What would you buy & why?

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Re: What would you buy & why?

#941 Post by JPB » Sun Dec 16, 2018 10:38 am

Taxi wise, it was specifically a Metrocab (with Reliant badge or with decent Toyota engine) that I would have bought, but now of course, I've got my daily dose of Diesel action with the Dickshovery, whose engine clatter factor is right up there with the most ancient of heavy oil guzzlers. I might review the taxi buying idea after the snow season and I do have another perfectly capable 4x4 in the smaller, less antisocial Pajero Mini, but the thing preventing my rushing out and dragging home the first vaguely roadworthy black cab that I can find is space, or lack thereof.
I'm working on a plan that involves my reducing the rent for my best (in the sense that they're reliable payers and damned fine human beings) tenants, whose back garden is largely car-free and far too big for them to manage as they get older.. ;) . :mrgreen:
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Re: What would you buy & why?

#942 Post by Paul240480 » Sun Dec 16, 2018 11:56 am

I do have a softy for those 'fast blacks' but cannot see me ever going for one.
Interesting the ad' says C of C needed. That's not correct these days. If Section K on the V5 is complete, then that proves the vehicle conforms to European Regs. But try telling that to the old fart in the Prefecture :lol:

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Re: What would you buy & why?

#943 Post by GHT » Mon Dec 17, 2018 8:58 pm

Personally, I prefer the cabs of New York:
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Re: What would you buy & why?

#944 Post by Paul240480 » Mon Dec 17, 2018 9:50 pm

Ant Hill Mob-Esk :lol:


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Re: What would you buy & why?

#946 Post by GHT » Tue Dec 18, 2018 3:25 pm

Paul240480 wrote:
Mon Dec 17, 2018 9:50 pm
Ant Hill Mob-Esk :lol:
Shows you how old I am, had to Google Ant Hill Mob.
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Where have I seen that Ferves previously? I remember:
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Re: What would you buy & why?

#947 Post by Paul240480 » Tue Dec 18, 2018 10:35 pm

@GHT that's sorted then , I'm an old fart :lol:
Wacky Races :D
Postman Pat , I know a song .... :lol:

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Re: What would you buy & why?

#948 Post by rich. » Thu Dec 20, 2018 5:48 am

Paul240480 wrote:
Tue Dec 18, 2018 10:35 pm
@GHT that's sorted then , I'm an old fart :lol:
Wacky Races :D
Postman Pat , I know a song .... :lol:
well sing it then!! :lol: :scared:

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Re: What would you buy & why?

#949 Post by Paul240480 » Thu Dec 20, 2018 7:13 am

Oh! Go on then.

Sing to the theme tune of PP.

Postman Pat Postman Pat

Postman Pat ran over his cat

All his bit went flying

Postman Pat was crying

He's never seen his cat as flat as that.

Go on, admit it you're all trying now aren't you to see if it actually fits the music :lol:
.......And you'll be singing it in your head all day :lol: :scared:

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Re: What would you buy & why?

#950 Post by JPB » Thu Dec 20, 2018 11:20 am

:lol:

I doubt that a Crayford William - or the same vehicle going by any of the other brand names - would have sufficient weight to do significant damage to a cat. Cats, you see, have armoured bodywork and can survive massive impacts, which makes them pretty hard to squash. Or is that Woodlice I'm on about? I frequently mistake one for the other.
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