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economy

Never-ending Numptiness

May 12, 2009

Cars have always been at the mercy of half witted legislation, starting with the red flag bearer required to walk in front of the invention designed to be faster than walking. The news that Europe and America are to fit engine noise generators to electric cars to protect blind people is no surprise.

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Changing Thoughts for Changing Times

April 22, 2009

I’ve been spending time with friends from overseas these last few evenings. Some of what they tell me about where they live is quite surprising. We in the UK (particularly Daily Mail readers) would never think ourselves to be ahead of the game when it comes to quality of life and cost/standard of living, but [...]

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Colour Me Bad

March 23, 2009

I had a nice email conversation with a work customer the other day. He was looking for a value for his vehicle and also asked this question: ‘I am replacing my current car (premium SUV) with a Discovery 3 HSE spec and I really fancy a TDV6 G4 rally one in Tangiers Orange with all [...]

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Bad News Media

February 5, 2009

The blinkered attitude of the media towards their reporting of the economic crisis continues to amaze. This item in today’s Times reports that 500 jobs are to go at the Transit plant in Southampton. The piece states: Ford, the US car giant, today announced that it was cutting 850 British jobs as new vehicle registrations [...]

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