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  • MrsE_2
    MrsE_2 Posts: 24,162 Forumite
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    jeannieblue wrote: »
    Night MrsE - early start tomorrow.

    I'm on the race track at 5 am.... ;)

    The Stig


    :D

    :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
    :T
    :wave:
  • goldspanners
    goldspanners Posts: 5,910 Forumite
    MrsE wrote: »
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    jeanie you've taken it too far this time, your son will be so angry when he sees you've taken the black and decker jigsaw to his lovely new focus.:eek:

    and for the what its worth i think the transit looks great in white aswell,especially the LX with the white front centre in the bumper.
    ...work permit granted!
  • iwanttosave_2
    iwanttosave_2 Posts: 34,292 Forumite
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    FYI, never even read a post by Dan and I do in no way shape or form live in Essex so would never have been acquainted.

    Me and OH were discussing this early, and the chavvy-ness is just the added extra you get with a "Hot Hatch", we concluded it is mainly Vauxhall's fault for when they started offering free insurance with the Saxo's. Like it or not, people driving these cars get that stereotype. He could be wearing a business suit for all I care and first thing in my head is chav.

    Even the Evo suffered from it from the Evo 7 and 8 model they were chav-mobiles. Just because they're not cheap doesn't mean chavs don't drive them. Standard Evo 8 was £26,995, and my goodness did the chavs get hold of them, in fact, I went off the whole models because of this. Thankfully the 10 appeals to a better class of clientell.

    I have seen a Focus Cab I have my eye on, in this weather it would be perfect!
    Work like you don't need money,
    Love like you've never been hurt,
    And dance like no one's watching
    Save the cheerleader, save the world!
  • goldspanners
    goldspanners Posts: 5,910 Forumite
    iwanttosave wrote: »
    Me and OH were discussing this early, and the chavvy-ness is just the added extra you get with a "Hot Hatch", we concluded it is mainly Vauxhall's fault for when they started offering free insurance with the Saxo's.

    i think this says it all about your basic knowledge on cars. the good old vauxhall saxo!

    was it citroen who made the corsa?
    ...work permit granted!
  • goldspanners
    goldspanners Posts: 5,910 Forumite
    iwanttosave wrote: »
    "Hot Hatch",

    this term was used well before the years of the saxo.
    ...work permit granted!
  • MrsE_2
    MrsE_2 Posts: 24,162 Forumite
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    goldspanners wrote: »
    this term was used well before the years of the saxo.

    I remember the XR2i's & XR3i's:o
  • iwanttosave_2
    iwanttosave_2 Posts: 34,292 Forumite
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    goldspanners wrote: »
    i think this says it all about your basic knowledge on cars. the good old vauxhall saxo!

    was it citroen who made the corsa?

    Actually, I did mean shi--Citroen, but I was trying to remember if it was the Saxo or the Corsa that the companies started it first with and have clearly written it back to front.

    Perhaps it was the Ford Clio, I can't remember. ;)
    Work like you don't need money,
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  • iwanttosave_2
    iwanttosave_2 Posts: 34,292 Forumite
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    goldspanners wrote: »
    this term was used well before the years of the saxo.

    In which part of my post did I allude it wasn't? I was using the term denoting the genre.
    Work like you don't need money,
    Love like you've never been hurt,
    And dance like no one's watching
    Save the cheerleader, save the world!
  • goldspanners
    goldspanners Posts: 5,910 Forumite
    iwanttosave wrote: »

    we concluded it is mainly Vauxhall's fault for when they started offering free insurance with the Saxo's. Like it or not, people driving these cars get that stereotype. He could be wearing a business suit for all I care and first thing in my head is chav.

    this part. you seem to suggest that chavvy hot hatches started after vauxhall started offering free insurance on a car they never designed,built or sold.
    ...work permit granted!
  • iwanttosave_2
    iwanttosave_2 Posts: 34,292 Forumite
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    The bit I told you was a simple mistake? O-kay....

    I said that Hot Hatches then got the stereotype of being chavvy, I never said that is when they started being called Hot Hatches.
    Work like you don't need money,
    Love like you've never been hurt,
    And dance like no one's watching
    Save the cheerleader, save the world!
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