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 Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2011 10:03 am |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010
Posts: 5574
Trade Rating: +11
Location: UK
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| Seb wrote: |
| CD-530d wrote: |
| Cars seem to be cheaper in the north of England. |
You got that right, you wouldn't believe how much I paid for the newest VX! |
definately true!!!!
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Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2011 10:17 am |
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Joined: Feb 21, 2010
Posts: 3945
Trade Rating: +45
Location: basingstoke
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Ive said it before its because up north they are still 10-20 years behind us southerners and the price of things reflects tht 
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| PAST -2008 Vauxhall Astra VXR / 2002 pug 206 GTI
PRESENT - VW Golf GTI Semi - Auto
Now have my 106 GTI track car
TEAM - I HATE FACEBOOK | |
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Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2011 10:34 am |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010
Posts: 3666
Trade Rating: +59
Location: Scotland
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873 mile round trip. Flew down at 7am on the Saturday and didn't get home until 1am on the Sunday
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| '98 Nile Blue 306 GTi 6
'04 Obsidian Black 206 GTi 138 | |
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Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2011 10:41 am |
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Joined: Feb 08, 2010
Posts: 3262
Trade Rating: +18
Location: Plymouth
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I had a 10 hour bus journey to pick the car up, left at midnight from plymouth to dover, picked the car up at 10am then drove back to plymouth with only cold pizza and red bull to keep me awake haha good road trip though
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Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2011 10:58 am |
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Joined: Feb 08, 2010
Posts: 5400
Trade Rating: +105
Location: Stafford
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Furthest was about 100 miles I would happily go 200+ miles if it was a gaurenteed sale but I wouldn't travel more than a few miles to view one. Had a few where sellers just lie their asses off about the condition.
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Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2011 11:09 am |
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Joined: Jan 10, 2011
Posts: 1629
Trade Rating: +14
Location: surrey
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| Seb wrote: |
| craigy00craig wrote: |
| Got a trainto birmingham to get my delsol. that was long! |
My flatmate lives in Surrey and she drives to birmingham(ish) and back like every 2 weeks! |
driving back wasnt that bad just trains are so slow took double the time to get there than it did to get home
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Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2011 11:43 am |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010
Posts: 357
Trade Rating: 0
Location: Wiltshire
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Furthest 60 miles, Ruislip.
Shortest 0 miles, Driven to my door.
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| 206 1400 8v HDi, Battle Bus - More Radical than Peugeot
205 1600 8v GTi, Track Toy Trauma, PatcHes - Driving again after 10 years since it was last on the road!
205 1600 8v GTi, The One and Only, FuDGe - Off the road again. Need to finish PatcHes first!
307 2000 16v XSi HDi - Comfy Cruiser
In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice, there is. | |
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Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2011 11:45 am |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010
Posts: 13077
Trade Rating: +65
Location: England
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| meady wrote: |
| Ive said it before its because up north they are still 10-20 years behind us southerners and the price of things reflects tht |
We aren't snobs like you lot are down South tho 
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Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2011 12:44 pm |
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Joined: Feb 08, 2010
Posts: 7045
Trade Rating: +5
Location: In the garage
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Cars up north get an easier life because they don't spend their days sitting in traffic jams.
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| 2001 GTi 138, Bilstein Sprint dampers, H&R springs, 21mm Peugeot Sport torsion bars, 22mm rear ARB, Peugeot Sport Group A wishbones, 283mm discs, Goodridge stainless hoses, Maniflow 304 grade 4-2-1 2.5" manifold and system, 200 cell cat, Richard Longman head, 45mm Jenvey throttle bodies, 9.5mm TB spacers, 90mm air horns, Jenvey throttle linkage, Jenvey fuel rail, Aeromotive and Goodridge fuel fittings and braided hose, ITG sausage filter, Radtec custom radiator, Piper Ultimate Road cams, Piper vernier pulleys, Omex 600 ECU. Saxo electric PAS pump, Vibra Technics engine mounts. Samco coolant hoses, TTV steel flywheel, 4.76 final drive ratio, 307 CC 180 ratios. 2019 BMW 530i. 2017 Mercedes C300 convertible. | |
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Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2011 1:25 pm |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010
Posts: 5120
Trade Rating: +19
Location: Raunds, Northamptonshire
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probably 20 miles at most, always seemto get them localish for some reason,
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Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2011 1:28 pm |
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Joined: May 25, 2011
Posts: 1025
Trade Rating: +1
Location: south coast
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have been over 500 each way for a car (not the 206) but nowdays no more than 1 1/2 hrs as said above i have travelled miles to find a load of junk sat there.
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Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 1:44 am |
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Joined: Feb 17, 2011
Posts: 1201
Trade Rating: 0
Location: Wiltshire
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i got mine from a local garage about 5 miles away
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Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 2:11 am |
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Joined: Jan 29, 2011
Posts: 6526
Trade Rating: +10
Location: Westhoughton, Lancashire
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| meady wrote: |
| Ive said it before its because up north they are still 10-20 years behind us southerners and the price of things reflects tht |
And the beer is cheaper up north too, that's proper beer, non of the southern softy shandy drinking stuff 
Furthest I've travelled is about 40 miles. Need innoculations to go past the Watford gap, so wouldn't go that far south
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Last edited by macca1411 on Wed Jul 27, 2011 2:13 am; edited 1 time in total
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Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 2:12 am |
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Joined: Feb 11, 2010
Posts: 3075
Trade Rating: +8
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| macca1411 wrote: |
| meady wrote: |
| Ive said it before its because up north they are still 10-20 years behind us southerners and the price of things reflects tht |
And the beer is cheaper up north too, that's proper beer, non of the southern softy shandy drinking stuff |
Thats why im buying my booze for the Camp meet when I get there
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Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 4:50 am |
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Joined: Feb 21, 2010
Posts: 931
Trade Rating: +9
Location: Brighton
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You got it all wrong...
the reason why cars are cheaper up north is because they have already been stolen and cloned about 10 times!
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