On Wed, 22 Mar 2006 15:41:42 GMT, . was popularly supposed to have said:
Oh stop being a berk. The insurance and fuel costs dwarf what bloody Gordie is nicking off you for road tax; if you do have your heart set on a 4x4, get a nice old mechanical injector Landie or similar; something that isn't going to get all upset when you add heating oil or out-of-date1 olive oil to the tank.
So what if it is a bit of a struggle to meet the emissions regs and so on; at least you'll be grabbing back a bit of what ole "Tax & Spend & fiddle the books" Gordie would otherwise be nicking off you.
You all trying to kill meHad a tanker on the last couple of days. So far... Tuesday. M60 Eastbound where the lanes narrow. Silly unpleasant woman in Metro in L2 dawdling. I go...
1 Have a look round the back of a supermarket for where they throw out the out of date items, or better still have a £20 word with the warehouse staff to put old oil on one side for you. That way, you get dirt-cheap veg oil.
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