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Re: Cars « Reply #270 on: December 04, 2010, 08:01 PM »
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Quote from: top_spin on December 04, 2010, 07:58 PM
My family have only had 2 cars since I was born - a Mercedes and a BMW and we only got rid of the later because it was too big for London. They're f**king awesome cars. Smile
Yeah, the size of some of them takes a lot of getting used to. Eventually it's all just having faith in yourself that you won't scratch a car when really, you don't know for sure.
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Re: Cars « Reply #271 on: December 04, 2010, 08:02 PM »
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Quote from: Quackers on December 04, 2010, 08:00 PM
La De Da Julia :P  We are a Citren, Ford, Peugeot family lol



Not really, you save a ridiculous amount of money in the long run? The one we have now is on it's 14th year and I think it cost something in the region of £15,000. And it's only broken down once - after driving to Italy and back. Think
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Re: Cars « Reply #272 on: December 04, 2010, 08:03 PM »
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I never thought there was much reason for driving about in London anyway.
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Re: Cars « Reply #273 on: December 04, 2010, 08:03 PM »
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Julia, any idea how many miles your parents' cars have?
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Re: Cars « Reply #274 on: December 04, 2010, 08:04 PM »
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Quote from: Quackers on December 04, 2010, 08:03 PM
I never thought there was much reason for driving about in London anyway.
It's down to how you feel about public transport and how much you enjoy driving. I'd rather take a 1.5 hour journey in the car listening to the radio than 45min on public transport.
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Re: Cars « Reply #275 on: December 04, 2010, 08:06 PM »
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Quote from: Quackers on December 04, 2010, 08:03 PM
I never thought there was much reason for driving about in London anyway.


My parents drive it around Europe. Smile

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Julia, any idea how many miles your parents' cars have?

Not sure now, I assume an insane amount because of my post ^ but I know they got it when it had gone 10,000 miles which is basically new. Never had a brand new car.
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Re: Cars « Reply #276 on: December 04, 2010, 08:07 PM »
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Wow, probably the only place on earth when driving takes longer than public transport lol  I'm hoping I can get back in the accounts game once I'm driving, then I don't have to be too picky on location of work.
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Re: Cars « Reply #277 on: December 21, 2010, 12:28 PM »
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Quote from: Mark on December 03, 2010, 03:10 PM
First have to reply back saying I'm the driver... then they will probably give me £60 fine with 3 points OR £95 with 2.5 hour course with no points.

I'm desperately hoping the latter, I really don't care at all about the fine, it's the points.
I got offered the course for £95 instead of the penalty points, woohoo!!! yay
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Re: Cars « Reply #278 on: December 21, 2010, 12:35 PM »
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I got offered the course for £95 instead of the penalty points, woohoo!!! yay

Glad to here it yes
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Re: Cars « Reply #279 on: December 21, 2010, 12:35 PM »
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Quote from: Mark on December 21, 2010, 12:28 PM
I got offered the course for £95 instead of the penalty points, woohoo!!! yay

Nice early Christmas present ... Smile
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Re: Cars « Reply #280 on: December 21, 2010, 03:08 PM »
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Thank you City of London Police and a Merry Christmas to you too.
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Re: Cars « Reply #281 on: December 21, 2010, 04:05 PM »
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Quote from: Mark on December 21, 2010, 03:08 PM
Thank you City of London Police and a Merry Christmas to you too.

Now you have to be on your best behaviour and make sure it doesn't happen again ... naughty Very Happy
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Re: Cars « Reply #282 on: December 21, 2010, 04:07 PM »
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Yes, I will pay more attention to the cam alerts on my phone when going over bridges Smile
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Re: Cars « Reply #283 on: December 21, 2010, 04:08 PM »
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Yes, I will pay more attention to the cam alerts on my phone when going over bridges Smile

what

The camera hotspots are all published in the newspapers up here ...
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Re: Cars « Reply #284 on: December 21, 2010, 04:08 PM »
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I use an app on my phone to warn me as I approach speeding cameras but I wasn't paying attention on London Bridge because I assumed going under 30 would be fine.
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