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Generali

Wheezy wrote: »

Excellent!
Probably the first time ever I rooted for Ferrari. Good to see a challenge to the Mercedes dominance. Hope it continues through the season.



I never bought an Italian nor French car. My cars - in order of appearance...
- Opel (Vauxhall)
- Opel
- Ford
- Toyota
- Ford
- Mazda
- Toyota
- Toyota
- Mazda

As far as I can recall mine were:

Renault
British Leyland (cost five of us £20 each and we overpaid)
Renault
Nissan
Toyota
Renault
Nissan
Toyota
Toyota
Toyota

Strongly suspect that a Kia will be next in a year or so.

Percy1983

purch wrote: »

I'm getting quite worried about that Verstappen kid. He is certainly an amazing talent, but his whole life seems to have been racing carts/cars. The only thing his dad is famous for is having his car burst into flames in the pits, so he seems to want to live his life through his son.

It's taking pushy parenting to a whole new level. I fell quite sorry for the poor lad, he looked really uncomfortable in the piece the BBC showed before the race, whilst Sainz Jr looked relaxed and entirely at ease.

I did think the same thing, been racing since he was 3 or 4 or something close. Did find it amusing how his had drove him to the track as he doesn't have a driving license.

Wheezy wrote: »

Excellent!
Probably the first time ever I rooted for Ferrari. Good to see a challenge to the Mercedes dominance. Hope it continues through the season.



I never bought an Italian nor French car. My cars - in order of appearance...
- Opel (Vauxhall)
- Opel
- Ford
- Toyota
- Ford
- Mazda
- Toyota
- Toyota
- Mazda

Never thought I would be cheering for Vettel!, with that I still want Hamilton to win, I just want him to have to work for it.

My Cars in order of appearance.

95 Ford Fiesta 1.1
95 Ford Fiesta 2.0 (the above with mondeo engine fitted)
99 Citreon Saxo VTS
04 Citreon C2 VTS

I quite like small french cars, they just want to go. :cool:

Wheezy_2

PasturesNew wrote: »

Smoke thing's still beeping every few minutes. It woke me up this morning quite early.

Replace battery?

purch

My second car was a FIAT 128 Sport (with twin Weber carbs :eek:)

I used to carry a can of WD40 with me at all times, as it would never start if there was even a hint of moisture in the air within 200 miles.

Then one winter (1982 ?) it was under a pile of snow for 10 days, and when I finally dug it out it started first time.

Hillman Avenger
FIAT 128 Sport
Triumph Dolomite
Peugeot 205
BMW 320i (Company Car)
Mercedes 190E (Company Car)
BMW 525i (Company Car)
Volvo 850 T5
Pontiac Montana
GMC Sierra
VW Passat (still have it 178,000 and counting)
Audi A8
Mercedes E350
Mercedes E300 Hybrid

Generali

Wheezy wrote: »

Replace battery?

Replace detector? Even the good ones only have a 10 year life.

Percy1983

Generali wrote: »

Replace detector? Even the good ones only have a 10 year life.

You can get them with carbon monoxide alarms built in to (rather than 2 alarms).

Wheezy_2

purch wrote: »

Hillman Avenger

I had to google that one.
Known in Europe as 'Sunbeam Avenger'
I remember those...

Wheezy_2

PasturesNew wrote: »

New build. Hard-wired, with battery backup. And, no pennies in my pot.

Ah ok...I didn't know it was a hard wired one.

Generali

PasturesNew wrote: »

New build. Hard-wired, with battery backup. And, no pennies in my pot.

It's the actual detector part that has a finite life. The Firies were on the radio over here the other day explaining it.

They also said that nobody has died in a house fire in the last decade in NSW where working smoke detectors are fitted.

That clearly doesn't put money in your purse to replace it of course.

hjd

Generali wrote: »

As far as I can recall mine were:

Renault
British Leyland (cost five of us £20 each and we overpaid)
Renault
Nissan
Toyota
Renault
Nissan
Toyota
Toyota
Toyota

Strongly suspect that a Kia will be next in a year or so.

That British Leyland - £20 was your one fifth share of the company, not a car, wasn't it??