Supermarket cars (and a bag of spuds)

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Tue 1 Oct 2002 22:46
Supermarket cars (and a bag of spuds) - PhilW
Don't know if anyone heard the full version but I just caught the end of a discussion on radio 5 this afternoon where they were dicussing that we would "soon" be able to buy a new car at any shop including supermarkets. I was amused by a spokeswoman from the Consumers Assoc who said it would include "any car from a Merc down to a Skoda with Fords in between" and everyone seemed to think it was a wonderful idea that you could go in for a bag of spuds and come out with a spanking new car. Not so sure myself, there must be more to car sales and after sales service than this mustn't there? Mind you, I only ever buy second hand.....
PhilW
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Wed 2 Oct 2002 01:57
Supermarket cars (and a bag of spuds) - Paul Mykatz-Tinks
Bad idea............they won't fit in Sainsbury's trolleys.

I know these things......................
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Wed 2 Oct 2002 07:35
Supermarket cars (and a bag of spuds) - Tomo
Sounds good - all supermarket items are designed to go quickly!
Tomo
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Wed 2 Oct 2002 08:12
Supermarket cars (and a bag of spuds) - Armitage Shanks{P}
Still a bad idea - a bag of spuds wouldn't fit in an Elise!
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Wed 2 Oct 2002 08:50
Supermarket cars (and a bag of spuds) - RickyBoy
Cool!

We could end up with some new manufacturers/models:

Milksubishi Colt
Sugaru Impreza
Henry Tea Ford

Then again...
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Wed 2 Oct 2002 11:20
Supermarket cars (and a bag of spuds) - volvod5_dude
BOGOF! Buy one get one free! Now that would be a good offer.
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Wed 2 Oct 2002 11:39
Supermarket cars (and a bag of spuds) - teabelly
Imagine the number of reward points you would get on a 7 grand car!
teabelly
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Wed 2 Oct 2002 11:33
Supermarket cars (and a bag of spuds) - Ian (Cape Town)
hehe - expect Sainsburys to start complaining in 6 months - our carparks are full of abandondoned wrecks - they owners bought new, and left the old ones...
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Wed 2 Oct 2002 12:46
Supermarket cars (and a bag of spuds) - smokie
Then again they could replace numberplates with bar codes...

And replace roadside speed cameras with check out girls with one of those red laser readers...
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