Modern Commer Replacement

[Lawnmower Man]

This is indeed sad news. 

To me the Commer had become part of the whole seen not just this thread but the whole event.

When she rolled of the production line some 38  years ago it was to provide a family with many holidays or may be it became someones home.  Then for the last few years is has been a great celebrity at many events and always getting Team Zarse to Le Mans in Style.

Even this year it got most of the way there and if I may be so bold as to suggest the only reason it didn't make the last few yards was due to the fatigue of Team Zarse.  The cause of the failure was not really mechanical. 
               
I hope a new loving owner can be found for the old girl.

It was a privilege to know her.  When I saw her parked in Rouen on the Sunday night after the race little did I know that would most likely the the last time I would see the fine old girl.

May be there is still hope after all Derek Bell announced he was retiring from Le Mans only to return the following year  and he is a lot older than the Commer.

As for the Thread title,  I don't think there is anything that can replace the Commer.  I'd like to suggest that this thread be moved to it's own Board as permanent memorial to this amazing machine.

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[garyfrogeye]

I may have found a solution to safe parking for the old girl and still keeping a watchfull eye over the le Mans proceedings.

[Chris24]

Theres a white Commer for sale in Preston at the moment. I think the asking price is about £4000 though !

[BigH]

Well, I think it's a disgrace, you're a lightweight and a quitter.

Never mind all this eulogising about the Commer and how great she's been, it seems to me you bought her for a song (in much the same way that a Thai bride can be bought on e-bay these days) and treated her in a manner that anyone with any self respect should be ashamed of. You tarted her up for one or two 'high' times a year then sent her back, like a buggered cinderella, to some fetid dog sh*t littered corner of a field to collect rats and milldew till you decided you needed to use her again. Frankly, it's the sort of behaviour you might expect from an Austrian.

I'm not surprised she conked out on the way to Le Mans this year, you probably got your rohypnol-Redex ratio wrong and what you fished out of the fuel tank was, I'd say, the tattered and shredded remains the poor girls once proudly treasured hymen. You've used and abused her for twenty pieces of silver Zarse, and now you've had your pleasure she's going to be cast aside like an umbrella hoisting football manager with porcelain teeth.

H

[Lazy B'stard]

You have such a way with words H. I hope the day never comes when you are pensioned off.  I'm off to put on dry underwear- a classic rant!

[nopanic - neil]

Well, I think it's a disgrace, you're a lightweight and a quitter.

Never mind all this eulogising about the Commer and how great she's been, it seems to me you bought her for a song (in much the same way that a Thai bride can be bought on e-bay these days) and treated her in a manner that anyone with any self respect should be ashamed of. You tarted her up for one or two 'high' times a year then sent her back, like a buggered cinderella, to some fetid dog sh*t littered corner of a field to collect rats and milldew till you decided you needed to use her again. Frankly, it's the sort of behaviour you might expect from an Austrian.

I'm not surprised she conked out on the way to Le Mans this year, you probably got your rohypnol-Redex ratio wrong and what you fished out of the fuel tank was, I'd say, the tattered and shredded remains the poor girls once proudly treasured hymen. You've used and abused her for twenty pieces of silver Zarse, and now you've had your pleasure she's going to be cast aside like an umbrella hoisting football manager with porcelain teeth.

H

Thanks Big H.

Made me think of this -


                        " Me..... get rid of the commer! "

                         

[LangTall]

If it is ever desired to retire the venerable Commer (or restrict it to supporting historic race meetings) the modern equivalents may be at hand.........

In best Iain Paisley voice,  Never, Never, Never!!

The Commer is immortal, didn't you know?

What happened to the man who was so sure never to replace his fine machine?  

[Bob U]

Marius, you either have a brilliant memory or you spent hours trawling the whole Commer thread.

A quote from 2003 wow.

[BigH]

Thank you Marius.
I sense a changing of the tide here, and if I'm right it'll not be long before the villagers are streaming through the streets with their flaming torches and pitchforks held high, baying and barking on their way up the rock strewn slopes to Zarse Towers. Hanging's too good for the b*stard.
H

[LangTall]

Marius, you either have a brilliant memory or you spent hours trawling the whole Commer thread.

A quote from 2003 wow.

First page of this thread Bob

[Andy Zarse]

Well, I think it's a disgrace, you're a lightweight and a quitter.

Never mind all this eulogising about the Commer and how great she's been, it seems to me you bought her for a song (in much the same way that a Thai bride can be bought on e-bay these days) and treated her in a manner that anyone with any self respect should be ashamed of. You tarted her up for one or two 'high' times a year then sent her back, like a buggered cinderella, to some fetid dog sh*t littered corner of a field to collect rats and milldew till you decided you needed to use her again. Frankly, it's the sort of behaviour you might expect from an Austrian.

I'm not surprised she conked out on the way to Le Mans this year, you probably got your rohypnol-Redex ratio wrong and what you fished out of the fuel tank was, I'd say, the tattered and shredded remains the poor girls once proudly treasured hymen. You've used and abused her for twenty pieces of silver Zarse, and now you've had your pleasure she's going to be cast aside like an umbrella hoisting football manager with porcelain teeth.

H

I have no defense to offer H, your rapier intellect and keen vocabulary has sliced my case open like a common hippopotamus. It's true, like the dumb-as-dogshit blonde secretary with whom one can have an longterm affair, I've neglected and put upon the Commer over the years, doing just enough at the right time to ensure loyalty for a little bit longer.

I suppose I could trot out some platitudes here, like Porcelain Toothed Umbrella Man's predecessor Sven Urine Ericsson used to, but it's not really my style. So I'll just lie on the grass and take the Neil Lennon-like shoeings whilst pocketing the massive profit I'll make upon her sale and completion. I'm even more mercenary than Nicolas Anelka me

Fagin Zarse

[Fran]

It's true, like the dumb-as-dogsh*t blonde secretary with whom one can have an longterm affair, I've neglected and put upon the Commer over the years, doing just enough at the right time to ensure loyalty for a little bit longer.

I hate to say it Mr Zarse, but in that one sentence you have just thrown a horribly revealing light on some of my own past personal relationships….   

F

[Andy Zarse]

I may have found a solution to safe parking for the old girl and still keeping a watchfull eye over the le Mans proceedings.

Wonderful Gary! I think I'll phone the curator tomorrow!

[Andy Zarse]

It's true, like the dumb-as-dogsh*t blonde secretary with whom one can have an longterm affair, I've neglected and put upon the Commer over the years, doing just enough at the right time to ensure loyalty for a little bit longer.

I hate to say it Mr Zarse, but in that one sentence you have just thrown a horribly revealing light on some of my own past personal relationships….   

F

Crikey Fran! I was going to elaborate further on these Svengali antics, but I'm glad I didn't.

Oh, and is that how the man you eloped with in Commer breadvan treated you?

[Fran]

It's true, like the dumb-as-dogsh*t blonde secretary with whom one can have an longterm affair, I've neglected and put upon the Commer over the years, doing just enough at the right time to ensure loyalty for a little bit longer.

I hate to say it Mr Zarse, but in that one sentence you have just thrown a horribly revealing light on some of my own past personal relationships….   

F

Crikey Fran! I was going to elaborate further on these Svengali antics, but I'm glad I didn't.

You assume too much Mr Zarse... I didnt actually say if I was the one throwing the bone or the one catching it!