On Sun, 01 May 2016 20:30:44 +0100, Rod Speed wrote:



"Mr Macaw" wrote in message news
On Fri, 29 Apr 2016 07:46:19 +0100, Rod Speed
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"Mr Macaw" wrote in message
news On Mon, 18 Apr 2016 23:05:02 +0100, Vir Campestris
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On 18/04/2016 20:28, dennis@home wrote:
New modern 3 cyl turbo 1 litre engines will give better mpg than an
equivalent diesel.

I'm hearing rumours that the engines may not last that long.

One particular case was of a guy with a company car who got through two
engines at ~30,000 miles each.

I thought company cars always had 3 litre engines?

Nope.

Not really a perk to be given a silly little car like that is it?

Any free car is a better perk than no free car.

I'd prefer the cash.

That varys with the jurisdiction. With most the cash is
taxed, but the car isnt necessarily taxed in all of them.

Stupid tax office.

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One frigid morning in North Dakota a man turned up at work much the worse for wear.
"I didn't sleep a wink," he told a coworker. "I was up all night trying to keep my wife's begonia covered against the freezing cold."
"I should be so lucky," his coworker replied. "When it's this cold my wife wears so damn many clothes to bed, I can never get anywhere near her begonia."