...and even so it came off my budget which meant I had a nundred quid less to spend on nice bits.
Nah, your budget is mysteriously 100 quid over-spent at the end of the FY. Overheads are there for a reason!
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He suggests that the driveshaft ends in a bucket of porridge and that bucket is attached to the wheels.
tbh I use to reckon my company Xantia's were like that - never felt like the steering wheel was connected to the front wheels - it'd always get you round, but don't know why...
As for Yank hire cars, I could never get over how big the engines' were compared to how slow they went - nor how little room there was in the back of a NY taxi.
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What to do when your insurance policy doesn't have an excess:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8gGTrnc_yEAnd when you're ready to progress, you can drive fixed:
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Australian V8s are much the same, can break the speed limit in second, , my word did I make the commodore wag it's tail!
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Nothing better than the words 'would you like an upgrade to the mustang, sir...'
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They go on forever, and are dead cheap
Hmm, new cars are cheap in the US but for some reason used are not. The very cheapest used car you can get is likely to be $1000 and be an utter wreck - no MOTs in most states either so when I say wreck I mean it.
But even their new cars are poor. Nasty plastic insides and cheap knobs and switches absolutely like the 1980s cars I remember. Terrible.
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"dont be gentle, it's a rental"
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Don't piss about with rental cars, cos it makes everyone's rentals more expensive, including yours.
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American cars have a crappier trim compared to European cars and they like big lazy engines. However, the Kias and other Eastern cars I have had there have all been fine. You have to understand the differences in American motoring and you only really get that after a few thousand miles of a road trip there. No corners, long open roads etc so you want more room in a car, cruise control and suspension doesn't need to be for a sports car.
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Cherokee down the steps was glorious
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Back in '93 I won a trip to LA for a week, courtesy of Radio 1 and the Simon Bates Show. (correctly answering a bunch of questions about the film Sneakers, before you ask), and I had one of these for my time there:
Buick Skylark, the same colour, and ugly as sin. Great to drive around LA, though, 3.3 V6, and went pretty well despite the soggy auto box. Only used half a tank in a week's driving. Sounded really good when I wellied it, too.Posted 7 months ago # -
Rented a Toyota Corolla years back in Canade which had a broken boot. Got upgraded to a Pontiac Grand Am. 3.0l v6 2 door sports coupe. V cool to drive around but auto box was shocking.
Best moment, Mountie 'do you know how fast we clocked you at?'
Me 'er no.'
Mountie '130 km in a 90km zone'
Me ' er ok (secretly inside Pheeeew, been doing 170 earlier)'
Still gash compared to any kind of European or Japanese 3.0l coupe though.
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My Dad and Uncle have had a few American cars between them, Dad had one of these:
'66 Fastback
but replaced it with one of these:
'03 Mach 1
Uncle currently rebuilding one of these:
'63 Ford Falcon
Tried my best to convince him to get the station wagon but to no avail.
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