All Torque
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Registered: 17th Nov 05
Location: Milton Keynes Drives: Ford Focus TDCi
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quote: Originally posted by duffman
i have had 3 hire cars
1. an astra estate 1.7 diesel, i ragged the shit out of it, shot fireworks off the roof and drove it through a field, gave it back with bald tyres.
2. nissan micra 1.0 L reg 110,000 miles had it for a day took it on a car park doin J turns an handbrakes an burnt the clutch out an fucked the gear box, my mate had to tow me home for about 5 miles in his clio sport 172 lol.
3. nissan almera estate P reg, 98,000 miles, same thing happened to this as the micra 
the company i rented them off, new mersey motor company were trying to take me to court, but they have recently gone out of business and the case has been dropped
Owned!
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duffman
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Registered: 11th Dec 05
Location: Widnes, Cheshire
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ClaireF
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Registered: 1st Nov 05
Location: hurlford, scotland Drives: corsa again
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had a curtosey (sp) car and dragged raced it
[Edited on 31-10-2006 by ClaireF]
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Liam
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Registered: 19th Jan 06
Location: Stafford
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quote: Originally posted by ClaireF
had a curtosey (sp) car and had sex in it
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Tom
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Registered: 3rd Apr 02
Location: Wirral, Merseyside
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Usually get pish like toyota yaris's, fiesta's (tdci ), corsa (tip box ), astra 1.7d's ( ) but had a fw edcent ones like vectra 2.2 sri which was cool had ltd edition 18's on, cruise control (which was set at 99mph all the way to glasgow ).
Never done anything really stupid just took alot less care generally.
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Twiggy
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Registered: 15th Oct 04
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i think there should be web site with all the cars people have ragged to fuck so people know not to buy them 2nd hand
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Paul H
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Registered: 11th Aug 03
Location: Lincoln.
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crashed through some train barriers in a fiat multipla took both wings and the front bumper off.that was when i worked for avis.the boss wasn't to pleased lol
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jimbo_247
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Registered: 22nd Feb 06
Location: Bucks
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my dad wrote off the holiday hire car a couple of years back but not before he had scratched both sides down a tight street and transported a fridge freezer in it
lets just say it was riding low!
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Twiggy
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Registered: 15th Oct 04
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getting a 2.0 06 plate mondeo!!!
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deano87
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Registered: 21st Oct 06
Location: Bedfordshire Drives: Ford Fiesta
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Does it come with complementary 2.4 children too?
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Twiggy
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Registered: 15th Oct 04
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we already have 2 kids
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deano87
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Registered: 21st Oct 06
Location: Bedfordshire Drives: Ford Fiesta
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Nice sensible family saloon then...
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Chris Bingham
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Registered: 30th Mar 02
Location: In Scotland
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I would never ever buy an ex hire car ever! I know how I treat them, you get people saying "but they are well maintained". That may be the case but they are driven to bits!! No way would I touch one.
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Fee
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Registered: 16th Nov 05
Location: With AK
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Adam had a hire car whilst the skyline was in getting repaired.
He sneezed all over the steering wheel and wiped all his bogies on it
...I'm pretty sure dale pee'd on it too
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deano87
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Registered: 21st Oct 06
Location: Bedfordshire Drives: Ford Fiesta
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Apparently one of the best cars to buy like that is ex-learner ones. Yes, they may have high mileage but the engine is continously running all day therefore less wear caused by cold starts. By law they have to be well maintained. If the clutch is on its way out, they'll generally changed the clutch etc. Especially AA/RAC ones as they have them for about 1yr.
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dannymccann
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Registered: 9th Aug 06
Location: Doddington, Lincolnshire
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does anyone know where the AA/RAC sell off their ex-learner cars or do they trade them back for the newer models?
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Twiggy
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Registered: 15th Oct 04
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2.0 turbo diesel 140 bhp! 6 speed its got 1500 miles on the clock!!! 
already been the tip!

[Edited on 03-11-2006 by Twiggy]
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Baskey
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Registered: 31st May 06
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quote: Originally posted by Twiggy
2.0 turbo diesel 140 bhp! 6 speed its got 1500 miles on the clock!!! 
already been the tip!

[Edited on 03-11-2006 by Twiggy]
we have those as pool cars at work, what do you think of the... cough cough...handeling
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ed
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Registered: 10th Sep 03
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quote: Originally posted by dannymccann
does anyone know where the AA/RAC sell off their ex-learner cars or do they trade them back for the newer models?
They don't buy them in the first place, they lease them for a few thousand miles then they are sent back.
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Jambo
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Registered: 8th Sep 01
Location: Maidenhead, Drives: VXR Arctic
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Quick, hang a CD from the rear view mirror, visit motorworld and buy as much stick on chrome as possible
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Twiggy
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Registered: 15th Oct 04
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its decent ride tbf!! its "on boost" for all of 3 secs like but its a decent motor!!!!
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Whittie
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Registered: 11th Aug 06
Location: North Wales Drives: BMW, Corsa & Fiat
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Brother has a 1 series, when it was been serviced he had a 2.0l petrol 
He bascially ragged the shit out of it. Also he had a few 2 lane races from traffic lights.
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