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[Cavcraft]

I wanted a fake plate made up for someone with Polish and Scottish flags on it, will that now not happen?

 

[stuboy]

What, apart from the smell, the soot and the hideous noise? I'm done with diesel.

 

Which means the next car will probably be heavy oil...

being too lazy to buy petrol ive been driving about in my tdi galaxy with 6 empty seats... environmentally unfriendly but whistle from the turbo spooling up is addictive for an old tractor

[dollywobbler]

Off on my travels again tomorrow. Do I take the 2CV or the Starlet? The latter has a full tank of fuel and is off to its new owner on Monday.

[Eddie Honda]

Even the dodgy eBay sellers who don’t ask for docs don’t make “show” plates any more!

Not asking for docs is asking for trouble for a UK-based supplier. (Even if you pretend you're not UK-based)

 

https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/merseyside-businessman-andrew-shaw-spared-7004740

 

Making reproduction dealer plates is also problematic for a UK-based supplier. (Even if they aren't falling foul of number plate supply laws, then they could come unstuck for trademark infringement)

 

This bloke was done twice.

https://www.miltonkeynes.co.uk/news/huge-fine-for-illegal-trader-1-3356111

https://www.miltonkeynes.co.uk/news/suspended-prison-sentences-for-men-who-sold-illegal-car-number-plates-online-1-7193386

 

Overseas suppliers can (more or less) do what they like and send them in.

 

End users rarely have problems with number plates unless they are taking the piss.

 

I don't particularly agree with the law, but it is what it is.

[dave j]

I bought a set of plates off eBay last week, I had to send them a photo of my licence and v5 as proof so wasn't as much fuss as I feared. I didn't want to post any docs anywhere!

[Kiltox]

I still buy plates from a supplier in Newcastle who must’ve supplied me at least 100 sets - not a single document

[Kiltox]

Anyone else shitting themselves for tonight’s roffle action? I have a 1/8.4 chance of winning a car I don’t really need

[loserone]

A little, but I'm only at 1/59

[alcyonecorporation]

30 years of progress? 



Took the Stellar shopping during its 'guest daily' duties. 

[Eddie Honda]

Anyone else shitting themselves for tonight’s roffle action?

Not yet, but thanks* for reminding me.

[cort16]

Anyone else shitting themselves for tonight’s roffle action? I have a 1/8.4 chance of winning a car I don’t really need

We’ve got more to lose having previously suffered at the hands of Panda.

[MikeR]

one is sitting back having lifted and removed  all 4 wheels on the Focus , cleaned up the body and subframes , applied a tin of Poundlands finest black spray to each of the corners under works , spray oil to inner sections , riveted the heat shield back onto the boot floor , and remounted the shockie shields onto a blob of goo to stop them rattling around .....  and the 12 months ticket .... sorted

[Kiltox]

We’ve got more to lose having previously suffered at the hands of Panda.

I’m in the Scirocco roffle too - thankfully no crossover

[Guest Hooli]

I applied for that job in Oban today, not sure I want to move for the same money & higher living costs but I know I don't want to be here.

[Tickman]

I applied for that job in Oban today, not sure I want to move for the same money & higher living costs but I know I don't want to be here.

 

Good luck.

[cort16]

Remember to inflate your current salary by at least 10%

[Guest Hooli]

Remember to inflate your current salary by at least 10%

 

Can't both are NHS jobs so banded & I'm already top of the band so can't inflate it.

 

What’s the higher living cost versus where you live at the moment?

 

Housing & shopping. It's in the Highlands & just doing a weekly shop costs more up there.

[stephen01]

Not asking for docs is asking for trouble for a UK-based supplier. (Even if you pretend you're not UK-based)

 

https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/merseyside-businessman-andrew-shaw-spared-7004740

 

Making reproduction dealer plates is also problematic for a UK-based supplier. (Even if they aren't falling foul of number plate supply laws, then they could come unstuck for trademark infringement)

 

This bloke was done twice.

https://www.miltonkeynes.co.uk/news/huge-fine-for-illegal-trader-1-3356111

https://www.miltonkeynes.co.uk/news/suspended-prison-sentences-for-men-who-sold-illegal-car-number-plates-online-1-7193386

 

Overseas suppliers can (more or less) do what they like and send them in.

 

End users rarely have problems with number plates unless they are taking the piss.

 

I don't particularly agree with the law, but it is what it is.

 

same guy done twice, went the extra mile to avoid getting caught the 2nd time, suspended sentence. I'd say he was lucky. 

 

 

[Kiltox]

 

Housing & shopping. It's in the Highlands & just doing a weekly shop costs more up there.

Where do you live at the moment? I’m not sure the weekly shop part holds true

[xtriple]

Just been and moved the Jeep - not been started in 8 weeks and fired up first time!  No jump pack, nuffin! Turned it round and moved it as close to the wall as possible - this required a 400 point turn and is still 4 feet away... I just couldn;'t be arsed to try any more! I 'think' there is now room to get the Betty Fiesta in the garage as well as the Jeep?

 

I'd use it but I am now lumbered with that sodding Astra estate and as it's on the road, needs to be insured so I can't transfer it. Arse.

 

 

 

 

Still shouldn't complain as the Astra bailed me out of the shit big time, so I am an ungrateful wretch and I apologise

[loserone]

Can't both are NHS jobs so banded & I'm already top of the band so can't inflate it.

Could ask for R&R though, to allow them to near market rates.

[Guest Hooli]

Where do you live at the moment? I’m not sure the weekly shop part holds true

 

Doncaster.

 

It does as not many of the small towns have big supermarkets, just smaller branches that charge crazy 'tesco local' type prices. My lass lives on an Island that has two co-ops, people still take the £27 return (car & driver) ferry to the mainland to do a monthly shop as it works out cheaper.

[Kiltox]

Oban has a big Tesco - fair point about smaller more remote places though

[cort16]

it's Oban though not some remote island 70 miles of the coast of Auchternowhere. Oban has a decent sized Tesco, who's prices will be the same as any other Tesco in Scotland.

i think it might even have a lidl!

 

As for property it might be more expensive than Doncaster but it'll be the same as most of the rest of Scotland. My sister recently moved to Dunoon and it was super cheap.

 

I though the salary banding went between NHS board? Is the banding not potentially different for Argyll and Bute?

[Guest Hooli]

The salary is about £300 higher per year as the Scottish bands are a fraction different, so not enough to notice.

 

As to tesco, tbh I hadn't checked I'd just assumed. A Lidl would be good, I'll have to look. None of this matters if I don't get the job anyway, it closes friday so won't even hear about interviews for a bit.

[dollywobbler]

170 miles in the 2CV today. Feels quite perky after the Dacia. Maybe just because it's more rev happy.

 

On the downside, I forgot that the petrol tank leaks when full, and one mirror kept on getting blown onwards at motorway speeds. Also, traffic. Too much of it after recent adventures!

[Asimo]

I applied for that job in Oban today, not sure I want to move for the same money & higher living costs but I know I don't want to be here.

This is all you need for Oban, where it is for sale for £900.

https://www.gumtree.com/p/volvo/volvo-940-classic-modified-/1302606244

[Guest Hooli]

I can already haz Saab, it's Swedish enough to not get attacked by the yokels. Besides those wheels look shit & my feet don't fit on the pedals in those with cutting bits off the dash & my feet aren't even that big!

[cms206]

NEW CAR is not a bad steed at all.

 

Small person isn't sure about the lack of PAS for his driving lessons... he's also struggling to reach the pedals a bit.

 

I have reattached the chrome* trim on the bootlid which improves matters a great deal; I am currently sat in my front room listening to it sizzle gently in the rain.

 

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[Guest Hooli]

Could ask for R&R though, to allow them to near market rates.

 

Resettlement & relocation? It says it's possible in the description so if it gets to interview I will be asking.