school run (ad)vantage
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Lot of debate pondering if 007 has kids in NTTD...but may have blown his cover on the school run in rainy London this afternoon.
Forgot to use the undercover plates again, James?!
Will never not be a thrill seeing these gorgeous cars in the wild.
Forgot to use the undercover plates again, James?!
Will never not be a thrill seeing these gorgeous cars in the wild.
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It's probably on a Hyundai Elanta because the owner couldn't afford anything else after paying for the plate!
Hopefully a yellow 2CV!
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I just Googled to see what Fiats have been in the James Bond films, and I found proclamations of horror at the rumour that James Bond was going to drive a Fiat in Spectre! It would have been a hoot if he actually did drive a Fiat in that scene with this plate!
That plate is registered to a perhaps a not entirely unexpected make and model of car. Although it hasn’t got an MOT! Very low mileage though.
https://www.check-mot.service.gov.uk/?_ga=2.130323855.125041719.1602633142-1658468987.1602375533
(In gruff mechanic voice) "Naahh.. Your car's failed the MOT mate. On loads of stuff. To name just a few, your passenger seat's not secured properly. You've got a major oil and water leak coming out the back, your bumper's loose, as are your wheel nuts.. Ain't gonna be cheap to put it all right mate...
Pierce's Z8 has an MOT which has only just run out (so is it on the road somewhere? It has over 7,000 mileage so isn't in a museum by the looks of it), and his Vanquish only ran out in February, although with only 277 miles on the clock!
This (very comprehensive) Wikipedia page might come in useful:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_James_Bond_vehicles
"The spectre of defeat..."
Don't forget James Bond himself owns one in No Time To Die! Although I'm guessing his is a bit older than yours
Plus Tim Dalton jumps all over in Living Daylights- I'd say it's a proper Bond car!
Our Defender is relatively old, dating back to 1998...but that's probably why it keeps failing its MOT over and over again...
"Plus Tim Dalton jumps all over in Living Daylights- I'd say it's a proper Bond car!"
I'd definitely say so- not forgetting its cameos in Quantum of Solace and Spectre as well...
"The spectre of defeat..."
I'd say you're safe then: James' is older than yours!
(I know, technically his isn't a Defender but a Series III, but there's not a world of difference really!)
It is indeed. Just opposite 221.
Ah yes. It's one of the quickest routes from the American Ambassador's residence on Regent's Park to old US Embassy/Piccadilly/Westminster etc so you often get lots of escorted vehicles on that run. Never spotted a golden Royal Carriage there though. Chapeau!