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You Park Like a C*nt
January 27, 2012 | 
Author The fowl mouthed You Park Like a Cunt website it quickly becoming one of my favourites, it’s mantra:
“a blog which will help its creator come to terms with, and learn to enjoy people who simply park like cunts.”
The worlds full of them, which means every day you can join in the fun of submitting c*nts, as well as enjoying other submissions.
Within the hour of discovering the site I’d already found my first submission
Less parked, more abandoned
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Tags: BMW, learn to park between the lines, parking, SUV, You Park Like A Cunt | 
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VW Golf GTI 8v
This is my old & much missed VW Golf GTI mk2 8v. One of the first of the ’88 spec with Digifant engine, RHD wipers, and no quarter-lights. Mainly a post as it’s about time there was some pictures back up online of her somewhere.
Bought as I was seeking a cheap runabout when I found this on a dealers forecourt, essentially 2 owners from new, 60,000 miles on the clock (at 13 years old), £1500.
2011 Ford Focus Zetec TDCI Road Test
Earlier this month I drove to Northern Ireland, giving me an ample opportunity to put the all new 2011 Ford Focus through it's paces over a 1000 miles and varying roads. Here in Zetec spec, 1.6 115PS TDCI with stop/start, & fitted with the Appearance pack (tinted glass & 17" alloys - £525), Metallic Paint (£525), and a Centre Console (£250), giving a total OTRP of £19,895
Despite the 'all new' tag, it's still very recognisable a Ford Focus. Personally I'm a bit disapointed by this, when the Focus first came out, it was a bit of a shocker, and it seems a shame if you're starting with a clean sheet, not to do something new with the car. The biggest clue it's a new car besides the front bumpers is the rear lights have been moved off the rear C pillars and back on corner of the rear quarters.
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Despite the 'all new' tag, it's still very recognisable a Ford Focus. Personally I'm a bit disapointed by this, when the Focus first came out, it was a bit of a shocker, and it seems a shame if you're starting with a clean sheet, not to do something new with the car. The biggest clue it's a new car besides the front bumpers is the rear lights have been moved off the rear C pillars and back on corner of the rear quarters.
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Seat Tweetup – Seat Ibiza & Leon Test
Back in August I received a hushed message from Seat PR. Fancy coming down to Farnborough with a bunch of bloggers and sampling a few of our cars? There'll be free cake? Free cake...count me in. So on a shockingly warm Sunday in October, we found ourselves in Farnborough and finally able to talk about the first car manufacturer organised #tweetup.
Seat have been operating in the UK since 1985, and it's fair to say they've come on a lot since then. Sales are up (and increasing in the currently shrinking market) to a record market share of 2%, to give that some perspective, year to date they've sold more than Volvo or Mazda, equal with Land Rover, and snapping at the heels of Mini & Fiat! So on to the cars...
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Seat have been operating in the UK since 1985, and it's fair to say they've come on a lot since then. Sales are up (and increasing in the currently shrinking market) to a record market share of 2%, to give that some perspective, year to date they've sold more than Volvo or Mazda, equal with Land Rover, and snapping at the heels of Mini & Fiat! So on to the cars...
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Posted in Events, Motoring, Review | Tags: #seattweetup, 1.4TSI, 2.0TSI, car review, car test, cars, Cupra R, Curpa Bocanegra, event, Farnborough, FR+, Ibiza, Leon, motoring, Seat | No Comments »
Running Reports – BMW E36 323i Convertible
Starting mileage - 116458 7th May - 117662 7th July
Total Miles - 1204
MPG - 24.48mpg
Costs -
When I collected the car it was still wearing the previous owners private plate, and with the cars original registration in the boot. Luckily I wasn't pulled by the police, so no funny questions to answer, and also the new MoT, Tax etc arrived from the DLVA within a week, so I could transfer the plate without incurring any additional charge from my insurance company, which was a relief having being stung for an extra £100 over the previous Audi Cabriolet. On longer drives than the road test I discovered the front right had a bit of a knock, having being told it'd had bushes last year you start racking your mind 'what the hell is it?' but a trip to the local garage revealed one of the bushes fitted last year was fitted badly, and were now slightly broke. So nothing too major, new bottom arm ordered to fix it properly. Slightly more worrying, it turned out I'd got a water leak, a bit of an achilles heel on this generation of M50/M52 engines, only I'd not noticed, so first I knew was when the gauge suddenly shot towards red when out one afternoon by Ladybower (least there's plenty of water there). Another trip to the garage diagnosed a rather worn water pump. Repair urgency was escalated, and they've both now been sorted, so no water leak & handling on the front much improved now. Luckily the water pump was also covered under the warranty, a quick call to Gmund Cars, told them how much I'd been quoted, so they told me to get on with it & a cheque arrived to cover it shortly afterwards. Top service. Read the rest of this entry »
- £60 - Wind Deflector
- £295 - Water Pump & Bottom Arm
- £440 - both rear arches & rear bumped painted
When I collected the car it was still wearing the previous owners private plate, and with the cars original registration in the boot. Luckily I wasn't pulled by the police, so no funny questions to answer, and also the new MoT, Tax etc arrived from the DLVA within a week, so I could transfer the plate without incurring any additional charge from my insurance company, which was a relief having being stung for an extra £100 over the previous Audi Cabriolet. On longer drives than the road test I discovered the front right had a bit of a knock, having being told it'd had bushes last year you start racking your mind 'what the hell is it?' but a trip to the local garage revealed one of the bushes fitted last year was fitted badly, and were now slightly broke. So nothing too major, new bottom arm ordered to fix it properly. Slightly more worrying, it turned out I'd got a water leak, a bit of an achilles heel on this generation of M50/M52 engines, only I'd not noticed, so first I knew was when the gauge suddenly shot towards red when out one afternoon by Ladybower (least there's plenty of water there). Another trip to the garage diagnosed a rather worn water pump. Repair urgency was escalated, and they've both now been sorted, so no water leak & handling on the front much improved now. Luckily the water pump was also covered under the warranty, a quick call to Gmund Cars, told them how much I'd been quoted, so they told me to get on with it & a cheque arrived to cover it shortly afterwards. Top service. Read the rest of this entry »
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