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#31 Post by BikerGran » Thu Jan 08, 2009 9:12 pm

Part leather - the fabric part is awful tho, seat covers are a must! Pity I didn't save the phots from the advert cos it's not on the 'net any more. I had a look round it, had a test drive, it was fine to drive and I couldn't see any reason not to buy it so I did!

Advertised at £1695, I got it for £1500 but had to pay for the tax cos my nerve failed me!

It's red which IMO is a lot better than boring dark blue (well I am a woman, after all!) and I'm pleased to have an estate cos when you're not good at lifting stuff it's a darn sight easier to get stuff in the back with no 'lip'. There's a clever doodah in the boot area where it's carpet one side but you can turn it over and it's a plastic tray with a surround - ideal for taking stuff to the dump etc. It's got all the bells and whistles - climate control, pas, leccy windows, leccy buttons to move the seat up and down, and it'll take me years to learn how to use the radio/CD changer!

Poor salesman was telling me all the wonderful things it has and I had to tell him I'm not really excited by all those, I just want a car that's reliable!
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#32 Post by Syltiz » Thu Jan 08, 2009 9:17 pm

BikerGran wrote: ideal for taking stuff to the dump etc. !
Would a trike really fit in there?


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#33 Post by Kwackerz » Thu Jan 08, 2009 9:18 pm

:smt005

Glad youve found something. Nice price as well! All the bells and whistles.. Youre meant to drive it, not play with it :smt002

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#34 Post by BikerGran » Thu Jan 08, 2009 9:25 pm

Youre meant to drive it, not play with it
Zackly!


Poor salesman was telling me all the wonderful things it has and I had to tell him I'm not really excited by all those, I just want a car that's reliable!
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#35 Post by BikerGran » Thu Jan 08, 2009 9:27 pm

Syltiz wrote:
BikerGran wrote: ideal for taking stuff to the dump etc. !
Would a trike really fit in there?
If we ever meet - be warned I have a long memory!!!! :smt021
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#36 Post by D-Rider » Thu Jan 08, 2009 10:14 pm

BikerGran wrote:
Syltiz wrote:
BikerGran wrote: ideal for taking stuff to the dump etc. !
Would a trike really fit in there?
If we ever meet - be warned I have a long memory!!!! :smt021
.... bet you can fit a good few trikes in there :smt002

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#37 Post by Kwackerz » Thu Jan 08, 2009 10:19 pm

You guys are sooooo dead it's unreal.

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#38 Post by D-Rider » Thu Jan 08, 2009 10:40 pm

Kwackerz wrote:You guys are sooooo dead it's unreal.

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.... and what, pray, is wrong with suggesting a good capacity to remember a number of trikes? - things that I know to be close to the heart of the one with the long memory

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#39 Post by BikerGran » Thu Jan 08, 2009 10:52 pm

I do believe he's trying to be clever........


Never mind! :smt037
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#40 Post by D-Rider » Thu Jan 08, 2009 10:59 pm

Oh well, you try to say something vaguely nice and no one believes you .... a bit like being at home really ....

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#41 Post by BikerGran » Thu Jan 08, 2009 11:11 pm

D-Rider wrote: a bit like being at home really ....
Well that's kinda nice isn't it?
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#42 Post by Kwackerz » Thu Jan 08, 2009 11:13 pm

What? Coventry? :smt017
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#43 Post by Gio » Thu Jan 08, 2009 11:20 pm

Did you px the trike as well? :smt002

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#44 Post by D-Rider » Thu Jan 08, 2009 11:26 pm

BikerGran wrote:
D-Rider wrote: a bit like being at home really ....
Well that's kinda nice isn't it?
LOL


.... unfortunately the General has a point:
Kwackerz wrote:What? Coventry? :smt017

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#45 Post by BikerGran » Fri Jan 09, 2009 12:39 am

Gio wrote:Did you px the trike as well? :smt002
I didn't PX anything Gio! I just upped and bought me a car. Got to find a good home for Doris the Maestro now. :smt010
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