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mangogrooveworkshop - 21/1/09 at 08:21 AM


jabs - 21/1/09 at 08:22 AM

Overtaking will be a bit of a bitch


Mr Whippy - 21/1/09 at 08:25 AM

quote:
Originally posted by jabs
Overtaking will be a bit of a bitch



blakep82 - 21/1/09 at 08:28 AM

?


iank - 21/1/09 at 08:30 AM

quote:
Originally posted by blakep82
?


http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/gallery/2009/jan/16/unsold-cars?picture=341883529


blakep82 - 21/1/09 at 08:33 AM

ah, i thought thats what it might have been. the post was a little lacking in info though


iank - 21/1/09 at 08:41 AM

quote:
Originally posted by blakep82
ah, i thought thats what it might have been. the post was a little lacking in info though


Yeah, I had to look at the photo location and then work from the front page of the grauniad.


Mr Whippy - 21/1/09 at 08:45 AM

I’ll take one for 50p or 2 for 80p


davie h - 21/1/09 at 08:49 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Mr Whippy
I’ll take one for 50p or 2 for 80p


you can just wait and buy one brand new in two years time for full price

Davie


Mr Whippy - 21/1/09 at 08:52 AM

quote:
Originally posted by davie h
quote:
Originally posted by Mr Whippy
I’ll take one for 50p or 2 for 80p


you can just wait and buy one brand new in two years time for full price

Davie


hey I'm Scottish we want a bargain and never pay full price (I must assume you are English and have moved up to Glasgow...)

Anyway, look on the bright side

At least no one is going to get a speeding ticket or die in a car crash, or get run over from one of those cars or trap there finger in a door. Maybe they should scrap them now just to be safe? or just give them all to me for safe keeping



[Edited on 21/1/09 by Mr Whippy]


Guinness - 21/1/09 at 08:53 AM

"Nissan deny reports that their new one make race series is oversubscribed" ??

On a side note, once they go bust and all those cars have rusted away, that might be a canny little track for us to play on.

Wonder if they'd be interested in a little supplemental income from trackdays at the moment?

Mike

[Edited on 21/1/09 by Guinness]


gingerprince - 21/1/09 at 09:06 AM

I think it's bl00dy disgusting that they run a track day so oversubscribed. Aren't there limits on their liability insurance?!?!?!


Benzine - 21/1/09 at 09:07 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBzWSzmgIlQ


stevec - 21/1/09 at 09:21 AM

Search for Upper Heyford on google earth and see the cars stored there!!!

Steve,





[Edited on 21/1/09 by stevec]


balidey - 21/1/09 at 09:26 AM

Why the HELL are some of us studying bangernomics when we could quite happily be given one of those cars?

Knowing my luck, I'd be given the keys to one and it'd take me a month to find it. Then another month to find the keys to the 5 cars blocking mine in


Mr Whippy - 21/1/09 at 09:37 AM

quote:
Originally posted by stevec
Search for Upper Heyford on google earth and see the cars stored there!!!

Steve,







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02GF74 - 21/1/09 at 09:44 AM

fuelling the doom and gloom;a self fulfilling prophecy.

I though the first photo was the Vauxhal previa owners club meeting.


Mr Whippy - 21/1/09 at 10:05 AM

quote:
Originally posted by 02GF74
fuelling the doom and gloom;a self fulfilling prophecy.



the news is all about tv ratings and paper sales

anyway changing to a more interesting topic look what I found!

how cool is that? its road going

where the hell is the fuel tank though?!?!





[Edited on 21/1/09 by Mr Whippy]


Shadowcaster - 21/1/09 at 10:07 AM

It's car dominoes for the new Guiness ad


matt_claydon - 21/1/09 at 10:30 AM

quote:
Originally posted by stevec
Search for Upper Heyford on google earth and see the cars stored there!!!



Yeah, and that photo was taken years ago while we were in an economic boom. There is nothing new about airfields full of cars and it has nothing to do with the recession, credit crunch, economic downturn or whatever else the media are calling it this week.


Mr Whippy - 21/1/09 at 11:14 AM

quote:
Originally posted by matt_claydon
quote:
Originally posted by stevec
Search for Upper Heyford on google earth and see the cars stored there!!!



Yeah, and that photo was taken years ago while we were in an economic boom. There is nothing new about airfields full of cars and it has nothing to do with the recession, credit crunch, economic downturn or whatever else the media are calling it this week.


quite right, I mind hearing stories about years ago cars being stored that had rusted so much they needed taken back to the factory and rebuilt again. Often what you may buy thinking is a new car could in infact have spent months/years sitting in a field somewhere


mangogrooveworkshop - 21/1/09 at 11:35 AM

Wondered what you lads would do with this post
The fact is until OUR banks start giving out the dosh the situation aint going to get any better.
See the rest of the pictures for just how many of the new ones are standing out in the airfields


BenB - 21/1/09 at 11:44 AM

The answer to the banking problem is simple. Rather than giving loads of money to already rich banks to pay off their stupid loans just give the money to a nationalised bank- then taxpayers money would stay within the government system rather than disapperaring into shareholders accounts for ever!! Get them to start lending. Suddenly that bank would start getting buisness, giving out loans etc etc, all the other banks would drop their rates to match, back to buisness as usual.

This bizarre option of giving money to banks who are steadfastly refusing to lend money or pass on interest cuts to the customer clearly hasn't worked. If one bank passed on the cuts or started lending the rest would have to follow suit (or go bust). They wouldn't let this happen therefore they'd free up the economy. Paying banks to try and persuade them to hand out money hasn't worked and won't work (same as interest rate cuts).

Seeing as the government virtually owns quite a few big banks now you would think they would have more power over them to force change than by effectively throwing them a bung.....


Agriv8 - 21/1/09 at 12:51 PM

quote:
Originally posted by BenB
The answer to the banking problem is simple. Rather than giving loads of money to already rich banks to pay off their stupid loans just give the money to a nationalised bank- then taxpayers money would stay within the government system rather than disapperaring into shareholders accounts for ever!! Get them to start lending. Suddenly that bank would start getting buisness, giving out loans etc etc, all the other banks would drop their rates to match, back to buisness as usual.

This bizarre option of giving money to banks who are steadfastly refusing to lend money or pass on interest cuts to the customer clearly hasn't worked. If one bank passed on the cuts or started lending the rest would have to follow suit (or go bust). They wouldn't let this happen therefore they'd free up the economy. Paying banks to try and persuade them to hand out money hasn't worked and won't work (same as interest rate cuts).

Seeing as the government virtually owns quite a few big banks now you would think they would have more power over them to force change than by effectively throwing them a bung.....


Hoew about the 'nationalised bank' counters at the post offices, so that general public can borrow at sensible rates.

Agriv8


woodster - 21/1/09 at 01:24 PM

why don't they give them away with cornflakes ......... how long will it be before people can't afford cornflakes


adithorp - 21/1/09 at 01:45 PM

A customer of mine has just been into the local Nissan dealer to see what second-hand Squwish-swash/Cumquwat they had and was sold a new one. £20000+ list price; "We can do that for £12000 on the road, if you order today!"

adrian


coozer - 21/1/09 at 02:11 PM

Other Nissan current offers....

Model/Specification OTR Price Offer Price % discount Savings
X-Trail 2.0DCi 173 Aventura M £25,266 £15,307 41% £9,959
Pathfinder 2.5DCi Sport M £27,184 £15,256 45% £11,928
Navara 2.5DCi DC Aventura M £25,577 £15,223 42% £10,354
350Z GT 3.5 Alloy Alezan M £31,192 £19,671 38% £11,521
Murano 3.5CVT £30,008 £17,945 40% £12,063


[Edited on 21/1/09 by coozer]


woodster - 21/1/09 at 03:24 PM

quote:
Originally posted by adithorp
A customer of mine has just been into the local Nissan dealer to see what second-hand Squwish-swash/Cumquwat they had and was sold a new one. £20000+ list price; "We can do that for £12000 on the road, if you order today!"

adrian



........................... if you order next week its your for £10000


adithorp - 21/1/09 at 04:50 PM

In the trim he wanted they only had 2 and one of them came up as sold while he was negotiating.

adrian