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GB123
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3rd Jan 13 at 19:58   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Can't beat the comments on daily mail articles, this one is my favourite:

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Diesels don't stall. Petrol head 0 - diesel head 1


or this

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will he get 3 points MONEY DOES NOT GET YOU EVERTHING YOU DOPE
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3rd Jan 13 at 20:04   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
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Because it cost over 100k new and that sounds better than 40k for a headline, mainly.


Ok, so a Nokia 3210 is a £250 phone? Good one.


Probably when it came out, even the daily mail wouldn't be writing an article about that.
A fairly high value car is worth 100k for a headline, if it was 151k they'd have probably said 200k.

They also probably don't care what month the landrover was built after you've spent all afternoon googling it. What's really happened is some journalist that normally writes about dieting has had a guess.


I didn't spend all afternoon googling it I just knew that the Land Rover was first built in 1948, something that even the shittest journalist should really have checked. There is no excuse for sloppy journalism with the wealth of information at your fingertips.
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3rd Jan 13 at 20:23   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Tbf if you saw a C as deep in water as the Bentley, people would be like 'it's just a C'. Because people can afford that and don't see it as such a luxury item.
I'm sure - to an extent - that is how he sees it with thd Bentley?

I dunno. Just saying.

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3rd Jan 13 at 20:40   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Our CEO wrote his off in same way many years ago, was best way to get rid of it!

When Carlisle floods were on, driving home and the puddle was a tad deeper than it appeared.

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3rd Jan 13 at 20:53   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Proof for the old saying

More money than sense.
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4th Jan 13 at 12:13   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
lol cant believe they made such a big story out of fuck all

cars never worth 100k now 50 at best, but yeh defo a write off due to the cost of interior, electrics and possible engine damage, good scrap donor car for parts though

probs expecting a payout on the insurance so him forking out £1000 excess and going out an buying 40-50k merc seems reasonable enough

stupid to drive through the flood, but as to what he did after i would probs do the same....fucked your car, youre loaded, go buy another, dont see the issue personally

obviously a slow news day

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Its daily mail and their readers tbh, all have ulterior motives. They are just jealous and angry people wanting to make someone feel bad.
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4th Jan 13 at 12:25   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
dont see why it should be news tbh
if it was a super rare car then maybe

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4th Jan 13 at 18:39   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
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Originally posted by Tomnova16
dont see why it should be news tbh
if it was a super rare car then maybe


The M6 that got flodded down the road from me should be bigger news. Fair enough, it's not as expensive, but much rarer.
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5th Jan 13 at 08:10   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I dont think it really works like that, to most people Bentley sounds better than BMW in a headline.
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5th Jan 13 at 09:14   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
It doesn't work because "Parked Up BMW" isn't as good as "Millionaire in Bentley Drove into Flood".
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5th Jan 13 at 22:27   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
also i love the typo at the end, the title for the video says £100.00 bentley
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Corrado would be worst case scenario

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