"Simon Mason" wrote in message
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On Thursday, 8 December 2016 10:11:12 UTC, Rod Speed wrote:


He looked a bit like Bernard Bresslaw, so probably Weimar Republic.

Unlikely that one of those would be flogging Italian cars.

Breslau is now Wrocław, so he could have worked for
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polski_Fiat

Just because he looks a bit like Bernard Bresslaw doesnt mean he comes from
there.

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Judith wrote:
On Wed, 7 Dec 2016 22:22:08 -0800 (PST), Simon Mason
wrote:

On Wednesday, 7 December 2016 19:18:15 UTC, Rod Speed wrote:
Simon Mason wrote
Rod Speed wrote

Not leather seats or 18in wheels which adds on another £2000.

Farking hell, that is a stupid price to pay for those.

Forgot metallic paint at £700

You're buying black, stupid.

and run flat tyres as well, so £2000 is looking cheap.

Insane price.

Test car optional extras: Assistance pack (£2,100), ceramic brakes (£9,375), Audi hands-free boot opening system with Advanced key (£750), Speed limit display (£250), parking pack (£810), RS Sport suspension plus with Dynamic Ride Control (£1,000), Panoramic glass sunroof (£1,300), Audi Connect and Audi Phone Box (£750)


I realise that you can afford all of those optional extras and have them
fitted on your car.

I could just not afford such.

Why on earth would you pay an extra 9 grand for ceramic brakes on a road
car?

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*Can fat people go skinny-dipping?

Dave Plowman London SW
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"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
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In article ,
Judith wrote:
On Wed, 7 Dec 2016 22:22:08 -0800 (PST), Simon Mason
wrote:

On Wednesday, 7 December 2016 19:18:15 UTC, Rod Speed wrote:
Simon Mason wrote
Rod Speed wrote

Not leather seats or 18in wheels which adds on another £2000.

Farking hell, that is a stupid price to pay for those.

Forgot metallic paint at £700

You're buying black, stupid.

and run flat tyres as well, so £2000 is looking cheap.

Insane price.

Test car optional extras: Assistance pack (£2,100), ceramic brakes
(£9,375), Audi hands-free boot opening system with Advanced key (£750),
Speed limit display (£250), parking pack (£810), RS Sport suspension
plus with Dynamic Ride Control (£1,000), Panoramic glass sunroof
(£1,300), Audi Connect and Audi Phone Box (£750)


I realise that you can afford all of those optional extras and have them
fitted on your car.

I could just not afford such.

Why on earth would you pay an extra 9 grand for ceramic brakes on a road
car?

Cos he'll be the first in his street with ceramic brakes.
It's obvious.

"Simon Mason" wrote in message
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On Thursday, 8 December 2016 01:43:47 UTC, bm wrote:

I wonder if he could trade it in (or maybe a few of them) towards the QE2
or
maybe save the Illustrious.

Done!

http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/hull-...ail/story.html

Yea, right.
A prick who can't read.

On 08/12/2016 11:22, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

Why on earth would you pay an extra 9 grand for ceramic brakes on a road
car?

Cos they drive like a prat.

On Thursday, 8 December 2016 13:01:09 UTC, dennis@home wrote:
On 08/12/2016 11:22, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

Why on earth would you pay an extra 9 grand for ceramic brakes on a road
car?

Cos they drive like a prat.

So a speed limit display for £250 would be a total waste of cash as AUDI drivers don't bother with 'em.

On Thursday, 8 December 2016 09:35:26 UTC, Simon Mason wrote:
On Thursday, 8 December 2016 09:21:13 UTC, Rod Speed wrote:
Simon Mason wrote
Rod Speed wrote

Mindlessly simplistic. Dealers do what they always do,
get what they believe they can get out of the buyer.

After I paid him the £5000, he said that I would get a free
bottle of wine with it. So I said I will still have to pay the
VED for six months and you will put 2 litres of petrol in it.

You say that before paying anything.

"Don't be cheeky".

Is he a wog ?

He looked a bit like Bernard Bresslaw, so probably Weimar Republic.

Oh! A magic moment for you then?

On Thursday, 8 December 2016 17:50:12 UTC, harry wrote:

He looked a bit like Bernard Bresslaw, so probably Weimar Republic.

Oh! A magic moment for you then?

For him it was as he had just sold a car on the spot.

"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote:
The Prius is generally poor value used as it is so popular with Uber
drivers. Until the point when it is no longer suitable then drops like a
stone.

It's not hard to avoid them:

Don't buy near London
Don't buy anything 200K miles
Look at the MOT history: lots of miles in a year or six-monthly tests is a
taxi
The London PCO cutoff is cars 5 years old, but older already-registered cars
are grandfathered: avoid anything with a PCO ticket
Other cities' Uber cutoff is ~2007 (I haven't checked what their local PCO
requirements are) - buy something that isn't eligible
When viewing, holes for taxi plates or lots of boot scrapes are giveaways
Don't buy from a dodgy backstreet 'garage'
You can plug in the OBD tool and run the dealer 'health check' to see if the
car thinks it's unhappy about anything.

Basically go for low mileage one-owner examples, just like any other
vehicle. Plus you save 200-300 quid a year road tax. There is of course a
running costs/mileage v tax v upfront cost tradeoff to be made, as with any
car. They're a bit pricier than a Focus, but then so are a lot of cars.

It's not a car that makes sense for private use used.

From what I read, it's actually pretty bomb-proof: there's much less stress
mechanically than a regular car, which is why they can go for 400K miles as
taxis (highest one on ebay recently was 368K). A traction battery
replacement is about the cost of a couple of cambelt changes, which you'd
have to do on a 120K car anyway. Generally the things that go wrong are
the usual service items - suspension, brakes (since there's regenerative
braking the discs don't get used much - they need a regular bit of heavy
braking to keep them polished). And there's *lots* of info on the
electrical systems out there - very DIYable.

(though obviously won't keep the Clarksonistas happy)

Theo

"Theo" wrote in message
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"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote:
The Prius is generally poor value used as it is so popular with Uber
drivers. Until the point when it is no longer suitable then drops like a
stone.

It's not hard to avoid them:

Don't buy near London
Don't buy anything 200K miles

hahahahahahaha
You should be on stage.