Mickys blogalog

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The 'Dingle's' might have driven a BX in 'Emmerdale' Mick! ;-)
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Big pugs mot tomorrow, I think the blown number plate lamp is the least of my worries
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Well that was a surprise,
Rear number plate bulb and one tyre later the 406 has a years mot on it
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Congratulations :)
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Thanks Sandre, quite pleased as it was a 400 quid stop gap car and has only had servicing costs apart from the cat. hope your feeling better
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Mickey taker wrote:quite pleased as it was a 400 quid stop gap car
Sounds like £400 well spent, well done on the mot =D>
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finally got the new alloys on the volvo, well worth the effort

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and work on the pashley is progressing

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Green trims on that scooter!! C'mon Mickey, not correct for the model year now are they? [-X :D
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No tailblazer either!! [-X :D
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1989 BX GTi 16 valve. Blanc Alpine. Completed the Citroen Classic Challenge Ecosse and 1337 miles without a hitch.
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Stupid question, but who thought a prop stand was a good idea on a tricycle?
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Ive always wondered that Mike , it was on the trike when it arrived.
My only thought was it vould be used when the trike is folded but dont see its of great benefit even then
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Todays been a good day , had someone come to view the kia sedona today and they bought it on the spot,
O.K. I lost a lot of money for the 9 months I owned it but at least its gone now.

Just got to get the deposit back from the dodgy scumbag we bought the caravan off of (the one wr drnt back as it was not as advertised) thats going through the courts now,
and we will be sorted,
Using the new caravan for the first time this weekend so we will see how that go's
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Lovely weekend in the caravan at a small site near Banbury , volvo towed well but a manual one would have been better,
Only downside was the hook up cable dragged on the road and rubbed through (even though I haf wrapped most of the excess around the jockey wheel,
Going to invest in a pair of grayston spring assistors for the rear end of the volvo , thats if I dont buy the wife a msnual v70 or xc70 for towing the van with as a replacement for the Kia
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Oh how I hate car dealers, went to look at a car 40 miles from where we live,
Phoned ahead the day before and said we would be there at 11.
Turned up at the address which turnd out to be a council house in the middle of an estate,
Checked it was the right place as other cars he was advertising were there but not the one we had gone to see.
Phone the guy up to be told he was about 40 minutes away so told him to stuff it.
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Went to see another car 60 miles east of our place.
Despite phoning aheaf the car was boxed in by others.
The car ticked all our boxes then the fun began.
Battery was tiny and not right spec.
Exhaust was blowing.
5,000 miles more on the odometer than on advert.
Service history couldent be found.

Asked for a test drive and the dickhead said the mot had run out (feb2014 on advert)
If we would like to leave a deposit he would get a fresh mot on it.exhaust would be done.

Said about the battery, he said modern batterys dont have to be as big as they were in th old days to be as good.
So I asked if Mitsubishi supplied the blocks of wood packing out the battery tray as standard
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