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Old Apr 6, 2008 | 09:52 AM
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My new company car was delivered on Friday, so now I feel right at home here now lol











Seriously, what an amazing car to drive. I'm totally smitten but even so will not be chopping the cossie in for an M3
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Old Apr 6, 2008 | 10:21 AM
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why park on the pavement ???

what happens when somepne with a pushchair or a a wheelchair are tryong to go past ???
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Old Apr 6, 2008 | 10:23 AM
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Originally Posted by Ginge !
why park on the pavement ???

what happens when somepne with a pushchair or a a wheelchair are tryong to go past ???
bmw's get the right of way obviously
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Old Apr 6, 2008 | 10:24 AM
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Originally Posted by Ginge !
why park on the pavement ???

what happens when somepne with a pushchair or a a wheelchair are tryong to go past ???

Seems its the 'in thing' look at the Corsa,Astra and the Focus
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Old Apr 6, 2008 | 10:24 AM
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hey nice car and all that,,, just dont see why people wish to be so inconsiderate of others ???

thats WORSE than parking on someone elses driveway IMO
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Old Apr 6, 2008 | 10:26 AM
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theres a space to get round in them situations

just cant see why you would want to block the pavement,,, with all the " anti car stuff" going on this dont help IMO
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Old Apr 6, 2008 | 10:33 AM
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road must be narrow as fuck for them all to be doing that in which case should ideally leave it clear
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Old Apr 6, 2008 | 10:33 AM
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too swishy and wavy for me prefer bmw's with slightly straighter lines.

still, bet it's smooth.
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Old Apr 6, 2008 | 10:35 AM
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Cool little motor, wish i had a company car
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Old Apr 6, 2008 | 10:40 AM
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Just can't stand the look of the One's, sorry.

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Old Apr 6, 2008 | 12:13 PM
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Nice looking car! the 118d's will give you a great fuel return too!


And for god sake people if he wants to park on the pavement then so friggin be it... have you considered he might just be there taking the pictures? or that the road might be incredbily narrow hence he cant park anywhere else?

Like you guys have never parked somewhere inconsiderately!

Off topic sorry fella!
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Old Apr 6, 2008 | 12:19 PM
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Nice! I've grown to like the 1 series although I wouldn't want to spend long as a passenger in the back

Originally Posted by Ginge !
what happens when somepne with a pushchair or a a wheelchair are tryong to go past ???
I imagine they would keep bashing into the car with the push chair until they got hungry and had to turn round and go home.

OR they would have to brave the excitment of what looks like a terribly dangerous road.

I agree to an extent though, pavements are meant to be for pedestrians and you can get nicked for paking on them. Even worse though are the fucking cyclists around here that think they're specifically for them.
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Old Apr 6, 2008 | 01:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Ginge !
why park on the pavement ???

what happens when somepne with a pushchair or a a wheelchair are tryong to go past ???

You can get done for that!!!

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Old Apr 6, 2008 | 01:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Ginge !
why park on the pavement ???

what happens when somepne with a pushchair or a a wheelchair are tryong to go past ???
might they get run over? hardly a busy road is it
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Old Apr 6, 2008 | 01:20 PM
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Had one of these for a month. good car to drive. jst not keen on the back end. much prefer the copue version of it. really nice imo. they also jst brought out a convertible version aswell for all the posers out there.
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Old Apr 6, 2008 | 03:52 PM
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Thanks for the comments on the parking. To explain, it's a cul-de-sac and the side of the road that the car is parked on only sides with a back garden hence nobody uses it as a pathway. And yes it's a very narrow road with many smashed wing mirrors over the years. Everybody else parks there, I just follow suit!!
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Old Apr 6, 2008 | 03:58 PM
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Originally Posted by maria
Nice looking car! the 118d's will give you a great fuel return too!
So I've been told. I had a Golf GT TDi previously which averaged 52-55MPG and this is meant to be better.

Thanks for the comments
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Old Apr 6, 2008 | 04:50 PM
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reference to the parking,,, i bet should you be towed away for parking like that you would be pissed off with it

i live in central london,, we have to follow rules alot stricter due to people parking like fools ignoring the basic rules of the road,,,,,, not to mention comon sence

i aint a angel,,,, but i know the difference between cheeky parking and just plain inconsiderate parking

maybe if a member of your family had a wheel chair you might respect others more

park on a curb but leave space for others to pass or park somewhere else
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Old Apr 6, 2008 | 05:48 PM
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Ginge,

shut the fuck up for fucks sake..... people all over the world park on pavements to keep roads clear, we ALL know we shouldn't but WE ALL do it...


Nice motor tho Paul...


Steve
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