#229565 - 05/09/2004 20:11
Re: The MX5 is dead, long live the...
[Re: andy]
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Loc: Manchester UK
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I try to park in quiet parts of car parks, but it only takes one careless idiot.
Why is that? You park at the opposite end of the car park, no cars around you for miles (slight exaggeration) and get back to find someone has parked right next to you? Why? I know my car is the best thing on four wheels, but seriously, they have a whole carpark to choose from and they park right next to mine.
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#229566 - 05/09/2004 20:21
Re: The MX5 is dead, long live the...
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Registered: 10/06/1999
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Loc: Wivenhoe, Essex, UK
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Tell me about it. I nearly had a silly incident in the work car park the other week.
It was 7:30am so the car park was very empty. I drove several hundred yards past the last car and parked in a space with dozens of empty spaces to either side. I then sat in the car for 60 seconds or so, fiddling with my phone and PDA.
I then went to get out of the car and went to open the door without bothering to look first. As I did there was a screeching of brakes and squealing of tyres as a car slid to a stop a couple of inches from my half open door.
I know I should have looked before opening the door, but what idiot drives hundreds of yards down an empty car park only to park next to the driver's door of a solitary car which clearly has someone sitting in it ?
Of course, being British I closed the door, allowed him to park and then I got out and appologied for not looking. Doh !
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#229567 - 05/09/2004 23:16
Re: The MX5 is dead, long live the...
[Re: andy]
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Registered: 08/02/2002
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but what idiot...
Normally one by the name of 'Twat'.
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#229569 - 06/09/2004 07:44
Re: The MX5 is dead, long live the...
[Re: andy]
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Registered: 16/04/2002
Posts: 2011
Loc: Yorkshire UK
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Saw a lovely one on the Norwich ring road, Friday, guy collecting a brand new Kia, had not quite mastered the controls leaving the forecourt and got rammed in the driver's side by a Ford Transit. 30 feet in your brand new prize possession, now that would make you sick as a parrot!
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#229570 - 06/09/2004 10:48
Re: The MX5 is dead, long live the...
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Registered: 09/08/2000
Posts: 2091
Loc: Edinburgh, Scotland
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Under the driver's seat has plenty - see this gallery for a couple of pics. That's a 680 Watt amp, and it never gets very hot, even when I have a subwoofer in. Dead easy to get seats out and run cables. The space behind the dash gets pretty full - but I even managed to get my handsfree kit in as well.
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#229571 - 06/09/2004 12:43
Re: The MX5 is dead, long live the...
[Re: boxer]
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Registered: 20/12/1999
Posts: 31600
Loc: Seattle, WA
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...guy collecting a brand new Kia, had not quite mastered the controls leaving the forecourt and got rammed in the driver's side by a Ford Transmit. 30 feet in your brand new prize possession...
Ah well, it was only a Kia. Dealership probably just handed him a new one, same thing as spilling your coke on the way out of the restaurant. Only difference is, with the Coke, they're worried about the price of the cup. 
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#229573 - 07/09/2004 02:17
Re: The MX5 is dead, long live the...
[Re: tfabris]
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Registered: 17/12/2000
Posts: 2665
Loc: Manteca, California
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Sorry to be contrary, but that is wishfull thinking. Ain't never gonna happen. Quote:
Ah well, it was only a Kia. Dealership probably just handed him a new one, same thing as spilling your coke on the way out of the restaurant. Only difference is, with the Coke, they're worried about the price of the cup.
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#229574 - 07/09/2004 03:36
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Registered: 25/12/2000
Posts: 16706
Loc: Raleigh, NC US
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Damn you top posters.
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#229575 - 08/09/2004 07:00
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Registered: 24/07/2002
Posts: 618
Loc: South London
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Furthest point of the carpark everytime! Failing that, a space with only one car facing side so that I can park as close to it and as far away from the other car!
Somebody put a real deep (but small & "pointy") dent in my last car, and I'm certainly not going to give them the same opportunity this time.
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#229576 - 08/09/2004 10:15
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Registered: 17/01/2002
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Loc: Manchester UK
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I have been guilty (on several occaisions) of straddling two spaces. But that's only been when the carpark in question is really quiet.
Which reminds me, the clio's going in for a new alternator tomorrow so I wonder if it'll come back with a few scratches and some more miles on the clock?
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#229577 - 08/09/2004 10:46
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Registered: 16/04/2002
Posts: 2011
Loc: Yorkshire UK
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Which reminds me, the clio's going in for a new alternator tomorrow so I wonder if it'll come back with a few scratches and some more miles on the clock?
Precisely why the Leeds MG dealership will never see me again, collected from them and driven straight to the office car park, where it couldn't possibly have happened, so they must have put the dent in the front wing, whilst they had it. But could I prove it?
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#229578 - 08/09/2004 11:33
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[Re: boxer]
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Registered: 10/06/1999
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Loc: Wivenhoe, Essex, UK
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Precisely why the Leeds MG dealership will never see me again, collected from them and driven straight to the office car park, where it couldn't possibly have happened, so they must have put the dent in the front wing, whilst they had it. But could I prove it?
Had exactly the same thing at Streatham Mazda, one week after buying my MX5 from new. I am praying that Subaru dealers are better than Mazda ones.
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#229579 - 08/09/2004 11:46
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Registered: 16/04/2002
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Loc: Yorkshire UK
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I am praying that Subaru dealers are better than Mazda ones.
They seem to have that reputation according to the polls.
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#229580 - 08/09/2004 12:25
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Registered: 17/01/2002
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Loc: Manchester UK
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Well they can't be much worse than Renault dealers. Every time I take the car in I come back to find it being 'admired' by all the spotty oik mechanics. No doubt hoping they find it on their job sheet for the day. How else can you explain putting 12 miles on the clock when all it's gone in for is a cracked washer bottle? God only knows what they get up to in it.
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#229581 - 08/09/2004 12:54
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Registered: 16/04/2002
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Loc: Yorkshire UK
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they can't be much worse than Renault dealers
Now you tell me, after I've placed an order. But having to tell the sales staff the features of the car they're meant to be selling you, is quite normal!
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#229582 - 08/09/2004 13:20
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[Re: boxer]
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Registered: 17/01/2002
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Loc: Manchester UK
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When I was looking to buy my car I visited Renault Manchester, I found the salesman completely disinterested in even talking about the car and once I started talking about the price I was told book price (£15k at the time) or nothing. I said I'd only got £13k at which point he muttered something about getting a second hand one and walked off.
So I thought, sod this. I went to Motorpoint in Burnley, paid £12k for a brand new unregistered car with 7 miles on the clock. The only difference between it and a UK car is that it doesn't have a Renault alarm and immobiliser. So I got a Sigma fitted which is much better than the Renault one anyway and still saved nearly £3k. All 172s are made on the same production line, so if someone says imports are inferior they're talking out of their arse. If anything the imports are better because they have a decent security system.
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#229583 - 08/09/2004 15:21
Re: The MX5 is dead, long live the...
[Re: boxer]
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Registered: 24/07/2002
Posts: 618
Loc: South London
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they can't be much worse than Renault dealers
Now you tell me, after I've placed an order. But having to tell the sales staff the features of the car they're meant to be selling you, is quite normal!
better not point you at the renault forums then! 
They're not really that bad, In 6 years of renault ownership (2 clios from new) I've not had any serious problems, an aerial on my old one which leaked after about 4 years and a wing mirror on my current one which made a funny "tinging metallic" sound, but was replaced under warranty.
Other than the odd random pieces of plastic that occasionally turn up in the car, nothing major!
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