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Post by Humph on Apr 15, 2021 11:04:19 GMT
Guessing you'll have "found" Christopher Brookmyre by now?
Again, hilarious but dark comedy.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 15, 2021 11:53:29 GMT
Nope, not heard of him.
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Post by Humph on Apr 15, 2021 11:59:58 GMT
Oh ok, I've read most of his books. Hard to say where I'd suggest you'd start. All good.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 15, 2021 15:25:50 GMT
Here's my favourite bit of Gormanism. If this were proposed, I'd vote for it. Genius. calendars.wikia.org/wiki/Gorman_CalendarYes, OK, somebody much cleverer like Aristotle or Da Vinci Or Jacob Rees-Mogg probably had the idea before Mr Gorman. |
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Post by WDB on Apr 15, 2021 17:22:25 GMT
I’d vote for any calendar that could do away with February and November.
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Post by dixinormus on Apr 16, 2021 22:53:53 GMT
Never liked November in the UK/Europe. February could be ok; January is done with and there’s a chance of a winter holiday somewhere...
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Post by Rob on Apr 16, 2021 22:58:13 GMT
Summer in the UK can be crap too. I'd rather be somewhere else. That's the plan. I hope we've started putting the plan into practice before next April. There is no plan B so to speak.
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Post by dixinormus on Apr 16, 2021 23:02:03 GMT
True Rob, but in “summer” you have hope at least 😂. November is invariably dark and dank...
Best thing about NZ is proper summers, followed by very mild golden autumns. Around 20 degs C today 😎
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Post by Deleted on Apr 19, 2021 7:50:46 GMT
I Like November. Autumn is probably my favourite season in the UK. Spring is just a battle against allergies for me, and even in the UK summer is often too hot. Winter is fine, I can ski (under normal circumstances). I think I like winter in Australia best of all seasons/places. Would be great in retirement to spend July/August/September every year in Oz in a rented motorhome. Back to the UK for Autumn/Christmas, then off to Slovenia/Bosnia for Jan/Feb/March for skiing season. Spring months in the Med would be great (not much tree pollen), Malta maybe or Sardinia, or wherever's not too expensive and not too crowded. Then back to Oz for July, rinse and repeat. I can dream.
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Post by EspadaIII on Apr 19, 2021 10:06:10 GMT
May or October in Israel would be wonderful all year round. Maybe alternating between getting nicely warm and just starting to cool down. Rinse and repeat..
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Post by WDB on Apr 19, 2021 15:19:44 GMT
I should never have started this thread because the manmaths has begun in earnest now. Suppose my 2013/63 CLS is worth £11,000. Another £11,000 buys me this, fully five years younger: autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202104151396763The reasoning runs something like, the CLS is almost all the car I need, except for the longest, loadiest trips with four people and luggage. Mercedes makes the best estate cars but no longer makes anything I could use; there’s no new CLS estate and I don’t like the new E. So if I want to replace the CLS before it gets too close to ten years old, but before an obvious electric choice comes along, it’s this or a 5 Touring. And a Touring is a bit obvious. And is no better than on a par for space with the CLS. And while either would get me away from diesel — although back to four cylinders — this might just make a few more family trips viable before the spawn go entirely their own way. |
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Post by Humph on Apr 19, 2021 15:38:31 GMT
Nice sunroof...
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Post by EspadaIII on Apr 19, 2021 19:17:03 GMT
Step away from the BMW....
It's nice but there is something about a large hatchback that chills my bones. A proper car has an (almost vertical) tailgate or a bootlid. It's answering a question no one asked.
But sometimes those are the bargains that if you were to keep it for another eight years or so, you would get incredible value for money over that time. I wonder what the price would be for a similarly specced 5-series wagon?
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Post by WDB on Apr 19, 2021 20:11:26 GMT
It’s not you I’m aiming to impress, Esp. 🤠 Your reasoning is from the 1960s.
The GT fits — or looks like it may fit — where few other cars do. We’re not a typical or average family; three of us add up to nineteen feet and the fourth is taller than the tallest member of many families. So a car that doesn’t require contortions is rare, and one that allows genuine comfort almost unheard of. That is the question we are asking — so I dispute your premise.
A 5 wagon isn’t the answer because it gives me nothing I don’t already have in the CLS. It’s good — very good — but not good enough to justify an expensive change.
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Post by bpg on Apr 19, 2021 20:41:09 GMT
If you want a big hatchback then only a big hatchback will do.
Right, having got that out of the way I don't think petrol is the panacea it has been painted as. I've got a Euro 5 diesel that officially emits double the NOx of my Euro 6 petrol. The diesel averages 45 to 53 mpg, the petrol has only covered 1600 miles from new the last tank 19.5 mpg overall it has averaged 23mpg. If I'm burning more than twice as much petrol for a given distance then I can't call it greener. I can't see an automatic, 250+ bhp, GT on choked SE roads getting 30 mpg.
Given the CLS has fewer than 60,000 miles, if I've read that correctly, that car with good, regular maintenance will go on for another ten years. I'd hang on to my money though as I said at the top if the heart wants a big hatchback...
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