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Old Oct 23rd, 2012, 20:00   #81
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Well had the car 9 months and have to say till loving it, its been relaible only routine services and a wheel bearing so I'm a happy bunny. Did a mini tour of scotland at the start of the month covered over 600 miles with no issues and even managed an averyage of 36.7mpg!!!

Got a couple of pice of the car from a little veiwing bay over loch ness excuse the state of the car just done 250 miles...



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Well had the car 9 months and have to say till loving it, its been relaible only routine services and a wheel bearing so I'm a happy bunny. Did a mini tour of scotland at the start of the month covered over 600 miles with no issues and even managed an averyage of 36.7mpg!!!

Got a couple of pice of the car from a little veiwing bay over loch ness excuse the state of the car just done 250 miles...



There are jet washes in Inverness, Scoob.

No excuse whatsoever, LOL.

I like the look with the new wheels, too.

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LOL to be honest most of the times we were driving through the big towns it was late at night and we were rushing to get to the cottage or the B&B, & to be honest I'm a lazy fooker and thought why was the car twice when I can just wait till I got home and do it then, well at least take it to the polish blokes round the corner ;-)
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