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A friend had a nice newish dark blue one back in the 80s. I remember it particularly for the mellifulous bong it made when either a door was left open or the seatbelts weren't done up with the ignition on.
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Can you get any sort of back actor for it?
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I read an interview with him. He seemed fairly philosophical about it, although bemused that millions of people have watched it. He realises that he said some stupid things which were a mistake. He also said that there was a lot of winding up of him first that didn't make it to the final cut, somehow.
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I don't see much point, but the standard model takes 2 Euro pallets, the Maxi takes 3, and that takes 1.
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A nice car. Apparently some Standard Flying 10 engines had an oil filter. It might be worth researching whether parts could be adapted, as the engine is basically a Standard 10 engine.
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My wife paid €750 per tooth for two last year and the year before in Ireland.
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It was refreshing to be in Portugal recently, where no-one seems to expect a tip, although we did tip 10% as service was always really good. Before we left my wife looked up suitable tipping for cleaning staff at hotels and it's considered nice to leave €1 per day you stayed, which we improved on a bit. But it wasn't taken for granted, and we were thanked, not in a servile way, just a thank you from one person to another. I could live in Portugal.
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If that's taken care of they are quite nice family cars, especially with a turbo. Even in those days 54hp was a bit weak. Although I had two B2 non turbo Passats that were a bit slower again. I really don't understand why VW didn't stiffen up the back end on the Jettas. My Jetta was sold to my brother in law, who diligently repaired the door tops nearly every year. What finally killed it was the channel around the boot lid starting to disintegrate, meaning anything in the boot got soaked.
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Nice enough cars, but don't put three people in the back seat, they sag something cruel. They are also lethal with a trailer on, again because of sagging. I put an empty 4 wheel trailer on the back of mine and over every bump the a frame would press down the car's tail so much that the rear trailer wheels would come off the ground. As there are a lot of bumps that meant the trailer would yaw from side to side over 30mph. It's down to specifying the same springs and shocks as a Golf, which didn't have a large boot sticking out behind. Back in the day you could buy helper springs, which fitted concentrically inside the rear springs, and made the whole thing much more stable.
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That's not really working out for them.
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Maybe there's some kind of security vulnerability there? There's a load of trouble with Kia and Hyundai in the States. Theft insurance claims increased 1000% from 2020-23.
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What would they do if you said no?
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A few spots from Portugal. A beautifully faded 190D in Lisbon Old vans in Sintra Three from Belém. I saw a couple more UMMs driving about. The Portuguese love English cars, and there are still a good number of Rover 75s and older Land Rover products around.