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Tales from a grumpy imigrant part 2
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Originally posted by Troll View PostI'm attached to my 16 year old 4x4 ...passed it's MOT this year with 260k on the clock only needing the number plate bulbs replacing
And if it needed £600 worth of work, would you get it done?Knock first as I might be balancing my chakras.Comment
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Originally posted by suityou01 View Post
And if it needed £600 worth of work, would you get it done?How fortunate for governments that the people they administer don't thinkComment
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Originally posted by Troll View PostIt cracked it's head @ 135k miles - agonised about whether to dump it then but decided to replace which iirc cost me £1000 to do myself - that was 8 years ago and it's been fine since - if it went now (and the vehicle is only worth <£1000) it would be scrappedHow fortunate for governments that the people they administer don't thinkComment
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ye Gods I thought this was a contractor forum.
I the sad permie seem to have the newest car here.Comment
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Originally posted by Troll View PostIt cracked it's head @ 135k miles - agonised about whether to dump it then but decided to replace which iirc cost me £1000 to do myself - that was 8 years ago and it's been fine since - if it went now (and the vehicle is only worth <£1000) it would be scrapped
That said, my girl has only done 98K. I usually reckon a car should cost £600 a year to run. Tyres, servicing, MOT, minor running repairs. So if she comes out of this she owes me 2 years trouble free service. So then something owes me! Not me owing someone else!
If you follow my logic.
If you did £1000 worth of work on a car with 37K more miles on it then I don't feel quite such a tit, so thanks for your honesty.Knock first as I might be balancing my chakras.Comment
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Originally posted by Troll View Postactually it wouldn't be scrapped.. I'd put it in a wooden boat and cast adrift while shooting flaming arrows into the boat with evocative music playing in the background - a send off worthy of an old warriorKnock first as I might be balancing my chakras.Comment
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Originally posted by zeitghostI sold my beloved Fiat Croma to a pair of lads for £70.
They drove it around like lunatics then set it on fire when the radiator went.
At which point the police phoned up.
Same pair of scumbags later broke into my garage to steal a petrol can of petrol, nicked my neighbour's boat & made off down the canal to where their scooter was out of petrol.
Being twostroke, I hope the fecker seized up on them.Knock first as I might be balancing my chakras.Comment
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Tales from a grumpy imigrant part 2
Originally posted by Troll View PostI'm attached to my 16 year old 4x4 ...passed it's MOT this year with 260k on the clock only needing the number plate bulbs replacingComment
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Cheapskates. I've done £1600 on a clutch and flywheel, new brakes all round, service and MOT. Got the cambelt coming up soon. And I only get about 25mpg.
Perhaps I should look for a cheaper car...While you're waiting, read the free novel we sent you. It's a Spanish story about a guy named 'Manual.'Comment
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