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Dec 28, 2017 16:47:01 GMT
Post by LandieMark on Dec 28, 2017 16:47:01 GMT
It has been -2 all day. The forecast is looking fairly severe for tonight and tomorrow morning. I have three big round bales to collect from a farmer a few miles away which will be interesting.
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Dec 28, 2017 19:09:23 GMT
Post by ChrisM on Dec 28, 2017 19:09:23 GMT
On the way back from the hospital after seeing mum, driving daughter's A1 whilst she enjoyed (?) a Costa hot choccy drink, we caught and passed the A1 she originally drove down to see at Camberley Audi - the one they sold whilst she was en route to them earlier in the year......
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Dec 31, 2017 9:38:48 GMT
Post by Roadsterstu on Dec 31, 2017 9:38:48 GMT
On the way back from the hospital after seeing mum, driving daughter's A1 whilst she enjoyed (?) a Costa hot choccy drink, we caught and passed the A1 she originally drove down to see at Camberley Audi - the one they sold whilst she was en route to them earlier in the year...... I presume you both got a warm glow of satisfaction, knowing that the car she got will be better than that one anyway? |
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Jan 4, 2018 14:06:23 GMT
Post by Tim on Jan 4, 2018 14:06:23 GMT
I have no control over the lock screen picture on my work pc and it changes every morning at about 10 a.m.
Today's amused me simply for the fact that, at least on the monitor itself, I can clearly see some polished sections of the roadway of this bridge where someone has clearly 'lit up' the driven wheels of their car.
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Jan 4, 2018 16:37:53 GMT
Post by humphreythepug on Jan 4, 2018 16:37:53 GMT
I have no control over the lock screen picture on my work pc and it changes every morning at about 10 a.m.
Today's amused me simply for the fact that, at least on the monitor itself, I can clearly see some polished sections of the roadway of this bridge where someone has clearly 'lit up' the driven wheels of their car.
Tissues ready, I wonder what you will be looking at next, on your PC!! |
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Jan 4, 2018 16:55:40 GMT
Post by Tim on Jan 4, 2018 16:55:40 GMT
Ha! That's a hangover from my man-flu combined with the fact the person who sits nearest me is going through a separation (their own fault) and periodically bursts into tears  |
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Jan 9, 2018 18:58:48 GMT
Post by humphreythepug on Jan 9, 2018 18:58:48 GMT
For my birthday, Tina bought me a SONOS One; I love listening to music in the kitchen when cooking, however it means pumping it through the sound bar in the lounge, via the telly so it can get a bit loud, or playing it through my phone.
What a fantastic bit of kit, superb sound from something so small, plus it has Alexa built in so all I have to do is tell it to play what I want played and it does it, the voice recognition is faultless.
Bonus is, Tina actually ordered me a Play 1; it's the same sound but no Alexa and it's cheaper, they sent a One but billed a Play 1; bonus!
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Jan 11, 2018 8:23:26 GMT
Post by ChrisM on Jan 11, 2018 8:23:26 GMT
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Happy (belated) birthday !
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Jan 15, 2018 21:53:06 GMT
Post by LandieMark on Jan 15, 2018 21:53:06 GMT
I may have agreed to be nominated for our local Regional Organiser position in the car club. Looks like the TVR will have to stay!
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Jan 16, 2018 6:30:27 GMT
Post by Deleted on Jan 16, 2018 6:30:27 GMT
You know how every pub has a bunch of older gentlemen who meet every week, on the same day at the same time? Well, I've been invited to join one of said groups. I am now officially an old git!
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Jan 16, 2018 9:10:55 GMT
Post by Bob Sacamano v2.0 on Jan 16, 2018 9:10:55 GMT
You know how every pub has a bunch of older gentlemen who meet every week, on the same day at the same time? Well, I've been invited to join one of said groups. I am now officially an old git! How is your domino game? |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 16, 2018 9:34:59 GMT
I can do the one where you stand them up in a row and then knock them over.
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Jan 16, 2018 9:40:20 GMT
Post by Bob Sacamano v2.0 on Jan 16, 2018 9:40:20 GMT
I can do the one where you stand them up in a row and then knock them over. It's not a complicated game - the rules are pretty black and white. |
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Jan 16, 2018 10:02:58 GMT
Post by Deleted on Jan 16, 2018 10:02:58 GMT
Must be why old people like it, they can reminisce about the days before we invented colour.
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Jan 24, 2018 19:58:25 GMT
Post by Martin on Jan 24, 2018 19:58:25 GMT
Lindsay has just told me she turned down the offer of a new Boxster for the weekend. She told the salesman she would like to stay with Porsche, but a 4 cylinder Boxster doesn’t really appeal. The offer is still open, maybe I should get it upgraded to a new Panamera?! Probably a bad idea.....
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Jan 24, 2018 20:11:50 GMT
Post by ChrisM on Jan 24, 2018 20:11:50 GMT
Lindsay has just told me she turned down the offer of a new Boxster for the weekend. She told the salesman she would like to stay with Porsche, but a 4 cylinder Boxster doesn’t really appeal. Maybe the offer was made on the basis that so many people are turning their noses up at a 4-cyl Boxster and the only way that is left to try to get a sale is a free loan to see if the potential customer's mind can be changed by real-world experience? I wonder if I'd qualify for a week-end loan of one ?? |
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Jan 24, 2018 20:48:57 GMT
Post by Martin on Jan 24, 2018 20:48:57 GMT
More likely to be because she was in for the Boxsters MOT and we will have had it for 4 years next week.
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Jan 24, 2018 21:34:57 GMT
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Post by Alex on Jan 24, 2018 21:34:57 GMT
Understand not liking the idea of a 4 cylinder Boxster but she still should have taken it for curiosity’s sake if nothing else. Maybe they’d let her try a 911 with a 6 cylinder turbo. Worth asking as apparently they’re struggling to sell too.
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Jan 25, 2018 11:21:48 GMT
Post by Tim on Jan 25, 2018 11:21:48 GMT
I occasionally hear a 4 pot Cayman in the stop-start traffic heading towards the Tay Bridge from the Dundee side and I have to say it sounds a bit odd.
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Jan 25, 2018 13:17:47 GMT
Post by johnc on Jan 25, 2018 13:17:47 GMT
According to my trade insider, things are much worse in new car sales than the figures published would suggest. It is a blood bath out there I am told.
Some big dealers are approaching manufacturers/importers with offers to take loads of cars off their hands at massive discounts - these will then be pre regd and shoved out at prices the internet discounters can't get close to. The dealers are suffering on two fronts because a lack of new car sales means a lack of nice 2 to 3 year old trade ins which hurts them on used car sales too.
Opportunities might be available Martin although I doubt Porsche would need to pre register anything - they might sharpen their pencil a bit though. My guy says the 6 cylinder Cayman/Boxster is also firming up in price considerably. |
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Jan 25, 2018 13:30:20 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2018 13:30:20 GMT
The local Audi invited me to an event where they were flogging cars at cost price.
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Jan 25, 2018 13:32:13 GMT
Post by ChrisM on Jan 25, 2018 13:32:13 GMT
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Yes but how do you know if the "cost price" they state is true?
My local Ford dealer offers similar cost-price events from time to time, but this does not appear to take into account bonuses offered by the manufacturer for meeting or exceeding sales targets, making the "cost price" figure irrelevant
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Jan 25, 2018 13:34:15 GMT
Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2018 13:34:15 GMT
I don't. That's why I didn't go.
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Jan 25, 2018 13:57:11 GMT
Post by Tim on Jan 25, 2018 13:57:11 GMT
I've just been looking at nearly new 330/335d xDrive estates again and there are a some at dealers for around £36k, even the Shadowline ones that have a whiff of Halfords about their 20 inch alloys and suspect rear spoilers.
I think they're near £10k below list with a couple of thousand miles on the clock.
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Jan 25, 2018 15:17:01 GMT
Post by Martin on Jan 25, 2018 15:17:01 GMT
According to my trade insider, things are much worse in new car sales than the figures published would suggest. It is a blood bath out there I am told.
Some big dealers are approaching manufacturers/importers with offers to take loads of cars off their hands at massive discounts - these will then be pre regd and shoved out at prices the internet discounters can't get close to. The dealers are suffering on two fronts because a lack of new car sales means a lack of nice 2 to 3 year old trade ins which hurts them on used car sales too.
Opportunities might be available Martin although I doubt Porsche would need to pre register anything - they might sharpen their pencil a bit though. My guy says the 6 cylinder Cayman/Boxster is also firming up in price considerably. Yes, 6 cylinder prices are holding up very nicely, ours has only lost about 30-35% of what we paid for it 4 years ago (£10-11k more than the GFV we’ve just paid off) and a Porsche dealer would sell it for no more than 20% less than they did back then. So I do like the 718 quite a lot! |
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Jan 25, 2018 16:02:17 GMT
Post by johnc on Jan 25, 2018 16:02:17 GMT
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Jan 25, 2018 16:20:42 GMT
Post by Martin on Jan 25, 2018 16:20:42 GMT
Fortunately the link doesn’t work! Lindsay really needs a 5 door to comply with her car allowance conditions, she hasn’t been able to use the Boxster for any business miles since July. It’s generally worked out OK and given me even more time in it, but it’s far from ideal. If we got another Boxster, it would have to have a similar spec plus memory seats and adaptive suspension. |
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Jan 25, 2018 20:35:02 GMT
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Post by Alex on Jan 25, 2018 20:35:02 GMT
Fortunately the link doesn’t work! Lindsay really needs a 5 door to comply with her car allowance conditions, she hasn’t been able to use the Boxster for any business miles since July. It’s generally worked out OK and given me even more time in it, but it’s far from ideal. If we got another Boxster, it would have to have a similar spec plus memory seats and adaptive suspension. So keep the Boxster for weekend fun and use the allowance for something else that does comply. Sounds like it’s well worth keeping. |
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Jan 28, 2018 9:00:40 GMT
Post by LandieMark on Jan 28, 2018 9:00:40 GMT
A friend in the village brought his gf’s car up for me to plug into my code reader. It’s a Mitsubishi Outlander of 2008 vintage.
Anyway, it was showing turbo overboost fault code. After a quick google, it turns out this engine is the 2.0 litre VAG unit as fitted to loads of VWs and Audis and the fault is common - usually just a sensor. I have to say, I didn’t see that coming at all. He is giving it to the garage to do because you couldn’t even see the turbo - it’s at the back right next to the bulkhead!
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Jan 28, 2018 14:09:32 GMT
Post by Alex on Jan 28, 2018 14:09:32 GMT
A friend in the village brought his gf’s car up for me to plug into my code reader. It’s a Mitsubishi Outlander of 2008 vintage. Anyway, it was showing turbo overboost fault code. After a quick google, it turns out this engine is the 2.0 litre VAG unit as fitted to loads of VWs and Audis and the fault is common - usually just a sensor. I have to say, I didn’t see that coming at all. He is giving it to the garage to do because you couldn’t even see the turbo - it’s at the back right next to the bulkhead! Mitsubishi used the 2ltr VAG diesel in a few cars back then as I think the Grandis had it too (my brother briefly worked at a Mitsubishi dealer). |
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