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Our cars are insured on a multicar policy with LV. Last year's price was just over £370 and this year's price is just over £600. I've spent some time on the Admiral multicar quote page but it's crashed a couple of times and then said I need to call them as I changed a parameter. Then I tried Aviva multicar and that came in at just over £840. I'm knocking on the door of 50 years old and we both have years of protected NCD. I'm starting to think the LV automatic quote wasn't so bad! I think I'll call them after work tomorrow and see if they can wriggle on the price. Still mucking fental though. I'm used to paying similar ££ each year, being a decent driver and not having to take massive price hikes on the chin. Clearly things have changed... Edit: Just used Compare the market and they have given me a quote with a Hastings Direct multicar policy for a smidge over £560. Hastings also had a cheaper product for around £540 although it looked too stripped back to be useful. Hopefully this will be a useful bargaining tool for when I try and negotiate with LV tomorrow.
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WTAF is this shite? The individual seems to think it appropriate to wear this getup to a children's charity event. So, so wrong. Fantastic* example of one the perverted knighthood crew, too.
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Cars, Lasses and Lads - A Photo Sharing Thread
Dick Longbridge replied to Dick Longbridge's topic in AutoShite
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This photo was taken in July 2023 so it's changed in the last 12 months. It looked quite tidy in its original guise.
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It seems to be standard fayre for many historic, listed properties - let it rot then flatten when too far gone. 😕
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It's bloody lovely though and I guess it's a case of find another, let alone in that condition...
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HMC- Incoming- Old Skool Ford (contains mk2 escort)
Dick Longbridge replied to HMC's topic in AutoShite
Similar. Back in the early 90s my first car - a 1977 mk1 Golf - had become pretty crispy on the inner wings and I was visiting a mate to get a price on having them repaired. My mate pointed to the field below where his younger brother's Mk2 Escort Linnet was parked. It could have been mine for £250 if I remember correctly. Apparently it needed a 'tiny bit of welding' but that would have been included in the price. It drove well but I passed on it as the Golf seemed more modern at the time. Ironic that I eventually chopped my Golf in for a 1969 Morris Minor! -
Magnificent Motors, Eastbourne. Now including other local shows
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Love that. Survivor stories are the best, by a country mile. I wonder what the other DHC looks like? It's come a fair way... Looks like Sheldon has done a thorough report on it too. Fascinating. -
Cheap parts car, that.
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I thought that must be a survivor of the mass Astra cull in Banbury, but it turns out to be a different address.
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Imagining cars that dont exist using AI...
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That's a shame. It looked pretty clean when one of the previous owners shared his progress on it on here in 2020/1.
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Imagining cars that dont exist using AI...
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Imagining cars that dont exist using AI...
Dick Longbridge replied to RoverFolkUs's topic in AutoShite
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Imagining cars that dont exist using AI...
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Imagining cars that dont exist using AI...
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Agreed. That's a bloody lovely outcome.
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The Wedgister - Princess and Ambassador Records
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Imagining cars that dont exist using AI...
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Imagining cars that dont exist using AI...
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Cars, Lasses and Lads - A Photo Sharing Thread
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Looking at that again, I reckon it almost needs a donor shell on hand to graft in the missing bit, whilst retaining the patina of the surviving bits of metal. Gen-u-in rat look.
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Just like the real thing.