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« Reply #615 on: 16:23:06, 23-05-2007 » |
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We would have been glad to see it go to a good home...
after the reverse gear packed up, and the dashboard used to catch fire when you turned the heater on, and you had to hit the solenoid with a hammer sometimes to start it...
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« Reply #616 on: 16:46:34, 23-05-2007 » |
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cycling is where it's at folks.....  x Jan x |
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Live simply that all may simply live
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« Reply #617 on: 17:26:05, 23-05-2007 » |
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Haven't cycled in years; last time I took it up, after a several year break, we were on some cycling/walking trail somewhere down the english countryside, and I cycled straight into some (circa 30 yo) mother who was out walking with her young kid. I felt just *terrible* about it. I saw myself cycling straight for her, and was unable to think what I should do. She was relatively unharmed, just a bit scratched.
Ayway, that was some years ago.
On the HAPPY side of this post, I purchased a breadmaker today. Woo.
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« Reply #618 on: 17:28:42, 23-05-2007 » |
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So, Martle, is that one for sale? Does it have electric windows and air conditioning?
I wish, Richard. When I was in the States I got to drive one of these for a while. Felt like steering an oil tanker; I imagine...  |
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« Reply #619 on: 17:44:33, 23-05-2007 » |
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Not noticeably green, if I may say so. I did tootle around in one of these (a descendant of your red one, I believe) in the US for a little while  All very fine if you want to go in a straight line for a long time on a wide road. |
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« Reply #620 on: 18:30:39, 23-05-2007 » |
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We lived in the US in the late 1980's and we had a white Mercury Sable, bit like this one  It's a Ford, and was very much like the Scorpio/Granada in Europe at the time. I used to fly around to visit car plants across the states and often got upgraded in the hire car to a Cadillac like this Seville circa 1990:  The cars were OK but all automatic so not much fun after a while  |
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« Reply #621 on: 19:20:03, 23-05-2007 » |
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The cars were OK but all automatic so not much fun after a while I've been thinking I'd really like an automatic this time. Maybe I'm just not as much fun as I used to be. |
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« Reply #622 on: 19:56:53, 23-05-2007 » |
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Thanks to my driving instructor I've never really trusted automatics. I'm still happier driving a "stick" as the locals here refer to them. Or better still, a pushbike. It seems that these days,  There is more to go wrong with a car Car manufacturers know this They sell extras like OnStar service because of it. |
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I think car manufacturers were slow in making their vehicles harder to steal because they benefited from thefts in the long run, as did garages who carried out repairs. The insurance companies simply put up their premiums and it was the poor owners who lost out.
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« Reply #625 on: 09:44:33, 24-05-2007 » |
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I like it. My computer is slow today. But I like it tonybob.
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« Reply #626 on: 17:22:09, 24-05-2007 » |
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I keep wondering whether or not to buy a car. I have been without one for 6 months... could be nice. Any ideas anyone?
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« Reply #627 on: 17:31:46, 24-05-2007 » |
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A friend helped us to buy a car from the net. There are many sites.
The same friend just came from England somewhere (may be London) with a Porsh for his daughter.
There must be people who can help.
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« Reply #628 on: 19:33:52, 24-05-2007 » |
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I keep wondering whether or not to buy a car. I have been without one for 6 months... could be nice. Any ideas anyone?
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It depends on how big it needs to be and how much you can afford, A, but I've been very happy with my Fiat Panda. |
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« Reply #629 on: 19:39:57, 24-05-2007 » |
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I keep wondering whether or not to buy a car. I have been without one for 6 months... could be nice. Any ideas anyone?
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But surely... you and your dashing consort ride around in one of these?  |
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