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That people with little willies try to compensate by buying expensive cars.
I have yet to hear anybody say “my BMW is good value for money” actually I’ve yet to hear anybody say their car is good value for money.
Figures for the Logan are between 70 & 80mpg, zero tax, cheap insurance, largest boot space in it’s class & more reliable than a BMW.
You have just lost your argument (whatever that was)........ I have a huge willy and an expensive car.
 

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So, many cars are built with the same parts but can cost over £20,000 more to buy.
 

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Fair comments.

Thing is, one could say the same about most marques. Have you noticed that a lot of VWs share near identical tail light clusters? See how the Fiesta has morphed into a Focus? Ok, some might say they’re ‘lesser’ brands but the Porsche Panamera is a 911 with four doors. The Merc GLC is a C class on stilts.

Take a look at bikes. In fact, go look at the rear indicators on your ‘Bird and tell me how many other Hondas of the same year sported the same ones. Ok, so they’re only indicator units but I’m sure that a damn site more components were shared.

Unless you’re buying serious exotica, there’s not a vast amount out ) there that stands out as truly unique and completely different from the crowd.

True. I've noticed in the last half a dozen years or so that mainstream car designs are so similar that it's as if the designers are all graduates of the same school.
A few years ago Ford were banging out a range of cars that all looked liked they were based on one model. It was when they owned Aston and the cheeky bastids lifted the AM grill design and put it on everything. Now it seems to transcend car manufacturers these days and, a bit like bikes, you have to look for the badge to tell what brand it's from (although many car brands share the same "parentage" , so perhaps that's not so surprising).
I think the last time I thought a manufacturers vehicle design had any "wow" factor was a few years back when Kawasaki suddenly changed for the better. I remember being in a Kwacker dealer showroom with the wife and saying that they must have shot the entire design team and started from scratch.
 

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True. I've noticed in the last half a dozen years or so that mainstream car designs are so similar that it's as if the designers are all graduates of the same school.
A few years ago Ford were banging out a range of cars that all looked liked they were based on one model. It was when they owned Aston and the cheeky bastids lifted the AM grill design and put it on everything. Now it seems to transcend car manufacturers these days and, a bit like bikes, you have to look for the badge to tell what brand it's from (although many car brands share the same "parentage" , so perhaps that's not so surprising).
I think the last time I thought a manufacturers vehicle design had any "wow" factor was a few years back when Kawasaki suddenly changed for the better. I remember being in a Kwacker dealer showroom with the wife and saying that they must have shot the entire design team and started from scratch.
It also goes the other way. Honda decided to go wacky on the current model Civic and instead of setting a new design standard they took it waaaaay t far and ended up with a confused and unappealing eyesore that has not got anywhere near their sales expectations. They tried the same with the last model Civic (the one with the faux headlight glass right across the front )-it was stunning/cutting edge when released but aged very quickly, just looks humdrum now.

The only new 'everyday' car that I have seen in recent years that turned my head is the Kia Stinger.

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It also goes the other way. Honda decided to go wacky on the current model Civic and instead of setting a new design standard they took it waaaaay t far and ended up with a confused and unappealing eyesore that has not got anywhere near their sales expectations. They tried the same with the last model Civic (the one with the faux headlight glass right across the front )-it was stunning/cutting edge when released but aged very quickly, just looks humdrum now.

The only new 'everyday' car that I have seen in recent years that turned my head is the Kia Stinger.

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When I first saw the Stinger in the flesh I thought it was a BMW. One of Alpha Romeo's saloons is similarly afflicted.
The new Civic is indeed a total abortion.
Honda really have lost the plot.
 
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Ah, there it is, the diversionary tactic being employed when things aren't going so well.......

:rolleyes:
I don’t need to know why you have a huge willy up your arse but got to say it’s a bit extreme for a diversionary tactic.
 

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I still can't believe you are trying to worm out of what you said.

Fact.

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I’m not trying to worm out of anything. I’ve maintained my position; I said what the car cost and what I paid for it, which are two different things. If you can’t wrap your head around that, then you need help that no one on here is qualified to give :asz:
 

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I’m not trying to worm out of anything. I’ve maintained my position; I said what the car cost and what I paid for it, which are two different things. If you can’t wrap your head around that, then you need help that no one on here is qualified to give :asz:

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Er, below is exactly what you said.


"My car was £52k so am I stupid, too? "
 

Pow-Lo

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Er, below is exactly what you said.


"My car was £52k so am I stupid, too? "[/QUOTE]
That was the list price, not what I paid. How many more times? Are you really so intolerably thick?
 

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"My car was £52k so am I stupid, too? "[/QUOTE]
That was the list price, not what I paid. How many more times? Are you really so intolerably thick?[/QUOTE]

Why not say "the list price of my car was £52k"??

Why would anyone, even the "intolerably thick" (very rude) think it was the list price??
 

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"My car was £52k so am I stupid, too? "
That was the list price, not what I paid. How many more times? Are you really so intolerably thick?[/QUOTE]

Why not say "the list price of my car was £52k"??

Why would anyone, even the "intolerably thick" (very rude) think it was the list price??[/QUOTE]
I knew what he meant, My Megane was almost £31,000 (new price with all add ons) I paid £10,000 when it was 9 month old
 

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That was the list price, not what I paid. How many more times? Are you really so intolerably thick?

Why not say "the list price of my car was £52k"??

Why would anyone, even the "intolerably thick" (very rude) think it was the list price??[/QUOTE]
I knew what he meant, My Megane was almost £31,000 (new price with all add ons) I paid £10,000 when it was 9 month old[/QUOTE]
I bought a newspaper this morning. It cost 80p.

It really did cost 80p.

Not some other figure that I could chuck in randomly and expect everyone to use psychic powers to work out what the real price was.

By the way, my beemer had a list price of almost £58k, I paid £33k four months old with. less than 100 miles on it.

Who's got the biggest willy now then??
 

Cougar377

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As opposed to..... "who is the biggest willy....?"
 

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"My car was £52k so am I stupid, too?
That was the list price, not what I paid. How many more times? Are you really so intolerably thick?

Why not say "the list price of my car was £52k"??

Why would anyone, even the "intolerably thick" (very rude) think it was the list price??[/QUOTE]"[/QUOTE]

It might be rude but that's what happens when I write something that even a blind man on a galloping horse could see but you still insist on trying to prove a non-existent point by arguing the toss, as usual. I even cleared it up in post No. 37 when I wrote:

"List price was £52,300, I paid just over £40k. If you read my post carefully, you'd have noticed that I said that's what hte car cost, not what I paid"

Plain as the nose on your face but you still keep on insisting trying to prove I wasn't clear. Either you really are not very bright at all or you want to turn starting arguments into an Olympic sport.
 

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Why not say "the list price of my car was £52k"??

Why would anyone, even the "intolerably thick" (very rude) think it was the list price??
"[/QUOTE]

It might be rude but that's what happens when I write something that even a blind man on a galloping horse could see but you still insist on trying to prove a non-existent point by arguing the toss, as usual. I even cleared it up in post No. 37 when I wrote:

"List price was £52,300, I paid just over £40k. If you read my post carefully, you'd have noticed that I said that's what hte car cost, not what I paid"

Plain as the nose on your face but you still keep on insisting trying to prove I wasn't clear. Either you really are not very bright at all or you want to turn starting arguments into an Olympic sport.[/QUOTE]
Or you just don't want to say "oh yeah, I see what you meann, let me clarify by saying etc.,........"
 
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