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dizzy
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Post by dizzy »

:cheesy: Thought I would try my luck and bought a lottery ticket too.................................

Realized you are only allowed to be lucky once a day :cry:
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mjb
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Post by mjb »

Haha excellent!
<steve_earwig> I think this forum is more about keeping our cars going with minimal outlay than giving our cars more reason to go bang
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DaiRees
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Post by DaiRees »

I like it 8)

I once got given a Fiesta that the previous owner was going to scrap. She'd just left it outside her house for a couple of months after getting a new car. Nowt too much wrong with it really, sticky brakes, a bit of cosmetic metal worm, you know, the usual. Spent about £300 tarting it up whilst using it as a runaround for a few months then sold it for £1700 (I did give Laura half the profit - I'm not that nasty! :mrgreen: ). The real piss take occcured 18 months later though, when it showed up on the forecourt of a car sales in town for £2295 :shock: :lol:
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Post by Welly »

Nice one dizzy :lol:

I said it was rare for the turbo to fail. Just shows you how people/garages jump to the wrong conclusion sometimes without really looking properly.
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Post by steve_earwig »

..or who actually know what it is but want to make a lot of money for 10 minutes work.
Unskilled meddling sin©e 2007

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nipper76
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Post by nipper76 »

black plastic multiplug.......?? come again??
If Itz Got TiTz or Tyres, Itz a Pain in The Arse
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