OT Auto Diesel Cages!

God, those things are a rip off.

Ali

 

Apparently you are buying them below cost. If so it's not a rip off
but not necessarily cheap I'll grant you.
Anyway if that was a criteria how many of us would buy new bikes? I'm
always amazed at the new bike prices compared with new cars.

 

Smaller production runs, I'd guess. And I can see why you'd pay for a bike,
which is fun. But a *Smart*? They just seem desperately overpriced -
especially that naff soft top one.

Ali

 

Definitely smaller production runs - and possibly a wide model range
too.

 

Had a chat Mr Salesman at the local Yaris shop.
Apparently it's called Multi-mode or something, and he couldn't get one if
we wanted it [1], which SO doesn't as she really didn't like the shape!
SO's decided that it'll be a manual Corsa, as she loves the car.

[1] In a timely manner as we need to get it fairly quickly because the loan
car ends when they send her the bounty! Delivery times are apparently cosmic
at the moment?

--
Greybeard

FLHTCUI UK-07 96 cu-in (Written off after 3 days & 182 miles!) Courtesy of a
myopic female driver.
FLHTCUI UK-07 Mk II (Arrived! but not registered yet!)
Trumpet Trophy 1200 -96, (The Barge) for rainy days.

ukrm@foxtails[dot]co[dot]uk

 

I see your position in society has it's privileges then! ;o)

--
Greybeard

FLHTCUI UK-07 96 cu-in (Written off after 3 days & 182 miles!) Courtesy of a
myopic female driver.
FLHTCUI UK-07 Mk II (Arrived! but not registered yet!)
Trumpet Trophy 1200 -96, (The Barge) for rainy days.

ukrm@foxtails[dot]co[dot]uk

 

Greybeard says...

Your missus prefers the Corsa to the Yaris? Vauxhall's nailing together
over Toyota's build quality?

<looks at Greybeard's .sig and remembers what Greybeard looks like>

That figures

 

The Smart wouldn't stand up to the motorway mileage. A number of (ex) Smart
users around here are testimony to that. One family had 3 smarts and not one
lasted above 60K!

The Golf at 1.9 would be far too much of a car for SO's needs. There is
nothing to match the economy of the 1.3CDTI she had. Also the VED was
fantastic at 50UKP due to the extremely low emissions.

--
Greybeard

FLHTCUI UK-07 96 cu-in (Written off after 3 days & 182 miles!) Courtesy of a
myopic female driver.
FLHTCUI UK-07 Mk II (Arrived! but not registered yet!)
Trumpet Trophy 1200 -96, (The Barge) for rainy days.

ukrm@foxtails[dot]co[dot]uk

 

Yep.

--
Greybeard

FLHTCUI UK-07 96 cu-in (Written off after 3 days & 182 miles!) Courtesy of a
myopic female driver.
FLHTCUI UK-07 Mk II (Arrived! but not registered yet!)
Trumpet Trophy 1200 -96, (The Barge) for rainy days.

ukrm@foxtails[dot]co[dot]uk

 

Heh. I'll definitely second the Toyota build quality.

Ali

 

You'd think the family Greybeard would get the message that the taste
police have their card well & truly marked after recent events.

FFS, stop buying POS as these cultural corrections will start to affect my
insurance premiums.

 

Dunno 'bout Mo, but I've always been amazed at how much performance
you could buy for so little money. I mean, 180mph for well under ten
grand? Fucking bargain.

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Your fishing's not going too well today, is it.

--
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'02 MV Senna '03 Tiger 955i '96 Tiger '79 Fantic Hiro 250

 

Special Lapland version?

 

--
Greybeard

FLHTCUI UK-07 96 cu-in (Written off after 3 days & 182 miles!) Courtesy of a
myopic female driver.
FLHTCUI UK-07 Mk II (Arrived! but not registered yet!)
Trumpet Trophy 1200 -96, (The Barge) for rainy days.

ukrm@foxtails[dot]co[dot]uk

 

Hey! Don't blame me about wifey's choice!
But I do have to say...




I personally wouldn't buy any Jap shit!
Coz most, if not all is now made in China!

Pulls' up a chair, opens a beer and popcorn ;o)
--
Greybeard

FLHTCUI UK-07 96 cu-in (Written off after 3 days & 182 miles!) Courtesy of a
myopic female driver.
FLHTCUI UK-07 Mk II (Arrived! but not registered yet!)
Trumpet Trophy 1200 -96, (The Barge) for rainy days.

ukrm@foxtails[dot]co[dot]uk

 

She _most_ certainly won't have _any_ of that.
Tried it once, never again!
--
Greybeard

FLHTCUI UK-07 96 cu-in (Written off after 3 days & 182 miles!) Courtesy of a
myopic female driver.
FLHTCUI UK-07 Mk II (Arrived! but not registered yet!)
Trumpet Trophy 1200 -96, (The Barge) for rainy days.

ukrm@foxtails[dot]co[dot]uk

 

Ooh! Is this a love/hate relationship?

Or are you both personally trying going to try out the new adoption laws?
))

--
Greybeard

FLHTCUI UK-07 96 cu-in (Written off after 3 days & 182 miles!) Courtesy of a
myopic female driver.
FLHTCUI UK-07 Mk II (Arrived! but not registered yet!)
Trumpet Trophy 1200 -96, (The Barge) for rainy days.

ukrm@foxtails[dot]co[dot]uk

 

Ah right, that's straightened it out. ;oP
I feel better now.
--
Greybeard

FLHTCUI UK-07 96 cu-in (Written off after 3 days & 182 miles!) Courtesy of a
myopic female driver.
FLHTCUI UK-07 Mk II (Arrived! but not registered yet!)
Trumpet Trophy 1200 -96, (The Barge) for rainy days.

ukrm@foxtails[dot]co[dot]uk

 

Oops..
--
Greybeard

FLHTCUI UK-07 96 cu-in (Written off after 3 days & 182 miles!) Courtesy of a
myopic female driver.
FLHTCUI UK-07 Mk II (Arrived! but not registered yet!)
Trumpet Trophy 1200 -96, (The Barge) for rainy days.

ukrm@foxtails[dot]co[dot]uk