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23rd May 2014, 18:09 | #1 |
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Sad decision but the right one ......
Myself and the family are off to sunny Pickering Yorkshire tomorrow for a week of R & R , caravan on a working farm , the sad decision is I have decided to leave the ZT tucked up at home in the garage , I really wanted to take it but I never seem to relax when we go for a day out and I leave the car parked up for hours on end , just dont fancy coming back to it scratched and dented , we took it to Devon last year and got away with it no problems at all law of averages says this time it could go horribly wrong so its a week running around in a xsara picasso but hey this time tomorrow I will be celebrating my 56th birthday at the White Swan in Newton upon Rawcliffe supping some Timothy Taylors Landlord BUT I wont be worried about the car .
Its areal shame I have to do this but its a sign of the times we live in I suppose.....
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23rd May 2014, 18:20 | #2 |
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sad decision
Firstly Steve its a happy birthday for tomorrow, we also undetstand your predicament about your car as its a peach and lastly have a great week away with the family.
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23rd May 2014, 19:18 | #3 |
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Not criticising here bud,but is that not a little extreme? You can't wrap it in kid gloves , that being said,if I could afford to,I would buy a cheap car to run as a daily driver and keep,the 75 for holidays and shows. Hope you have good weather.
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23rd May 2014, 19:56 | #4 |
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Have fun Steve. And a very Happy Birthday for tomorrow.
Gosh I vaguely remember being 56. Beer was only 1/3d a pint.
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You are probably right but when the paint costs silly money per litre and the car gets written off sometimes kid gloves are needed and another thing is I drive it 5-6 days aweek and sometimes I take it for granted but I know when I get back it will feel so different to the french shed I would have been running around in for the last week it will feel like a rocket ship
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23rd May 2014, 20:30 | #8 |
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I remember that price too, but would that not make you about 110
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I can understand your concern, many years ago a friend bought a Ford Mustang and spent a lot of cash having it airbrushed with a view of the New York skyline, and then wouldn't go anywhere in it unless he could keep an eye on it.
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