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Title: Gay Insignias
Post by: pscocoa on 11 March 2014, 20:26:02
On my last trip I was taken home from Gatwick in a nice white ex plod Omega Estate. Tomorrow night I have to suffer in an Insignia. What is the world coming to?
Title: Re: Gay Insignias
Post by: Stemo on 11 March 2014, 20:33:00
It's the gay driver I'd be worried about.
Title: Re: Gay Insignias
Post by: ronnyd on 11 March 2014, 20:38:38
It's the gay driver I'd be worried about.
My mate has a Insignia so i will be extra careful when we play snooker this Friday. ::)
Title: Re: Gay Insignias
Post by: Stemo on 11 March 2014, 20:45:14
It's the gay driver I'd be worried about.
My mate has a Insignia so i will be extra careful when we play snooker this Friday. ::)
Playing snooker? Mind he doesn't ask you to put a bit of bottom on something. ;D
Title: Re: Gay Insignias
Post by: pscocoa on 11 March 2014, 20:46:36
It's the gay driver I'd be worried about.

The gay driver is a bonus
Title: Re: Gay Insignias
Post by: Stemo on 11 March 2014, 20:48:33
It's the gay driver I'd be worried about.

The gay driver is a bonus
Phil + Al, who'd have thunk it?  :-X
Title: Re: Gay Insignias
Post by: ronnyd on 11 March 2014, 20:50:05
It's the gay driver I'd be worried about.
My mate has a Insignia so i will be extra careful when we play snooker this Friday. ::)
Playing snooker? Mind he doesn't ask you to put a bit of bottom on something. ;D
He won,t know whether to go for the soft pink or tight brown. :P
Title: Re: Gay Insignias
Post by: Stemo on 11 March 2014, 20:53:04
It's the gay driver I'd be worried about.
My mate has a Insignia so i will be extra careful when we play snooker this Friday. ::)
Playing snooker? Mind he doesn't ask you to put a bit of bottom on something. ;D
He won,t know whether to go for the soft pink or tight brown. :P
He will if he drives an insignia. ;D
Title: Re: Gay Insignias
Post by: pscocoa on 11 March 2014, 20:53:56
My wife is with me so no chance
Title: Re: Gay Insignias
Post by: Stemo on 11 March 2014, 20:55:12
My wife is with me so no chance
Getting cold feet, are we?
Title: Re: Gay Insignias
Post by: Martin_1962 on 11 March 2014, 20:55:17
A neighbour has one and it is a bit ugly.

Most of the cars near me are ugly and horrible.

As I have told neighbours an Omega with no wheels, no bonnet, full of scrap parts still looks better than most cars on the road
Title: Re: Gay Insignias
Post by: Stemo on 11 March 2014, 20:55:47
A neighbour has one and it is a bit ugly.

Most of the cars near me are ugly and horrible.

As I have told neighbours an Omega with no wheels, no bonnet, full of scrap parts still looks better than most cars on the road
Nah.
Title: Re: Gay Insignias
Post by: pscocoa on 11 March 2014, 21:01:12
My wife is ugly so we have compatibility with the car - she also owns an Insignia.
Title: Re: Gay Insignias
Post by: Stemo on 11 March 2014, 21:03:20
My wife is ugly so we have compatibility with the car - she also owns an Insignia.
I wonder if Al has a tablet in his car so your good lady could wile away the time by, say, perusing OOF?
Title: Re: Gay Insignias
Post by: pscocoa on 11 March 2014, 21:05:10
My wife is ugly so we have compatibility with the car - she also owns an Insignia.
I wonder if Al has a tablet in his car so your good lady could wile away the time by, say, perusing OOF?

The best you would get from Al in the tablet stakes is a Rennie....
Title: Re: Gay Insignias
Post by: Stemo on 11 March 2014, 21:08:26
My wife is ugly so we have compatibility with the car - she also owns an Insignia.
I wonder if Al has a tablet in his car so your good lady could wile away the time by, say, perusing OOF?

The best you would get from Al in the tablet stakes is a Rennie....
Depending on where you're flying in from, you may need one.
Title: Re: Gay Insignias
Post by: pscocoa on 11 March 2014, 21:10:04
Still in Zurich - returning ££££s lighter.
Title: Re: Gay Insignias
Post by: Stemo on 11 March 2014, 21:21:10
Still in Zurich - returning ££££s lighter.
You're just saying that to make Rob feel better. :P
Title: Re: Gay Insignias
Post by: chrisgixer on 11 March 2014, 21:22:00
My wife is ugly so we have compatibility with the car - she also owns an Insignia.

One of you is ugly, and it's not your dear lady wife. :P
Title: Re: Gay Insignias
Post by: pscocoa on 11 March 2014, 21:22:22
Forgot about that...seems a long time ago :-X
Title: Re: Gay Insignias
Post by: chrisgixer on 11 March 2014, 21:23:51
He's smelted my wheels into some phallic shaped ingot.
Title: Re: Gay Insignias
Post by: Stemo on 11 March 2014, 21:24:14
Forgot about that...seems a long time ago :-X
That'll be the jet lag.
Title: Re: Gay Insignias
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 11 March 2014, 22:26:18
Al,  do you take American express?
Title: Re: Gay Insignias
Post by: 05omegav6 on 11 March 2014, 23:13:20
Al,  do you take American express?
Not currently  :-\
Title: Re: Gay Insignias
Post by: 05omegav6 on 12 March 2014, 12:18:41
Just checked the Badge on the car...

Sorry lads, it definitely says Vauxhall, and not Gaewoo ;D
Title: Re: Gay Insignias
Post by: Stemo on 12 March 2014, 17:35:10
He's smelted my wheels into some phallic shaped ingot.
Which I sit on whilst thinking of you  :-*
Title: Re: Gay Insignias
Post by: pscocoa on 12 March 2014, 18:31:51
Providing Easyjet does not disappear in the Wakefield triangle will see Uncle Al later tonight
Title: Re: Gay Insignias
Post by: Stemo on 12 March 2014, 19:23:34
Providing Easyjet does not disappear in the Wakefield triangle will see Uncle Al later tonight
Wakefield is the capital of the rhubarb triangle. 8)
Title: Re: Gay Insignias
Post by: 05omegav6 on 12 March 2014, 19:24:50
He's smelted my wheels into some phallic shaped ingot.
Which I sit on whilst thinking of you  :-*
Classy ;D
Title: Re: Gay Insignias
Post by: 05omegav6 on 12 March 2014, 19:26:45
Providing Easyjet does not disappear in the Wakefield triangle will see Uncle Al later tonight
Even the Malaysians couldn't lose an A320 between here and Zurich :-X
Title: Re: Gay Insignias
Post by: pscocoa on 26 March 2014, 12:51:29
Question - if I was to be seen climbing into a white Insignia at 4.15am would the neighbours (if awake) think that I was up to no good/ going cottaging or similar?

What to do.

This may become a reality tomorrow!!
Title: Re: Gay Insignias
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 26 March 2014, 13:02:02
Hmmm what to do? A gay ride or a straight walk...  :-\

You probably won't be feeling much at that time in the morning so take the ride!  :y

You might even enjoy it!!  ;D
Title: Re: Gay Insignias
Post by: biggriffin on 26 March 2014, 13:31:56
If you were seen getting or being put into the back of a white insignia,in a certain area of west Yorkshire,they would just think,he been arrested again for committing un natural acts around calder park again :)
Title: Re: Gay Insignias
Post by: Stemo on 26 March 2014, 15:24:28
If you were seen getting or being put into the back of a white insignia,in a certain area of west Yorkshire,they would just think,he been arrested again for committing un natural acts around calder park again :)
Nothing unnatural about it. Don't knock what you haven't tried. Or have you?  ;D
Title: Re: Gay Insignias
Post by: Stemo on 26 March 2014, 15:25:04
Calder park is a business park BTW  :P
Title: Re: Gay Insignias
Post by: chrisgixer on 26 March 2014, 16:09:04
If you were seen getting or being put into the back of a white insignia,in a certain area of west Yorkshire,they would just think,he been arrested again for committing un natural acts around calder park again :)
Nothing unnatural about it. Don't knock what you haven't tried. Or have you?  ;D

He's told us all about Belgian biscuits Esta so...


...right up your street actually :-\

Title: Re: Gay Insignias
Post by: 05omegav6 on 26 March 2014, 16:17:06
It's not gay, merely misunderstood... So there :P
Title: Re: Gay Insignias
Post by: pscocoa on 26 March 2014, 16:26:59
Calder park is a business park BTW  :P

So that puts a new meaning on Calder Valley I suppose - Rugby days...
Title: Re: Gay Insignias
Post by: Stemo on 26 March 2014, 16:30:39
If you were seen getting or being put into the back of a white insignia,in a certain area of west Yorkshire,they would just think,he been arrested again for committing un natural acts around calder park again :)
Nothing unnatural about it. Don't knock what you haven't tried. Or have you?  ;D

He's told us all about Belgian biscuits Esta so...


...right up your street actually :-\
Right up my what?  ;D
Title: Re: Gay Insignias
Post by: biggriffin on 26 March 2014, 16:56:43
So if iam reading this right, stemo goes up the business park :-X.
Title: Re: Gay Insignias
Post by: ronnyd on 26 March 2014, 17:01:48
So if iam reading this right, stemo goes up the business park :-X.
I think it,s more up the business alley ::)
Title: Re: Gay Insignias
Post by: biggriffin on 26 March 2014, 17:06:48
So if iam reading this right, stemo goes up the business park :-X.
I think it,s more up the business alley ::)
is that were the tradesmen entrance is ???
Title: Re: Gay Insignias
Post by: pscocoa on 28 March 2014, 10:38:49
2 trips in it yesterday - must be getting serious :(
Title: Re: Gay Insignias
Post by: omega3000 on 02 May 2014, 18:49:19
Quite like the look of the Insignia but from whats been commented on doubt if i would buy one unless it was very cheap  :(
Title: Re: Gay Insignias
Post by: tunnie on 02 May 2014, 18:52:42
Quite like the look of the Insignia but from whats been commented on doubt if i would buy one unless it was very cheap  :(

They are quite cheap already, from TB's favourite dealers:

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201312180588999/sort/default/usedcars/onesearchad/used%2Cnearlynew%2Cnew/make/vauxhall/radius/1500/maximum-mileage/up_to_80000_miles/model/insignia/page/1/postcode/nn136er?logcode=p (http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201312180588999/sort/default/usedcars/onesearchad/used%2Cnearlynew%2Cnew/make/vauxhall/radius/1500/maximum-mileage/up_to_80000_miles/model/insignia/page/1/postcode/nn136er?logcode=p)
Title: Re: Gay Insignias
Post by: omega3000 on 02 May 2014, 18:56:02
The estate would be more practical though , nicer lines too  :)

(http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc41/milleblack/Vauxhall_Insignia_3_zps44724906.jpg)
 
Title: Re: Gay Insignias
Post by: tunnie on 02 May 2014, 18:58:06
We looked at them for MotherT, the boot is not great compared to Omega. Prices are not too bad either:

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201404083169750/sort/default/usedcars/onesearchad/used%2Cnearlynew%2Cnew/make/vauxhall/body-type/estate/page/1/model/insignia/postcode/nn136er/radius/1500/maximum-mileage/up_to_80000_miles?logcode=p (http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201404083169750/sort/default/usedcars/onesearchad/used%2Cnearlynew%2Cnew/make/vauxhall/body-type/estate/page/1/model/insignia/postcode/nn136er/radius/1500/maximum-mileage/up_to_80000_miles?logcode=p)
Title: Re: Gay Insignias
Post by: omega3000 on 02 May 2014, 19:02:15
Comfort seems to be a common complaint especially on a long run  :-\ You dont get that with the Mv seats on any run .
Title: Re: Gay Insignias
Post by: tunnie on 02 May 2014, 19:06:48
Comfort seems to be a common complaint especially on a long run  :-\ You dont get that with the Mv seats on any run .

I don't know if Elite cloth seats in them, are different, like the Omega  :-\
Title: Re: Gay Insignias
Post by: TheBoy on 04 May 2014, 10:04:55
Comfort seems to be a common complaint especially on a long run  :-\ You dont get that with the Mv seats on any run .
As someone who has driven a base model (Exclusiv) 130bhp Insignia diesel to the south of France and back again, I can say that, for me, it was a pleasant surprise how comfortable it was, remembering I had a buggered back following a smash a few months earlier.

The only discomforts I suffered were an ear infection, and my arse being ripped to shreds by those lying retards are Le Shuttle. Neither of which were the fault of the car.


Obviously, everyone is different though.
Title: Re: Gay Insignias
Post by: 05omegav6 on 04 May 2014, 11:20:27
My issue might be a combination of being a similar rotundness, a foot taller, and having to pander to the inconvenience of carrying passengers ;D

Not gelling with the car, it adds to the list of reasons to dispose of it, although it's not the cars fault that I'm partial to the occasional takeway/McDonalds/chocolate peanut butter/tube of Pringles/tub of ice cream ::)
Title: Re: Gay Insignias
Post by: TheBoy on 04 May 2014, 11:24:12
Rear headroom is a big issue, and the boot is smaller than it looks (going by my attempts to cram all Mrs TB's shite in it 2 years ago)
Title: Re: Gay Insignias
Post by: chrisgixer on 04 May 2014, 11:56:26
My issue might be a combination of being a similar rotundness, a foot taller, and having to pander to the inconvenience of carrying passengers ;D

Not gelling with the car, it adds to the list of reasons to dispose of it, although it's not the cars fault that I'm partial to the occasional takeway/McDonalds/chocolate peanut butter/tube of Pringles/tub of ice cream ::)

It is the cars fault that your passengers can't sit straight in the back though. Head room is hopeless in the back.
Title: Re: Gay Insignias
Post by: 05omegav6 on 04 May 2014, 14:05:29
Well when you put it like that...

The daft thing is, it's almost exactly the same length and height as the VXR8, the only difference being that the VXR8 is about 4" wider, and a better shape :-\
Title: Re: Gay Insignias
Post by: Kevin Wood on 04 May 2014, 14:11:30
Well when you put it like that...

The daft thing is, it's almost exactly the same length and height as the VXR8, the only difference being that the VXR8 is about 4" wider, and a better shape :-\

.. and has a proper engine, burning the correct fuel, isn't "shopping wheel drive", etc. ::)
Title: Re: Gay Insignias
Post by: 05omegav6 on 04 May 2014, 14:14:16
Tell me about it :-[

My remedy should at least be rear wheel drive, but might be wrong fuel/gearbox :-X
Title: Re: Gay Insignias
Post by: tunnie on 04 May 2014, 19:40:55
Thought you would have gone for the Estate version  :-\
Title: Re: Gay Insignias
Post by: chrisgixer on 04 May 2014, 19:43:09
Thought you would have gone for the Estate version  :-\

It's no good telling him that now though, is it Tunster! ;D
Title: Re: Gay Insignias
Post by: chrisgixer on 04 May 2014, 19:44:41
Nice interior IMO. But the roof slopes back behind the drivers head. The vxr8 doesn't. But then the vxr8 is not really available as an Estate. :(
Title: Re: Gay Insignias
Post by: 05omegav6 on 04 May 2014, 19:56:14
Thought you would have gone for the Estate version  :-\
In an ideal world, the car I bought is not the one I would have ordered. However, the fifteen or so grand price difference seemed to justify the compromise, especially having never had a real issue with a Vectra C saloon...
Title: Re: Gay Insignias
Post by: Taxi_Driver on 04 May 2014, 20:28:30
My issue might be a combination of being a similar rotundness, a foot taller, and having to pander to the inconvenience of carrying passengers ;D

Not gelling with the car, it adds to the list of reasons to dispose of it, although it's not the cars fault that I'm partial to the occasional takeway/McDonalds/chocolate peanut butter/tube of Pringles/tub of ice cream ::)

500 squid to take it your hands.....sounds a good deal if you dont like it  :y
Title: Re: Gay Insignias
Post by: 05omegav6 on 04 May 2014, 20:50:50
Thiteen and I'll even leave the meter in :y
Title: Re: Gay Insignias
Post by: Taxi_Driver on 04 May 2014, 21:20:59
Thiteen and I'll even leave the meter in :y

You left the 'r' out......but thirteen squid.....is too much....dont wont the meter...carnt make up my own prices then  ::) ;D £800 tops  :y