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Old 23-09-2006 | 05:59 PM
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Just lost mine for 2 weeks.....


Seriously pissed off!


Can't believe how fucked im gonna be!!!


Old 23-09-2006 | 06:02 PM
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Like wise, proberly a month though. Dont need it for work, or anything. Just a toy but lost without it.
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i have a work van so....

but.......when her car broke and mine was out of action,engine fooked, she was fooked for getting to work/picking little David up etc....

we rey on them so much its hard not to have one, phones too now.
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Have to have one - simple as that. Can't get to work otherwise.
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Its awfull when you dont have a car, i didnt have one for just over two weeks when i sold my escort, luckily i work for a car hire company so i got a good staff discount on a focus until i found a car!
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Originally Posted by Pennywise
Just lost mine...
Where did you leave it?
Old 23-09-2006 | 06:20 PM
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Just lost mine...
Where did you leave it?
It's always in the last place you look

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Old 23-09-2006 | 06:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Pennywise
Just lost mine...
Where did you leave it?
It's always in the last place you look

my misses says that to me, normally when im tearing the house apart


then she just gets the look, as its the last thing you need to hear


Old 23-09-2006 | 07:31 PM
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thkfully i got a work van as cossie has been off the road 2 months waiting for its new engine,only to fit it and its got a bottom end knock
so back to the van,but i cant wait much longer without my cossie
Old 23-09-2006 | 07:40 PM
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i have a merc van so not really botherd my cars been of the road for a year
Old 23-09-2006 | 08:25 PM
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Originally Posted by gus
Originally Posted by BatFink
Originally Posted by Thrush
Originally Posted by Pennywise
Just lost mine...
Where did you leave it?
It's always in the last place you look

my misses says that to me, normally when im tearing the house apart


then she just gets the look, as its the last thing you need to hear


my reply to that is always ''why the hell would you keep looking after you found it''

Know what you mean though Rad..I can't take my car to Uni and the train station is about a mile away..that's going to be a lovely walk in the dark down the backstreets..
Old 23-09-2006 | 08:30 PM
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I walk to work
Bus it to uni.
share a lift to rugby.

so, in effect i dont need a car at all, probably part of the reason i sold the beemer.

Luckily i got full use of my mums motor, so for going out, visiting mates, going a run etc etc, i tend always to have a car.

Still want my own though, not the same without it
Old 23-09-2006 | 08:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Pennywise
Just lost mine for 2 weeks.....


Seriously pissed off!


Can't believe how fucked im gonna be!!!


And someone has changed your siggy.Not having a good day are you?
Old 23-09-2006 | 08:31 PM
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Had a complete cunt of a day , So no,Not really
Old 23-09-2006 | 08:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Pennywise
Had a complete cunt of a day , So no,Not really
If its any consolation ive had a completely crap month and its not getting any better.
Old 23-09-2006 | 08:41 PM
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Radders. I've been without a car since May when I sold the pug.

It's nuts.....


Luckily I'm on leave so I can just sit about the house and shit. But when I do go someplace I have to get the train...............
Old 23-09-2006 | 09:31 PM
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Can manage without them, but people soon get pissed off when your blagging lifts all the time. I live in the middle of bloddy nowhere as well which doesn't help when you need to pop down the shops.

Kit car has no roof and isn't water resistant in any way, so when its working I can only use it when its not raining.

Capri has been off the road for 3 weeks cos caprisport can't pull their finger out of their arse and I can't do anything about it cos its always pissing down.
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I only passed my test a year and a bit ago, I got a new job a few weeks back and that is in a place where public transport is a pain in the arse so I would say because it gives me my bread and butter my car really is important to me.

I could easily go back to trains etc if required but i would be totally lost without my car because I've got used to the indipendance and freedom it gives me.
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Originally Posted by Rab
Radders. I've been without a car since May when I sold the pug.

It's nuts.....


Luckily I'm on leave so I can just sit about the house and shit. But when I do go someplace I have to get the train...............
on leave since may/can i have your job please?
Old 23-09-2006 | 10:02 PM
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Originally Posted by starturbo
Originally Posted by Rab
Radders. I've been without a car since May when I sold the pug.

It's nuts.....


Luckily I'm on leave so I can just sit about the house and shit. But when I do go someplace I have to get the train...............
on leave since may/can i have your job please?

No


Originally Posted by Bexx
I only passed my test a year and a bit ago, I got a new job a few weeks back and that is in a place where public transport is a pain in the arse so I would say because it gives me my bread and butter my car really is important to me.

I could easily go back to trains etc if required but i would be totally lost without my car because I've got used to the indipendance and freedom it gives me.
Surprise you can convince your car to haul that massive spoiler to work and back every day
Old 23-09-2006 | 10:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Rab
Originally Posted by starturbo
Originally Posted by Rab
Radders. I've been without a car since May when I sold the pug.

It's nuts.....


Luckily I'm on leave so I can just sit about the house and shit. But when I do go someplace I have to get the train...............
on leave since may/can i have your job please?

No


Originally Posted by Bexx
I only passed my test a year and a bit ago, I got a new job a few weeks back and that is in a place where public transport is a pain in the arse so I would say because it gives me my bread and butter my car really is important to me.

I could easily go back to trains etc if required but i would be totally lost without my car because I've got used to the indipendance and freedom it gives me.
Surprise you can convince your car to haul that massive spoiler to work and back every day
so what service are you in then?
Old 23-09-2006 | 10:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Rab

Originally Posted by Bexx
I only passed my test a year and a bit ago, I got a new job a few weeks back and that is in a place where public transport is a pain in the arse so I would say because it gives me my bread and butter my car really is important to me.

I could easily go back to trains etc if required but i would be totally lost without my car because I've got used to the indipendance and freedom it gives me.
Surprise you can convince your car to haul that massive spoiler to work and back every day
shut it wee sacks least my car moves!

HA!
Old 24-09-2006 | 11:50 AM
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Originally Posted by starturbo
Originally Posted by Rab
Originally Posted by starturbo
Originally Posted by Rab
Radders. I've been without a car since May when I sold the pug.

It's nuts.....


Luckily I'm on leave so I can just sit about the house and shit. But when I do go someplace I have to get the train...............
on leave since may/can i have your job please?

No


Originally Posted by Bexx
I only passed my test a year and a bit ago, I got a new job a few weeks back and that is in a place where public transport is a pain in the arse so I would say because it gives me my bread and butter my car really is important to me.

I could easily go back to trains etc if required but i would be totally lost without my car because I've got used to the indipendance and freedom it gives me.
Surprise you can convince your car to haul that massive spoiler to work and back every day
so what service are you in then?
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Old 24-09-2006 | 12:00 PM
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I really rely on my car. It's handy having three at times
Old 24-09-2006 | 12:02 PM
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i need a car feel weird with out one
Old 24-09-2006 | 12:12 PM
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Originally Posted by melzieann
i need a car feel weird with out one
Join the Club.... I sometimes think, MMMmMmmmMMM. I'll go get a KFC!

And then realise there's no fucking way I'm walking 3 miles to the retail park

I really have to get my finger out and buy something
Old 24-09-2006 | 12:21 PM
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Not driven for 5 months cos of no licence on medical grounds. Hoping it gets sorted soon. Specially with three cars sitting around waiting to be driven. Doing my head in.
Old 24-09-2006 | 12:31 PM
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Rad know you know what its like for me all the time

least you can drive thats one thing that will never happen to me unless the a miracle


Its a fooker todo anything as you got to rely on others
Old 24-09-2006 | 12:48 PM
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I need mine to get to work and back, and be down shit creek without it as i live in the sticks and im setting off for work at 6.30 am sometimes and there wouldnt be any buses that early.

The GTi has got me there and back 5days a week for the last year and a half no problems
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