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PostPosted: Sun Jun 23, 2013 4:08 am 
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 23, 2013 11:04 am 
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Damn..you forgot to send out the Invitations Skip!!


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PostPosted: Sun Jun 23, 2013 12:19 pm 
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Blood , Did you not read the sign keep off the grass????


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PostPosted: Sun Jun 23, 2013 12:30 pm 
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Blood , Did you not read the sign keep off the grass????


Yes..but I thought that meant marijuana and I don't Indulge....Doh!.


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PostPosted: Sun Jun 23, 2013 1:01 pm 
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Liked that run got £70 for a £32 hire :D
They are used to London prices took them to the church from Selkirk and back with half an hours waiting time, well chuffed with the car and they said it made a change from bouncing around in one of those London boneshakers :lol: :lol:


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PostPosted: Mon Jun 24, 2013 9:12 am 
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Liked that run got £70 for a £32 hire :D
They are used to London prices took them to the church from Selkirk and back with half an hours waiting time, well chuffed with the car and they said it made a change from bouncing around in one of those London boneshakers :lol: :lol:



Did you knock them £1 off the fare?


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PostPosted: Mon Jun 24, 2013 1:22 pm 
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Nidge2 wrote:
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Liked that run got £70 for a £32 hire :D
They are used to London prices took them to the church from Selkirk and back with half an hours waiting time, well chuffed with the car and they said it made a change from bouncing around in one of those London boneshakers :lol: :lol:



Did you knock them £1 off the fare?


Nah, no discount after 10 PM


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PostPosted: Mon Jun 24, 2013 4:45 pm 
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Nidge2 wrote:
skippy41 wrote:
Liked that run got £70 for a £32 hire :D
They are used to London prices took them to the church from Selkirk and back with half an hours waiting time, well chuffed with the car and they said it made a change from bouncing around in one of those London boneshakers :lol: :lol:



Did you knock them £1 off the fare?


Nah, no discount after 10 PM



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PostPosted: Mon Jun 24, 2013 7:05 pm 
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When are you trading it in Blood, if its shortly give me a shout and we can swap the interiors over


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PostPosted: Mon Jun 24, 2013 11:59 pm 
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Has bloodnock got the elegenace spec? i was looking at getting an SE when ordering but the S spec more that meets my needs, i don't like leather seats though, they are freezing in the winter and boiling in the summer, cloth do me to a tea but leather is easier to clean,


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PostPosted: Tue Jun 25, 2013 10:28 am 
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Has bloodnock got the elegenace spec? i was looking at getting an SE when ordering but the S spec more that meets my needs, i don't like leather seats though, they are freezing in the winter and boiling in the summer, cloth do me to a tea but leather is easier to clean,


Yes it's the elegance, the front seats are heated and no, they ain't hot in the summer, possibly that's because they are a light beige and do not retain heat like black or dark colours do. Leather tends to breathe and feels very comfortable on hot days. They clean easy with cheap baby wipes from lidl's and it leaves a pleasant fresh smell afterwards.

Other plus side of leather is after someone guffs in the car it does not permeate the seat and lingers like a cloth seat allows it to. :?


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PostPosted: Tue Jun 25, 2013 6:26 pm 
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United Taxis 11 wrote:
Has bloodnock got the elegenace spec? i was looking at getting an SE when ordering but the S spec more that meets my needs, i don't like leather seats though, they are freezing in the winter and boiling in the summer, cloth do me to a tea but leather is easier to clean,


Yes it's the elegance, the front seats are heated and no, they ain't hot in the summer, possibly that's because they are a light beige and do not retain heat like black or dark colours do. Leather tends to breathe and feels very comfortable on hot days. They clean easy with cheap baby wipes from lidl's and it leaves a pleasant fresh smell afterwards.

Other plus side of leather is after someone guffs in the car it does not permeate the seat and lingers like a cloth seat allows it to. :?

many of the taxi drivers up here had their octavia's cloth seats reupholstered leather to keep clean easier, i myself just use seat covers are they are just as good, so yours is a 2.0 TDI CR Elegance 6 speed, what colour? skippy is steel grey i am Aqua Blue what are you? and what year is it? 2009


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PostPosted: Tue Jun 25, 2013 10:06 pm 
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United Taxis 11 wrote:
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Has bloodnock got the elegenace spec? i was looking at getting an SE when ordering but the S spec more that meets my needs, i don't like leather seats though, they are freezing in the winter and boiling in the summer, cloth do me to a tea but leather is easier to clean,


Yes it's the elegance, the front seats are heated and no, they ain't hot in the summer, possibly that's because they are a light beige and do not retain heat like black or dark colours do. Leather tends to breathe and feels very comfortable on hot days. They clean easy with cheap baby wipes from lidl's and it leaves a pleasant fresh smell afterwards.

Other plus side of leather is after someone guffs in the car it does not permeate the seat and lingers like a cloth seat allows it to. :?

many of the taxi drivers up here had their octavia's cloth seats reupholstered leather to keep clean easier, i myself just use seat covers are they are just as good, so yours is a 2.0 TDI CR Elegance 6 speed, what colour? skippy is steel grey i am Aqua Blue what are you? and what year is it? 2009


It's black 2009..I was going to buy the 1.9tdi in silver but this one came up at a year old with just 6,000 miles on the clock, so i thought as it was cheaper than buying a new one i'll have it...now done 108,000 miles with no major issues, still runs sweetly. think it needs a pair of rear shocks though, seems a tad bouncier than it used to do.

I'll keep this one for another 5 years if it stays good...normally i change cars after 3 years but its going so well i just cant see any good reason to change it.


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PostPosted: Tue Jun 25, 2013 10:40 pm 
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Yours is a 58 mine is a 59


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PostPosted: Tue Jun 25, 2013 10:47 pm 
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Yours is a 58 mine is a 59


Must be late 2008 then...would figure as I got it Sept 2009 so I've now had it almost 4 years.


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