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Re: Company car advice
« Reply #120 on: 08 November 2018, 15:47:07 »

Drove up next to one of these on Wednesday, branded like this. Huge things....



Did note that the brake discs looked smaller than 3.2's - Maybe it was just perspective with wheel size.  :-\
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« Reply #121 on: 08 November 2018, 15:50:35 »

Outside, we have a lay by thingy with room for three cars. When my neighbours son in law visits in his ranger, there is room for one car.........his.
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Re: Company car advice
« Reply #122 on: 08 November 2018, 15:56:28 »

Outside, we have a lay by thingy with room for three cars. When my neighbours son in law visits in his ranger, there is room for one car.........his.

I may have to alter the front garden slightly to cater for the extra 50cm of the truck less the c£$& a few doors down neighbours may grass me to the council again.
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Re: Company car advice
« Reply #123 on: 08 November 2018, 16:35:41 »

Outside, we have a lay by thingy with room for three cars. When my neighbours son in law visits in his ranger, there is room for one car.........his.

I may have to alter the front garden slightly to cater for the extra 50cm of the truck less the c£$& a few doors down neighbours may grass me to the council again.
Don't tell me, you're not allowed commercial vehicles on your drive ::)
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Re: Company car advice
« Reply #124 on: 08 November 2018, 16:57:44 »

Outside, we have a lay by thingy with room for three cars. When my neighbours son in law visits in his ranger, there is room for one car.........his.

I may have to alter the front garden slightly to cater for the extra 50cm of the truck less the c£$& a few doors down neighbours may grass me to the council again.
Don't tell me, you're not allowed commercial vehicles on your drive ::)

It's not that, more about overhanging the pavement ::)
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Re: Company car advice
« Reply #125 on: 08 November 2018, 17:13:06 »

Have you driven a Tesla lately? 3 might be worth the wait ;)
I think I'd be wary buying a Tesla currently, given the state of the company's finances, and history in the tech industry where a high profile CEO gets kicked out.

Thats on top of my waryness with plugin EVs (but that's because a) they don't meet my current requirements, b) nobody makes a viable, durable battery)
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« Reply #126 on: 08 November 2018, 19:04:24 »

Right, anough f$%&ing around, order placed for a Ranger.

Well done Aaron, you win.  But if it is sh!te I'll drive it through your living room ;D

;D ;d you won't regret it.
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Re: Company car advice
« Reply #127 on: 08 November 2018, 20:43:19 »

When I stayed in Houston at my mates, I was told that the local body shops were used to Brit's who'd just arrived, bought a pick up and tried to put it in the garage!  :-X  ;D
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« Reply #128 on: 09 November 2018, 07:24:16 »

Cor, what kind of pikey Houston houses are these people buying/renting? ;D my boss has no problem fitting his lifted Bronco or Raptor in one of his eight garages...

...other than him having filled four of them with vintage pinball tables and arcade machines!

It's possible he has too much money.... ;D
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Re: Company car advice
« Reply #129 on: 09 November 2018, 09:04:55 »

No, the houses in Houston are rather massive.  I have been looking at it as one potential company acquisition is there so I checked the real estate.  For less than the cost of my current 2up/2down I could get a 4 bed all en-suite detached house with 2.5 (US-sized) car garage and a pool.
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« Reply #130 on: 09 November 2018, 10:48:02 »

Yes there are houses in Houston that are massive!  :y

My mates place was big and had a double garage. His Range Rover Sport and Jag XKR both went in, but it was a squeeze. He wouldn't have got a pickup in.   :-\

A guy who we went to school with turned up bought a big house and a Ford F350 Raptor and it didn't fit in the garage. It's the same as here, older housing stock have smaller garages as the cars were smaller.  ;)

They also joke that there are more Brit office guys driving around Houston in big pickups than local tradesmen.  ;D
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Re: Company car advice
« Reply #131 on: 09 November 2018, 11:01:48 »

Ironically I have Jaguars on my list for when I move to Amurika.  $2.5 a gallon?  Don't mind if I do sir! :D
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« Reply #132 on: 09 November 2018, 11:25:15 »

Ironically I have Jaguars on my list for when I move to Amurika.  $2.5 a gallon?  Don't mind if I do sir! :D

Too right!  :y

The guy we went to school with went car shopping on his 2nd day and came back with the Raptor for his wife (who is 4ft nothing!  ;D) and a Mustang for himself.  :y
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Re: Company car advice
« Reply #133 on: 09 November 2018, 17:43:59 »

Where did I go wrong?When my son moved over to America-to Los Angeles for a brief period and then to where he is now just outside San Francisco-he bought a...………….FOCUS :-[ not only that but his wife also has one :-[ :-[ :-X
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« Reply #134 on: 09 November 2018, 18:16:43 »

Where did I go wrong?When my son moved over to America-to Los Angeles for a brief period and then to where he is now just outside San Francisco-he bought a...………….FOCUS :-[ not only that but his wife also has one :-[ :-[ :-X
A very sensible decision, Baza, take no notice of the hooligans on here.
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