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    #21
    Originally posted by Gibbon
    Wife's got one, 225, nice car, drives well.
    Realistically it's the ladyfriend who will be driving it most of the time, until I can extract myself from this excruciatingly boring contract.
    ‎"See, you think I give a tulip. Wrong. In fact, while you talk, I'm thinking; How can I give less of a tulip? That's why I look interested."

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      #22
      Originally posted by Moscow Mule
      Realistically it's the ladyfriend who will be driving it most of the time, until I can extract myself from this excruciatingly boring contract.
      So, Nissan Micra then?

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        #23
        Nah, she's already got a fiesta for the shopping.
        ‎"See, you think I give a tulip. Wrong. In fact, while you talk, I'm thinking; How can I give less of a tulip? That's why I look interested."

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          #24
          Originally posted by Moscow Mule
          See above, I'm saving for a yacht...

          Budget is 14K, I want a reliable convertible.

          Thinking about the A4, but it's probably too big for nipping around town (most of my driving). TT (based on Golf platform) looks favourite???
          Toyota MR2 rag top is a top car. Reliable too.
          I am not qualified to give the above advice!

          The original point and click interface by
          Smith and Wesson.

          Step back, have a think and adjust my own own attitude from time to time

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            #25
            Originally posted by The Lone Gunman
            Toyota MR2 rag top is a top car. Reliable too.
            Cheers forgot about those - will investigate...
            ‎"See, you think I give a tulip. Wrong. In fact, while you talk, I'm thinking; How can I give less of a tulip? That's why I look interested."

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              #26
              Originally posted by Moscow Mule

              What do you think, TT roadster or Elise.
              Lots Of Trouble Usually Serious

              HTH

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                #27
                Originally posted by chicane
                Some of these idiots are really beginning to take the p*ss.

                I can appreciate their desire to take refuge from the ever-increasing levels of traffic on the roads, but it's hard to have any sympathy when an increasing group is beginning to treat pavement cycling like an extreme sport in itself, putting pedestrians in danger.

                It's illegal carries a £35 on the spot fine. Trouble is for reasons of it's own the the Home Office decided to ask Chief Constables to be lenient. This advice in itself is debatable as everyone is supposed to be equal before the law.

                It is illegal to ride a bicycle on a pavement parallel to a road unless there is a designated cycle lane.

                Every time this issue comes up you get cyclists saying it is only a minority, but in my experience it is far from a minority and many cyclists ignore basic rules of the road, such as obeying traffic signals, stop signs, having no lights.

                PS The relevent Act of Parliament is the Highways Act 1835 Section 72 (see http://www.highwaycode.gov.uk/03.htm)

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                  #28
                  Honda S2000, best proper sports car for the money bar none.
                  Science isn't about why, it's about why not. You ask: why is so much of our science dangerous? I say: why not marry safe science if you love it so much. In fact, why not invent a special safety door that won't hit you in the butt on the way out, because you are fired. - Cave Johnson

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                    #29
                    Originally posted by zathras
                    It's illegal carries a £35 on the spot fine. Trouble is for reasons of it's own the the Home Office decided to ask Chief Constables to be lenient. This advice in itself is debatable as everyone is supposed to be equal before the law.
                    Yes, another law that might as well not be there because the Home Office have more or less declared it 'unenforcable'. Nice. I think it's time to have a good look at the law books, decide what should stay and what should go, and enforce rigidly the laws that stay.

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                      #30
                      Originally posted by Moscow Mule
                      I also want the f@cker to "just work" when I get back at the weekend. I think there's more chance of that with the audi.
                      A mate a work has a 3 year old TT. There is always something expensive going wrong with it and it costs a fortune to service. It really is tulip, a golf in
                      a dress and very common. The new one is a lot better so I hear, it has to be. Buy an elise it's much better, or better still a vauxhall vx220, it has a better engine than the elise (except the toyota engined elise which is prob out of the budget) and hence is more fun, it's also possible to get a newer one for your money. You won't kill yourself with an elise or vx220, becuase they grip like buggery.
                      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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