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Post by ChrisM on May 3, 2024 11:17:42 GMT
Absoluteley aware of it, from before the time that mum stopped driving but still had her car on private land. Law requires car to be insured if it's not SORNed, crazy but another way of forcing us to spend money unnecessarily, like taking 2 months of VED when you sell a car (unless you stop using it and SORN it for a month) - one from the seller and one from the buyer.
It's probably because the law assumes that if a car isn't SORNed, you may be tempted to take it onto public land such as a car park, even if you're not going to drive it.
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May 2, 2024 9:27:54 GMT
Post by ChrisM on May 2, 2024 9:27:54 GMT
Yesterday's bargain.... I had a dental appointment at 4:45pm and the dentist is in the same building as my local Sainsbury's supermarket so afterwards I wandered around to grab a few essentials and a not-so-essential reduced price item that I couldn''t miss at that price. It went through the scanner and till at the displayed price including a selected manual re-scan, so it must have been OK:
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Post by ChrisM on May 1, 2024 21:28:06 GMT
Not for the weak of stomach... my cousin who lives in Berlin volunteered to help set up the first UK-funded field hospital in Gaza earlier this year. After about a month close to the bombing etc he's on his way back to Germany. These are some of the photos taken by the charity's media representatives; horrific doesn't even get close to describing what is going on: www.flickr.com/photos/8301862@N05/albums/72177720316416023/
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Post by ChrisM on May 1, 2024 10:08:47 GMT
Our local vote is only to chose a Police Commissioner
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Apr 28, 2024 17:19:54 GMT
Post by ChrisM on Apr 28, 2024 17:19:54 GMT
They have gone the way of your poo.... they are now similar to AutoTrader in that they present a range of cars for sale by "other" retailers so I presume that all their handover sites have now closed and another few hundred jobs in the motor trade have gone down the pan
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Post by ChrisM on Apr 28, 2024 14:44:06 GMT
Dangerous things, these e-bikes. Seems they like to spontaneously combust and if it happens in an area away from water or fire brigade access, the fire can spread and .... well who knows what may burn down? Try not to park close to any
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Post by ChrisM on Apr 28, 2024 14:11:22 GMT
The eBay one appears to have disappeared
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Apr 28, 2024 14:07:24 GMT
Post by ChrisM on Apr 28, 2024 14:07:24 GMT
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Apr 27, 2024 20:48:54 GMT
Post by ChrisM on Apr 27, 2024 20:48:54 GMT
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Post by ChrisM on Apr 23, 2024 21:13:08 GMT
Does the title of this thread need amending or has at least one of us learnt to time-travel ??
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Cardle
Apr 21, 2024 19:50:29 GMT
Post by ChrisM on Apr 21, 2024 19:50:29 GMT
.. and here
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Post by ChrisM on Apr 20, 2024 16:55:05 GMT
Last week rather than today.. How do you clean your tram tracks if you don't have a cleaning tram? It was very impressive to watch the transformation from road truck to tram truck. I presume that cameras were involved so that the driver could stop exactly in position above the rails
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Post by ChrisM on Apr 19, 2024 16:35:07 GMT
We're having a bit of a "year from hell" in our family so when the opportunity arose and I was able to visit Berlin on the cheap, I took advantage; last Wednesday to this Tuesday. The paint has been cleared off the Brandenburger Tor: and someone definitely hasn't beeen forgotten: Interestingly (?) the UK-issued TK Maxx "Treasure" loyalty card works out there ! Oh - and I made it to the top of the Victory Column this time too, and the Tempelhof Airport control tower
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Cardle
Apr 19, 2024 16:31:07 GMT
Post by ChrisM on Apr 19, 2024 16:31:07 GMT
In 1 for me today
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Post by ChrisM on Apr 17, 2024 9:52:20 GMT
I walked past what appeared to be a Fisker showroom in Berlin a few days ago. It was in total darkness with no notice on the door/windows. Have they gone under?
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Post by ChrisM on Apr 13, 2024 6:41:29 GMT
... or as the late great Ray Moore used to say, the singer Elizabeth Swartzkopf translates as Betty Blackhead
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Post by ChrisM on Apr 11, 2024 20:23:50 GMT
It amuses me this Italian thing of naming cars after their home cities and getting away with it - Ferrari Modena, Alfa Milano. The Jaguar Coventry just wouldn't quite have the same ring. I suppose Vauxhall did do the Luton, but that was appropriately enough a van. The TVR Unsure... does anyone know what is actually happening with TVR or is nobody interested any more?
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Post by ChrisM on Apr 11, 2024 20:19:53 GMT
The last time I went through Guildford (Easter Sunday), the Porsche showroom looked like a building site, so I guess you are right about someone having to pay for it.....
And tough on anyone looking to buy their first Porsche from this dealer if their initial impression is no showroom, a building site mess and all cars parked outside in a none-too-convenient location
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Post by ChrisM on Apr 4, 2024 21:54:05 GMT
Is that a semi-transparent pad I can (just about) see ??
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Post by ChrisM on Apr 1, 2024 16:17:08 GMT
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Post by ChrisM on Mar 31, 2024 21:55:38 GMT
I thought I was going to witness an accident this morning as I walked back home frm church.... Walking alongside the main road on the pavement, a car went past that I suspect was travelling at the speed limit or thereabouts (30mph). Not far from a right-hand T-junction with a side road, it put its indicator on just as a motorbike came up behind it "out of nowhere" doing well in excess of the speed limit and with a somewhat loud exhaust (no doubt illegal as it was a little painful on the eardrums). I suspect that the driver hadn't even seen the bike... fortunately the bike was travelling so far in excess of the speed limit that it passed the car just before the car started to move right, across the other side of the road to make the turn.... I wonder if the driver even saw the bike as it overtook the car
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Post by ChrisM on Mar 28, 2024 12:39:31 GMT
How does he fancy driving a former Jordan F1 car? driftlimits.co.uk/jordan-f1-experiences/I drove a Formula Renault single seater there a few years back, Christmas present from my younger daughter. It's also where I paid extra on the day and got to drive a Gallardo for a few laps
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Post by ChrisM on Mar 27, 2024 18:24:30 GMT
They're still relatively cheap, even cheaper for barn find basket cases. The hardest decision will be the engine/gearbox choice. Dead easy - the underpinnings and drivetrain from a BAC Mono......
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Post by ChrisM on Mar 26, 2024 20:53:46 GMT
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Post by ChrisM on Mar 26, 2024 18:18:32 GMT
The alternative is to emigrate to a country that speaks English and where there are no plans to phase ouit cars powered by internal combustion engines.
I'm of the age where I hope I die before I have to have an electric-powered vehicle
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Post by ChrisM on Mar 25, 2024 17:59:55 GMT
You could get a ferry from The Hook of Holland to Harwich to cut down on the driving back.
Alternatively you could fly to Norway andback, and rent a car instead, unless you are determined that you want to take the Scottish Porsche there
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Cardle
Mar 25, 2024 8:28:12 GMT
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Post by ChrisM on Mar 25, 2024 8:28:12 GMT
Didn't quite get it in one but the full reveal shot shows it IMHO as quite ugly. Not the best angle from which to view it
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Cardle
Mar 24, 2024 8:22:12 GMT
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Post by ChrisM on Mar 24, 2024 8:22:12 GMT
In 1 for me today too. One of my favourite cars, ever
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Cardle
Mar 23, 2024 13:10:20 GMT
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Post by ChrisM on Mar 23, 2024 13:10:20 GMT
As with most "Mark 1"'s it was never known as the Mark 1 when it was on sale new anyway
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Cardle
Mar 22, 2024 12:52:59 GMT
Post by ChrisM on Mar 22, 2024 12:52:59 GMT
I knew what it was in one, but the connection with Milton Keynes ??
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