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  1. May 21st, 2008, 11:57 AM #1
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    TG team at Hinxton (Alfa challenge&something else)[with pics&vid]

    CROWDS of people flocked to the Red Lion pub in Hinxton on Monday afternoon, after word got round that TV's Top Gear team were in town.

    Villagers gathered outside the pub's car park at 4.45pm, digital cameras at the ready to photograph television's favourite trio.

    The crowds were not kept waiting long, as just after 5pm, Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May arrived in three Alfa Romeos.
    That's the Alfas covered, here's the "something else":

    Top Gear was in the area filming at Duxford Imperial War Museum, for a feature involving Aston Martins and Spitfire fighter planes.
    Astons and Spitfires?! It's a sound-off, surely.

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    Wow awesome. And Cheap Alfa Challenge FTW!!!
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    A 155, a GTV and a Spider. What do you guess was the budget?
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    Dont forget to check the pics too! http://www.saffronwaldenreporter.co....r/default.aspx
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    Quote Originally Posted by M Bolaños View Post
    A 155, a GTV and a Spider. What do you guess was the budget?
    It's a 75, not a 155...
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    Quote Originally Posted by napoleondyna View Post
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    Links OK here, I am on a VPN from work at the moment.

    I'll re-copy some of the full size pics - see if that fixes it. ...

    http://www.saffronwaldenreporter.co....ar%20(10).aspx

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    Our Heroes:

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    Nice motor James. ...

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    http://www.saffronwaldenreporter.co....ear%20(8).aspx
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    It appears that, while in the area, they showed up at a chemists' workshop:

    The workshop was briefly joined by petrol-heads Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May. They quickly returned back to filming Top Gear after discovering Petrol was not considered to be a Chemical of Biological Interest
    http://duncan.hull.name/2008/05/21/f...kshop-day-one/
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    Anyone else surprised that James got a relatively new car. my bet is that the budget is £1500, you can pick up a GTV for that much - all be it a crap one.
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    Quote Originally Posted by anti-net View Post
    Anyone else surprised that James got a relatively new car. my bet is that the budget is £1500, you can pick up a GTV for that much - all be it a crap one.
    That era GTV is already over 10 years old (came out in '95), and coupled with Alfa depreciation it may not be that hard to find one for that price. Condition? Different question.
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    OK a Challenge accepted. ...

    Go

    /EDIT 1,895 GBP

    http://www.exchangeandmart.co.uk/iad...cab7DMBz330990

    Down market a bit. ...

    1996 ALFA ROMEO GTV 2.0 TS 16V 2dr Coupe

    Price:
    £800 (800 GBP)


    http://search.autotrader.co.uk/es-uk.../search.action
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    Quote Originally Posted by M Bolaños View Post
    A 155, a GTV and a Spider. What do you guess was the budget?
    20 quid?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Cobol74 View Post
    1996 ALFA ROMEO GTV 2.0 TS 16V 2dr Coupe

    Price:
    £800 (800 GBP)


    http://search.autotrader.co.uk/es-uk.../search.action
    Whaaaat...

    That's a bargain.

    Ignoring the £8,000 you'd need to keep it running.
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    The lady in some of those photos is Carolyn Grace, owner/pilot of a 2-seat Mk.9 Spitfire.
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    Quote Originally Posted by teeb View Post
    Whaaaat...

    That's a bargain.

    Ignoring the £8,000 you'd need to keep it running.
    And the 8,000£ you lose in depreciation the second you buy it?
    They should sell old Alfas with extra money to take them off your hands
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    Quote Originally Posted by NooDle View Post
    And the 8,000£ you lose in depreciation the second you buy it?
    They should sell old Alfas with extra money to take them off your hands
    You can't lose £8,000 in depreciation on a car you bought for £800 in the first place
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    The lads were spotted at the Italian Car Concourse in Stanford Hall yesterday (presumably with their Alfas),

    http://nigelordsmith.blogspot.com/20...d-hamster.html
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