WCMUT....what cheered me up today

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My car insurance company wanted almost £1300.00 for my renewal - a £600.00 increase over last year. :eek:

Before arguing with them I checked with confused.com and got a quote from Tesco Bank for only £506.00.
Guess which one I opted for? :banana:

An added bonus - they doubled the car's value compared with the last company (Dial Direct) too. :cool:
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This happens to me quite often but I can usually end up paying about the same. I suppose it happens to us all.
 
woof woof said:
I've been looking for someone to come and valet three cars for me, an MX5, a Hyundai Getz and an Evoque. The first bloke failed to turn up so I rang him again and he failed to turn up again, both times without having the decency to call and say he wasn't coming. The next one I called didn't return my call and the next didn't want to work outside today.

The fourth company turned up when they said they would and are a father and son team. They seem to be very thorough and spent about two hours on the Getz and are now busy on the Evoque. The prices are reasonable too :D

As I may have said before a company/sole trader turning up on time and doing a good job for the agreed price shouldn't surprise us but these days I think too often it does.

PS.
He's just asked if I'd sell him one of my cars :D Sadly it's not for sale.
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we're lucky, the guy who does ours lives over the road from us
 
My MX5 getting valeted. It's a big crop from a cctv screen capture so the quality isn't the best.

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It took 7 hours to do the three cars and they were quite thorough. He wanted to buy the Gets and MX5 off me :D
 
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I suppose the best car line up I've had was a Lotus Elise, a MK1 MX5 and a 1967 MGB Roadster. These days I'm a bit more practical.
 
I've fought the mx5 fight several times. I've not beaten her yet! (And probably won't).

I lost the Ducati one as well come to think of it.:thinking:
 
The soft top MX-5s have a surprising amount of boot space but the retractable hard top eats into it a fair bit. Can still get enough in there for a weekend away for 2 though!
 
Nod said:
The soft top MX-5s have a surprising amount of boot space but the retractable hard top eats into it a fair bit. Can still get enough in there for a weekend away for 2 though!
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The Saab 900 was great for transporting mattresses or other bulky items. With the back seat down you could drop in a full sized double mattress and still close the tailgate.
 
AndrewFlannigan said:
The Saab 900 was great for transporting mattresses or other bulky items. With the back seat down you could drop in a full sized double mattress and still close the tailgate.
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And the low bumper made loading and unloading easy, and also great for putting on walking boots. Still miss mine after 30 years.
 
AndrewFlannigan said:
The Saab 900 was great for transporting mattresses or other bulky items. With the back seat down you could drop in a full sized double mattress and still close the tailgate.
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Wouldn't the windows get a bit steamed up with the tailgate closed?..... ;):D

My dad had a 900, the original one with a 2 litre engine. Great overtaking power. But I always wanted him to get the 900 Turbo in black and convertible. What a lovely looking car for its time.

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I had a Saab 900 Taladega coupe. Loved it and it had the best tan/black leather trim I've seen outside of supercars.

PS wasn't black dash a great idea?
 
We had several Saabs: 99, 900, 2000 and finally a 9-3.

The latter was my wife's pride and joy for a few years but eventually the failures and subsequent repair bills mounted up, so it went the way of all metal...

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Today I spoke to a friend I haven't seen or spoken to for over 25 years. We've kept in touch the old fashioned way, by letter. We're meeting up next week for a drink and a feed.
 
AndrewFlannigan said:
We had several Saabs: 99, 900, 2000 and finally a 9-3.

The latter was my wife's pride and joy for a few years but eventually the failures and subsequent repair bills mounted up, so it went the way of all metal...

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Another member of the Saab fan club - my Dad had 13 (99, 4 c900s, 9000, 2 x NG900, 2 x OG9-3, 2 9-5s and a NGG9-3SS). I am on my 4th, 99, 9-3 Aero, 9-5 aero and NG9-5 Aero.A82545E1-E702-4976-97E7-EE34C136AA88.JPEG
 
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Seeing a brief video of a Buzzard perching on a swimming pool barrier post. The person thinks it's a juvenile from the nest behind the hotel we stay in on Crete - we didn't see any action on or near the nest while we were there recently but we might just have missed it!
 
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