Topic: Parking (Read 2063 times)

MTyrrell · « **on:** April 30, 2005, 20:43:48 »

You could be forgiven for thinking our drive is the local NCP car park at the moment!
Haven't seen the neighbours yet but im sure they may have a few choice words to say :twisted:
The fiesta is mine, the 307 is my works car, the landy's mine the 406 is dads work car and the corsa is the run-around for the family.

Bush Tucker Man · « **Reply #1 on:** April 30, 2005, 20:52:01 »

Similar situation here,
Discovery; mine
Mondeo; SWMBO's 'works van'
Fabia; 'run-around'
Caddy 535; sold

Missing.
Focus 2; father-on-laws 'works van'

strapping young lad · « **Reply #2 on:** April 30, 2005, 20:55:43 »

have you got a fuel card with your company card?

if so why do you have your own car too?

dont see the point myself?

Bush Tucker Man · « **Reply #3 on:** April 30, 2005, 21:05:10 »

Quote from: "strapping young lad"

have you got a fuel card with your company card?

if so why do you have your own car too?

dont see the point myself?

Yes, she has, but still has to pay 10p per private mile in the Mondeo.
I know overall it works out far cheaper that way, so the mother-in-law uses the Fabia quite a lot (besides we had the Fabia before she got the job designing Hospitals (well, she did the same in the NHS, but 'went private')

Guy90 · « **Reply #4 on:** April 30, 2005, 21:22:26 »

We're the same :oops:

Dad's Primera (soon to be a Laguna)
Mum's Z3
My 110
Honda Civic for when one of the above goes wrong. Normally the 110 :lol: :lol:

Andy. · « **Reply #5 on:** April 30, 2005, 21:25:32 »

You lot are so enviromentally friendly with all your cars :lol:

MTyrrell · « **Reply #6 on:** April 30, 2005, 21:42:47 »

Quote from: "strapping young lad"

have you got a fuel card with your company card?

if so why do you have your own car too?

dont see the point myself?

Have a fuel card but people borrow the works car now i do less hours, it lives in the warehouse normaly, i'm working tonight so i took it home to save opning up the wairhouse to get it.
It's going soon anyway as i am leaving the company.

strapping young lad · « **Reply #7 on:** April 30, 2005, 21:50:10 »

reason i say it is that for the people i know in work who have company cars and accompanying fuel cards, they get rid of their own car as they can use their car for personal use too iirc

dawdler · « **Reply #8 on:** April 30, 2005, 21:53:22 »

mmmm

that car parking lloks simular to mine

Proton (mums car)
Astra Van (dads)
Disco (mine)
Soon to be appearing company car (also mine)

strapping young lad · « **Reply #9 on:** April 30, 2005, 21:56:56 »

there seems to be a common theme here... relatives

your listings either make you sound like you still live at home or you live with the in-laws! :shock:

matthew · « **Reply #10 on:** April 30, 2005, 22:02:54 »

Quote from: "Andy."

You lot are so enviromentally friendly with all your cars :lol:

Makes no difference to the environment. I can still only drive one at a time.

I've got 7 BTW :) Not all working (or in some cases any where near)

Guy90 · « **Reply #11 on:** April 30, 2005, 22:05:48 »

Quote from: "strapping young lad"

there seems to be a common theme here... relatives

your listings either make you sound like you still live at home or you live with the in-laws! :shock:

Living at home currently. Property prices around this way well beyond my pocket

Bush Tucker Man · « **Reply #12 on:** April 30, 2005, 22:09:52 »

Quote from: "strapping young lad"

there seems to be a common theme here... relatives

you live with the in-laws! :shock:

The in-laws live with us :lol:
I know.......
However, since moving into this house (last May), I've;
cooked twice
washed up less than a dozen times
vacuumed about 3 times

I haven't ironed, been to the supermarket, washed clothes, dusted...
It has its advantages; just think - live in cook, cleaner, baby-sitters, gardeners.

Besides, we have 12 rooms in total in this house (discounting bathrooms/toilets) so there's plenty of breathing space.
Example; I watched all (3 hours) of 'Return Of The King' the other week in the basement without being disturbed - that's how big it is!

Basement;
Snug (mine)
Bar
Family/TV/play room
Utility/boot/garden room
(toilet)

Ground Floor
Kitchen
Back parlour/dining room
Front Parlour (best room, posh visitors only)
Front Hall (entrance vestibule)
Inner hall
Rear Hall

First Floor
4 bedrooms (one is the office - where I am now) (1 with en-suite)
Bathroom
Walk in wardrobes

Second Floor
Bedroom
Bathroom
Walk in wardrobe

Ben Kentzer came up a couple of weeks after we moved in (to collect some bits) & I think he was quite surprised at the size of the place.
These old Victorian houses are massive!

Range Rover Blues · « **Reply #13 on:** April 30, 2005, 22:10:02 »

Right, lets not have any of this complaining malarcy, just think yourself lucky you don't live next to me.

We have (at present)

About 7 1/2 MkII Escorts
2 Capris
A Mondeo (lent it to my sister, permenantly)
A Sierra
A Fiesta
A Cavalier
A Micra
The Range Rover (I had another but it got stolen)
My sister's caravan and the Rapier trailer.

Granted some of the Escorts are ready for cutting up, Julie's Capri is at a mate's place, my sister's got the Mondeo and one of the Escorts but the others are arranged carefully on mine and my dad's drive. Oh and next doors, oh and the garden, oh and.......

Bush Tucker Man · « **Reply #14 on:** April 30, 2005, 22:21:26 »

Quote from: "Range Rover Blues"

Right, lets not have any of this complaining malarcy, just think yourself lucky you don't live next to me.

My kind of neighbour, mechanical menageries :lol: :lol:

One of my mates has (at home)
Atkinson Borderer tractor-unit
Austin Gypsy
Series 1 (1956 86")
Neval & sidecar
Leyland tractor
Fordson E27N tractor
Astra van
VW Bora Tdi
Lunar caravan
2 x trailers (single & a twin-axle)

Then in storage elsewhere (if he's still got them all)
2 other Atkinsons (I know one is a ex-Hansons 6x4 tipper)
2 Fordson E27N's
3 Field-Marshalls
2 Morris Minors (van & pick-up)
a 30foot box-trailer is on the cards (to make a 'Living Van' for the Atkinson :roll: )

I'm sure he said he had another Gypsy as well

strapping young lad · « **Reply #15 on:** April 30, 2005, 23:12:56 »

jeez!

u guys should put your stuff on ebay

you'd be minted!

landyman Ash · « **Reply #16 on:** April 30, 2005, 23:52:28 »

You boys dont know how lucky you are!!!!!

I live in London.

I pay Ã‚Â£115 for the kind privelage of parking on my own street!

If I can find a space I think Ive won the lottery!!! :shock:

Then if I move it in the day, good old red Ken charges me Ã‚Â£5

Flat up for sale, moving back to Bucks :D :D :D :D :D

Bush Tucker Man · « **Reply #17 on:** May 01, 2005, 00:00:32 »

Quote from: "landyman1978"

I pay Ã‚Â£115 for the kind privelage of parking on my own street!

Is that per year??
We pay nothing at home :D , but I pay about 65p a week to park at work :twisted:
Typical NHS, give us a pay-rise with one hand & take it back with the other

Quote from: "landyman1978"

If I can find a space I think Ive won the lottery!!! :shock:

Sounds just like the Hospital (but I have secret places :lol: )

matthew · « **Reply #18 on:** May 01, 2005, 01:16:59 »

Hmm, a friend of mine recently moved house and panel making/beating business from Sheffield to Worcestershire.

He hired a transporter for the 8 vehicles that could get on it under their own power but aren't road legal, and a wagon for a lot of the heavy machinery. That still left about 20 vehicles in various states to move, I did 3 or 4 runs with the LR and car trailer and I think he lost count how many he did. It all more or less fills a 3500sqft unit though now.

I think altogether there is something like

15 - 20 Morris Minors
3 - 4 Morris Marinas :roll:
Morris J type
86" Lr
107" LR
88" S3 LR
Railton Saloon

landyman Ash · « **Reply #19 on:** May 01, 2005, 01:21:22 »

I like your moving style. Nice :twisted:

Yep Ã‚Â£115 a year to park on a road that I already pay road tax for.

Already pay council tax to keep clean

And now I pay again to get a little card thats says "F - Zone" on it

I love this country......

diesel_boy · « **Reply #20 on:** May 01, 2005, 01:33:47 »

bit like my car park sorry frount garden 110 / 90 rover 600 / pug 306 2of and when i bring home the works car 65ft low loader

Bush Tucker Man · « **Reply #21 on:** May 02, 2005, 09:58:44 »

Quote from: "Andy."

You lot are so enviromentally friendly with all your cars :lol:

Hello 'Mr Kettle', You used to have 2 I recall??
Jayne had her own

beast5680 · « **Reply #22 on:** May 02, 2005, 10:51:42 »

well after reading this thread i have decided i dont own enough vehicles :lol: although SWMBO would disagree

Xtremeteam · « **Reply #23 on:** May 02, 2005, 20:04:55 »

well in the culdesac beside my house theres my clio,mums car,dads works van & in the drive there is 1 rangie & 2 110's,in the garage thers a disco & in next doors driveway is my dads old rangie(other 1)
& when im in a bad mood i bring home the racer (always muddy) & park it in the culdesac aswell,cant wait to get the other 90 onthe road aswell,im not allowed to have discussions with the neighbours as it normally ends up me getting split up by my mum so i dnt loose the rag totaly,
especialy the old dear at the end who thinks mud n water runs up hill!!!!
had a pop before so i kindly pointed out its taxed,tested n insured aso go ram it & todled off in the house

Range Rover Blues · « **Reply #24 on:** May 02, 2005, 20:49:30 »

Well I've just bought another Capri. Julie's MkI won't be ready in time for this year's birthday (didn't say which birthday when I promised :) ) so I bought her another.

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