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AW77 wrote:Owen, if a joke like this is allowed on this forum:
I never go "cruising".

Not an administrator but it works for me.

I think I could guess, is it a notably little car? an eponymously little car?

The first car one has is normally a small one. So the Mini Cooper range is what we are looking for.

djewesbury wrote:Polo

No.

AHB wrote:Ford Transit

No.

djewesbury wrote:Granada

No.

AW77 wrote:Citroën 2CV

No.

LGTrotter wrote:is it a notably little car? an eponymously little car?

No.

AW77 wrote:Mini Cooper

No.

Fiat Cinquecento

AHB wrote:Fiat Cinquecento

No.

VW Beetle

A clue: AW77 will know it by a different name to those based in the UK.

AW77 wrote:VW Beetle

No.

Something made by British Leyland

djewesbury wrote:Something made by British Leyland

No.

A Vauxhall / Opel Kadett

AW77 wrote:A Vauxhall / Opel Kadett

Correct! Known as an Astra in the UK.

Your turn next!

I have to get up very early tomorrow morning (prob. 5.30) to take the train to Trier (unfortunatelly no time for trying the wine there).
As it's already 11 p.m. here on the continent, I would like Owen to ask a question.
I think he will be a worthy representative of me.

Likewise; busy, busy, busy. Any takers? Daniel seems incapable of going to bed.

Oh I'm sorry. Not till tomorrow. I have to glaze my pork pies..

I'll step in - what port (not vintage port) have I just opened?

Just to fill in til bedtime you understand;

Taylor's 10yo tawny

Smith Woodhouse bottle matured LBV 1994?

DRT wrote:Smith Woodhouse bottle matured LBV 1994?

Correct. Your turn. And now I'm off to bed.

Have fun y'all.

AHB wrote:

DRT wrote:Smith Woodhouse bottle matured LBV 1994?

Correct. Your turn. And now I'm off to bed.

Have fun y'all.

Night.

DRT wrote:

AW77 wrote:A Vauxhall / Opel Kadett

Correct! Known as an Astra in the UK.

The Opel Kadett was also sold in the UK at this time - this was my first car (though mine was older and gold coloured).

PhilW wrote:

DRT wrote:

AW77 wrote:A Vauxhall / Opel Kadett

Correct! Known as an Astra in the UK.

The Opel Kadett was also sold in the UK at this time - this was my first car (though mine was older and gold coloured).

How do you know when it was? It was later than you might have thought as I spent the first 7 or 8 of my eligible driving years on two wheels. I purchased the car in 1989, which might be after the time when the Kadett was also being sold. It was the first of the versions that didn't have square edges.

DRT wrote:

PhilW wrote:

DRT wrote:

AW77 wrote:A Vauxhall / Opel Kadett

Correct! Known as an Astra in the UK.

The Opel Kadett was also sold in the UK at this time - this was my first car (though mine was older and gold coloured).

How do you know when it was? It was later than you might have thought as I spent the first 7 or 8 of my eligible driving years on two wheels. I purchased the car in 1989, which might be after the time when the Kadett was also being sold. It was the first of the versions that didn't have square edges.

I didn't know for sure it was the same time, but I was guessing it was around the same time since you mentioned that you bought it at two years old, so you would probably be a few years older than when I bought mine of seven years old; given our age difference, it seemed likely to be around the same time; and thus in late 1988 I bought my Opel Kadett. Mine was the squarer version just before yours. I don't remember the newer shape ever being sold as Opel, so your model might well have been the first Astra-only version in the UK. I could have more precisely responded with "Known as Opel Kadett and Vauxhall Astra in the UK until somewhere between 1981 and 1991, thereafter only known as the Astra in the UK".

Given your two-wheel comment, and assuming an engine was involved, what was your first bike with >250cc? Or shall we save that for a future question...? (and yes, I said >250 since I'm guessing you might have had a superdream and I wasn't counting it! )

PhilW wrote:Given your two-wheel comment, and assuming an engine was involved, what was your first bike with >250cc? Or shall we save that for a future question...?

Excellent idea.

DRT wrote:

PhilW wrote:Given your two-wheel comment, and assuming an engine was involved, what was your first bike with >250cc? Or shall we save that for a future question...?

Excellent idea.

My first guess will be a 400cc 'dream when you ask the question
p.s. I just looked back to see what the current question was, and noted it's your turn now!

Between 1982 and 2001 I owned a number of motorcycles. The first and the last were from the same manufacturer but were very different beasts.

Name the manufacturer and the models of my first and last bikes.

Clue: The first was at least ten years old when I purchased it, the last was brand new.

BMW

Honda Superdream and VFR
(are you counting pre-test bikes? If so, make that Honda CB100 and VFR)

djewesbury wrote:BMW

No.

PhilW wrote:Honda Superdream and VFR

No, no and no.

Is that no to all Hondas?
Kawasaki

djewesbury wrote:Is that no to all Hondas?

Yes (as in "No").

djewesbury wrote:Kawasaki

No.

PhilW wrote:are you counting pre-test bikes?

Yes.

Vespa

Yamaha RD250LC, Virago

BSA

AHB wrote:Vespa

No.

PhilW wrote:Yamaha RD250LC, Virago

Yes, no and no.

djewesbury wrote:BSA

No.
Gentlemen - go find those Yams

We have to guess the model numbers of these two Yamahas..?

A fizzy and an XJ ?

djewesbury wrote:We have to guess the model numbers of these two Yamahas..?

Names/numbers/engine sizes - yes. Colour not important.

PhilW wrote:A fizzy and an XJ ?

No (even worse than that) and no (better than that).

Ah. I think I might go back to the Word document I've been lazily kicking round for the past few hours, in that case...

djewesbury wrote:Ah. I think I might go back to the Word document I've been lazily kicking round for the past few hours, in that case...

This is much easier than finding malt whisky cask numbers on google.

djewesbury wrote:Ah. I think I might go back to the Word document I've been lazily kicking round for the past few hours, in that case...

You can't do that, I want to guess again! (and you can't complain after two guesses, after the cask number debacle!)

Bonus question for Phil whilst we wait on Daniel realising he is being huffy.

My third bike (Honda CB550) was sold in 1989. My fourth bike (Daytona 1200) was purchased in 2000. What was happening in between those years that caused the gap?

At least with the cask numbers you had something to look up! This is just guessing Yamaha model numbers! give me a clue. and then i'll guess.
*flounce*

DRT wrote:Bonus question for Phil whilst we wait on Daniel realising he is being huffy.

My third bike (Honda CB550) was sold in 1989. My fourth bike (Daytona 1200) was purchased in 2000. What was happening in between those years that caused the gap?

Marriage to a partner who didn't understand that love is freedom?

djewesbury wrote:At least with the cask numbers you had something to look up! This is just guessing Yamaha model numbers! give me a clue. and then i'll guess.
*flounce*

OK - some clues.

Most motorcyclists, me included, start small and end up with something more exciting. That is partly down to finances, but mostly down to having to pass your test before you can buy anything good.

Phil guessed Yamaha fizzy (which is not as embarrassingly crap as my first bike was). He also guessed Yamaha XJ (which isn't as swish as my last bike).

1. Launch google.
2. Search for small ugly looking Yamahas from the 1970s.
3. Search for swanky looking Yamahas from 2001.

Not really difficult.

PhilW wrote:

DRT wrote:Bonus question for Phil whilst we wait on Daniel realising he is being huffy.

My third bike (Honda CB550) was sold in 1989. My fourth bike (Daytona 1200) was purchased in 2000. What was happening in between those years that caused the gap?

Marriage to a partner who didn't understand that love is freedom?

I couldn't possibly comment.

AS1 and FJR1300.

What is a fizzy?

You do realise that if Phil wins this we'll all be given Maths homework to do? Is that what you had in mind? Because that's what you've done.

djewesbury wrote:At least with the cask numbers you had something to look up! This is just guessing Yamaha model numbers!

Having read both of these statements ten times each I am failing to see the difference, or the point. Guess!