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28 January 2010, 01:27 PM
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actually have been discussing EU commisions plans to allow european farmers to export an additional 500,000 tonnes of sugar to combat a worldwide supply shortage.
so this thread has help break up the mundane proceedings of that! lol
so this thread has help break up the mundane proceedings of that! lol
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28 January 2010, 01:57 PM
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Lets face it most people initially bought a scoob due to their rally success, I know I did. Now apart from the privateers as such they are a non entity in rallying as a factory outfit.
28 January 2010, 02:36 PM
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it's a slippery slope though Dave, and a decision has to made whether or not to continue ploughing endless milllions into rallying or just be content with what they have at this moment. It's much the same for the other manufacturers, with ford being lucky as they owe an absolute fortune, but have secured long term payment structures, so their cashflow is pretty well managed. (not sure how subaru fair as a unit, but FHI seem to be raking it in all over the place!!!
ps: i feel sorry for people who have sugar in their cocoa !!
ps: i feel sorry for people who have sugar in their cocoa !!
You will have the ingredients for the chocolate engine too
28 January 2010, 05:35 PM
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28 January 2010, 06:03 PM
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Was only poodling up to Lakeside
Spotted the Megane RS 
, Had a little play (Read ripped him a new ar$e 
) then shock horror thought i had broken the RS 
, rest is history three way thread !! 
28 January 2010, 06:14 PM
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To me the **** end of these new Megan's just looks like a slightly more rounded Astra VXR 
Never been keen on the French stuff personally, but by all accounts it sounds like they go reasonably well at least. Each to their own as far as I'm concerned but I still think you have to go a long long way to beat the Hawkeye Impreza
Never been keen on the French stuff personally, but by all accounts it sounds like they go reasonably well at least. Each to their own as far as I'm concerned but I still think you have to go a long long way to beat the Hawkeye Impreza
28 January 2010, 06:21 PM
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Even your latest Impreza Sti, which is where you need to be for the performance, is a wallet hoovering £26K. Not that popular either.....
Gentlemen, the Renault Sport kit gives you that value for money and performance for the old hard earned.
28 January 2010, 06:32 PM
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I totally agree with you there, I cannot see Subaru surviving unless they radically change the current line up.
Lets face it most people initially bought a scoob due to their rally success, I know I did. Now apart from the privateers as such they are a non entity in rallying as a factory outfit.
Lets face it most people initially bought a scoob due to their rally success, I know I did. Now apart from the privateers as such they are a non entity in rallying as a factory outfit.
The new WRX/Sti is nice for pulling precious Jemima's pony out of the Gymkana field, but that's about it in todays market. Buyers have voted with their feet.
Impreza Sti 330S.... Cold turkey's
28 January 2010, 06:56 PM
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Even @£22k you would have to be fooking mental to part that much cash for an obese Clio.
Perhaps if you lack imagination, have given up post famile or you are indeed Frencher than a French Stick coated in French mustard, But even then I'd be thinking...Aye a'm shoore I con do bettier ???
Perhaps if you lack imagination, have given up post famile or you are indeed Frencher than a French Stick coated in French mustard, But even then I'd be thinking...Aye a'm shoore I con do bettier ???
28 January 2010, 07:14 PM
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Even @£22k you would have to be fooking mental to part that much cash for an obese Clio. Perhaps if you lack imagination, have given up post famile or you are indeed Frencher than a French Stick coated in French mustard, But even then I'd be thinking...Aye a'm shoore I con do bettier ???
Perhaps if you lack imagination, have given up post famile or you are indeed Frencher than a French Stick coated in French mustard, But even then I'd be thinking...Aye a'm shoore I con do bettier ???I'll kick off: it aint an Sti or a Golf R or an FRS etc etc.
28 January 2010, 07:18 PM
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Tiny, I can already picture you and your Julie getting your middle digits warmed up and some Tesco 99 in the ammo tank ready for the ambush.
28 January 2010, 07:46 PM
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28 January 2010, 07:54 PM
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Even @£22k you would have to be fooking mental to part that much cash for an obese Clio. Perhaps if you lack imagination, have given up post famile or you are indeed Frencher than a French Stick coated in French mustard, But even then I'd be thinking...Aye a'm shoore I con do bettier ???
Perhaps if you lack imagination, have given up post famile or you are indeed Frencher than a French Stick coated in French mustard, But even then I'd be thinking...Aye a'm shoore I con do bettier ???I think if you (not you, but in general) are serious about cars, and with the increasing availability of performance cars in general, buying from a dealer such as Litchfields isn't as left field as it may have once been.
It's fairly easy to rock up to a UK dealer with £22k and say in your best Little Britain voice "i Want that one" (whatever the manufacturer), but a true petrol head looks beyond the norm
28 January 2010, 08:34 PM
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28 January 2010, 08:41 PM
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I think if you (not you, but in general) are serious about cars, and with the increasing availability of performance cars in general, buying from a dealer such as Litchfields isn't as left field as it may have once been. It's fairly easy to rock up to a UK dealer with £22k and say in your best Little Britain voice "i Want that one" (whatever the manufacturer), but a true petrol head looks beyond the normAnd, even though they are sharp handlers they still lack the all round capability of a Megane 250.
28 January 2010, 08:54 PM
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28 January 2010, 10:44 PM
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Indeed they make cracking yellow vans 
Vans clearly made in different factory, as nearly 6 1/2 years and still going strong. (well apart from the Brands incident)