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Nice pair of Bristols

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  • Flyboy152
    Flyboy152 Posts: 17,118 Forumite
    Perhaps this is one of the reasons why sales were down. ;)
    Tony Crook, the former RAF pilot and Grand Prix driver who was the owner for decades, allegedly insisted on personally vetting all potential Bristol buyers to ensure they were the right sort of person.
    The greater danger, for most of us, lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low and achieving our mark
  • ffacoffipawb
    ffacoffipawb Posts: 3,593 Forumite
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    Flyboy152 wrote: »
    Perhaps this is one of the reasons why sales were down. ;)

    No way they could do that for a second hand purchase though.
  • Flyboy152
    Flyboy152 Posts: 17,118 Forumite
    ffacoffipawb wrote: »
    No way they could do that for a second hand purchase though.

    It depends on who is selling it.
    The greater danger, for most of us, lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low and achieving our mark
  • Wig
    Wig Posts: 14,139 Forumite
    Seems to have been doomed to fail on that business model.
    Still employing a 91 year old as works director
    In its heyday an 18 month waiting list and only 200 cars a year at that.

    Can't say I'm particularly bothered, it was just a rich man's club, for people with more money than sense.

    I didn't even know they still existed.
  • agrinnall
    agrinnall Posts: 23,344 Forumite
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    Flyboy152 wrote: »
    Perhaps this is one of the reasons why sales were down. ;)

    I seem to recall that they refused to sell James May one :).
  • Flyboy152
    Flyboy152 Posts: 17,118 Forumite
    agrinnall wrote: »
    I seem to recall that they refused to sell James May one :).

    Discerning to the very last then. :D
    The greater danger, for most of us, lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low and achieving our mark
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