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CFB
 


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He has actually ordered the Prius apparantly, the girl who handles the car fleet told me. In stunning, stylish eye catching Gold metallic Thud
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Post #1260521st Feb 2007 8:06 am
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Has anyone pointed out to your MD the "womb to tomb" cost of a Prius vs. most other cars? Yes, they run on batteries at low speeds, but the economy isn't that special due to the weight of the additional power source. Also, during the typical life of a car (estimated at 11 years between 3 or 4 owners), the batteries will need replacing twice. These batteries cost a lot of money to produce and even more money to dispose of.
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Post #1260541st Feb 2007 8:43 am
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cotefarmboy wrote:
He has actually ordered the Prius apparantly, the girl who handles the car fleet told me. In stunning, stylish eye catching Gold metallic Thud


No contest is there?

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Post #1260761st Feb 2007 10:04 am
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I bet he does motorway miles wher ethe benfits just aren't there....! Unless he only does 10 miles to work along slow traffic, you can tell him he's wasting his money. BUT it DOES have an image amongst the uninformed, that it is good for the environment........
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Post #1260851st Feb 2007 10:44 am
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Then again, maybe he's got a proper car at home for real-world journeys, so his conscience is soothed by having a Prius on the drive. Some people down the road from me have a V8 Disco AND a Prius...
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Post #1260881st Feb 2007 10:51 am
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Isn't that a bit like Chalk & cheese or Oil & Water or Devil and whatever other being there may be....? 8)
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Post #1260961st Feb 2007 11:05 am
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I run 2 D3s & an Aygo, latter is great for where parking is tight and D3 is not practical. Also it gets 50+mpg without all the dual motors carp U get in a Prius and it's half the price to buy. As you can see, if anyone argues with the Aygo, he has two much bigger brothers! 8) 8)

   
Post #1261041st Feb 2007 11:25 am
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Is that the car TG used in their football match?
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Post #1261101st Feb 2007 11:37 am
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Sure was!

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Post #1261111st Feb 2007 11:40 am
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Take a look at http://www.sniffpetrol.com/ for an amusing Congestion Charge poster...
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Post #1261341st Feb 2007 12:50 pm
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Yeah - I got a link to that from somebody on the Finalgear forum.
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Post #1269492nd Feb 2007 10:12 pm
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Shocked Shocked Shocked There is a bid on CFB's G4 Shocked

Is the sale back on Andy?

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Post #1274064th Feb 2007 5:48 pm
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Just going to watch and see for a couple of days, still not 100% about the long term prospect. Can't bl**dy decide what to do at all. Spent a fair while doing the maths on the running costs and the V8 will be around £200 per month more than a TDV6 with all factors considered Shocked . LPG quotes are around £3k and will void the engine warranty so that's no go.

If I get a price of around £30K+ I will let it go and then it's either a TDV6 SE or even considering a FL2 as that would save me even more. Don't need 7 seats and they are probably more than capable of a bit of laning.

We'll see.
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Post #1274364th Feb 2007 7:04 pm
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cotefarmboy wrote:
LPG quotes are around £3k and will void the engine warranty
Ah, but don't forget...

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£3000 + for a propper job and still with LR Warranty
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Post #1274424th Feb 2007 7:11 pm
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Don't have a spare £3500 unfortunately!
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