sunny
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Post by sunny on Oct 3, 2013 3:27:02 GMT 1
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Post by spottedlaurel on Oct 3, 2013 21:21:53 GMT 1
Interesting, one or two mistruths/mistakes to be expected given the Daily Mail's record....
DVLA says the Primera is no longer listed (presume scrapped and Certificate of Destruction issued); S12 made it to 1997; B310 Sunny to 1998; B210 1992 and the F10 1991.
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bananahamuck
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Post by bananahamuck on Oct 3, 2013 23:49:58 GMT 1
Interesting, one or two mistruths/mistakes to be expected given the Daily Mail's record.... DVLA says the Primera is no longer listed (presume scrapped and Certificate of Destruction issued); S12 made it to 1997; B310 Sunny to 1998; B210 1992 and the F10 1991. You guys can look up if the car is still licenced / tagged by running the numbers on the plates? We (USA) can`t get any of that kind of information anymore... Well i guess if you know someone in the dept of motor vehicles you could. Cool story, would be cool to look thru all the guys pictures from the past.. |
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Post by Al Ramone on Oct 4, 2013 8:10:50 GMT 1
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Post by mash on Oct 17, 2013 12:53:32 GMT 1
The price of his first Cherry in 1974 is way off. Should be more like £1100. The 140J was £1400 in that year and small cars didn't break the £3.5k bracket until at least 1980.
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Post by gainsb1 on Oct 17, 2013 16:54:33 GMT 1
The old saying.... "More money than sense" might be appropriate here. I would expect EVERY car to be reliable for at least the first year. So, buying and selling them within that time must have cost him/her/them a small fortune with depreciation etc. although they probably only did about 100 miles a year  ...... why would you?  Cheaper to hire a cab, maybe?
Mind you, my Mum is the same. Pays an exorbitant amount of money to "The Prudential" for her Fully Comp. Insurance on her 10 year old Clio (worth not-a-lot) because "They look after me and I've always used them; I don't want to change..." and then drives less than 1,000 miles. 
Hopefully, I'll never get like that.
Leigh (Area rep)
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Post by spottedlaurel on Oct 17, 2013 21:02:21 GMT 1
I pay fully comp on my Camry that's only worth a few hundred pounds, the price is barely any different and it gets me windscreen cover.
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datman
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Post by datman on Oct 20, 2013 4:40:45 GMT 1
Just shows you how much bull there is in newspapers, especially that one in particular. Never let facts or truth get in the way of a quick story. Quantity.. not quality.
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bananahamuck
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Post by bananahamuck on Oct 21, 2013 19:15:33 GMT 1
Yeah, now that you guys mention it , of course they are all going to be good cars , they were all brand new , even when he got rid of them.  |
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