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The Car thread

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Izzy

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1 hour ago, weller54 said:

I love my Mazda MX-5 30th anniversary 😁

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Do you do perms and colouring or just standard haircuts? :D

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tom27111

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If anyone is in the market for a Fiat, Jeep, Abarth, Alfa Romeo, Hyundai or Seat, give me a shout. New or used. And if you're a Motability customer.

 

Do a nice Fiat 500 convertible for hardressers :thumbup:

Foxdiamond

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4 minutes ago, tom27111 said:

Wait, is this serious? Or are we just naming Leicester players?

 

It could be a Tony Spearing.

I remember Richard. Was he a good trainer because the aeroplane was. Famously seen in Hitchcock's North by Northwest and later hit film The English Patient 

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Izzy

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1 hour ago, weller54 said:

Not good enough to satisfy your ego then?😂

I'm only kidding mate, I love the MX5. The wife had a white first gen one years ago with the pop up lights and it was great fun to drive. Shame we had to get rid of it once the kids came along :(

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KrefelderFox666

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On 09/01/2022 at 19:08, tom27111 said:

Market is mental at the minute.

 

Some cars have risen 40% in price in the last 18 months. 

 

If you'd like to PM me the reg and mileage, I'll be more than happy to cross check the values and make sure it's priced correctly :thumbup:

100%. I went into Skoda today to trade in my Octavia for something cheaper (barely drive anywhere now, waste of money). 18 month into a 49 month PCP, normally would be in massive negative equity but due to the current market, the dealer took my car without me having to pay anything to settle the finance.

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weller54

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57 minutes ago, Izzy said:

I'm only kidding mate, I love the MX5. The wife had a white first gen one years ago with the pop up lights and it was great fun to drive. Shame we had to get rid of it once the kids came along :(

I would have kept that and got rid of the kids 😂

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Big Dave

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16 hours ago, simFox said:

Anyone else remember buying the Mercury for the motor ads? In due it was once a week, was it a Friday? 

 

Ah, happy days... 😊 

And for houses on a Saturday (before Rightmove).  Wasn’t there a jobs section on a Wednesday or Thursday too?

tom27111

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8 hours ago, Big Dave said:

And for houses on a Saturday (before Rightmove).  Wasn’t there a jobs section on a Wednesday or Thursday too?

Jobs was Thursday.

 

Unbelievable nowadays that you'd look down the classifieds before the internet!

 

My mum had her car nicked years ago, The police found it because the thieves were breaking the cars up for parts and selling them as spares in the Mercury lol

Raj

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On 14/01/2022 at 19:43, tom27111 said:

If anyone is in the market for a Fiat, Jeep, Abarth, Alfa Romeo, Hyundai or Seat, give me a shout. New or used. And if you're a Motability customer.

 

Do a nice Fiat 500 convertible for hardressers :thumbup:

Tom, are Abarth just tuned up fiats?

tom27111

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2 minutes ago, Raj said:

Tom, are Abarth just tuned up fiats?

Basically. A Fiat 500 with bucket seats available in 145, 165 or 180bhp.

 

Much higher spec components too, like, exhaust, brakes, etc.

 

The top of the range comes with an electric adjustable rear spoiler to give you more downforce or reduce aerodynamics.

 

Acceleration on them is outrageous lol

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tom27111

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Just taken out an Alfa Romeo Stelvio Quadrifoglio. 3 litre V6 510bhp.

 

I've driven some pretty powerful cars in the last few years, but I had to take this out of race mode as I genuinely feared for my safety.

 

If you've got a spare 70k knocking about, would highly recommend. 

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Raj

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5 hours ago, tom27111 said:

Just taken out an Alfa Romeo Stelvio Quadrifoglio. 3 litre V6 510bhp.

 

I've driven some pretty powerful cars in the last few years, but I had to take this out of race mode as I genuinely feared for my safety.

 

If you've got a spare 70k knocking about, would highly recommend. 

Alfalfa Romeos do make some sexyn ooking cars. I looked at the Giulietta(sp) before I bought the mazda 2, apparently ARs are shortly unreliable?

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tom27111

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13 minutes ago, Raj said:

Alfalfa Romeos do make some sexyn ooking cars. I looked at the Giulietta(sp) before I bought the mazda 2, apparently ARs are shortly unreliable?

Alfa Romeo, unreliable?

 

No idea what you're taking about mate :ph34r:

tom27111

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Very nearly landed this as a company car earlier, my boss was happy for me to take it, but his boss said "Tom, your predecessor was here for 4 weeks, in that time, he got 4 speeding tickets on the M1 in one evening, 3 parking tickets and crashed, causing 2 grands worth of damage. I have to be vary wary now, you can have one after 3 months service"

 

lol

 

Fair play. Totally worth the hike in company car tax and fuel.

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Raj

Raj

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25 minutes ago, tom27111 said:

Alfa Romeo, unreliable?

 

No idea what you're taking about mate :ph34r:

I meant that are on par with the German automobile giants in reliability.

 

Sorted.....sorry!!!🤭🤭🤭

tom27111

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2 minutes ago, Raj said:

I meant that are on par with the German automobile giants in reliability.

 

Sorted.....sorry!!!🤭🤭🤭

They're notorious for being unreliable. 

 

I think the Italians make the French look good at making cars lol

tom27111

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On 14/01/2022 at 18:19, weller54 said:

I love my Mazda MX-5 30th anniversary 😁

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You considered chopping it in for an Abarth 124 Spider?

 

Essentially the same car.

 

Mazda gave Fiat 1000 chassis and only 350 Spiders were produced.

 

1.4 twin turbo, 170bhp.

 

I've got 2 in stock :D

 

Yes, I have no shame.

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