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Old 18-09-2006, 10:16 AM
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I believe hire cars are the fastest cars in the world
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Hire cars? I drive all my cars like that
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Hire cars are fan-bloody-tastic................. until you park them somewhere and then totally forget which street
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Hire cars? I drive all my cars like that
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Old 18-09-2006, 10:38 AM
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GO ON my son

What car is/was it? and let me guess, even though you were red lining it, you were still going backwards?
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what you never redline your car???

i do every day multiple times
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On your private road of course
Goes without saying, im sure
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i have hired a 5.7 hemi, chrylser 300c from tuesday 2 weeks of abuse for that thing cant beat hire motors
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Originally Posted by GTi_iTG
GO ON my son

What car is/was it? and let me guess, even though you were red lining it, you were still going backwards?
Nothing exciting, Focus C-Max - swear to christ I could have run quicker!

For some reason when driving it - I felt like Postman Pat!
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Old 18-09-2006, 02:46 PM
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having worked for a major leading hire car company for 9 years i can offer some advice.... your fully inclusive damage waiver insurance doesn't cover mistreatment so if you blow it up from overreving your screwed
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Old 18-09-2006, 02:56 PM
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ah - didn't know that. Ahh well, it's still alive anyway.......
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don't forget to reset the rev counter peak recall facility that is fitted to the latest focus cos when
they check they will know you have zinged it!!!

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but if it still runs they cant say anything

car is designed for it
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What if you reset it when your back at the dealers forecourt, they check it and think hmmmm this cars been idling the whole time hes had it
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just how i treat the demo cars at work!

did feel slightly bad about doing it to a tigra with 30 miles on from new!
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looks like a focus with built in shift light lol

matt bibs, thats nothing, we had a 13 mile old mondeo 2.2 tdci

we,, it had 13 miles on it when i got to the motorway, and promptly ran it in at 140 lol

then got home and realised it had 6 gears when i thought i put it in reverse
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and promptly ran it in at 140 lol

then got home and realised it had 6 gears
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Old 19-09-2006, 08:25 AM
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but if it still runs they cant say anything

car is designed for it
I'm with you mate!
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And then you lifted the clutch and drove off!
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Old 19-09-2006, 10:31 AM
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pmsl! Now that would be pointless - although I did that at the lights once, just to check grip levels obviously
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having worked for a major leading hire car company for 9 years i can offer some advice....
Which company? i work for hertz
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Old 19-09-2006, 05:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Andy L
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having worked for a major leading hire car company for 9 years i can offer some advice....
Which company? i work for hertz
National Car Rental - b**tards made me redundant the week before Xmas last year would have been 10 years in march, don't think they wanted to give me my gold watch!
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well its defo run in now
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I prefer the words "RENT A THRASH"
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Originally Posted by Doh
Originally Posted by Andy L
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having worked for a major leading hire car company for 9 years i can offer some advice....
Which company? i work for hertz
National Car Rental - b**tards made me redundant the week before Xmas last year would have been 10 years in march, don't think they wanted to give me my gold watch!
They did that to a lad at our place lastyear, then gave him his job back in feb when it got busy
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