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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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learned that my car can go to the top of scotland to the very bottom using just £16 of diesel 
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Spreadie
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 6:06 pm Posts: 6355 Location: IoW
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How to use the firefox modify header plugin. 
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ProfessorF
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:56 pm Posts: 12030
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Work's getting ready to roll out XP SP 3. Be still my beating heart.
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Wed Jul 20, 2011 11:50 am |
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HeatherKay
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Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:13 pm Posts: 7262 Location: Here, but not all there.
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My little car returned 45mpg over 1000 miles to and fro to Folkestone from Chatham. Not bad, really.
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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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I honestly cannot comphehend why you would want a baby car? it was very painful when I had saxo and since moving to big cars It makes you realise how bumpy and uncomfortable little cars really are, It would be impossible for me to go back to a tiny car, theyre just so wrong  why? im so curious. I just bought another car yesterday 66.6k miles on the clock and its the same colour of satan too
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Wed Jul 20, 2011 11:35 pm |
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leeds_manc
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:19 pm Posts: 5071 Location: Manchester
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Short-selling - how people make money when a share price fallshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_(finance) 
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Wed Jul 20, 2011 11:42 pm |
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HeatherKay
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Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:13 pm Posts: 7262 Location: Here, but not all there.
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It was economy. The bigger car I had was just too expensive to run, and completely unnecessary for daily use. I do agree with you about the ride quality, though. 
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Thu Jul 21, 2011 5:38 am |
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belchingmatt
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Joined: Fri May 15, 2009 3:16 am Posts: 6146 Location: Middle Earth
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Small cars are also great around country lanes, and fit into smaller parking spaces.
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Thu Jul 21, 2011 6:44 am |
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Amnesia10
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Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 2:02 am Posts: 29240 Location: Guantanamo Bay (thanks bobbdobbs)
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Also add in cheaper to insure.
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Thu Jul 21, 2011 9:23 am |
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Paul1965
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Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:29 pm Posts: 5975
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FIFA has an Ethics Committee! 
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Sat Jul 23, 2011 9:49 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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The hazards of condensate and all the ways it can kill me or make me very ill.
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Sat Jul 23, 2011 9:51 pm |
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pcernie
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Joined: Sun Apr 26, 2009 12:30 pm Posts: 45931 Location: Belfast
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big_D
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:25 pm Posts: 10691 Location: Bramsche
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It depends on where you are driving. I did a lot of motorway driving and there a bigger car is definitely more economical! Even in town, there can be a difference. My Passat used to return 50mpg combined cycle (2L petrol), my brother had a Corsa 1.2L 12v, that struggled to make 40mpg combined (he lived in Esher and worked in Croydon, plus visiting the family on the South Coast once or twice a month).
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Sun Jul 24, 2011 7:09 am |
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HeatherKay
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Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:13 pm Posts: 7262 Location: Here, but not all there.
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I did once get a reported 45mpg out of the Carlton 2l automatic. I kept the car, but we only used it for when we needed the luggage space. Eventually it became uneconomical to repair (rust around the rear axle, compounded by a minor rear end shunt, which meant it would have cost way more to repair than to simply scrap and buy another car). Now Best Beloved doesn't drive, we only need one car. We've kept the Fiat for now, and if financial conditions permit I'll move up to something a little larger. Right now, though, the Fiat is what I'm running, and he's just clicked over 100,000 miles on the clock. 
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Sun Jul 24, 2011 9:03 am |
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Amnesia10
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Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 2:02 am Posts: 29240 Location: Guantanamo Bay (thanks bobbdobbs)
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Decades of high oil prices in europe have meant that we have efficient cars, just imagine what pain the americans are in with cars that barely make double digits in terms of fuel economy.
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