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finlay666
Spends far too much time on here
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:40 pm Posts: 4876 Location: Newcastle
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Ripped off  Mt A4 costs me no more than a VW, last time it cost £120 and £90 was for the part Reminds me I need to get it serviced before my parents move as the garage does amazing work for very reasonable prices 
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paulzolo
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:27 pm Posts: 12251
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Independent or branded garage? I could take my car to a Chrysler/Mercedes service centre, but they charge a lot. I take it to an independent, who I trust and has worked on my cars since I moved here. The charge for time taken, NOT for how much the technical manuals tell them it should take. So far, no problems with them. The Chrysler/Mercedes lot charged a lot more for an MOT than I am used to.
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Mon Apr 11, 2011 8:34 pm |
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l3v1ck
What's a life?
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 10:21 am Posts: 12700 Location: The Right Side of the Pennines (metaphorically & geographically)
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That's why I like my local Toyota dealer. They don't charge silly money (or anything coming close to silly money) for things.
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Mon Apr 11, 2011 9:31 pm |
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oceanicitl
Official forum cat lady
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 8:04 am Posts: 11039 Location: London
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Mine has decent mechanics and a knackered body. It's is heading to the scrap yard in the sky 
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Tue Apr 12, 2011 9:54 am |
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Zippy
Spends far too much time on here
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:20 pm Posts: 3838 Location: Here Abouts
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I'm holding off on my "not a new iPad" post until I actually have news, however, my boss has just bought an ex-demo Audi S3 having opted out of the company car scheme. I explained to him that it's built on the same A-platform as the Skoda Octavia which caused me much hilarity and him much indignation until he confirmed it with the Audi guy (who reluctantly corroborated my assertion) and now he's quite happily calling it "the Skoda" as am I ION he thought he was all bad@ss at the weekend because he was beeped by another S3 driver who was clearly 'cool' (light bars under his car, baseball cap on yadda yadda) and thought my boss was cool as well. I probed a little deeper into his 'down-with-the-kids' story and discovered that it didn't stand up to much scrutiny.... at the time he was beeped as being all cool, my boss had his 1 year old daughter screaming in the back of the car and he was singing 'Baa Baa Black Sheep' to her at the top of his lungs 
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Tue Apr 12, 2011 10:12 am |
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paulzolo
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:27 pm Posts: 12251
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My previous car was a Skoda Felicia, and there was a high count of VW and Audi components inside. The Skodas (and Seats) use older Audi platforms - so a brand new Audi won’t be Skodafied for a few years.
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Tue Apr 12, 2011 10:57 am |
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jonbwfc
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:26 pm Posts: 17040
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Probably an adequate description of most of the members of the forum too  .
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Tue Apr 12, 2011 10:59 am |
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veato
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 7:17 am Posts: 5550 Location: Nottingham
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Vauxhall Corsa 1.2 "Twinport" = total and utter [LIFTED] BMW/Audi = run of the mill tosser
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Tue Apr 12, 2011 5:34 pm |
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finlay666
Spends far too much time on here
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:40 pm Posts: 4876 Location: Newcastle
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Cheers 
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Tue Apr 12, 2011 8:49 pm |
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ProfessorF
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:56 pm Posts: 12030
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It's alright Fin, at least you're not a back woods inbred hillbilly with a mullet. 
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Tue Apr 12, 2011 8:50 pm |
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belchingmatt
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Fri May 15, 2009 3:16 am Posts: 6146 Location: Middle Earth
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Take the tosser out of a BMW/AUDI or whatever and put them in any other car and what do you have? That's right a tosser. And I'm sure everyone on here is a safe and considerate motorist all of the time. 
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Tue Apr 12, 2011 8:54 pm |
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finlay666
Spends far too much time on here
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:40 pm Posts: 4876 Location: Newcastle
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 I'd rather be able to afford a Camarro though That said, got overtaken by a Merc SL63 AMG, damn it sounded amazing overtaking me at a hell of a pace, the engine probably hadn't even broken a sweat Imagine the surprise when an Audi lets you out at a junction because you had been waiting there a while 
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Tue Apr 12, 2011 10:31 pm |
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brataccas
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:14 pm Posts: 5664 Location: Scotland
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BMW X5 drivers are all cocks  exept the female ones  *grabs nightgown*
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Tue Apr 12, 2011 11:57 pm |
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l3v1ck
What's a life?
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 10:21 am Posts: 12700 Location: The Right Side of the Pennines (metaphorically & geographically)
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You're getting confused between have and are. 
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Wed Apr 13, 2011 1:19 am |
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saspro
Site Admin
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 5:53 pm Posts: 8603 Location: location, location
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