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    #1352
    Mr Benevolent
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,456 ✭✭✭✭Mr Benevolent


    johnos1984 wrote: »
    Can we organise a fight to the death in the boot of EPMs Octavia to settle this?

    Too boring, the Octavia's boot is too big and I seriously doubt Mak is that stupid. Once he takes a deep breath and thinks about the situation from the perspective of someone who's just connected his newly purchased car up to a laptop and found a significant difference between indicated and actual mileage, he'll agree that it's reasonable to ask about it on a public forum that has no idea who the previous owner was.


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    #1353
    Quazzie
    Registered Users Posts: 28,955 ✭✭✭✭Quazzie


    Kevvv wrote: »
    Glad you got the answer you were looking for, could have just gave me a text or a PM rather than air it out in the public though. If you enjoy the car half as much as I did you'll love it!

    He never claimed it was the previous owner. It couldve been clocked before you came into ownership of it. Although as previously stated highly unlikely that someone would bother to take 5k off the clock.


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    #1354
    dgt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,985 ✭✭✭✭dgt


    I'd just got the popcorn out... :(


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    #1355
    johnos1984
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,096 ✭✭✭johnos1984


    Princess Mealy Sabotage wrote: »
    I'm sure you won't do it again.
    You sound like an incredible tool after reading that post and good man on setting a good example for your son by taking on the bad man on the Internet.

    Seriously the tone of your posts suggests that you really shouldnt be a mod.


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    #1356
    ottostreet
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,987 ✭✭✭ottostreet


    Princess Mealy Sabotage wrote: »
    Cool, next time you should really choose your words more carefully.

    Btw he was the previous owner. It was he who put the leather into it, the alloys, new tires and all the other bits and bobs.

    Anyway, best not to go talking about crap online and not expect it to go bite you in the arse.. Your post was wrong, I'm sure you won't do it again.

    And with that I'm off to bed.

    I don't see anything wrong with anything Confab has said. He hasn't accused you or your son of anything, merely that there was a mileage discrepancy. I'm surprised by the vitriolic and sarcastic attitude of your posts, particularly as a Mod towards other Mods, as you are normally a poster of high standard.

    'Your post was wrong, I'm sure you won't do it again.' I'm sorry, but I would have assumed that the owner of a car could voice an opinion on his own car, regardless of who owned it before him.


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    #1357
    Ardennes1944
    Registered Users Posts: 9,238 ✭✭✭Ardennes1944


    johnos1984 wrote: »
    Seriously the tone of your posts suggests that you really should be a mod.
    ......unlike our mods who are simply dreamy :D


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    #1358
    Mr Benevolent
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,456 ✭✭✭✭Mr Benevolent


    Quazzie wrote: »
    He never claimed it was the previous owner. It couldve been clocked before you came into ownership of it. Although as previously stated highly unlikely that someone would bother to take 5k off the clock.

    True, they had it since 2005 and it's a 2001 car. Anyway, mine is not to reason why and all that. Timing belt next.


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    #1359
    johnos1984
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,096 ✭✭✭johnos1984


    Ardennes1944 wrote: »
    johnos1984 wrote: »
    Seriously the tone of your posts suggests that you really should be a mod.
    ......unlike our mods who are simply dreamy :D
    They'll spank you with a tyre iron if you step out of line


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    #1360
    Alanstrainor
    Registered Users Posts: 23,157 ✭✭✭✭Alanstrainor


    Alright everyone, this discussion ends now. Any more posting about it and people get banned. 1 month off.


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    #1361
    Ardennes1944
    Registered Users Posts: 9,238 ✭✭✭Ardennes1944


    Oiche mhaith buachailli!


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    #1362
    Kevvv
    Registered Users Posts: 410 ✭✭Kevvv


    ss_lollipops.jpg

    :D


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    #1363
    Gary ITR
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,801 ✭✭✭✭Gary ITR


    Alanstrainor wrote: »
    Alright everyone, this discussion ends now. Any more posting about it and people get banned. 1 month off.

    Might as well go to bed then


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    #1364
    dgt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,985 ✭✭✭✭dgt


    Ardennes1944 wrote: »
    Oiche mhaith buachailli!

    And an ozo mahoc to you too... :pac:


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    #1365
    Mr Benevolent
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,456 ✭✭✭✭Mr Benevolent


    Gary ITR wrote: »
    Might as well go to bed then

    Me too, YLYL2 isn't at its most sparkling tonight.


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    #1366
    Bearcat
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,326 ✭✭✭Bearcat


    What a stupid thread......meandering waffle says me:rolleyes:


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    #1367
    TestTransmission
    Registered Users Posts: 19,106 ✭✭✭✭TestTransmission


    Bearcat wrote: »
    What a stupid thread......meandering waffle says me:rolleyes:

    Why bother posting then if it offends you so much?


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    #1368
    EPM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,822 ✭✭✭✭EPM


    Bearcat wrote: »
    What a stupid thread......meandering waffle says me:rolleyes:

    It's an offtopic thread for exactly what you describe. The problem?


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    #1369
    SV
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,534 ✭✭✭SV


    this thread is like most nightclubs, usually you go into it and it's full of the same stuff and y'know..it's OK but not great.

    Every once in a while though.. :D


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    #1370
    Bearcat
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,326 ✭✭✭Bearcat


    TestTransmission wrote: »
    Why bother posting then if it offends you so much?

    It doesnt offend me at all, too long in the tooth for that, I just don't get it being on the motors forum.....i suppose if we were all the same the world would be a grey place. Back to my burrow!


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    #1371
    TestTransmission
    Registered Users Posts: 19,106 ✭✭✭✭TestTransmission


    Bearcat wrote: »
    It doesnt offend me at all, too long in the tooth for that, I just don't get it being on the motors forum.....i suppose if we were all the same the world would be a grey place. Back to my burrow!

    Ah sure, it's just somewhere for the drunken ramblings of all the loonies in here, doesn't take away from the forum at all :)


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    #1372
    EPM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,822 ✭✭✭✭EPM


    TestTransmission wrote: »
    Ah sure, it's just somewhere for the drunken ramblings of all the loonies in here, doesn't take away from the forum at all :)

    Drunken posting catchall:D


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    #1373
    dar83
    Registered Users Posts: 7,106 ✭✭✭dar83


    It's better to have it all in one place rather than infecting other topics at random. Most forums benefit from topics like this.

    And this mornings catch up read was the best in a good while, nothing like a bit of excitement to start the day off. And with a lack of that, an interesting forum topic also helps... :pac:


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    #1374
    Marlow
    Registered Users Posts: 14,555 ✭✭✭✭Marlow


    dar83 wrote: »
    It's better to have it all in one place rather than infecting other topics at random. Most forums benefit from topics like this.

    Most forums benefit from threads like that, because it keeps them active, while other topics might not be active at all.

    /M


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    #1375
    no1beemerfan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,714 ✭✭✭no1beemerfan


    Jaysus why did I go to bed early! :D


    Anyways I've just remembered its coming up to 7 years since I last bought a car for myself! Bought one in June '00, ? '01, Oct '04 and Feb '05 but nothing since.

    Doubt I'll be buying one for another 3 or 4 years at least so looks like it'll be 10 or 11 years between cars......whats the longest others have gone?


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    #1376
    EPM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,822 ✭✭✭✭EPM


    no1beemerfan wrote: »
    Jaysus why did I go to bed early! :D


    Anyways I've just remembered its coming up to 7 years since I last bought a car for myself! Bought one in June '00, ? '01, Oct '04 and Feb '05 but nothing since.

    Doubt I'll be buying one for another 3 or 4 years at least so looks like it'll be 10 or 11 years between cars......whats the longest others have gone?

    Just under four years, but it would've been less only I didn't really use it for over a year. I can see the current one being kept until it dies so another few weeks at least.


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    #1377
    dar83
    Registered Users Posts: 7,106 ✭✭✭dar83


    Marlow wrote: »
    Most forums benefit from threads like that, because it keeps them active, while other topics might not be active at all.

    /M

    True, but when you have a core regular user base, it's good to have somewhere where they can post random crap on a whim, instead of thread hijacking other threads unintentionally.

    I think the traffic on the forum itself is healthy and the topic turnover is quite high, so there's no real detrimental impact on it on the whole. :)


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    #1378
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 23,339 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    no1beemerfan wrote: »
    ....................whats the longest others have gone?


    I had a 1995 Rover 214SEi from March 2001 to Feb 2006, I stopped driving it in Oct05 though as I got a company car, kept the Rover for a while as I liked it and didn't want to get rid of it.

    Can't really see myself keeping a car that long again, never know though.


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    #1379
    EPM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,822 ✭✭✭✭EPM


    Thread title changed.


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    #1380
    no1beemerfan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,714 ✭✭✭no1beemerfan


    EPM wrote: »
    Thread title changed.

    LOL :D


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    #1381
    Tallon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,565 ✭✭✭✭Tallon


    EPM wrote: »
    Thread title changed.
    lol, great idea man!!!


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