue Sep 18, 2007 9:07 am

Some how guys n girls I dont think we would get quite so many looks if we drove 205s :)
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Post by aibast » Tue Sep 18, 2007 9:32 am

esta wrote:
coyote1980 wrote:In the end: the Peugeot 205 won the eighties contest. A real shame, isn't it. Probably only won because more were sold...
...Or maybe because it was the only one people were certain they knew about, most people i meet have never seen my car before!! :lol:

(Lol-one person, upon seeing my bright red ES with here pop up lights up from the front, actually asked me if it was a Ferrari-as if the Volvo grill and badge didn't give it away-durh!!! :rofl: )
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Post by Yge » Wed Sep 19, 2007 3:14 pm

We ended up third. Behind the Fiat panda :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:
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Post by JohnTurbo » Wed Sep 19, 2007 5:01 pm

I voted for the fiat panda. :)
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Post by coyote1980 » Thu Sep 20, 2007 7:25 pm

Yge wrote:We ended up third. Behind the Fiat panda :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:
I don't think people voted for the panda for it's looks :)
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