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General Discussion Area / Re: Ive just had my mobile phone bill
« on: 03 April 2008, 16:36:53 »Quote
OMG Glad I only put PAYG credit on mine, ......
Like wise. I put £20 a time on it which'll last me 4or 5 weeks.
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Like wise. I put £20 a time on it which'll last me 4or 5 weeks.
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General Discussion Area / Re: Son wants to be a mechanic
« on: 29 March 2008, 09:51:36 »Quote
......... He is always taking things apart and putting them back together.
But ...... do they work after he's 'fixed' them?
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General Discussion Area / Re: road tax
« on: 03 April 2008, 11:08:22 »Quote
.... in his new Passat TDi 140 got from Estartit to Zeebrugge ( 770 miles ) on one tank of derv, it took 64 litres to fill it up, ......
That's good. That's going to be more like 2 tanks in a petrol V6, even my crappy Astra 1.7 TD only manages about 45mpg - no matter what you do with it.
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General Discussion Area / Re: road tax
« on: 02 April 2008, 23:59:31 »
I just know that my T reg diseasal Astra has gone up to £101.75 for 6 months from the renewal's price of £99
Thieving buggers
Thieving buggers
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General Discussion Area / Re: Carlsberg dont do delivery to BFPO.......
« on: 03 April 2008, 00:13:58 »Quote
Nice one guys ...
now Gaffer .. if you could use BFPO to send me some Dabs or Wobbly ... cheap
(first I'd have to have a BFPO address though I suppose .... DANG )
I know 2 people with an HMS ..... address if that's any use. One of 'em is on the forum!
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General Discussion Area / Re: Traffic Cops BBC 1 8pm tonight.
« on: 02 April 2008, 11:21:49 »Quote
...some of our members in blue ....
They tend to be in Hi-Viz these days.
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General Discussion Area / Re: Porsche or Porsche...er?
« on: 02 April 2008, 16:57:45 »Quote
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But flour cakes a couple of miles away. :-/
I'd forgotten about that.
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General Discussion Area / Re: Porsche or Porsche...er?
« on: 02 April 2008, 11:23:30 »
They're Muffins here! (No sniggers from the back please! )
And in Halifax they're Tea cakes :-/ (our tea cakes are sweet :-?)
(No sniggers from the back please! )And in Halifax they're Tea cakes :-/ (our tea cakes are sweet :-?)
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General Discussion Area / Re: Porsche or Porsche...er?
« on: 02 April 2008, 10:10:08 »Quote
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Barrrrth and Shrowsbury for me.
.......
As a reet proper Northerner I can never understand where the R comes from in Barrrth. To me it can never be anything other than BATH.
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General Discussion Area / Re: Porsche or Porsche...er?
« on: 02 April 2008, 09:26:27 »Quote
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scone if you are a toffee nose, scon if you're normal
If tha could 'ear mi talk tha'd know I was owt but posh. My 'posh' talking daughter, and son down down sarf developing a Navy neutral accent both say I sound reet Northern ....... not surprising really.
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General Discussion Area / Re: Porsche or Porsche...er?
« on: 02 April 2008, 08:43:40 »
Scone cos you don't throw stons through windows, it's a cones with another 's'
And Porsh
And Porsh
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General Discussion Area / Re: V6 OWNERS! BEND OVER! £400+ ROAD TAX NEXT YEAR
« on: 02 April 2008, 17:11:13 »
Vehicle Excised Duty is already in effect an ownership tax. The fact that you now have to NOT tax (SORN) your car when it's not on the road points to an ownership tax to me. I know someone who was fined for not re-SORNing his 'historic' car in time. The car wasn't even roadworthy, the cost of the VED was zero, it's not like he was trying to avoid paying some thing.
How much tax would we all like on our fuel at the pump. We already have some of the highest taxed fuel in the world without adding more tax to it. They'd only keep the 'road tax' aswell but call it something else, eg owner admin charge.
How much tax would we all like on our fuel at the pump. We already have some of the highest taxed fuel in the world without adding more tax to it. They'd only keep the 'road tax' aswell but call it something else, eg owner admin charge.
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General Discussion Area / Re: broken spring
« on: 01 April 2008, 00:05:13 »Quote
I think the design of the springs - the pigs tail/taper spring construction - gives the progressive rate. Aftermarket ones should do the same....
Yes it does. The thin bits at the end bend esier than the fat bit in the middle. But as I say the pair I bought for her Astra were the same thickness through out. The distance she covers in a year, they are more than adequate, & will probably fair better on the speed ramps as she hits them. :-?
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General Discussion Area / Re: broken spring
« on: 31 March 2008, 23:57:06 »
Are Omega pattern springs progressive rate like the originals. I ask cos SWMBO's Astra G had 2 broken rear springs last year. The originals were progressive rate but as Vauxhall wanted more than I was prepared to spend on 2 springs I bought a pair of pattern springs from a motor factor. They were some thing like £30 but were NOT progressive rate.
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General Discussion Area / Re: Brunstrom's latest trick?
« on: 01 April 2008, 00:10:21 »Quote
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Not if you buy them off a Scottish registered seller on eBay.
No proof, no ID needed.
or Irish ..... which was my point.