ingo DE
◊ 2016-06-28 00:24
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Baube wrote
at least, they're nice now.... i see the Octovia and the Superb at about every international hockey tournament ( when they're played in Europe ) and they look good

The quality is good, too. At least nearly every technical bit is original VW/Audi - but the cars cost several thousands of € less. Similar situation with Renault and Dacia.


dsl SX
◊ 2016-06-28 00:36
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ingo wrote
.... cost several thousands of € less.

... or several millions of £ less at the moment.


rtsbusman1997 US
◊ 2016-06-28 01:08
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Made for CDN


chicomarx BE
◊ 2016-06-28 01:18
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^^ initial panic. Nothing more important than freedom. Self-governance or Euro bureaucrats, not a tough choice.
As if Europe will want to trade any less.


Baube QC
◊ 2016-06-28 01:27
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JB wrote
http://autoweek.com/article/classic-cars/8-imports-canada-got-america-did-not

Memories,memories.... well except the last 2, never saw any...
Funny they say the Micra had a 4speed auto but one of my friends mom had one and it doesn't count further than 3

One of my neighbor once had a Dacia 1410 wagon ( which needed a stick to keep the hatch open ) and a Skoda sedan

ingo DE
◊ 2016-06-28 01:39
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chicomarx wrote
^^ initial panic. Nothing more important than freedom. Self-governance or Euro bureaucrats, not a tough choice.
As if Europe will want to trade any less.

For Europe the problems will be uncomfortable, but manageable, the brunt has to be dragged by the British people. For us €-Europeans the British gold rush will rise. Or if you talk nasty (but Mrs.Merkel has said, we wont be nasty :no: , let's say: body stripping. Not unthinkable, that there will be slight similarities with the sitiation in the DDR after The Wal fell down. Back then crooks and dealers spooked all over the country and have coaxed the people -often just a bit hard money was enough- to sell the antiques and classic cars.
I check now
Link to "www.autotrader.co.uk"
Link to "www.autotrader.co.uk"
daily (but it will take a time, until toys has to be sold. As for example
http://www.sellingantiques.co.uk/
too.
Of course here
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property/Scotland.html
will come a slump, too. Nice for my wife and me, as it's our dream to emigrate to Scotland.

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dsl SX
◊ 2016-06-28 02:08
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ingo - possibly the only person in the galaxy who is considering the choice between a Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow and a Reliant tricycle. We salute you (but also reserve the right to laugh hysterically at the same time).


johnfromstaffs EN
◊ 2016-06-28 09:10
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@ingo, if you leave it a while, you may be able to move to Scotland and continue using Euros as currency, but there will be checkpoints on the border with the outside world. In terms of leadership, one poison dwarf is very much like any other.
I'm a bit concerned about the cost of spares for my Mercédès, so may trade it for a Kia Picanto.

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johnfromstaffs EN
◊ 2016-06-28 15:07
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If I might also add a thought on the choice between a Cheshire built Royce and a Staffordshire constructed Reliant, the larger car may be cheaper to run if you choose carefully, as some of the better Shadows and Ts are showing signs of awakening interest and may start to appreciate. On the other hand, if you run out of petrol in the tricycle it is easy to just kick it along the street like a tin can until you reach a filling station.

As a result of recent happenings I am now applying for an Icelandic passport having changed my family name to Walterssohn in honour of my late Dad who spent his entire life stuck with the forename Walter, but who wasn't, unfortunately, Walter Owen Bentley.

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dsl SX
◊ 2016-06-28 15:58
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Greetings WalterssohnFromReykjavík. But as that takes about 20 minutes to type and spellcheck, you'll probably just become wfr. Still, when you get your Picanto, we can start an imcdb Kia Owners Group. But how are you going to cram Sturgeon and Corbyn (or whatever they're called) into the back?? Maybe you need a Ceed ...


ingo DE
◊ 2016-06-28 16:21
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@johnfromstaffs: yes, this is our idea: looking for property in SCO after the GPB and especially the absurd high UK-real estate prices went more down, and then wait until the EU is back and maybe even the € is introduced.
The border checkpoints will probably not in that style*:
Link to "www.wellesley.edu"
or with
http://www.nva-forum.de/nva-board/uploads/post-5-1082282337.jpg
on the A68.
A problem may be the toll-fees when you travel with valuable goods over an EU/non-EU border. But surely an independent SCO would activate the ferry-route between Edinburgh an Hamburg again.

As a personal service for old IMCDb-fellows I promise to help you with Benz-parts. I'm a good smuggler :sun: I've fooled not only those blokes
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3223/2951175303_e547ae8920.jpg?v=0
http://www.taz.de/picture/369663/948/grenzer.jpg
(no, it isn't me on the photos), I've already broke also British rules Years ago, when it was forbidden to bring fresh food into Britain, I've smuggled bread, salami, Wurst and other goodies. For famished German expats, but also for my survival. But -thanks to the EU!!- these bad times are gone. Since you have Aldi and Lidl, it's possible to get humane food in the UK.

An Icelandic passport is not too helpful, as it's also non-EU. The most valuable passport in the world is ...well..., yes, the German. And the Swedish:
https://www.passportindex.org/byRank.php

A propos Iceland: His name
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolbeinn_Sig%C3%BE%C3%B3rsson
means phonetic in German "Winninggoalsson" Really!

*Idea so save costs: reactivate the Hadrian's Wall. It fits quite bearable.

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johnfromstaffs EN
◊ 2016-06-28 18:32
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Kia Owners Group. My friend has just bought a Kia Sorrento, a few months old demonstrator with which he tows a caravan. Perhaps we'll see how it goes before doing anything too rash. I had seriously considered buying a hybrid C-class estate but the low price offered for my current car put me off, especially when I calculated that it had depreciated at about £1 per mile. It should last for about 50 years at my current annual mileage of 6,000 so it will have to stay on the drive for a bit longer.


Baube QC
◊ 2016-06-28 18:46
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ingo wrote
An Icelandic passport is not too helpful, as it's also non-EU. The most valuable passport in the world is ...well..., yes, the German. And the Swedish:
https://www.passportindex.org/byRank.php

ouch... Canada is 22nd... i like better the IIHF ranking ..

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johnfromstaffs EN
◊ 2016-06-28 19:26
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An Aldi has just opened very near my house, things like baked beans and bread are cheap, and the 28 day aged ribeye steak is very good value, but their range is limited so we do one shop at Aldi for all the stuff that's cheap, and one at Sainsbury's for the items Aldi doesn't stock.

I think I may be in danger of being chucked out for irrelevance, so goodbye for now.

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ingo DE
◊ 2016-06-28 19:38
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johnfromstaffs wrote
An Aldi has just opened very near my house, things like baked beans and bread are cheap, and the 28 day aged ribeye steak is very good value, but their range is limited so we do one shop at Aldi for all the stuff that's cheap, and one at Sainsbury's for the items Aldi doesn't stock.

This is common over here, too. But note, that there are two parallel Aldi-chains:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldi
"Aldi Süd" offers a better range better than "Aldi Nord". The "Aldi equator"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldi#/media/File:Aldi_equator.svg
goes along where I live. In my village we have the better equipped "Aldi Süd" - with the result, that every week I got lists from my colleagues from the northern side of the equator, what bargain offers I shall buy for them
When travel to Holland or Britain, it's the same. Then I buy stuff, which is not available here.
Do you know, that in Scotland Aldi even has own Haggis? :miam:


Baube QC
◊ 2016-06-29 15:07
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johnfromstaffs wrote
... On the other hand, if you run out of petrol in the tricycle it is easy to just kick it along the street like a tin can until you reach a filling station.



ingo DE
◊ 2016-07-02 16:39

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johnfromstaffs wrote
If I might also add a thought on the choice between a Cheshire built Royce and a Staffordshire constructed Reliant...

:evil: Your opinion is the reason for the actual European problems! Nationalism is out, it shall be an "Europe of the regions"! If you want to be a proud Staffordshirean (correct?) you have to trash your Rolls and purchase Robins and Regals!
For making Britain great again and Europe proud again!


johnfromstaffs EN
◊ 2016-07-02 17:49
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I voted to leave Europe, there are too many decisions made by unelected people, see "Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership."

As you know, I have a Bentley, I have also owned a 1964 Reliant Regal 3/25. I know which car I would rather drive.


ingo DE
◊ 2016-07-02 18:50
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johnfromstaffs wrote
I voted to leave Europe, there are too many decisions made by unelected people, see "Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership."
...

With the result, that GB is screwed now. You let the Scots out and you never will be able to capture them again. And the financial rats are leaving the sinking ship, too, of course together with their money and their well paid jobs.
The biggest advantage is, that we other Europeans can see now, what's happen, when the populist-morons becoming successful.

You may call it body-stripping or legacy-hunting, but as it seems I'll come again to England for https://www.beaulieu.co.uk/events/international-autojumble/
For car-stuff and also some old furniture, my wife is interested in.


dsl SX
◊ 2016-07-02 19:01
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johnfromstaffs wrote
I voted to leave Europe, there are too many decisions made by unelected people, see "Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership."

Blimey. jfs and I share political perspectives and voting records. Next thing you know, we'll have an Iceland vs Wales Euro 2016 final. (For what it's worth I support UK having close mutually beneficial links with Europe, but the EU as a structure has become an all-consuming monster. And while I still support Scottish independence, I am very wary of our needs being trampled underfoot as the EU would cynically exploit our desperation to break clear from UK as and when we knock on the door and ask to join).


johnfromstaffs EN
◊ 2016-07-02 19:22

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We had better leave discussion of the relative merits of Mizzes May and Sturgeon (alphabetical order) to some other place.

The Scots are welcome to go, hopefully taking with them the Northern Irish and the Welsh, and we shall see where the £ sterling settles then.

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I'm traveling to Paris and the low countries next month, probably visiting Brussels and Bruges around the weekend of 5-6 July and in NL the week of the 14th. My first time in Benelux.

Hmm, but there's for sure not any natural Haggis-indigrent included. Just pure chemicals.