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£64 to fill my car up

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    #51
    Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post
    And another BTL?
    Nope, very liquid at the moment, and staying that way until I find the right pad!

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      #52
      Originally posted by Churchill View Post
      Nope, very liquid at the moment, and staying that way until I find the right pad!
      I spoke to my pension chap today - I am about to move out of cash into equities/bonds. Original plan was equity/property.

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        #53
        I put £90 in mine on friday, and it didn't fill it (I was bored by 75ltrs).

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          #54
          I stopped to fill my car up
          the car felt good that day
          I didn't know where I was going
          but it felt good for a change
          a five and a pocket full of silver
          I paid the lady no change
          and then it started to piss down
          I started driving again
          and then i looked up
          and looked in the mirror behind me
          a man round forty in the back seat
          must have stepped in when I was empty
          so why's he sat there just waiting
          likely to smash my face in
          he had a bag full of money
          he said just drive me away
          I didn't know where I was going
          yet it felt good to be strange
          and still I look up
          and look in the mirror behind me
          curiosity is over
          he stepped down from the car
          he pulled a gun from his jacket
          said I was going to die
          it gives me so much satisfaction
          to watch you beg and cry
          well I just made up this story
          to get your attention makes me smile
          I never looked up or looked
          in the mirror behind me
          It's about time I changed this sig...

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            #55
            I want one of these, max torque available from 0 rpm, 0-60 in 3.9 seconds and no-one will hear you coming.

            Best of all Gordon/Darling won't get a penny.

            Only 500k USD.
            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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              #56
              Originally posted by moorfield View Post
              Higher petrol prices are the way forward I say. Tax all the bangers off the road so I can motor down to the City in my Bentley in peace.
              Couldn't agree with your thoughts more but substitute a Mondeo for a Bentley. Tax the peasants off the road !

              I've just moved from a 90 mile a day commute to less than 10 miles.

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                #57
                I saw in last week's Economist that Nissan has become the first major car company to commit to electric (rather than hybrid or fuel cell) as the future. Fleet deliveries will start in 2010 and consumer two years later. This is worldwide strategy, not necessarily UK timetable. Actually they will deliver first in Israel. For security reasons Israeli government is very keen and will (I think) be sponsoring a nationwide network of recharging points. (If they are using the latest batteries then it will be possible to fully charge them in ten minutes, though to do it in that time you need more Amps than a home-based mains socket yields.)

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                  #58
                  Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post
                  I spoke to my pension chap today - I am about to move out of cash into equities/bonds. Original plan was equity/property.
                  I want a farm or a house with a shedload of land...

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                    #59
                    Originally posted by VectraMan View Post
                    I bought my first ever £60+ tank of petrol yesterday (52 litres). At the till next to me was a lorry driver: his was £380.
                    Ovbiosly wasn't empty. The artics on site here have a 1300Ltr tank. We are emptying a 40,000 ltr bund here 3 times a week.

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                      #60
                      Originally posted by gingerjedi View Post
                      I want one of these, max torque available from 0 rpm, 0-60 in 3.9 seconds and no-one will hear you coming.

                      Best of all Gordon/Darling won't get a penny.

                      Only 500k USD.

                      Er yes they will - 5% VAT on the electricity to charge it up.

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