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Adrian Clarke

@adrianfclarke

1 year

"That is a rare picture of Sean Connery signed by Roger Moore"

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Adrian Clarke

@adrianfclarke

2 months

Oh do fuck off.

Nic Cruz Patane

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2 months

Tesla single handily killed the physical key fob. It’s 2024, there’s no reason automakers should be selling cars with one. It’s super wasteful. Your phone is the best car key.

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Adrian Clarke

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Banger tweet from yesterday.

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Adrian Clarke

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@CrackedW_Screen Always turn off the passive entry (I hate it anyway).

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Adrian Clarke

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3 months

As a car designer, one of my pet hates is black wheels. New M2 looks visually so much lighter on its feet without them.

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Adrian Clarke

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5 months

Car enthusiasts: car designers are lazy, all new cars look the same. Alfa Romeo: here you go, something bold and different. Car enthusiasts: NOT LIKE THAT! 🙄

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Adrian Clarke

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1 year

FINALLY.

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Adrian Clarke

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1 year

Just a normal French service station on the way to Le Mans.

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Adrian Clarke

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6 months

Best car show sign ever.

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Adrian Clarke

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1 year

Only the French would build a mid-engined sports car with seats for your girlfriend AND mistress.

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Adrian Clarke

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1 year

At least £750k on the back of an open transporter @LUDENClassics

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Adrian Clarke

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1 year

I came a long way to get this picture.

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Adrian Clarke

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6 months

The American mind cannot comprehend this.

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Adrian Clarke

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5 months

@DanielJGJ It doesn't help that they don't engage or integrate at all outside their peers (in my experience) to widen their thinking. I took my first class of the year the other day and was shocked at the lack of engagement. Then I realised half of them didn't speak English.

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Adrian Clarke

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2 years

@JohnGil20599862 @NoContextBrits You're a monster and I'm here for it.

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Adrian Clarke

@adrianfclarke

5 months

Tell me you don’t understand the appeal of a classic Ferrari without telling me.

Electric Classic Cars

@elecclassiccars

5 months

Yesterday’s future, today! 😎⚡️👌 The ‘Banzhou Electric’ Tesla powered Ferrari Testarossas out for a jaunt in the hills of Wales. 😎😎😎 #ferrari #ferraritestarrosa #electricferrari #banzhouelectric

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Adrian Clarke

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1 year

It's done over 2000 miles in a week. Not used a drop of coolant and I've only had top up the oil once. What a car.

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Adrian Clarke

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1 year

Warning. This is now a Le Mans Classic photo dump account. Let's start off with a few French fancies 🇫🇷

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Adrian Clarke

@adrianfclarke

6 months

@CoreyLewis86 It's a four door version of a two door version of a four door car.

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Adrian Clarke

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6 months

The American VW mind cannot comprehend this.

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Adrian Clarke

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2 years

@GoodEnglish11 @NoContextBrits Found out the hard way not to be snippy with airport security and made this joke this year (I was the only one they made remove their boots and sent my bag for additional screening). Even airport police said security had picked me out for my goth appearance. But lesson learnt.

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Adrian Clarke

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19 days

Can't be many of these in this colour!

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Adrian Clarke

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1 year

Duct tape. Is there anything it can't fix?

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Adrian Clarke

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5 months

@TaylorOgan @AutoPap I literally teach car design at Masters level, mostly to Chinese students. This car was designed by Pininfarina Shanghai, in China. Try again.

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Adrian Clarke

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1 year

Twingos. Pale blue is EV converted with a silver interior. French blue and white one has a 2.0 Clio Cup motor and full cage. Brown one has, well you can see for yourself.

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Adrian Clarke

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1 year

Bask in the sheer eighties glory of the Renault Fuego Turbo.

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@NoContextBrits

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Adrian Clarke

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1 year

Avez vouz les Alpines 🇫🇷

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Adrian Clarke

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6 months

Scorpio! He'll sting you with this dreams of power and wealth. Beware of Scorpio!

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Adrian Clarke

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5 months

They're all the same car.

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Adrian Clarke

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5 months

I mean I see it. I'm not sure I understand it. But it exists and this is proof

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Adrian Clarke

@adrianfclarke

1 year

Alright you perverts. Here's the total filth you've been waiting for:

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Adrian Clarke

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2 years

@NoContextBrits Entrance to a goth nightclub

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Adrian Clarke

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1 year

I don't think camping in a Seven can be considered anything other than a power move.

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Adrian Clarke

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2 months

I see BMW is still not bothering to surface the rear three quarter properly. The transition between the rear door and flared arch is horrible. See also: BMW M3.

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Adrian Clarke

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2 years

@colinhauge @NoContextBrits Going to America in a couple of weeks, and taking in some sporting events. Will report findings.

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Adrian Clarke

@adrianfclarke

2 years

@NoContextBrits Damn I'm stuck in Eales and have yet to pick up my 2023 MILFs of Waitrose calendar:

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Adrian Clarke

@adrianfclarke

1 year

Today in WTAF French classic car scene.

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Adrian Clarke

@adrianfclarke

2 months

Now I understand why people go on murderous rampages. You thought the backlash against the Mustang Mach E was bad? That will be NOTHING compared to the fury I will bring forth if this comes to pass.

Autocar

@autocar

2 months

Ford has released the first teaser image of the new Capri, the brand's upcoming electric coupé SUV 👀

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Adrian Clarke

@adrianfclarke

6 months

Like what you see? Check out my OnlyFans:

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@Tim_Oldland

6 months

Like what you see? Check out my OnlyFlans…

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Adrian Clarke

@adrianfclarke

8 months

@Blame_Suarez THRILLHO

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Adrian Clarke

@adrianfclarke

9 months

@SoVeryBritish The best cup of tea is a cup of freshly brewed coffee.

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Adrian Clarke

@adrianfclarke

1 year

What BMW fans creaming themselves over this fail to realise is they've just received the equivalent of a pity hand job. #bmw

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Adrian Clarke

@adrianfclarke

1 year

Various flavours of Alfa Romeo.

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Adrian Clarke

@adrianfclarke

5 months

Ok this tweet is blowing up. More cutting insight about car design can be found in my writing for @the_autopian and you can support us by becoming a member here:

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Adrian Clarke

@adrianfclarke

6 months

The pinnacle of luxury motoring. And a Mercedes S Class.

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Adrian Clarke

@adrianfclarke

1 year

If I ever get married again, I've found the limo.

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Adrian Clarke

@adrianfclarke

2 years

Possibly the grimmest version of an already grim car I've seen @ChodSpot

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Adrian Clarke

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2 years

@NoContextBrits @SkyNews Sky News. The clue is in the name.

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Adrian Clarke

@adrianfclarke

1 year

"Homer, you've ruined a perfectly good jacket" "Incorrect Marge. Two perfectly good jackets"

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Adrian Clarke

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2 years

From the little known Nordic TV buddy cop drama Sturskki & Hutchinssonn

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Adrian Clarke

@adrianfclarke

5 months

This sort of vehicle is not that hard to do because money is essentially no object. High tech, high cost automotive manufacturing and engineering is not a problem in the UK. Look at all the racing cars we build.

Jamiroquai

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The GMA T50. Nearly every component made in Great Britain. We can still do it if we have great minds like Gordon Murray running the show. UK government take note, because to put it bluntly you have been rubbish on just about every level & are driving this country into a ditch. J

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Adrian Clarke

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8 months

Santa's been.

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Adrian Clarke

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6 months

I am posting from the nineties.

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Adrian Clarke

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@garygastelu "Can't wait to buy one in eight years for $30k" A dozen sold new. Eight years later: "Why can't I buy one for $30k. They're so overpriced!"

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Adrian Clarke

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2 years

@NoContextBrits Content warning: Violence. No fucking kidding.

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Adrian Clarke

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2 years

The cars may have been unexceptional, the wheels were anything but. #FOTU #weirdcartwitter #Automotive

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Adrian Clarke

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1 year

Not all the best red cars in Italy are Ferraris.....

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Adrian Clarke

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@deerfella Took this today just for you.

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Adrian Clarke

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1 year

Sacre Bleu! Les Flics! 🇫🇷

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Adrian Clarke

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1 year

I believe this is obligatory:

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Adrian Clarke

@adrianfclarke

6 months

@GiantIain Bask in the magnificence..Taken by @AntonyWrites

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Adrian Clarke

@adrianfclarke

2 years

Shall we have some French decadence? Mai oui! 🇫🇷 #FOTU #weirdcartwitter #automotive

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Adrian Clarke

@adrianfclarke

1 year

DESIGNERS DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING. JUST LET THE ENGINEERS DESIGN CARS! Me, a pro car designer: off you go then, knock yourself out. Engineer: See, anyone can do it. Look:

UK Barn Finds

@BarnFindsUK

1 year

Ad - Land Rover Mini 'MM' - "Built by an Ex Aston Martin engineer as his daily runaround and featured in Maximum Mini book" On eBay here -->> #LandRoverMini #BuiltByEngineer #AstonMartin #DailyRunaround #MaximumMini #ClassicCar #eBayListing

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Adrian Clarke

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1 year

Always Check the Car Park: Sketchy Industrial Estate Edition.

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Adrian Clarke

@adrianfclarke

1 year

Some of you met Mr Tigg in a recent @the_autopian article. I had to say goodbye to him this afternoon. He was my best little buddy and I'm going to miss the shithead a lot. RIP little man 🖤

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Adrian Clarke

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1 year

The glorious @LUDENClassics 1967 Thunderbird. We are not worthy of such decadence.

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Adrian Clarke

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2 years

I'm opening a Panda sanctuary. #FOTU #weirdcartwitter #Automotive

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Adrian Clarke

@adrianfclarke

2 years

Some of my favourites from the @HagertyUK #FOTU . Citroen XM Sei, Fiat 128, Citroen GSA Pallas and Cinquecento Sporting. #automotive #weirdcartwitter

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Adrian Clarke

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5 months

@1sthand2 @DanielJGJ I've long thought if English is your first language and you want to learn a second, it should be Chinese.

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Adrian Clarke

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5 months

@AutoPap This is a direct result of Chinese students flooding UK auto design degree courses but not learning anything and the universities not failing them because they want their money.

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Adrian Clarke

@adrianfclarke

1 year

Almost bought a can of Agip 20w50 as a souvenir.

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Adrian Clarke

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@BenJacksonTP Engine buddies!

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Adrian Clarke

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@Rubystone911 @TaylorOgan What do you think? 🤣

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Adrian Clarke

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@ValkStrategy Harsh but fair. Well the first two anyway.

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Adrian Clarke

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#weirdcartwitter is a wonderful thing. Lovely afternoon spent meeting this 1990 Escort Popular and its accompanying reprobates @thealso and @sionhudson

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Adrian Clarke

@adrianfclarke

1 year

Remember when you were a kid and you would draw wheels on a big cardboard box and then get in it and pretend to drive?

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Adrian Clarke

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2 years

Use the postcode, you savages. @ChodSpot @RoyalMail #automotive

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Adrian Clarke

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2 years

@UnracedF1 Night!

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Adrian Clarke

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Superbly tatty @alpinecars A110 at the campsite.

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Adrian Clarke

@adrianfclarke

10 days

This is not the genius disruptor idea it’s being presented as. Legacy OEMs have been doing exactly this for more than half a century.

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When BYD’s founder Wang Chuanfu decided to start making cars, he began by buying around 50 foreign cars and taking them apart to reverse engineer them. Re-upping this great profile of BYD’s founder by @kevinsxu

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Adrian Clarke

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I mean there's brave. And then there's this:

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Adrian Clarke

@adrianfclarke

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@Brett_Designer @BMWUK_ "What do you mean, BMW don't offer a Houston SLAB package on the new M2?"

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Adrian Clarke

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2 years

I have questions. #RADwood #DeLorean #weirdcartwitter #automotive

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Adrian Clarke

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1 year

Renault 5 Alpine Turbo 🇫🇷

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Adrian Clarke

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1 year

Hotel room is meant to be a suite but it's clearly a base model as it has switch blanks.

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Adrian Clarke

@adrianfclarke

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One for @LUDENClassics

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Adrian Clarke

@adrianfclarke

10 months

Another car I've been critical of in the past but works much better in the metal, save for a few details. Cameras in mirror pods, side windows and wheel offset all make my teeth itch.

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Adrian Clarke

@adrianfclarke

10 months

Wow. These people really are off the deep end.

Victoria❣️ Life of V

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10 months

I attended a technology forum recently, and as part of an icebreaker activity, they had topic tables to sit and introduce each other. I chose the EV table🥰 10 people were at the table - 2 had Teslas, 1 Hyundai, 1 Mach-E. The other 6 were in the market for an EV and never

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Adrian Clarke

@adrianfclarke

10 months

For fucks sake. I think this happened overnight parked on my relative's drive in Essex.

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Adrian Clarke

@adrianfclarke

1 year

Been meaning to pap this for ages, finally got the chance today walking to the station. Lives round the corner from me and still providing faithful service. @FIAT_UK #chodspot #weirdcartwitter #fiat

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Adrian Clarke

@adrianfclarke

2 years

If you want to keep abreast of my Mondial maladies, updates will be appearing here ⁦ @HagertyUK ⁩.

Say a little prayer for me – I bought a 1983 Ferrari Mondial QV | Hagerty UK

What's it like buying the black sheep of the Ferrari family? Self-confessed black sheep Adrian Clarke finds out with his Mondial QV.

www.hagerty.co.uk

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Adrian Clarke

@adrianfclarke

6 months

@banovsky I have never seen so much wrongness in a single tweet.

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Adrian Clarke

@adrianfclarke

2 months

I keep saying it. Briefly in the late eighties to mid-nineties Chrysler was the coolest car company in the world.

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Mood

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Adrian Clarke

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1 year

I've checked rules, and they state all Alpines must be French blue. However, I will now argue Diane Lockhart style for hot pink also being acceptable.

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Adrian Clarke

@adrianfclarke

1 year

"Well gentlemen. It's a long walk back to England. And it's *that* way".

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Adrian Clarke

@adrianfclarke

1 year

NGL Miami Vice reboot looks dope. With @JasonTorchinsky and @BeauBoeckmann

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Adrian Clarke

@adrianfclarke

1 year

I'm back home now. Glad everyone is enjoying the photos, I have more coming. Meanwhile here's the Mondial which was utterly brilliant over 1000 miles in five days, plus one in the Ferrari owners club parking and another cheekily peeking out from under a cover in the auction

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Adrian Clarke

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@AshleyGCl1ff0rd @NoContextBrits This week yeah. It'll be Dave next week. And Baz the week after.

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