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Post by Alanović on Aug 17, 2018 10:13:23 GMT
All students should have a FIAT Regata 70, 1.3, 4 speed.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2018 10:14:54 GMT
I had a Cortina 2.0 GLS.
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Post by WDB on Aug 17, 2018 10:16:24 GMT
Does the next child get a McLaren F1?
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Post by tyrednexited on Aug 17, 2018 10:26:56 GMT
All students should have a FIAT Regata 70, 1.3, 4 speed. I genuinely think students shouldn't have a car..........
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Post by WDB on Aug 17, 2018 10:45:03 GMT
I agree. A car would have been an expensive inconvenience to me as a student in Birmingham — and not only because I couldn’t even drive until my final year. They’re much less expensive now, of course — but potentially even more inconvenient, with urban constraints on parking and emissions.
I’m pleased that Boy1’s university shortlist consists mainly of city-based institutions (Imperial, Southampton, Manchester, Cambridge, Durham, Warwick...) where he’d manage just fine with feet, pedals and public transport. In any case, he can’t drive yet either. 🤠
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Post by Humph on Aug 17, 2018 11:15:22 GMT
I had an MG Midget. Navy blue with chrome wires and just a hole where the boot floor should have been.
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Post by tyrednexited on Aug 17, 2018 11:17:49 GMT
I had an MG Midget. Navy blue with chrome wires and just a hole where the boot floor should have been. ...that's Embra for you. They'd nick anything......
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Post by Alanović on Aug 17, 2018 11:18:57 GMT
Flash git. My house mate had a 1.6L. Mk5, though. Mk 5.
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Post by Humph on Aug 17, 2018 11:56:18 GMT
I used to take my dog with me to uni sometimes, fortunately he was a retriever so I could pretend he was a trainee guide dog if we were in restricted areas. I’d put a little hi vis harness on him and no one ever questioned it. He’d sit on the passenger seat of the Midget. No one ever made the connection that it was a bit strange that a guide dog had a sighted driver either. Different times.
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Post by WDB on Aug 17, 2018 12:00:04 GMT
Guide dog trainers are sighted too! I used to live half a mile from a training centre, and I learned not to talk to the trainers or the dogs because when they’re out, they’re working hard.
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Post by Alanović on Aug 17, 2018 12:12:28 GMT
I would have thought that interruptions and distractions would be a necessary part of the dog's training for the real world.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2018 13:41:41 GMT
Does the next child get a McLaren F1? Thankfully for them, this is the only child....
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Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2018 13:44:11 GMT
Flash git. My house mate had a 1.6L. Mk5, though. Mk 5. Yes mine was a Mk 5. It was a 2.0 GL with an S pack so had upgraded wheels, interior and driving lights. XKF 144W. Probably now part of a Korean made fridge or German washing machine.
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Post by tyrednexited on Aug 17, 2018 13:47:09 GMT
Probably now part of a Korean made fridge or German washing machine. ....or Italian flyover....
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Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2018 13:50:01 GMT
Not sure that's in the best taste.....
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