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  • tomtomagain
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    Originally posted by scooterscot View Post
    This is possibly the saddest thing I've read all year.
    Really? I've read some pretty awful stuff about Syria in the last few months.

    But hey, I cannot express how dull and tedious I find cars, they are just not my thing. Mine is a bin on wheels ... and that's the way I like it.

    But this is probably a discussion for another thread ( not that I would join in one on the topic of cars ).

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  • scooterscot
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    Originally posted by tomtomagain View Post
    Not everyone wants or aspires to driving a high-quality car. Me for example. I drive a Zafira. I had my last one for 10 years until it fell to bits and the current one for 1 year so far ( 9 more years of ownership to go ).
    This is possibly the saddest thing I've read all year.

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  • ClothCap
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    Originally posted by Paddy View Post
    And to add, Just as we thought we had the biggest twat and c**t team in Government with Blair and Brown; along comes Cameron & Co, followed Mrs Clueless Baldric. The cat at number 10 would make a better PM!
    Wetherspoons just opened has it?

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  • ClothCap
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    Hmm, it seems our little band of non-uk bremoaners are still unable to get our economy to fail. Fail dammit, they won't be happy until it does!

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  • Paddy
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    Originally posted by Old Greg View Post
    Are you mad? Brexit + US Presidential Election = most fun news-wise since the Financial Crash

    We need more rumour and speculation with a good healthy dose of talking the economy up!
    And to add, Just as we thought we had the biggest twat and c**t team in Government with Blair and Brown; along comes Cameron & Co, followed Mrs Clueless Baldric. The cat at number 10 would make a better PM!

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  • tomtomagain
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    Originally posted by scooterscot View Post
    Germany is an exporter. Not a importer of American tat. You really think Vauxhall can compete with the likes of BMW, Mercedes, VW, Audi, Porsche? Sod all to do with Brexit, everything to do with the crashing pound.
    Now you are just deflecting.

    Different car companies target different market segments.

    Not everyone wants or aspires to driving a high-quality car. Me for example. I drive a Zafira. I had my last one for 10 years until it fell to bits and the current one for 1 year so far ( 9 more years of ownership to go ).

    I find cars very, very dull and although I could afford the cars mentioned above, I never will buy one. If for some reason I did wake up one day and decide to splurge 80k on a car I'd go for a Tesla. And then at least I wouldn't have to drive. Because that is a tedious activity I could do without too.


    .... anyway where was I? Oh yes. Your definition of "tat" is my definition of a practical, cheap, family runaround.

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  • Old Greg
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    Originally posted by tomtomagain View Post
    Let's forget all about this for now and resume the discussion in say 12 months time. When there are some actual "facts".
    Are you mad? Brexit + US Presidential Election = most fun news-wise since the Financial Crash

    We need more rumour and speculation with a good healthy dose of talking the economy up!

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  • scooterscot
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    Originally posted by tomtomagain View Post
    Although to fair it is a typical "remoaner" article. Tells the reader that cuts are coming, mentions the number of employees in the UK. Fails to mention the total number of employees across Europe or indicate where the cuts are likely.
    Germany is an exporter. Not a importer of American tat. You really think Vauxhall can compete with the likes of BMW, Mercedes, VW, Audi, Porsche? Sod all to do with Brexit, everything to do with the crashing pound.

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  • tomtomagain
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    Originally posted by scooterscot View Post
    "The Detroit-based car maker will decide in the coming months whether to continue making Vauxhall Astras at Ellesmere Port in Cheshire. Vauxhall employs 4,500 people in total at its Ellesmere and Luton plants and its head office."

    Cheshire is now in Germany? When did that happen...
    So? It's posturing. Nissan got some assurances. They want them too. Cuts have already started in Germany ( although to be fair it's almost certainly nothing to do with Brexit ).

    Let's forget all about this for now and resume the discussion in say 12 months time. When there are some actual "facts".

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  • MrMarkyMark
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    Originally posted by scooterscot View Post
    "The Detroit-based car maker will decide in the coming months whether to continue making Vauxhall Astras at Ellesmere Port in Cheshire. Vauxhall employs 4,500 people in total at its Ellesmere and Luton plants and its head office."

    Cheshire is now in Germany? When did that happen...
    So, no real news or decision made at all.

    Just something scrawled on a fag packet somewhere

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