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Those cheap pints and breakfasts aren't aimed at immigrants, just the down market tourists of which Spain gets many.

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What a typically nonsensical statement C'man.
Your spelling isn't too hot either. :lol:

So you've seen some battered old UK cars on the CDS alongside numerous battered old Spanish cars, no doubt.

Now before you posted such absolute garbage on which to base your totally unfounded judgement, did you ever stop to think precisely how many UK expats are driving around in modern up to date Spanish registered cars ??????????

Certainly the vast majority of those I know at least.

Regarding those in battered cars do you ever stop to think there may well be a perfectly sensible reason to use a battered old car in such God forsaken areas as that ?
One of the best pieces of advice I was given when I first briefly lived in such an area.

Think about it, I'm sure the penny/cent will drop eventually.

You obviously haven't even the faintest clue.

A very cheap shot even by your own pathetic standards.

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Some very angry people out there now.:frown:

The TV clips were not pleasant viewing at all and they were behaving like people with virtually nothing left to lose.

They've been told things are changing and improving for the past two years, unfortunately most stats indicate otherwise and the best hope for many of them now is a one way ticket heading towards N.Europe.

The Spanish are overall a very proud nation, which makes it all the sadder to see so many of them having their dignity completely taken away and be reduced to acts of such desperation, not only as shown on TV, but in daily occurrences such as those I see on a regular basis, scavenging in the rubbish bins for food or anything of value, to give just one example.

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I change my cars every 2 years in UK, and every one I have traded in has been in immaculate condition, but given the pathetic driving standards in Spain if I ever moved there, I'd be driving an old banger as well.;)

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Quite !

http://elpais.com/elpais/2014/03/24/...03_411585.html

Bad organisation all round apparently.

The Spanish cops are usually well equiped, even over equiped and big in numbers, but they found themselves under serious pressure from desperate people who must have felt they had little to lose.

Not quite so brave under pressure either.
I saw one cop down on the floor apparently badly injured and still taking a kicking.
His pals came to help, then turned round and fled and left him to it, as soon as they saw a few demonstrators heading in their direction.

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The problem is that nobody who was there says they saw anything. Apparently it did kick off near the PP HQ after the demonstration was over and most people had already left.

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Well Stevie definitely didn't see it, so it was probably all a figment of someones wild imagination. :cool:

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A lot of expats have come to that reluctant conclusion, especially if they come over with sparkling new British cars.

I take all the usual precautions with my current car, no longer sparkling, no longer British, but not an old banger either. I park away from Spanish old bangers and hire cars, I allow extra spacing when driving round roundabouts etc etc.

And I still get those mysterious scratches in mysterious places, but now I just leave them in place - just like the grafiti on my wall outside. I'm even thinking about stopping polishing my shoes, to blend in with the people I meet every day, which are mostly Spanish people, well, about half and half actually.

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I've bought 2 new and expensive cars over the past few years and never had a scratch

On the street I lived on in Benalmadena Pueblo there were quite a few British families. They were not well off by any stretch of the imagination. At least that was the impression they gave. Perhaps they have 100,000s squirreled away but never spent any!

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You're lucky then.

Over here it's a running joke. Expats (especially Germans, who have a sort of religious view of cars) move here with their new Audi's and Mercs... Within a year, they've been sold off in favour of an old Golf or Fiesta. To be fair, old Defenders have become pretty popular, as they are virtually indestructible.

There's also the threat of being accused of being "rich" if you exhibit a new car.

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According to the Spanish press it was "una batalla campal" I always thought that translated as a "pitched battle", seems I'm wrong, it merely means a "skirmish". :confused:
http://ccaa.elpais.com/ccaa/2014/03/...26_320507.html

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Who is nobody ?

It has been on all the news and in the papers too and still is today

Gone from riots to another dig about ex pats cars in just 3 pages, maybe like me they are just worried it will be siezed, maybe the cost of keeping the cars serviced is too much, maybe they have lost the 'keeping up with the jones' syndrome once they settle.

Who knows could be many reasons. I also see so many late nice motors with major dents and or scratches on,

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Yes of course

The point is that if expats were indeed "rich" like amideislas says, then they would buy a nice new car anyway. Even if you get the odd dint then you can afford to get it fix. If you have a lot of money then you are not going to drive around all sweaty and uncomfortable in an old banger

From the 3 years I spent on the CDS, I would say that the British people who lived there had about the same amount of money as the Andalucians they lived with, some had less, some more

Up here, it is a different matter regarding cars. Oviedo is full of BMWs and Audis. And I must have seen a dozen Porsche Panameras here, and there is barely a dint in sight

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Chopera was referring to the fact that no-one at the organised demo (which was day-time) saw the violence. I did look at your youtube clip, and it was obviously a night-time incident by hooligans. You'll see worse unfortunately if you go and watch Man U - Liverpool or Chelsea - West Ham. Or even Sevilla- Betis if what I've been told is correct.

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Have a look at this vid > quite a wild video on FB of protesters fighting back against police in Madrid.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v...type=2&theater

about 1m.16s is quite funny