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Chris Whelan wrote:
>> A good quality meter (any Fluke, don't need the spendy 77) should last >> the average jerk a lifetime. > >You must have a whole different class of average jerks where you come >from! Some of the guys I worked with would kill at least one a year... Well, I was thinking home/occasional usage. Daily usage in an automotive shop would be far more abusive, of course. |
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On Sat, 08 Jan 2011 10:42:36 -0600, dizzy >
wrote: >Adrian wrote: > >>Apart from the fact that virtually no company (at least outside the motor >>industry) actually _owns_ their company cars - they're all leased - I'll >>tell you for a fact that there will be virtually no depreciation put >>against Jaguar's books for those cars, since they'll be sold as approved- >>used cars at a few months old. > >And a several-month-old used car hasn't depreciated significantly? > >A car depreciates significantly the moment it's driven off the lot and >is then "used". Which "lot" do Jaguar buy their cars from, then? -- Ian D |
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On Sat, 08 Jan 2011 10:42:36 -0600, dizzy >
wrote: >Adrian wrote: > >>Apart from the fact that virtually no company (at least outside the motor >>industry) actually _owns_ their company cars - they're all leased - I'll >>tell you for a fact that there will be virtually no depreciation put >>against Jaguar's books for those cars, since they'll be sold as approved- >>used cars at a few months old. > >And a several-month-old used car hasn't depreciated significantly? > >A car depreciates significantly the moment it's driven off the lot and >is then "used". Which "lot" do Jaguar buy their cars from, then? -- Ian D |
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On 7 Jan 2011 12:58:40 GMT, Adrian > wrote:
>When it comes down to it, you've got a thirsty 15yo example of BMW's >absolute low-point of recent years, the E36. Compared to anything Bangle touched it's a classic. -- |
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On 7 Jan 2011 12:58:40 GMT, Adrian > wrote:
>When it comes down to it, you've got a thirsty 15yo example of BMW's >absolute low-point of recent years, the E36. Compared to anything Bangle touched it's a classic. -- |
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The Other Mike > gurgled happily,
sounding much like they were saying: >>When it comes down to it, you've got a thirsty 15yo example of BMW's >>absolute low-point of recent years, the E36. > Compared to anything Bangle touched it's a classic. ITYM "It might be a not-particularly-well-built bag of ****e, but at least it's merely aesthetically bland rather than actively hideous..." And as for the much-maligned Mr Bangle, I can only say "Fiat Coupe". He _can_ design gorgeous stuff, he just chose not to whilst at BMW. |
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The Other Mike > gurgled happily,
sounding much like they were saying: >>When it comes down to it, you've got a thirsty 15yo example of BMW's >>absolute low-point of recent years, the E36. > Compared to anything Bangle touched it's a classic. ITYM "It might be a not-particularly-well-built bag of ****e, but at least it's merely aesthetically bland rather than actively hideous..." And as for the much-maligned Mr Bangle, I can only say "Fiat Coupe". He _can_ design gorgeous stuff, he just chose not to whilst at BMW. |
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