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oceanicitl
Official forum cat lady
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 8:04 am
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We got a new car! Not new new but new to us. Pick it up Thursday. Silver Vauxhall Astra 2003 1.8 sxi. Woohoo! My puma will finally be going to the scrap yard - had her about 7 years so she's had a good innings  \0/ _________________Still the official cheeky one 
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| Mon Apr 11, 2011 2:15 pm |
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JJW009
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:58 pm
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I really quite like the Astra. The ones I've been in drive very nicely and handle well, and they're practical. The only reason I've never bought one is because the adverts used to be so incredibly nauseating. Remember the one with the babies? I've just been shopping today. I've got a couple of days off for gardening, so I needed a nice new roll of stringy stuff for the strimmer. Not quite a new car, but hey  Also bought stuff to do the fence and driveway. Needless to say, it's started raining  _________________jonbwfc's law: "In any forum thread someone will, no matter what the subject, mention Firefly." When you're feeling too silly for x404, youRwired.net
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| Mon Apr 11, 2011 3:27 pm |
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jonbwfc
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I have to be honest with you, I've seen two people driving like absolute knobheads (i.e. actually dangerous) in the last week or so have both been driving Astra. One of whome decided to turn left at a set of traffic lights despite being in the right hand lane and the other who decided to overtake a queue of more slowly moving traffic, which must have been about 6 cars long, even though the road had those central traffic islands. His solution? Go round the other side of the traffic islands, even though there was oncoming traffic doing 50MPH.
I have no reason to assume you're not a careful and contentious driver but still, some cars do end up giving their drivers a bad reputation...
Jon
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| Mon Apr 11, 2011 3:47 pm |
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oceanicitl
Official forum cat lady
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I could say the same about Ford Focus drivers, biggest bunch of smeeeegggg heeeeaaaaads I've ever come across. Don't tar us all with the same brush and I am not an Astra driver YET. Still got the puma vroom vroom! lol _________________Still the official cheeky one
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| Mon Apr 11, 2011 3:57 pm |
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JJW009
I haven't seen my friends in so long
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Guess what I've got  _________________jonbwfc's law: "In any forum thread someone will, no matter what the subject, mention Firefly." When you're feeling too silly for x404, youRwired.net
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| Mon Apr 11, 2011 3:59 pm |
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ProfessorF
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At least it's not an Audi.
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oceanicitl
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Yeah but I bet you're not a smeg head lol _________________Still the official cheeky one
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| Mon Apr 11, 2011 4:01 pm |
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oceanicitl
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No Audi's are over rated and really expensive to run. My A3 cost £800 every time it went in the garage. _________________Still the official cheeky one
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l3v1ck
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 Blimey that's a lot for a small car.
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AlunD
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Growls nothing wrong with Audi's.
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| Mon Apr 11, 2011 5:34 pm |
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l3v1ck
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How many miles did it have on the clock?
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| Mon Apr 11, 2011 5:36 pm |
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JJW009
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How heavy is a puma? Is it corroded? I've been looking for a fairly light car with a decent body but knackered mechanics for a little project involving a milk float and a small nuclear reactor... _________________jonbwfc's law: "In any forum thread someone will, no matter what the subject, mention Firefly." When you're feeling too silly for x404, youRwired.net
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| Mon Apr 11, 2011 5:42 pm |
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ProfessorF
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Does it have to reach 88mph?
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| Mon Apr 11, 2011 5:46 pm |
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l3v1ck
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jonbwfc
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About the same weight as a Fiesta with the same engine, given that's pretty much what it is... Jon
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