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"Face pack" car causes a stir in Frogmoor
10:43am Tuesday 20th May 2008
Comments (12)A MUDDY car appeared in the middle of Frogmoor and attracted the attention of passers by this morning.
A VW Golf, entirely caked in soil, was parked in the pedestrianised square at around 6am and puzzled people walking through the town centre.
The mysterious vehicle was not the result of an accident or a crime, but a stunt by advertising students at Buckinghamshire New University working on their final project.
Third year students Rob Graves-Morris, 22 and Dip Mistry, 26 - who used his own car for the spectacle - had been given the challenge of marketing Castrol motor oil.
They gave the car a mud "face pack" to show the oil could keep its engine running well - just like a motoring beauty regime.
Thames Valley Police officers have asked the students to move the car from Frogmoor.
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needmoresleep, High Wycombe says...
12:12pm Tue 20 May 08
Lo_Wycombe, Bowerdean Rd says...
1:44pm Tue 20 May 08
Thames Valley Police officers
Good Ol' Thames Valley Police, what would we do with out them?
I'm surprised one of the over zelious traffic wardens didn't get there first...
Plus ça change..., Mudmoor says...
1:47pm Tue 20 May 08
Wetter too!
Plus ça change..., Much Mudmoor says...
1:54pm Tue 20 May 08
Feist the Heist, High Wycombe says...
2:48pm Tue 20 May 08
Dip, High Wycombe says...
4:39pm Tue 20 May 08
Read All About It, HW says...
5:25pm Tue 20 May 08
Pierre, HW says...
8:39pm Tue 20 May 08
Carlton De Souza, Bowerdean area says...
12:10am Wed 21 May 08
Lo_Wycombe wrote:I AM from bowerdean would you like to go out for tea and a slice of cake?
Thames Valley Police officersGood Ol' Thames Valley Police, what would we do with out them? I'm surprised one of the over zelious traffic wardens didn't get there first...
Carlton De Souza, Bowerdean area says...
1:33am Fri 23 May 08
One Bad Architect, High Wycombe says...
4:14pm Mon 23 Jun 08
Dip wrote:Yes indeed they do Dipesh. I for one, fully support your quest to rid the world of these narrow minded non-advertisers. If that means you need to cover vehicles in compost, then i'm all for it.
We used our charm and it worked. Thanks again to the police who let us finish what we started. If 'needmoresleep' would like to come to our degree show and look at the final out come, we're sure that their opinion will change. Narrow minds need to be made broader.
Much love.
Dip's VW Golf caked in mud in Frogmoor
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beedee, high wycombe says...
11:06am Tue 20 May 08