AndyC wrote:

BMW 318Ti 2000 model - owned from new sold it at 160,000 Km's - very reliable except for some electrical problems during last year, otherwise the back springs broke twice (maybe due to my mountain playground activities) - Hence the reason for a FL2

Biggest moan was the crap local BMW service

surprising that, I thought you would have had a model T ford, or was that your first car?  At work
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chicken george wrote:

AndyC wrote:

BMW 318Ti 2000 model - owned from new sold it at 160,000 Km's - very reliable except for some electrical problems during last year, otherwise the back springs broke twice (maybe due to my mountain playground activities) - Hence the reason for a FL2

Biggest moan was the crap local BMW service

surprising that I thought you would have had a model T ford, or was that your first car?

So your still in business boy'o Not yet gotten linched by the vaners of GB I have missed all the postings for a week or so - been Polar Bear hunting in the Arctic

So I guess from your new avatar your now a daddy at long last, I just hope you will have lots of messy nappy changing soon to keep you occupied so that we can all have a peacefull time on Freel2

As you ask my first was a Ford Anglia 105E 1956 model, but then that probably dos'nt mean much to young whipper-snappers  2007 Freelander 2 HSE TD4 Manual with Premium Pack & Moonroof.
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For every vaner that wants to lynch me there are 10 normals who would defend me

And yes I am a papa now young Finn Eden, poor Mrs G isnt getting much sleep  At work
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Seat Altea 2.0 TDI.... was not bad.....

chicken george wrote:

For every vaner that wants to lynch me there are 10 normals who would defend me

And yes I am a papa now young Finn Eden, poor Mrs G isnt getting much sleep

I give it 5 years CG. I can hear the conversation now.

Mrs CG: We need to spend more quality time with Finn and get away from it all. But how can we do it cheaply.
CG: Why don't we buy a caravan

peteoheat wrote:

chicken george wrote:

For every vaner that wants to lynch me there are 10 normals who would defend me

And yes I am a papa now young Finn Eden, poor Mrs G isnt getting much sleep

I give it 5 years CG. I can hear the conversation now.

Mrs CG: We need to spend more quality time with Finn and get away from it all. But how can we do it cheaply.
CG: Why don't we buy a caravan

1. vans are far from cheap
2. I already live away from it all
3. me in a van
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5.
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7. a van
8. I only get short holidays as I cant leave the farm to long, so don't want to spend all my time travelling with a wobbly trailer behind me
9. I couldn't be so selfish as to ruin other peoples journeys by blocking the road with a van
10.. no just no At work
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A 52reg Vectra 2.2 petrol.

54-plate vectra CDTI SRI 150

i still have my weekend car too - lotus elise... now thats some contrast to the landy!  07 Fl2 GS
88 Galv chassis Landy 110 double cab

Alfa Romeo GT.
Fancied something a little more suited to the winter weather up here and the crap dealer service (as they are renowned for) didn't help either!

AndyC wrote:

BMW 318Ti 2000 model - the back springs broke twice (maybe due to my mountain playground activities)

Don't think it was your fault as I had it on my 318ti at around 90k kms!.....but it was a good reason to fit AC Schnitzer replacements

Gambba wrote:

AndyC wrote:

BMW 318Ti 2000 model - the back springs broke twice (maybe due to my mountain playground activities)

Don't think it was your fault as I had it on my 318ti at around 90k kms!.....but it was a good reason to fit AC Schnitzer replacements

In all my courting days in the back seat of a Mini 1275GT and in the reclining seats of a Ford Capri I only had one broken back spring , but that much later when the Capri was due for retirement
The BMW didnt get anything like the bashing the above two got due to my now more adult age (no comments please CG), so it is very supprising that BMW has had so much problem with the 3-series springs. My Son now has a 330i coupe, so it will be interesting to see he experiances the same spring failures as I have had. 2007 Freelander 2 HSE TD4 Manual with Premium Pack & Moonroof.
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AndyC wrote:

In all my courting days in the back seat of a Mini 1275GT and in the reclining seats of a Ford Capri I only had one broken back spring

you obviously wern't trying hard enough  At work
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i found it so much better taking them home, lots more fun and comforty

rather than explain the scrach on the bonnet or the strange foot print on the steamed up window  Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

npinks wrote:

i found it so much better taking them home, lots more fun and comforty

rather than explain the scrach on the bonnet or the strange foot print on the steamed up window

Taking them home is a modern phenomonen or when your not being "naughty" . In those days with little cash, the car was the only alternative, especially when there was somebody already at home

Never had scratched bonnet, but had a damaged front wheel once (prelude to real off-roading maybe)  2007 Freelander 2 HSE TD4 Manual with Premium Pack & Moonroof.
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first YORKSHIREMAN:
I was happier then and I had nothin'. We used to live in this tiny old house with great big holes in the roof.
second YORKSHIREMAN:
House! You were lucky to live in a house! We used to live in one room, all twenty-six of us, no furniture, 'alf the floor was missing, and we were all 'uddled together in one corner for fear of falling.
third YORKSHIREMAN:
Eh, you were lucky to have a room! We used to have to live in t' corridor!
forth YORKSHIREMAN:
Oh, we used to dream of livin' in a corridor! Would ha' been a palace to us. We used to live in an old water tank on a rubbish tip. We got woke up every morning by having a load of rotting fish dumped all over us! House? Huh At work
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