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Bargain of the Century

Post by Bob » Fri Nov 19, 2021 5:46 pm

Thought I'd found the bargain of the century, but sadly, all that glitters is not gold.

On closer inspection this is a diesel Vauxhall :doh
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Re: Bargain of the Century

Post by jolls » Fri Nov 19, 2021 7:09 pm

I thought the MPG was optimistic!
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Re: Bargain of the Century

Post by Fast3000 » Fri Nov 19, 2021 8:17 pm

Easy mistake to make because A is so close to V in the alphabet and keyboard.
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Re: Bargain of the Century

Post by B10BRW » Fri Nov 19, 2021 8:36 pm

From the Sytner school of advertising :lol:

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Re: Bargain of the Century

Post by Bob » Fri Nov 19, 2021 9:40 pm

Fast3000 wrote:
Fri Nov 19, 2021 8:17 pm
Easy mistake to make because A is so close to V in the alphabet and keyboard.
And Corsa’s come with a 4.4l twin turbo engine :lol:
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Re: Bargain of the Century

Post by Fast3000 » Thu Nov 25, 2021 5:45 pm

On a slightly different topic albeit small cars and big engines. There is a vid going around with a Fiat Uno and V8(?) Lambo Engine...My lord...it went like ###### if you are into to that sort of thing.
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2006 Audi A4 B7 2.0T (Good car)
2001 VW Golf GTI MK4 (Meh)
1994 Ford Escort 1.6 Zetec (light n dandy)
1992 Fiat Tipo GT (Rare fun car)
1991 Ford Orion 1.6 Ghia (beefy engine)
1984 Ford Fiesta 1.1L (Audio more expensive then car)

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Re: Bargain of the Century

Post by Bob » Thu Nov 25, 2021 7:00 pm

B3 3.2 TOURING #062

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