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    #51
    Originally posted by Spacecadet
    not entirely true
    90 -> 0 is my most important criteria

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      #52
      Originally posted by Spacecadet
      not entirely true
      Well no, but for commuting it is. If you like to drive down country roads at weekends then petrol with good chassis/suspension and gearbox.

      For motorways/long commutes, something with good seats and lots of torque, pref automatic
      I remember the good old days of this site when people used to moan about serious contractor related issues like house prices and immigration. How times have changed!?

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        #53
        Originally posted by Numptycorner
        Well no, but for commuting it is. If you like to drive down country roads at weekends then petrol with good chassis/suspension and gearbox.

        For motorways/long commutes, something with good seats and lots of torque, pref automatic
        I used to commute from manchester to chesterfield, no motorways and only 1 short stretch of dual carriage way in between so a good bit of oomph (170bhp) helped prevent me getting stuck behind tractors, trucks, old people, the stupid and learners
        Coffee's for closers

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          #54
          feck's sake,

          kids today eh,

          creaming their nads off because of buying a brand new 1.6 golf at thirty years old !!!

          haven't laughed so much in ages

          it's always fun here when Willi's around, he lifts the stupidity of people here to a new level

          is this what new labour have done the uk, made people aspire to owning a 1.6 golf at thirty !!!

          whatever next ?

          nice one Willy, you are excellent entertainment.

          Milan.

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            #55
            Originally posted by el duder
            Picked up my new car from the factory last night.

            Was lovely. Brand spanking new, 6 miles on the clock.

            Felt very special driving it home.
            Would have been a better story if you'd written off the car a mile from the garage.

            (Like a guy I once worked with at the Post Office DP Centre in Farnborough. He packed a 100 grand's worth of monitoring hardware in the boot of his car to take to a site in London, and some white van man slammed into the back of him and trashed the lot (and almost him along with it), and guess what - Due to a mix up with the paperwork, the equipment hadn't been insured!)
            Work in the public sector? Read the IR35 FAQ here

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              #56
              Originally posted by milanbenes
              feck's sake,

              kids today eh,

              creaming their nads off because of buying a brand new 1.6 golf at thirty years old !!!

              haven't laughed so much in ages

              it's always fun here when Willi's around, he lifts the stupidity of people here to a new level

              is this what new labour have done the uk, made people aspire to owning a 1.6 golf at thirty !!!

              whatever next ?

              nice one Willy, you are excellent entertainment.

              Milan.
              MB,

              He's not come back about the 1.4 TSI thing. I don't think he likes being proven wrong...

              But we'll forget all about that, eh?
              (Nope, will we hell!)

              C.

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                #57
                Threaded at the age of 30 had his second Lamborghini already.
                I've seen much of the rest of the world. It is brutal and cruel and dark, Rome is the light.

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                  #58
                  Originally posted by zeitghost
                  Not to mention Giant Alien Lizards in Big Bloo Volvos...
                  A lot more common than some people think!
                  Coffee's for closers

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                    #59
                    Supremo,

                    you're right he's avoiding the embarressment.

                    Glad to hear you are happy with your car,
                    I am thinking to replace my 6 year old tdi 4x4
                    200,000kms with a new 1.9tdi DSG in the summer

                    all the best,

                    Milan.

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                      #60
                      I bought my mustang brand new in the States when I worked there. Still going strong, 12 years and over 100k miles later. Still looks cool too - especially here in the UK!!

                      Sadly, its probably the only new car I will buy!!

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