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[Ghosty]

Triglet  

[Bren]

I think it's the right result, It's just a shame that i couldn't make some decent money on it! I know it's going to be cared for and will give him a hobby, My reserve was £4750 but i have a feeling it would have been over £5000...

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1966-Ford-Cortina-1500-Super-Mk1-26000-miles-from-new-/131532096250?ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT 

 

As for wish list, well... the reason for the sale is that Mrs Trigger is now pregnant, after 9 years of trying and 4 failed IVF treatments, we wasn't even trying! So i needed to downsize some cars, I've agreed on a Sierra which I'm still waiting for but that's only £'s.

Congratulations - my other half is due in October- we will have a combined age of 90 when it arrives. How will cope with a new born and shift work is anybody's guess.

[red5]

Ouch - when our second one arrives we'll be 86 combined....bloody old fogeys you lot...

[Noel Tidybeard]

I think it's the right result, It's just a shame that i couldn't make some decent money on it! I know it's going to be cared for and will give him a hobby, My reserve was £4750 but i have a feeling it would have been over £5000...

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1966-Ford-Cortina-1500-Super-Mk1-26000-miles-from-new-/131532096250?ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT 

 

As for wish list, well... the reason for the sale is that Mrs Trigger is now pregnant, after 9 years of trying and 4 failed IVF treatments, we wasn't even trying! So i needed to downsize some cars, I've agreed on a Sierra which I'm still waiting for but that's only £'s.

what you need is a morris shital van to do a seats conversion on

[Shep Shepherd]

I put some linseed oil on The Volvo's old and faded bumpers last night, so they look quite nice. For now:

 

 

I'd love to get some new bumpers for the car one day, but I think that the chances of finding some for sale at an acceptable price are slim

[fordperv]

Congratulations trig and mrs trig, as with the cortina I would say that was probably the best result, sometimes profit has to take a back burner, i hope you told him if he ever considered selling it you had to be offered it first for what he paid you

[trigger]

Thanks pervy, I'm a bit miffed that I couldn't make more money as I could do with it at the moment but it's the best result really and it means I haven't got to mess around with any eBay wankers. I've told him that if he sells it that he'll have to look after me with the profit though!

[cms206]

FUGGIN LOL!

 

[Richard]

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

[JohnK]

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

[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 !