New member (plus Tomcat) from deepest, darkest Somerset.

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New member (plus Tomcat) from deepest, darkest Somerset.

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Hi All,

My name’s Paul Drake and I’m new to the Club, but not new to Rovers.

By way of a brief history, I bought a Metro 1.1S in 1993, graduated to a three door 214 SEi in 1996, then toyed with the idea of a Tomcat before buying a 620Si.

I bought my 216 Coupe in July 2009, ten years after nearly buying one (better late than never!) and have been delighted ever since.

I’ve resolved to keep MJ (rumours of the name being something to do with the late Michael Jackson are untrue), as close to the original Rover spec as possible, except for the Coupe badge on the rear end that covers a very slight dent, and a spoiler that goes at the top of the rear window (not on yet, should be in the next month or so).

I'd love to share some photo's of MJ with you (then you'll know why I've called her MJ), but I'm not the most computer-savvy person around and my attempt so far went like this :

Downloaded some stuff from Hotmail that allows me to store photos online somewhere, clicked on the Img button and copied in the http address doo-dah from Hotmail, then clicked on Preview where I was greeted with a little red cross in a white box. :S

If somebody could please explain the probably simple way to do this I'd be grateful, then I can get some photos uploaded for you all to see.

Many Ta's in advance.


Paul.
1998 Rover 216 Coupe (MJ the Tomcat). Winner of the Rover Sports Register Special Award - June 2014.
2007 Audi A3 2.0 TDi S-Line Quattro.

Previous Rovers : 1992 Metro 1.1S, 1995 214SEi, 1999 620Si.
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hello and welcome :)
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:welcome
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hi pal,welcome
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Hi and Welcome :welcome
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Hi Paul welcome to our club. the red cross in a white box usaully means the pic has been deleted.
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Post by MJ the Tomcat »

Thanks for the welcomes so far, greatly appreciated. :D

I'm still working on the pictures, I found out why I can't upload them at the moment from the FAQ page, all I've got to do now is work out what to do next in order to get it to work.

Watch this space. . . .
1998 Rover 216 Coupe (MJ the Tomcat). Winner of the Rover Sports Register Special Award - June 2014.
2007 Audi A3 2.0 TDi S-Line Quattro.

Previous Rovers : 1992 Metro 1.1S, 1995 214SEi, 1999 620Si.
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welcome mate :)
use photobucket ;)
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Post by MJ the Tomcat »

Thanks lewp91, photobucket it is!

Please see images below of MJ, taken shortly after I brought her back from Plymouth last July.

I've got some new / replacement bits hopefully going on sometime this month, then I'll upload some new images into the Gallery section.

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1998 Rover 216 Coupe (MJ the Tomcat). Winner of the Rover Sports Register Special Award - June 2014.
2007 Audi A3 2.0 TDi S-Line Quattro.

Previous Rovers : 1992 Metro 1.1S, 1995 214SEi, 1999 620Si.
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:welcome

looks clean
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Past
94 Rover Metro Gti
03 MG ZT
89 Austin Metro 998
92 Rover 216 GTi Twin cam (Roversport Kitted) Twice :laughing2
97 Rover 218 VVC Cabriolet the original VVC Cabby (Roversport Kitted)


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