No offence to Skoda owners but............
23 September 2005, 12:43 PM
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You haven't done too bad.Sure it's the base model classic, a heavy estate and only a three cylinder 1.2l engine but at least it's a well made practicle car.
Imagine if you had a 240bhp Octavia vRS and you were given a Subaru Justy as a loan car.
Now that would be bad.
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Lee
Imagine if you had a 240bhp Octavia vRS and you were given a Subaru Justy as a loan car.
Now that would be bad.
Cheers
Lee
23 September 2005, 12:48 PM
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It's a loan car, loan cars are the fastest things in the universe, second only to sprinter vans
I think your forgetting customers cars driven by mechanics !!!!!! lol
23 September 2005, 12:53 PM
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Originally Posted by logiclee
Imagine if you had a 240bhp Octavia vRS and you were given a Subaru Justy as a loan car.
Now that would be bad.
Now that would be bad.
When I picked my car up, the chap at the service desk told me that I should have been given a WRX as a courtesy car as I had taken an STi in
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that's the 3 cylinder job isn't it? I had a little polo as a courtesy car with that engine and that was bad enough!
23 September 2005, 01:48 PM
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People keep forgetting these cars are called Courtesy Cars, not 'I have a divine right to the most expensive vehicle in the your stock' Cars.
If you don't like them, don't use them.
If you don't like them, don't use them.
23 September 2005, 01:54 PM
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Its not the tiniest car in the world so at least you can lug some things about if you need to.
The thing about courtesy cars is it makes you realise how lucky you are that you own the car you do. I mean imagine being giving a 911/Fezza/Zonda/McClaren SLR to bomb around in, apart from costing you an arm and leg in petrol, going back to your own car would be a major trauma
At least its not a Lada...........
The thing about courtesy cars is it makes you realise how lucky you are that you own the car you do. I mean imagine being giving a 911/Fezza/Zonda/McClaren SLR to bomb around in, apart from costing you an arm and leg in petrol, going back to your own car would be a major trauma
At least its not a Lada...........
23 September 2005, 01:56 PM
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Originally Posted by FirebirdUK
I was - when I took my STi 8 in for its second service - they (the main dealer) gave me an R reg Justy. No radio, no air con, no electric windows... Wouldn't have been so bad, but was stuck in traffic with it for ages and it was boiling that day...
When I picked my car up, the chap at the service desk told me that I should have been given a WRX as a courtesy car as I had taken an STi in
When I picked my car up, the chap at the service desk told me that I should have been given a WRX as a courtesy car as I had taken an STi in
23 September 2005, 02:42 PM
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When a friend of mine had a Scoob a few years back he was given a TVR as a courtesy car :O
Funny thing was - he decided to take the day off when he found out
Funny thing was - he decided to take the day off when he found out
23 September 2005, 02:45 PM
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i once had to make do with a micra K11 , felt like it was on stilts and i was stuck with it for a week - needless to say i refused to drive it and my missus actualy feel in love with it !
23 September 2005, 04:43 PM
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Originally Posted by FirebirdUK
Were they trying to tell you something? 
You should have seen my neighbours face when I pulled up on the drive - I think he thought I'd swapt the P1 for it
23 September 2005, 04:58 PM
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Originally Posted by BOB.T
It's a loan car, loan cars are the fastest things in the universe, second only to sprinter vans!
Also, look on the bright side: you get used to your cars performance and when you have to spend a bit of time in something else it reminds you just how good the Scooby is and when you get it back you'll appreciate it all the more.
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23 September 2005, 05:02 PM
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Enjoy the excellent build quality and quietly-confident image of that whilst the chav-mobile is being serviced I say
I had to make do with a white/rust brown 1.0 Nissan Sunny with a 4" back-box a couple of years back when my car was in a garage getting a new turbo fitted
- worst car Ive ever driven - I think boats handle better!
I had to make do with a white/rust brown 1.0 Nissan Sunny with a 4" back-box a couple of years back when my car was in a garage getting a new turbo fitted
- worst car Ive ever driven - I think boats handle better!
23 September 2005, 05:04 PM
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Worst courtesy I've had the displeasure of driving was an old Alfa 33 from an independent Itallian car specialist in High Wycombe. The car was a complete mess and smelt of old dogs, the seats had collapsed and were about supportive as a jumbo bath sponge, had idling problems and frequently cut out and the suspension was jelly.
23 September 2005, 05:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Brun
..............FFS. I drop off 260+ bhp of jap tin can for a service and come home with this
You did well, i used to get a justy 4wd with about 14BHP when my scoob went in for a service!
23 September 2005, 05:33 PM
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I took my Volvo T5 in to the local Volvo specialist and they gave me a Volvo 340 GLT, no tax, probably no mot, smelt like a tramps trousers and covered in moss.
Best fun I have had in ages, overstreet city, bounced it off a kerb I got it so sideways !
Best fun I have had in ages, overstreet city, bounced it off a kerb I got it so sideways !
23 September 2005, 07:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Patt@firstime
What do you mean, theres nothing wrong with a pink Justy
if your name is Dafydd and you're the only gay in the village...
23 September 2005, 07:54 PM
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When i first got an Impreza, 4 years ago, on its first service, they lent me a Subaru Vivio! This is a micro car with 796cc engine but youre still able to engage 4wd with a push button on the gearstick. Because it was so small and rare , i actually liked driving it for the day and even managed to get an old fridge in the back and take to the tip- could not fit it in the Impreza!
23 September 2005, 08:03 PM
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My mum got a Proton Satria 1.2 'Sport' when our WRX went in for a service. There were 4 of us in it, and 3 of us had to get out and help it up our 50m hill of a driveway!! The sportiest bit of it was the grey 'carbon fibre effect' dash. It didnt drive, it wallowed!
When our Volvo V70 D5 went in we got a Volvo S60 T5
When our Volvo V70 D5 went in we got a Volvo S60 T5
23 September 2005, 10:16 PM
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Pulleyns always give me Skodas, i too have had 1.2 Fabia estates. They actually make me laugh theyre that gutless!! 90bhp diesel Octavias are painfully slow too!
Atleast you get back in the scoob and think ****!!!!!
I had a Fabia Elegance 1.4 TDi for 5 weeks when mine was in for repair the other year, and after a couple of weeks i actually came to like driving it! Was sorry to see it go, was a brand spanker with only few hundred on clock!
Atleast you get back in the scoob and think ****!!!!!
I had a Fabia Elegance 1.4 TDi for 5 weeks when mine was in for repair the other year, and after a couple of weeks i actually came to like driving it! Was sorry to see it go, was a brand spanker with only few hundred on clock!
23 September 2005, 11:22 PM
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it never bothered me what car i was given when i took my impreza in for a service, you've only got the car for a few hours to get you home or to the local shops so what difference does it make what they give you. anything is better than sitting in the dealers reading magazines that are months old.
24 September 2005, 01:22 AM
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Originally Posted by Dave uk blue mica
you've only got the car for a few hours to get you home or to the local shops so what difference does it make what they give you
I'd pre-ordered a Celica 190 (when they first came out) for delivery on September 1st. However, they'd put back the release of the Celica by a few weeks - in the mean time I'd sold my car privately meanint that I'd have been without a car.
They gave me a brand new Corolla thing (the one that had lights like the bug eye) - was glad to see the back of it (nothing wrong with it, just wasn't me).
Wouldn't have accepted it if it was pink though... (Wouldn't want a ferrari if it was pink)