tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10009339.post6940992865903485829..comments2024-02-20T08:24:41.908+00:00Comments on PEAS ON TOAST: a tribute to my student carPeas on Toasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03349482085062035903noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10009339.post-23664275225465205722008-08-12T20:18:00.000+01:002008-08-12T20:18:00.000+01:00Hi Kelly! Thanks my dear!Ah yes, I tend to get att...Hi Kelly! Thanks my dear!<BR/><BR/>Ah yes, I tend to get attached to cars helluva easily. Two years=tons of stories, agreed! Ludwig I've had for three, and when he has to go, I'll be very sad :(Peas on Toasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03349482085062035903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10009339.post-50498102914864307742008-08-12T18:50:00.000+01:002008-08-12T18:50:00.000+01:00LOL my car has just turned 2 years old.. and has s...LOL my car has just turned 2 years old.. and has some stories and moments to tell just in two years... your blog is amazing keep it real...<BR/><BR/>:DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10009339.post-38791764129769491732008-08-12T14:07:00.000+01:002008-08-12T14:07:00.000+01:00pO - IN BEIGE. Now that's fuckin' sexy. :) These b...pO - IN BEIGE. Now that's fuckin' sexy. :) These beiges and bronzes are getting me all..tingly-in-my-loins like :)Peas on Toasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03349482085062035903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10009339.post-79061517355117699282008-08-12T13:44:00.000+01:002008-08-12T13:44:00.000+01:00Surprisingly not.They just wanted a sexy car. In b...Surprisingly not.<BR/><BR/>They just wanted a sexy car. In beige.pohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00711119384786965311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10009339.post-26764391555679952252008-08-12T13:20:00.000+01:002008-08-12T13:20:00.000+01:00Po - with parts removed I'm sure!Po - with parts removed I'm sure!Peas on Toasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03349482085062035903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10009339.post-63790525355502054682008-08-12T13:08:00.000+01:002008-08-12T13:08:00.000+01:00Apparently so ;)My grandparents used to find it ab...Apparently so ;)<BR/><BR/>My grandparents used to find it abandoned all over Westville after failed removal attempts.pohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00711119384786965311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10009339.post-77716884166320017142008-08-12T12:58:00.000+01:002008-08-12T12:58:00.000+01:00Po - ah the secret immobilisers. The AhVonTay has ...Po - ah the secret immobilisers. The AhVonTay has one too...not to mention a friggen Gorilla Lock. <BR/><BR/>Oh and its carkey? Works in any other Toyota from the 80s too. Without the secret immobiliser the car would've ended up in Athlone years ago :)<BR/><BR/>So Mazda 323s were quite the hot car eh?Peas on Toasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03349482085062035903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10009339.post-79081757899754653232008-08-12T12:46:00.000+01:002008-08-12T12:46:00.000+01:00My grandparents had 2 mazda 323'S. They ruled. The...My grandparents had 2 mazda 323'S. They ruled. They kept on getting stolen, but my grandfather rigged a secret immobiliser that no one could figure out. Legend.<BR/><BR/>What I want to know is, who would steal such a car, and why?pohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00711119384786965311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10009339.post-8808756972292208562008-08-12T12:41:00.000+01:002008-08-12T12:41:00.000+01:00Rev - dude, TOTALLY. Ches - it was parked, but you...Rev - dude, TOTALLY. <BR/><BR/>Ches - it was parked, but your guess is as good as mine. The lights don't work like..ordinary car lights do.<BR/><BR/>Miss M - nope, he was just Thee AVonTay. However I had an Uno called Bruno after that, and now mein kleinen liebschen, Ludwig. Ze German Volkswagen.Peas on Toasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03349482085062035903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10009339.post-45329961844398864912008-08-12T12:24:00.000+01:002008-08-12T12:24:00.000+01:00Did you name your car?Fredwina is the one and only...Did you name your car?<BR/><BR/>Fredwina is the one and only car I will ever name. She has a special place in my heart!The Divine Miss Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03630878406116431585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10009339.post-59898983443209547622008-08-12T12:20:00.000+01:002008-08-12T12:20:00.000+01:00Were the brake-lights always on like that? Or jus...Were the brake-lights always on like that? Or just the one?Camhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05830748536656149930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10009339.post-18570749301422916292008-08-12T12:17:00.000+01:002008-08-12T12:17:00.000+01:00All it needs are roofracks with a surfboard attach...All it needs are roofracks with a surfboard attached and you're sorted!Revolving Credithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15574797355925391736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10009339.post-21756016304152312652008-08-12T11:32:00.000+01:002008-08-12T11:32:00.000+01:00Miss M - ah yes the classic old 323! My boyfriend ...Miss M - ah yes the classic old 323! My boyfriend had one of them, also just keep going and going!<BR/><BR/>LOVE the name Fredwina. Now that's a classic!Peas on Toasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03349482085062035903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10009339.post-81231021860442070652008-08-12T11:29:00.000+01:002008-08-12T11:29:00.000+01:00Dude I'm jealous.Way jealous.My first car was an o...Dude I'm jealous.<BR/><BR/>Way jealous.<BR/><BR/>My first car was an old style Mazda 323 called Fredwina.<BR/><BR/>I love Fredwina.<BR/><BR/>The parents have kept her too so when I go home on holidays I get to drive her and it is just like old times.The Divine Miss Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03630878406116431585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10009339.post-41219284125914178462008-08-12T11:10:00.000+01:002008-08-12T11:10:00.000+01:00Mini - yeah I'm not sure if I can class Ludwig (a ...Mini - yeah I'm not sure if I can class Ludwig (a New Beetle?) as an A Class car myself. Perhaps a B and a Half? Is that allowed? ;)Peas on Toasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03349482085062035903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10009339.post-18393343482757738032008-08-12T10:43:00.000+01:002008-08-12T10:43:00.000+01:00Mini - hahah. I actually want to get it up here so...Mini - hahah. I actually want to get it up here somehow, pick up all my mates who drive Class A cars and head out to the strip in Parkhurst for a night out where everyone they know can see them.<BR/><BR/>It's just getting it up here. Driving would take weeks and it WILL break down in the middle of the Karoo. Guaranteed.Peas on Toasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03349482085062035903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10009339.post-21759776786626612152008-08-12T10:39:00.000+01:002008-08-12T10:39:00.000+01:00Charm - Oh my God, the bronze ones are the tits! I...Charm - Oh my God, the bronze ones are the tits! I think bronze was the chosen colour...a nice bronzed ass you know? ;) <BR/><BR/>The Home Economics teacher at school had one. So very jsoosj really.<BR/><BR/>And you're right, I don't get stared at as much as I would if I were in Joburg. The UhVonTay stays safely tucked away in Kapenschtadt for a reason I say!Peas on Toasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03349482085062035903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10009339.post-10552443131995172952008-08-12T10:12:00.000+01:002008-08-12T10:12:00.000+01:00Ah yes the Avontay - my best friend and my kid bro...Ah yes the Avontay - my best friend and my kid brother both bought bronze ones. Ewp...I used to pretend I didn't know them as I hopped into my (then) ultra cool VW Golf with sunroof. Actually yours looks like most Cape Town cars - no one would give it a second glance but now it's a popular car for being stolen - spare parts ya know? Everything keeps goin' rite Toyota!!Charmskoolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14892305953966266408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10009339.post-4245143159286116132008-08-12T10:02:00.000+01:002008-08-12T10:02:00.000+01:00Oh my God, of course! I remember you telling me th...Oh my God, of course! I remember you telling me that actually HPF - what a beeeyoot!<BR/><BR/>Yes, so much space - I remember getting it on in this very car on Upper Campus once. All was going fine until the security bust us with his torch. Killjoy.<BR/><BR/>;)Peas on Toasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03349482085062035903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10009339.post-45991480276932589882008-08-12T10:00:00.000+01:002008-08-12T10:00:00.000+01:00babe, i kow another avontay owner - my dad's 65 ye...babe, i kow another avontay owner - my dad's 65 year old seka-tary! 9also pronounced just -so!<BR/>i think it's a hella hot car myself...and i am, as you know, a lover of all tings vehicular.<BR/>you do have this advantage - you could...ahem..get busy in the back eat of that without having to remove soe limbs, unlike my teeny tiny student car...it's somewhat spacious, non?<BR/>x<BR/>HPFLisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09086099466676990824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10009339.post-78083348251692572262008-08-12T07:37:00.000+01:002008-08-12T07:37:00.000+01:00MsBehavn - A red mini? Oh babe what an amazing lit...MsBehavn - A red mini? Oh babe what an amazing little car! Fuckers! And they made you work? <BR/><BR/>Yeah and the UhVonTay wouldn't survive up here. For one, it doesn't go fast. Anything over 100 km/h leaves it rattling and convulsing uncontrollably, and 2) it would be butted off the road.Peas on Toasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03349482085062035903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10009339.post-45956439243544531632008-08-12T07:27:00.000+01:002008-08-12T07:27:00.000+01:00Peas, I think that you could only feel safe in tha...Peas, I think that you could only feel safe in that car in Cape Town. Up here in Gauteng, people would be furiously hooting at you and trying to pick you up at traffic lights!<BR/><BR/>My student car (a red Mini Mk2) was smashed up one horrible rainy day <B>directly</B> in front of Roxy's Rhythm Bar in Melville. They towed my car away and I still had to work my shift. Sad, but true :(MsBehavnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01100984524112183098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10009339.post-7650298741438272292008-08-12T07:15:00.000+01:002008-08-12T07:15:00.000+01:00Kyk - I've never felt so safe in my life. Drive wi...Kyk - I've never felt so safe in my life. Drive with all the windows open, leave it unlocked when I park, chill at traffic lighst without stressing about being smash and grabbed...<BR/><BR/>What a pleasure.Peas on Toasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03349482085062035903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10009339.post-44971172442495436062008-08-12T07:13:00.000+01:002008-08-12T07:13:00.000+01:00Don't forget it has another major advantage: Car v...Don't forget it has another major advantage: Car voted least likely to be hijacked.kyknoordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01376671662670291957noreply@blogger.com