A million to one Chance????

Yep - you have a trojan on your PC called Sir-snipe-a-lot which knows exactly what you type and what you're wearing at all times...

Not really - read up on Proxy Bidding under Ebay's help - the winner had placed a proxy bid that was higher than yours - your snipe was placed and ebay adjusted his to beat you by one increment...

R2

Thanks for your tip, had me sucked in on your first line...I'll look into that help file now...Cheers

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Originally posted by region2:
Yep - you have a trojan on your PC called Sir-snipe-a-lot which knows exactly what you type and what you're wearing at all times...

Not really - read up on Proxy Bidding under Ebay's help - the winner had placed a proxy bid that was higher than yours - your snipe was placed and ebay adjusted his to beat you by one increment...

R2

$7256? Scary! That's three cars' worth!

I'm not sure I want to know what three cars you could buy for $7256...

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Originally posted by JBear427:
I'm not sure I want to know what three cars you could buy for $7256...

All our present fleet, purchased 2001,2001,2003, and destined to last at least a decade more!

Are those years or prices?

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Originally posted by JBear427:
Are those years or prices?

Years when I purchased them, JB; prices were on average a bit less. Years of registration were respectively 1972, 1981, 1995.

Wow. My suspension alone cost more than any two of them then. Of course, the stupid money I throw at my car may be why I almost never have it for anything else...

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Originally posted by JBear427:
Wow. My suspension alone cost more than any two of them then.

Wow, JB! Why is that? (genuine question)
The roads in our county are notoriously bad - council spends no money on them - so good suspension is paramount to us, but on all the cars, it is as it left the factory. The best one for this has no springs - it uses 4 spheres full of compressed nitrogen - replacement cost £22 each every 3-5 years No dampers to wear out, either.


Mike's 1972 DS21 Pallas.
2175cc electronic injection.
139 BHP - 108 MPH
16ft long 6ft wide.
Was 7723 ZY44 (Loire Atlantique)
Now AWU 449K (West Yorks)
Power steering
Inboard front discs
Power brakes with load-sensitive rears
Semi-auto transmission
Hydraulic self-levelling suspension.
Inner headlights follow steering.

The DS was launched in 1955 and was the first car with:
Disc brakes
Power steering
Electronic fuel injection
High-level rear indicators
Fully hydraulic suspension (no springs)

I'm a speed part fanatic. It sounds as if my suspension would not be much good where you are, you'd be more comfortable riding a motorized floorjack on rough roads. Then again, I doubt my gas mileage would be good there either. I drive a Mustang GT with competition autocross suspension, essentially there isn't a Ford part left under the car. It sticks like glue at any speed and pulls over 1G on the skidpad, but I'd never take my grandmother out for coffee in it. Makes the commute to work a lot more enjoyable though!

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Originally posted by JBear427:
I'm a speed part fanatic. It sounds as if my suspension would not be much good where you are, you'd be more comfortable riding a motorized floorjack on rough roads. Then again, I doubt my gas mileage would be good there either. I drive a Mustang GT with competition autocross suspension, essentially there isn't a Ford part left under the car. It sticks like glue at any speed and pulls over 1G on the skidpad, but I'd never take my grandmother out for coffee in it. Makes the commute to work a lot more enjoyable though!

Ah - now I see, JB. You do see Mustangs a bit over here; they have quite a following.

Mine only does about 22mpg on a long run; my everyday (ZX turbo diesel) car about 55mpg, and wife's Dyane about 50mpg (602cc turbocharged).

Petrol is typically 92p and diesel 95p per litre - that will be about $0.50, I guess.

Never been to a skidpad and don't have a grandmother!

Unless I am on site or at Head Office, commute to work is a 10 yard walk.

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Originally posted by Mike from West Yorkshire:

Ah - now I see, JB. You do see Mustangs a bit over here; they have quite a following.

Mine only does about 22mpg on a long run; my everyday (ZX turbo diesel) car about 55mpg, and wife's Dyane about 50mpg (602cc turbocharged).

Petrol is typically 92p and diesel 95p per litre - that will be about $0.50, I guess.

Never been to a skidpad and don't have a grandmother!

Unless I am on site or at Head Office, commute to work is a 10 yard walk.

That must be nice- I have a ten yard walk to get to my car- getting to work is a whole other story. Not sure how the numbers convert, I'm not familiar with the currency designation 92p. But your pound is worth almost twice as much as our dollar, and I pay just over three dollars a gallon for fuel, which is roughly 3.8 liters. I get about 20mpg on the highway and 15mpg around town, with about 300hp and a lot of smiles- 302ci V8 (@4950cc?). Incidentally, my wife has one as well, although not as modified. Every once in awhile one of my Mustang magazines will do a feature on a few Mustangs from Great Britain, it's interesting to see what's made it's way across the ocean. Not a cheap hobby here, crazy expensive over there for sure. You gotta love it I guess!

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Originally posted by Smart:
I reckon 92p (p = pence, 1/100 of a pound) is about $1.71 (your exchange rate's the wrong way round Mike). So that makes it the equivalent of about $6.50 per US gallon!

Oops - mea culpa - thanks, Smart!
Been a long week.......

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Originally posted by JBear427:
That must be nice- I have a ten yard walk to get to my car- getting to work is a whole other story. Not sure how the numbers convert, I'm not familiar with the currency designation 92p.

They, er, didn't, JB, as Smart pointed out! Our currency is pounds sterling (£) and pence (p) 100p = £1.

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But your pound is worth almost twice as much as our dollar, and I pay just over three dollars a gallon for fuel, which is roughly 3.8 liters.

They also have a Vehicle Excise Licence here aka Tax Disc. It is renewed annually or every six months if you opt for that.
Post-2001 cars have all sorts of different supposedly based on emissions from £60-£215 - before that there are two rates based on engine capacity split at 1549cc - £110 or £175.
Cars like my DS that were made before 1-1-1972 are free.
There are quite a few DSs in USA, and many 2CVs and Dyanes as well. Americans often mistake the latter for VW Beetles (Bugs in US) although there is little resemblance!

For 22 years I did a Transpennine commute to Manchester - 40 miles each way daily with whatever the weather threw at me - most Pennine roads all get blocked in winter.
There is even more traffic now, and poorer standards of driving. Thank goodness I do not have to do that!

I guess you did your time, and deserve your ten yard commute these days!