I've turned it upside down

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Fri 18 May 2007 23:56
I've turned it upside down - nick1975
So I was stupid

I stuffed up

I got it wrong

Last week I asked you the best way to spend £5k on a 4 mile per day car

Quite rightly my dream of a shiny Fiat Panda were torched

Diesel 205 you said, £800 you said

Thus besmirched and educated I return

And I?ve turned it upside down

So what happens if wifey takes the Focus to the station and back and I get the second car!

So what?s it to be

My journey to work is 8 miles, so 16 per day, plus 9 months of the year I travel into London twice a week (quite a bit of Mway plus Tjams). I reckon my annual mileage is circa 12k

Money? I don?t want to spend more than £5k (tempt me) (or the missus is really getting the N plate 205(saved on the car but spent on the divorce, what, what?))

Given the miles, I can stand the fuel, but not interest in anything that needs ?special? attention (means more than once a month checking fluid levels, annual service, half a brain)

So the down side, my garage is a bit pokey 4.6 by 2.3 (but 3.8 by 2.3 and I don?t have to remove a cupboard, hence Turin?s finest!!) and it needs to fit in!

Round two ? whatcha got?


Oh and by the way, would really appreciate some actual links to cars for sale, not just theory. I live in Redborn, AL3, and will travel 100 miles ish.
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Sat 19 May 2007 00:01
I've turned it upside down - Micky
Is this some sort of code?
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Sat 19 May 2007 00:44
I've turned it upside down - Craig_1969
Having just bought one, MX5!
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Sun 20 May 2007 08:15
I've turned it upside down - Cliff Pope
Is this some sort of code?


Pure poetry, nothing to do with motoring at all. It's an allegory bemoaning the inversion of value-norms in a post-industrial society.
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Sat 19 May 2007 01:13
I've turned it upside down - henry k
>>Last week I asked you the best way to spend £5k on a 4 mile per day car
I assume this was the original?
www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?t=51647
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Sat 19 May 2007 03:19
I've turned it upside down - Bagpuss
I thought this was going to be a thread about someone rolling their car!
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Sat 19 May 2007 07:36
I've turned it upside down - cheddar
So did I.
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Sat 19 May 2007 15:09
I've turned it upside down - Dynamic Dave
I thought this was going to be a thread about someone rolling their car!


And lets not forget arson.

"Quite rightly my dream of a shiny Fiat Panda were torched"
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Sun 20 May 2007 01:04
I've turned it upside down - flunky
how did you turn your car upside down?
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Sun 20 May 2007 01:05
I've turned it upside down - flunky
on a related subject, if not upside down, but on the roof:

blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2007/05/18/2702...x
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