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[fairkens]

Pay someone to wash the car? What do you think - that I'm made of money?

 

Anyway, I thought most of the hand car wash places were fronts for some kind of illegal activity hence it didn't matter that it was only £2 for a car wash as they were taking £10k a day selling crystal meth round the back?

 

http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/11476922.East_Lancs_cocaine_car_wash_gang_jailed_for_20_years/

 

I think they are generally used for money laundering, there are a couple near me that are rarely open, and only at strange times when they are, still manage to stay in business though.

[cms206]

Are hand Car washes much more expensive than they were last year?

 

I used to be able to get a quick wash and rinse but no dry for £3.00 locally but now that car wash has closed so Friday I went to Tesco's who wanted £10.00 for our Volvo V70 XC but I negotiated it down to £7.00 for a wash and dry with no wax. Today I took the V70 T5 to a different car wash for £6.00 with a compulsory dry.

 

How much are the car washes around you just for a basic outside wash?

I work in a bus garage. I generally just steam jenny the car every couple of weeks after dousing it with a mix of G101, Carbon Cleaner and the Ribena looking acidy stuff that takes everything off coach alloys.

[HMC]

Currently in negociation to buy a piece of old tat thats now quite a rarity, think theyre popular going round the oval, and at the mo the fate of this one is a bit uncertain.

[Sigmund Fraud]

BLMC or FoMoCo ?

[HMC]

Good guesses, but neither!

[jonathan_dyane]

Where is it?

Crossmichael. I'm slightly apprehensive about driving back with no heater mind...

[OwdChina]

Worrying .

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2928213/Motorists-forced-pay-drive-kilometre-British-roads-plans-drawn-Brussels.html

[HMC]

I can haz done a buyage!

My offer has been accepted on this old tub.....

[dave21478]

Worrying .

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2928213/Motorists-forced-pay-drive-kilometre-British-roads-plans-drawn-Brussels.html

 

 

Not even vaguely worrying. The Daily Mail ranks lower than The Beano as far as getting facts right is concerned, and think nothing of blatantly making shit up for the sake of it to generate revenue.

 

Dont click their links - the fucking parasites dont deserve the traffic.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

The daily mail is such a sweaty bumcrack of a newspaper, there is not a single excuse for reading it. Throw it away!

[Pillock]

Worrying .

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2928213/Motorists-forced-pay-drive-kilometre-British-roads-plans-drawn-Brussels.html

I can't work out if the DM is more outraged by the toll roads, or the fact they'll measure it in Kilometres rather than proper British Miles.

[NorfolkNWeigh]

The Mail Online is,worryingly, the most popular news site in the world. It's bad enough knowing my racist mother in law reads and believes every word. To think tens of millions of people every day could be infected by this shit.

I'm actually pissed off with myself for clicking on that link,now I feel dirty.

[twosmoke300]

Brookjm , is that down in cornwall ?

[HMC]

Yes it is, Truro reg I think, current owner thinks it may never have been out of Cornwall since it was new!

[skattrd]

The Mail Online is,worryingly, the most popular news site in the world.

 

This is because its free, all the decent ones you need to pay for.

[OwdChina]

Sorry bout that guys........It just popped up on another site I was reading.

I don't generally read most of the big media anyways...it's mostly full of shit.

[320touring]

Sov is now insured.

 

WAFT!

[R9UKE]

Bought another C5 V6 last night.  Nice Malaysian couple moving back home in a weeks time.  This, coupled with an ABS light, saw me have my offer of £200 (from an advertised £500) accepted.  Very happy.  

 

It's filthy, there's a Westlife CD in the stereo and the Sat Nav thinks it's in Shrewsbury.  But for £200!!

 

 

[Inspector Morose]

Back from Llandudno.

 

 

 

I took the BX in the end.

[Mike D]

Ordered some steel today, also, tried the bonnet on the bug - it only goes and freaking clears the engine! SWEET!

 

[richardmorris]

Worrying .

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2928213/Motorists-forced-pay-drive-kilometre-British-roads-plans-drawn-Brussels.html

 

It's the daily wail. Ignore it, it's just lies.

[richardmorris]

Back from Llandudno.

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I took the BX in the end.

I used to work in Deganwy for 12 months, and drove the 2cv up the great orm for lunch each day. I lived in Llandudno too for a grand total of three days before being made redundant. How's that for timing! A colleague at work there said I'd lowered the average age of Llandudno by moving in.

[michael t]

Not really news but I just spotted an ad for a Polonez in the video for the Style Council's Walls Come Tumbling Down

 

 

 

[Anglevan]

Feeling sad today, sold the Capri. Took 2 days and went to first person that contacted me. Bank balance now healthy but for how long ? Next job to clear garage out of all my capri spares and bring the Anglia home to finish it.

Feel like part of the family has gone as I owned the capri for coming on 14 years.

[fordperv]

Any interesting spares for the capri? Give me a pm

[Anglevan]

What are you after? I have some remains from a Laser I broke up, Inc an excellent tailgate. I also have lots of literature and a brand new Ford headlining in dark grey for a non sunroof model. Going to start sifting through it over next couple of weeks.

[cort16]

The new American Dodge Ram Van looks strangely familiar.

 

 

http://www.nydailynews.com/autos/latest-reviews/test-drive-2015-ram-promaster-city-article-1.2068675

[fordperv]

Nothing in particular really, i have a mk3 I'm rebuilding, If you send me a bit of a list I know quite a few capri owners in could pass the info onto as well

[Anglevan]

Will do

[Shep Shepherd]

Went to a small garage in the wilds of north-western Essex this morning to look at this as a possible replacement for The Wentworth:

 

 

The upshot is that I collect it tomorrow

 

Also, this is what a Volvo 740 looks like after being driven 50 miles every day for a fortnight in winter:

 

 

Needless to say, I'm cleaning it this afternoon