What I like about America. [A politics-free thread]
Mar 1st 2017, 4:08 pm
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Re: What I like about America. [A politics-free thread]
It was insurance that killed me when looking at used cars. I had my eye on (what I thought was a rather nice) late-model Escort LX that was in a used car lot down the road from my house. I would have been able to scrape together the money to buy it, but the insurance would have run me something like £3,500 a year because I was 23 at the time with no driving record.
Buying the new Corsa allowed me to get free insurance for the first year, so I went with that.
Buying the new Corsa allowed me to get free insurance for the first year, so I went with that.
Mar 1st 2017, 4:22 pm
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Re: What I like about America. [A politics-free thread]
Mar 1st 2017, 4:26 pm
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Uber and Lyft are so reasonably priced and convenient. Is it worth getting a car?
Mar 1st 2017, 4:28 pm
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But sometimes it's nice to take a wee run up the Antrim coast in your own car without having to rely on someone else to do so.
Mar 1st 2017, 4:30 pm
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For work, I wouldn't need one. If I was working in Belfast again, I'd live somewhere with a station and just get the train in and out every day, with the added benefit of lots of walking. Taxis home from the pub, as always.
But sometimes it's nice to take a wee run up the Antrim coast in your own car without having to rely on someone else to do so.
But sometimes it's nice to take a wee run up the Antrim coast in your own car without having to rely on someone else to do so.
Mar 1st 2017, 4:36 pm
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Re: What I like about America. [A politics-free thread]
My mum used to rent cars after my dad left though before she had her own, if we were going to take a trip and we do it all the time on vacations, both here and in the UK so yeah, that works. Still nice to have your own, of course.
Of course, when I was 23, the trains were unreliable and I wanted a car so I could burn about in it when I wanted to, not just to drive to and from work
Of course, when I was 23, the trains were unreliable and I wanted a car so I could burn about in it when I wanted to, not just to drive to and from work
Mar 1st 2017, 8:46 pm
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Mar 1st 2017, 8:51 pm
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Mar 1st 2017, 8:52 pm
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Mar 1st 2017, 8:55 pm
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Mar 1st 2017, 8:59 pm
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It was more for the Life on Mars connection, but yeah that would work.
Nobody does a police van quite like us lot on the other side of the Irish Sea, of course.
Just look at that majestic mother****er. Can take half bricks and petrol bombs during 12th of July riots like a champ.
No wonder the mainland UK wants to be rid of us
Nobody does a police van quite like us lot on the other side of the Irish Sea, of course.
Just look at that majestic mother****er. Can take half bricks and petrol bombs during 12th of July riots like a champ.
No wonder the mainland UK wants to be rid of us
Mar 1st 2017, 9:01 pm
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It was more for the Life on Mars connection, but yeah that would work.
Nobody does a police van quite like us lot on the other side of the Irish Sea, of course.
https://c1.staticflickr.com/7/6024/5...1fcb4cd8_b.jpg
Just look at that majestic mother****er. Can take half bricks and petrol bombs during 12th of July riots like a champ.
No wonder the mainland UK wants to be rid of us
Nobody does a police van quite like us lot on the other side of the Irish Sea, of course.
https://c1.staticflickr.com/7/6024/5...1fcb4cd8_b.jpg
Just look at that majestic mother****er. Can take half bricks and petrol bombs during 12th of July riots like a champ.
No wonder the mainland UK wants to be rid of us
Mar 1st 2017, 9:03 pm
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