Show us your toys.

Posted by: Steve G on 15 April 2005

As a relief from the boredom of elections & royal weddings how about a more cheerful post for pictures of our favourite big kids toys.

Here's my latest one, bought last summer and used lots since - but leaving me a lot less cash for other toy purchases:



And a few others from my personal toybox:







In both the above mine is the bike on the left.
Posted on: 15 April 2005 by Nigel Cavendish
Why not just post a copy of you bank balance?
Posted on: 15 April 2005 by Steve G
quote:
Originally posted by Nigel Cavendish:
Why not just post a copy of you bank balance?


It's empty so there would be no point...

Most people on here have more expensive hi-fi systems than that lot put together!
Posted on: 15 April 2005 by Polarbear
quote:
Originally posted by Nigel Cavendish:
Why not just post a copy of you bank balance?


Nigel,

why do people have problems with success in this county?

Steve good for you!
Posted on: 15 April 2005 by Deane F
And some of us just have Nait3s... Roll Eyes

I like the motorhome. We thought of getting one but they are expensive if you never use them. Good that you are using yours.
Posted on: 15 April 2005 by Berlin Fritz
I nearly had a mortgage once !
Posted on: 15 April 2005 by Polarbear
PB thinks he had better not post a photo of his Ferrari as people may get jealous Eek
Posted on: 15 April 2005 by Steve G
quote:
Originally posted by Deane F:
And some of us just have Nait3s... Roll Eyes


Or like me are older kit (32.5/SNAPS2/140)!

quote:
I like the motorhome. We thought of getting one but they are expensive if you never use them. Good that you are using yours.


When we were looking for the motorhome we initially were going to get a 2nd hand one and it was amazed to see the number of them that were 3 years old with 2000 miles on the clock. We wanted one with fixed bunk beds though and they're hard to find used so we ended up buying new. Lots of people think new motorhomes are silly money (and many of them are) but mines a budget van which cost less than the list price for a BMW 325i car.

Nigel seemed to think that my post was me doing a "loadsa money" but in fact all the bikes are at least 4 years old, and the motorhome represents a lifestyle decision instead of replacing my wife's 6.5 year old and my 4.5 year old cars in the next couple of years.
Posted on: 15 April 2005 by Brian OReilly


The beautiful BMW C1. One day all motorcyles will look like this........

BOR
Posted on: 15 April 2005 by Steve G
quote:
Originally posted by Brian OReilly:
One day all motorcyles will look like this........


Blasphemy!
Posted on: 15 April 2005 by Hammerhead
quote:
Originally posted by Brian OReilly:
One day all motorcyles will look like this........


What, a pogo-stick with safety cell? Big Grin
Posted on: 15 April 2005 by Stewart Platts
quote:
Originally posted by Brian OReilly:


The beautiful BMW C1. One day all motorcyles will look like this........

BOR

I bloody hope not!

That's not a motorcycle, it's a two wheeled SMART car.
Posted on: 15 April 2005 by BigH47
Its bigger than a smart car! Unbelievably it looks safer than a smart car too.

I have no toys at the moment, they have been replaced with a son at Uni!

Howard
Posted on: 15 April 2005 by Stephen B
It should be called a scooter.
Posted on: 15 April 2005 by BigH47
quote:
It should be called a scooter


As an ex Lambretta owner(I still have enough bits to make one) I object to that!

Howard
Posted on: 15 April 2005 by Stephen B
What's a scooterist doing on this forum?
Posted on: 15 April 2005 by Stewart Platts
The BMW C1 certainly sounds like a scooter.
Posted on: 15 April 2005 by Brian OReilly
Not a car.
Not a scooter.
Not a motorcycle.

It's the future of personal transport.
Posted on: 15 April 2005 by Steve G
quote:
Originally posted by Brian OReilly:
Not a car.
Not a scooter.
Not a motorcycle.


I can think of a word for it - ugly. Razz

Wouldn't mind a shot of one though, even if just to find out how the roof affects the handling. I'd have to wear a full-face helmet though to ensure I wasn't recognized as my biker street-cred would be at risk.
Posted on: 15 April 2005 by Hammerhead
Segway and C1 at the traffic lights - whose gonna win??

Posted on: 15 April 2005 by Two-Sheds
Bought this a couple of weeks ago to keep me entertained on long journies. Pretty nice, it comes with the film Spiderman 2 (playing on it now).

Posted on: 15 April 2005 by Steve G
quote:
Originally posted by Two-Sheds:
Bought this a couple of weeks ago to keep me entertained on long journies.


I'm looking forward to get a play with one of those. Travelling in the motorhome entails some long drives and currently I keep my kids happy with a combination for a portable DVD player (bargain from Aldi) plus I've got an adaptor so they can play a PS2 while on the move.

The PSP looks interesting for the similar sort of thing but it'll depend on how easy it is to move films from DVD onto the format that it uses.
Posted on: 15 April 2005 by Berlin Fritz
I'll have to go out later to get another camera so I can take a picture of the new one I bought last week to show you all ?

Fritz Von Genius at work Smile
Posted on: 15 April 2005 by oldie
but then you would have to buy another one to take a photo of the last one ,then another one to photo that one,then one to Oooooooooo my brain hurt's!
oldie.
Posted on: 15 April 2005 by Steve G


Another of my toys and pictured in one of my favourite places.

P.S. Built almost completely using 2nd hand bits to keep the cost down!
Posted on: 15 April 2005 by Berlin Fritz
quote:
Originally posted by Steve G:


Another of my toys and pictured in one of my favourite places.

P.S. Built almost completely using 2nd hand bits to keep the cost down!


I trust you had your hammer & nails handy when tacking the high road ?