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« on: July 02, 2015, 09:31:14 »
Your own personal runabout.....
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« Reply #1 on: July 02, 2015, 18:49:36 »
Quote from: ChrisB on July 02, 2015, 09:31:14
Your own personal runabout.....

Well - I suppose you're allowed your own personal runabout on the roads to mix with the buses, so why not on the rails  Grin  Grin

Article seems to have generated a whole lot of "not really new" comments ..
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« Reply #2 on: July 02, 2015, 19:53:18 »
Quote from: grahame on July 02, 2015, 18:49:36

Article seems to have generated a whole lot of "not really new" comments ..



Top Gear did it with a Jaguar coupe and a Audi A8 a few years ago, so those comments do have a point.

https://youtu.be/mkpCzp0CmjY
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« Reply #3 on: July 02, 2015, 20:46:04 »
Wasn't it an Audi S8?
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« Reply #4 on: July 02, 2015, 21:56:18 »
It's been tried before: see also http://www.firstgreatwestern.info/coffeeshop/index.php?topic=10212.0  Wink Cheesy Grin
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