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Auld tracks. Maid Of Coolmore by the Bothy Band. Followed up by Take 5 by Dave Brubeck.

I won't state the obvious.

You're pissing against the wind, so my advice is to drop it.

If you want to save the planet then why dont you get a bike? unlimited MPG, open top motoring and cheap as chips. 103064[/snapback] If man was supposed to cycle to work man wouldn't have invented the engine. What would stop me using my car is good public transport.

A Scotsman, an Italian, and an Irishman are in a bar. They are having a good time and all agree that the bar is a nice place. Then the Scotsman says... "Aye, this is a nice bar, but where I come from, back in Glasgee, there's a better one. At MacDougal's ye buy a drink, ye buy another drink, and MacDougal himself will buy yir third drink !" The others agree that sounds like a good place. Then the Italian says... "Yeah, dat's a nica bar, but where I come from, dere's a better one. In Roma, dere's this place, Vincenzo's. At Vincenzo's , you buy a drink, Vincenzo buys you a drink. You buy anudda drink, Vincenzo buys you anudda drink." Everyone agrees that sounds like a great bar! Then the Irishman says... "You tink dat's great ? Where Oi come from in Oirland, dere's dis place called Morphy's. At Morphy's, dey boy you your forst drink, dey boy you your second drink, dey boy you your tird drink, and den, dey take you in de back and get you laid !" "Wow" say the other two "That's fantastic ! Did that actually happen to you ?" "No," replies the Irish guy, "but it happened to me Sister !"

Englishman, Scotsman and Irishman talking about their wives... Englishman..."My wife's really stupid, she's just spent £100 on meat and we haven't even got a freezer". Scotsman..."My wife can top that. She's just spent £17000 on a car and she can't even drive" Irishman..."You don't know when you're born. My wife is thicker than that. She's off to Spain on holiday with her mates and I watched her pack. She put at least 100 blobs in her case and she hasn't even got a dick.

Now that's a beast, the kind of car that commands respect, so you don't have to. It says brandy in the board room, cheap flings with Brazilian lingerie models and skiing in St Moritz with Chuck Norris; just a shame it doesn't come in hot pink. 103037[/snapback] Been told you can change the colour panels for £100. That means you haven't got to spend the £5 on the weekly car wash, just let the car get dorty and change the panels every 6 months or so., although pink would suit Graeme pretty well. Looks ok in black, I reckon. 103044[/snapback] I wouldn't be seen dead in one of those, matey! Va va vooooooom! 103049[/snapback] So you wouldn't do your bit for the future of the planet, Graeme? Over 60mpg ( real mpg ) on short trips, lower emissions and all that stuff. If everybody drove these cars think of how much better it would be for future generations. This is important stuff, Graeme. Much more important than you covering your unfortunate lack of a proper nob with some kind of statement you're making with the car you're driving. Suppose with a ginga nut and acne, as well as the other thing, you've got to try everything. Mind you, the flip side is that we'd all end up paying more income tax. The twáts running the country would see revenue drop with less tax coming in from car drivers, less tax from smokers etc etc. They've got to line their thieving pockets somehow.........

Aye! and all the cars are made of gold, they eat nothing but Swans and have their own butler called Bartholomew, I know its true me mate told me. 103030[/snapback] Well I've seen them.

Now that's a beast, the kind of car that commands respect, so you don't have to. It says brandy in the board room, cheap flings with Brazilian lingerie models and skiing in St Moritz with Chuck Norris; just a shame it doesn't come in hot pink. 103037[/snapback] Been told you can change the colour panels for £100. That means you haven't got to spend the £5 on the weekly car wash, just let the car get dorty and change the panels every 6 months or so., although pink would suit Graeme pretty well. Looks ok in black, I reckon.

Does that come with the Barbie & Ken Malibu Wedding pack? 103034[/snapback] Wot aboot this one then............ Car2

My heart bleeds. Buy a PC, tight wad! 102907[/snapback] While I was thinking similarly, it wasn't put across in such a way. I take it there's no PC then at S-O's abode? Pity- his and Wacky's banter is something I quite look forwards to. 102966[/snapback] Well aye, so do I actually. But for some unknown reason (I've been told by PM) the bloke apparently detests me so I'm not that fussed tbh. Anyway, I'll get it in the neck for saying so, but people shouldn't be browsing the web during their working time. Fine during breaks like. The analogy is that if you walked up to a bar ( or any retail outlet ) and the staff ignored you 'cos they were chatting with each other, you'd be pretty pissed off at them not doing their job I reckon. They're there to work, same as anybody else who goes to work. People who want to do nowt could always try becoming an asylum seeker, or something.......they probably throw in a new PC or MAC with the house and car. puts tin hat on and walks quickly away.............

I'll never be able to take you seriously again! 102937[/snapback] Something wrong with this car 103025[/snapback] From now, take a good look at every SMART car you see and then check out the driver, its a big big fave car among a certain group of the population, not sure how to put this but well ermmmm lets just say Meenzer wouldnt feel out of place driving one 103026[/snapback] Hmmm, food for thought. Perhaps I should stick with Toyota or walk, can't get public transport because it's crap as usual.

I'll never be able to take you seriously again! 102937[/snapback] Something wrong with this car

Perhaps some people can be sensible and see it as 'heat of the moment' stuff and aren't that bothered? Rather than the PC brigade, who want to tell us how to think and how to react to everything, instead of allowing people to be individuals.

Yeah, we'd be getting, "if this had happened in England he'd be sentenced to death, English clubs would be banned from European competition for 4384 years and fined 34 bizillion quid"...when really f*ck all would have happened...like it won't. 102913[/snapback] As optimistic as ever, I see.

35000 miles a year! Bloody hell, that would drive me mad, man.

Well I've got a Toyata Avensis that I want to flog if you're interested. 4 years old, just <30000 miles. Very sound car and will run and run. I'm after a Smart Car for commuting short distances to work.

He deals with vans for the commercial sector, not with cars. But he knows the 'business'.

True. Another example going back to the 90's was when I was looking to get a Ford Escort for my SO. It was August and the 'P' reg had just come out. The local Ford dealership was selling 12 month old 'N' reg cars for £9999 ( popular price, that ) but had a 13 month old 'M' reg for £8500. I bought the 'M' reg. Mileage on the M was just <12000 and the N was just >10000, or something. Not much in it for the price difference.

I'm at a family birthday thrash this evening and I can get an answer from someone in the trade. What I'd think already though is that a pre-reg has probably been driven by all sorts of people when their car has been in on a service, or just driven about by the sales staff. Unless I'm thinking of something else, which is possible because tbh I know fúck all about cars. I just drive the bastards. 102905[/snapback] Usually pre-regs haven't been driven at all (other than the normal new car moving about). The only difference is that yours isn't the first name on the log book (implying another owner when you come to sell it) but seeing as that's a garage then it's hardly a big thing. And you have got last years registration plate on it. Good way of getting a new car for a wee bit less. Check that you're getting the same guarantee as you would with a new car though. They might be a little off about this, seeing as it is by then technically a second-hand motor, but the manufacturers guarantee should still cover it. I think HTL is thinking of ex-demos or ex-courtesy cars. Ex-demos are a canny way of getting a high spec car for a cheaper price, and these will also have the garage's name on the log book but will also have done a canny few miles demonstrating. Pre-regging is just the garage filling up their sales quota when the registration number changes. 102910[/snapback] Glad you cleared that one up, as I said in my last sentence above......... Something to think about.....I bought a 1 year old 1.8 Focus Zetec from Mtoropoint at Burnley. The car had 8,000 on the clock, 1 owner and cost me £7,000. Anything similar from the local main dealer where I live was £9999 at the time. It's obviously an individual thing, some people like a car to be brand new, but generally I agree with SO when he said earlier there's not much point. Big savings to be made by looking at even 12 months old.

Obviously, he's a card carrying Nazi. 102908[/snapback] Disgusting having to carry a card! Wouldn't that be an infringement of his civil liberties, or something?

My heart bleeds. Buy a PC, tight wad!

I'm at a family birthday thrash this evening and I can get an answer from someone in the trade. What I'd think already though is that a pre-reg has probably been driven by all sorts of people when their car has been in on a service, or just driven about by the sales staff. Unless I'm thinking of something else, which is possible because tbh I know fúck all about cars. I just drive the bastards.

Aye, being an English man supporting Newcastle, I'm bound to stick up for an Irish player at Liverpool. Or something. 102842[/snapback] 'Racism' has a pretty narrow scope for you, Alex.

The monkey noises were clearly audible in that match. 102840[/snapback] Not to this pair of deafs. 102841[/snapback]