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[hairnet]

nice one trig i mean shagger

 

congrats to hannah as well

 

start looking at volvos now or berlingos

 

andy thats just daft

[cms206]

Congrats Mr & Mrs Trig!

[cms206]

I got a quote for my son and it was half that!

It's because it's that extremely rare 'Volvo Pride' model. There was only ever 1 built I think.

Cheapest came in at £420 fully comp with Tesco - anyone know what are they like as an insurance company?

[Sloth in a bowl]

Going to be looking at this http://www.gumtree.com/p/ford/ford-puma-1.7-16v-silver-11-months-mot-117k-miles/1119142432 as a potential Pride replacement but not till next Tuesday as both me and seller are out of town.

[trigger]

I was with Tesco for years, they were absolutely fine and paid out quickly when I had my M11 pile up.

[hairnet]

Cheapest came in at £420 fully comp with Tesco - anyone know what are they like as an insurance company?

whos the actual insurer?

[Coprolalia]

Cheapest came in at £420 fully comp with Tesco - anyone know what are they like as an insurance company?

 

Was with Tesco for a couple of years, excellent to deal with, never had any issues.

The only insurance company I've had no issues with TBH

 

 

Congrats Trig and MrsTrig.

Always the way that when the pressure's off efforts come to fruition.

[320touring]

FUGGIN LOL!

 

Wait til you see the bill for driving it up.. £5 a mile should cover the councilling required!

[Richard]

I think Tesco use Direct Line.

[skattrd]

Congrats family Trigger.

[Anglevan]

Congrats to Mr & Mrs T great news.

 

Regards tesco it's underwritten by ageas (formally Fortis)

[cort16]

I had the Avantime when we had our wee baby and it is NOT a good vehicle for little babies in rear facing car seats. I used to have to open the door, put the back windows down then man handle the seat in and clip it in through the window or lift the baby in and out via the window like a tiny Bo Duke.

[HMC]

Congrats trig! You'll need to buy a mk2 transit minibus now.

 

Our 2nd is due in November,fords seem to act like an aphrodisiac as our first was when I had the sierra estate!

[dugong]

Fuck yeah, Trig! Congrats.

[dugong]

Fuck yeah, Trig! Congrats.

[Cavcraft]

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[trigger]

On a change of subject the DVLA have now dropped the £5 fee to find out the history of you car on the V888 form.

 

 

[andy18s]

By "previously registered to" do they mean a car you have sold on?

[Coprolalia]

And lo, the serpent came down and filled more books with lies, and they were called Haynes.

And none from this parish was surprised.

 

 

 

 

Took the Scirocco back in for more tuning. Turns out Haynes lies about timing marks, and it was 6 deg too far retarded. All correctly timed up and she's running smooooth.

 

Treated her to some stickers for being a good old easy-to-fix girl.

 

And that will be the sum total of all stickers applied, as I hath no pineapples.

[flat4alfa]

Trig you have saved me five of the Queen's Pounds.  I have a filled form from last week ready to go off !  

[purplebargeken]

Congrats to both of you on the pending Triglett or Triglette fella!

[NorfolkNWeigh]

Re BrookJM's Fords as aphrodisiacs comment. Apparently I was conceived in a sit up and beg Prefect and I'm pretty sure my oldest could have been called XR3i rather than Samantha.

We'll have to wait to see if Triggers wee'un is named Tina for a definitive answer there but , anyone else conceived in a car?

[trigger]

If this does all work out then it would have been conceived at a 70s weekender at Pontins on my 35th birthday!

[flat4alfa]

Pontina Carpenter has a certain ring to it

[Skizzer]

The friend I'm supposed to be sharing the Andy18s V8 Disco with has potentially landed a very good new job that may come with a company car - which could mean the Disco being surplus to requirements quite quickly.  (I'm not backing out of the deal, but might offer it up for sale again in a few weeks.)

 

However - he's also just cleared out his garage and offered me the use of it as storage space.  Much win!

[anonymous user]

In good news, Steve the mechanic has advised that he can free off the A35's brakes and that the cylinders are ok/salvageable. In case anyone was unaware, A35 replacement wheel cylinders are handmade out of uranium coated platinum, with diamond pistons and unicorn skin seals* so I am very pleased.

 

* not really, they are just a bit expensive on what is otherwise a cheap, simple, car and I have very skewed priorities on what I will and won't happily spend money on.

[cms206]

71 years ago today Kia was founded... do Prides eat cake?

[tooSavvy]

Re BrookJM's Fords as aphrodisiacs comment. Apparently I was conceived in a sit up and beg Prefect and I'm pretty sure my oldest could have been called XR3i rather than Samantha.

We'll have to wait to see if Triggers wee'un is named Tina for a definitive answer there but , anyone else conceived in a car?

 

'Kitchenfloor Beckham' will be pissed.......

 

TS

[eddyramrod]

Congratulations Trig and Mrs Trig!

[Angrydicky]

In good news, Steve the mechanic has advised that he can free off the A35's brakes and that the cylinders are ok/salvageable. In case anyone was unaware, A35 replacement wheel cylinders are handmade out of uranium coated platinum, with diamond pistons and unicorn skin seals* so I am very pleased.

 

* not really, they are just a bit expensive on what is otherwise a cheap, simple, car and I have very skewed priorities on what I will and won't happily spend money on.

I've got several suitable for reconditioning, if you or any other baby Austin owners ever get stuck. The club does them for about £35 each, so pricey, but once they've been stainless steel lined you'll never have to touch them again, bar the occasional shoe adjustment.