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is now cheaper to buy from Halfords  ....

I didn't think that Halfords was cheaper than anyone! 

My go-to motor factors used to be owned by a mate but has now been ultimately been taken over by GSF 

I suspect if you ware willing to dump down £100k (I think all FFRRs are over 100k now?), and paying all the luxury car tax and so on, teh insurance is insignificant?

Additionally, is £2k to insure a new, £100k car that outrageous?  And being clickbait, I bet that is worse case scenario.

Started riding bikes at around 14 / 15 so around 1974. Passed my test in the late 90,s. 
Swmbo discovered I was an actual hooligan, so had to go legit. The world was changing anyway, and that kind of thing just wasnt on anymore, and rightly so.
Passed car test Feb. 1978.

Back to motor factors. I avoid ECP now because the prices seem to have gone through the roof in the last couple of years.
Their own brand stuff such as Pagid, is now cheaper to buy from Halfords than ECP.
My nearest branch of ECP also closed down last year, so other options are closer now.

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 and off since I passed my test (*cough* 23yrs ago this November) and  .....

still a novice then 

I passed my car test 2nd Aug 1979 & my bike test Nov 1980 

That's Day of the Triffids where they go blind

Ah yes! 

Sods law innit....my dads away down on the south coast so also missed them.

They were seen in Lancing.

They usually stay put in the hose fittings.

There's some play in the clips, but you'll soon know when the pump builds pressure...

Personally I would cut the fitting off and use some ISO 7480 marine fuel hose and two stainless jubilee clips each side.

The early Chrysler engine is utter junk and drinks fuel so much, when a friend replaced his with a v8 Cayenne, he noticed no change in fuel bills.

Best avoided, the later French engine is better

I'll bear that in mind if I buy another, but this one seems to be around 40mpg on my commute... Which is about 21mpg better than the S Class. Although I did know that when I bought it, so that's not a slur on the Merc.

That's Day of the Triffids where they go blind

And public schools

That's Day of the Triffids where they go blind