Member Since: 26 Jun 2009
Location: Preston
Posts: 236
Weather forecast - and D3 price crash foretold
I would like to announce that there will no longer be any snowy or icy weather, there will be no floods, Lancashire will be like Tuscany, I will be able to grow grapes in my front garden, nobody will ever need towing out of a ditch, I'll not have anything heavy to tow, nor will I ever have more than 4 passengers to take anywhere, I won't need a delivery van to cart stuff around in etc etc
Also, D3 prices are now set to plummet, so sell em all quick!
Translation - I've just bought a silver paint and black leather 54 auto D3 HSE! From the local dealer whom I have previously studiously avoided due to high prices - but who just dropped the price £1k this morning, having previously dropped it from (the very silly) original price
Might manage to do some work now instead of endlessly searching on autotrader, pistonheads and on here!
Thanks to all for the information posted on here - very helpful . Now, how do I tell the lovely Helen what I've done without getting thumped?
15th Jan 2010 3:29 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
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Don't tell her, park it up the street and pretend you are walking to for to save the planet!
15th Jan 2010 3:34 pm
MartinR
Member Since: 27 Jan 2008
Location: Oxon
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Park it on the drive, and when (if) she notices, claim the car's looked like that for ages - perhaps it's just a bit cleaner than of late?
15th Jan 2010 3:37 pm
davesimmons
Member Since: 11 Feb 2006
Location: Alberta
Posts: 733
congratulations, the spending has only just started........there's group buys for loads of stuff and then there's the The Large One who is the master at sourcing all things LR at very reasonable prices....................so there goes all your money enjoy the Welcome to the Global Warming Corner.
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15th Jan 2010 3:41 pm
davesimmons
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Location: Alberta
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Just tell her if she goes off on one..................that she wont be on the insurance
Then DuckWelcome to the Global Warming Corner.
15th Jan 2010 3:42 pm
al cope
Member Since: 08 Nov 2005
Location: Oldbury, WM
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noooo - tell her its cheaper to run than she is
I'll get me coat
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Gone - MY18 D5 HSE - Corris on 22's with Black Pack
Now gone - MY16 D4 SE Tech, Loire Blue, Almond Leather, Privacy, plus some other goodies.
Old - MY12 D4 SDV6 XS Auto - Ipanema Sand with Almond Leather - Plus other niceties, and D4.com sticker
Older - D3 TDV6 XS Auto - Lugano Teal with Almond Leather, 20" Stormers, Shiny Tailpipes, DVD/TV - and obligatory D3 sticker
Ancient - D3 TDV6 S - Tonga with Ebony, 20" Stormers, satnav & DVD
15th Jan 2010 3:57 pm
oop north
Member Since: 26 Jun 2009
Location: Preston
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No, I won't be joining in any group buys. Everyone said when I bought a Caterham (now sold to pay for house ) that I would be endlessly upgrading it but I didn't!.
Apart from the exhaust.
And the engine management system.
And the axle ratio
Oh
Not sure I'll get away with saying it followed me home, or that it changed in the wash. And she's definitely cheaper than the D3 will be - I send her out to work, doncha know!
But, living on a farm, it is at least the "right" car to have (although the in-laws are proper country folk - they have a clapped out Cavalier and Rover 200 for transport!), and a quad for sorting out the
15th Jan 2010 4:08 pm
Russell
Member Since: 24 Aug 2007
Location: Kent
Posts: 10564
Give her the keys and let her drive it there will be no problems then....................................................
except one, you will be looking for a second one MY17 D5 1st Edition Namib Orange
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MY12 D4 HSE Nara Bronze Sold and gone
MY11 D4 HSE Stornaway Grey Sold and gone
D3 S spec Silver Sold and gone
Tow bar, full length roof bars, side steps, tow bar storage unit, surround camers.
D4 camera club
15th Jan 2010 4:25 pm
Disco3newbie
Member Since: 26 Oct 2008
Location: Scottish Borders
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Congrats,
When you take it to the inlaws you'll soon find out how many bales of hay or sheep they can put in the back when you offer to take them up the fields in comfort. It will be just perfect for lambing time Club RLD spare wheel protection
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15th Jan 2010 4:56 pm
oop north
Member Since: 26 Jun 2009
Location: Preston
Posts: 236
Just realised I can claim to have bought a cheap car as it's pre-March 2006, we agreed the other day that I should buy a car like that (although I think she wanted me to get a Subaru...)
15th Jan 2010 5:05 pm
Willy Eckerslike
Member Since: 12 Jan 2009
Location: N Yorks
Posts: 1612
Tell her it's your way of dealing with the mid life crisis, it was either a new Discovery or a new women, and you chose the discovery cos you've already got the woman of you're dreams
Either way you're on a winner Club Pie n Pea
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15th Jan 2010 5:24 pm
oop north
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Location: Preston
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apologies for posting thread in the wrong place!
Willy - think I would get thumped if I tried that line on her!
15th Jan 2010 5:28 pm
Willy Eckerslike
Member Since: 12 Jan 2009
Location: N Yorks
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Ok burst in through the door slap her on the and say
"guess who's my new Land rover Bitch"
then run away.............far away
Club Pie n Pea
One life....Fish it
D3 Gone but not forgotten
Club Men of Oak
Club Walnut sniffers
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From the local dealer whom I have previously studiously avoided due to high prices - but who just dropped the price £1k this morning, having previously dropped it from (the very silly) original price
. Now, how do I tell the lovely Helen what I've done without getting thumped?
) that I would be endlessly upgrading it but I didn't!.
(although I think she wanted me to get a Subaru...)
apologies for posting thread in the wrong place!
