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Old 02-12-2006, 09:33 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Will you share it with others? Do you take up 2 spaces in the car park to protect your doors? Will you park in the furthest corner of the car park out of harms way? Is it religeously garaged overnight?
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Old 02-12-2006, 09:41 PM   #2 (permalink)
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My cars are parked (considerately) in any space i can find, closest to the entrance of wherever i am going to save me from walking more than i have too (remember i have 7 dogs that are walked at least twice a day in groups of 2 or 3 - so i do enought walking).
My Mondeo is always in the drive and if i can be bothered, i park the trooper in the drive, but it depends if i can be bothered opening the gates!

My hubby's uncle has an alfa romeo spider convertable, that is only ever driven in the summer, washed and polished after each drive and has a full car cover put over it each time and parked in the garage.
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Old 02-12-2006, 11:07 PM   #3 (permalink)
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I would love to be in a position where I could care for my Saxo more.. At the moment she is having an identity crisis.. With muddy boots and tools in the back; coupled with not being washed for months on end, and being abused on a daily basis.. She thinks she's a Transit Van..

Ohhhh the humanity!!

Hopefully some time next year she will have her paint restored, 8 more valves and some decent suspension.. If shes not naughty that is...
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Old 03-12-2006, 08:23 PM   #4 (permalink)
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You going for an engine swap or a head swap Freddie?
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Old 04-12-2006, 09:27 AM   #5 (permalink)
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Oooh Freddie - that is bad news! Bet you wish you had a van for work and could keep the car for the weekends!
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I do a little sight work every now and then. My govnor for that asked if I would drive my car to a job a few weeks ago to which I replied NO

I am very anal and protective of my cars. They get parked diagonally across two spaces in a car park, I will even get two tickets (one for each side) to keep the parking attendants happy. I think if anyone hurt my babies I would kll them. They have to be spotless too. I have just touched up any stone chips, minor scratches and blisters in the paint on the yank and will probably do it again next year. I will be exactly the same with the van and the Minor when they're painted up too.
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Old 04-12-2006, 10:14 AM   #7 (permalink)
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You going for an engine swap or a head swap Freddie?
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Oooh Freddie - that is bad news! Bet you wish you had a van for work and could keep the car for the weekends!
Hopefully, but everything at the moment is on hold car wise, need to get a van running for work (insurance is a fortune). But hopefully a VTS engine will be going in a some point, I will save the extra for cam's and a standalone management before I go down this route though.

Possibly thinking of selling her for now though.. :S
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