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Tue Mar 30, 2010 9:48 pm

Hi guys, my baby has been parked up since october, im deciding to tax it & pull it out april. Iv already got it insured today, for £172 fully comp mite i add :D But now im in two minds because of the shit weather. What do you reckon, wait till may??
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Tue Mar 30, 2010 9:50 pm

Bloody hell, I'm out in mine now, get driving!! :twisted:
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Tue Mar 30, 2010 9:51 pm

First weekend in April is always the time to bring them out.
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Tue Mar 30, 2010 9:53 pm

i've brought mine out since feb.
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Tue Mar 30, 2010 9:56 pm

i'm doing the same, taxing it from April for 6 months. I couldn't go out last weekend or the one before when the weather was nice but now it gives bleeding snow again :evil: I think i'm going to risk it though...
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Tue Mar 30, 2010 10:03 pm

I feel you guys, i pulled the cover off my car last night to take the battery out to charge, it just called out to me. But the weather report for this month dont look good. :-x
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Tue Mar 30, 2010 10:06 pm

Yip just mot'd mine - tax April but we have blizzard conditions just now 3inch of snow blowing horizontally. :cry:
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Tue Mar 30, 2010 10:09 pm

its a bitch isnt it. I no it sounds silly but im thinking if i tax it may, i can drive it to october.
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Tue Mar 30, 2010 11:24 pm

Mine is taxed for thr year. :cool:
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Tue Mar 30, 2010 11:25 pm

Iv got two cars, dont wanna waste money taxing two cars. How much is it for the year anyway??

This is what you call dedicated, or sad.
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F17RAK wrote:I feel you guys, i pulled the cover off my car last night to take the battery out to charge, it just called out to me. But the weather report for this month dont look good. :-x
But the weather last couple of weeks has tricked us into thinking winter is over!!
Since I took my car to get ready for summer it had p***ed down everyday!!
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Tue Mar 30, 2010 11:29 pm

just looked outside and snow is here again !!
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e30topless wrote:just looked outside and snow is here again !!
Must the Xmas spray snow mate, I've just looked out the window and there's no snow!
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Tue Mar 30, 2010 11:38 pm

I've just decided that I'm keeping mine indoors for another month, snow=salt on roads=no good.

Also, would feel like a right t*t driving around in a cab when it's snowing !!
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Tue Mar 30, 2010 11:57 pm

Topblag wrote:I've just decided that I'm keeping mine indoors for another month, snow=salt on roads=no good.

Also, would feel like a right t*t driving around in a cab when it's snowing !!
i think im with you mate, iv got another car so im not in a hurry. But i sure do miss my baby!
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Wed Mar 31, 2010 12:03 am

Snow in late March. It rainy and windy down here.
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Wed Mar 31, 2010 12:15 am

Blitz wrote: It rainy and windy down here.
same here :(
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Wed Mar 31, 2010 12:27 am

hasnt stopped raining in brum, teases us with hints of sun & then disappears :x
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Wed Mar 31, 2010 12:46 am

I've had mine out since February, many times with the lid down. Sorry if i'm out of order, but arent some being a little too precious? I dont mean to offend anyone, but........ :) :roll: :)
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Wed Mar 31, 2010 12:50 am

Its not about being precious, i just want to tax it for 6 months because cabs are not the best cars to drive in the winter.
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Wed Mar 31, 2010 1:04 am

Sorry chum , no offence meant, but if we have such goodtime cars,(and I have too), why wrap 'em up in cotton wool for half the year? Be brave, go enjoy. Lets face it, till the mini everything was rwd. since then the worlds overdosed on too much soft tit and fwd. Drivers or drovers? all the best.
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Wed Mar 31, 2010 4:19 am

mines a year round soldier of a daily driver.
suck on them apples!

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Wed Mar 31, 2010 8:19 am

I'm taxing the tourer from april 1st for six month and dragging out of the garage..............but only when the suns shining :rock: :clap: :clap:

and yes I've got to recharge the battery :o:
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Wed Mar 31, 2010 8:35 am

tomorrow :D :banana: :banana: :D
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Wed Mar 31, 2010 9:12 am

Off down to the post office at lunchtime :D . Then off to Sweeps tomorrow for a check over.
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Wed Mar 31, 2010 9:36 am

Hmm your right about october, last year it was actually quite nice, i'd be p1ssed if i taxed it for April and all we got was rain and snow (the sky today is so dull and dark) and then october proves to be one of the best months for weather...
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Wed Mar 31, 2010 9:56 am

been out of the garage since the beginning of March - get it out and enjoy!
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Wed Mar 31, 2010 9:59 am

Mine has been out since Feb.

Get a hardtop, you wont have to worry than!
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Wed Mar 31, 2010 10:00 am

I know what you mean about October - but im off to the post office to tax it tomorrow for 6 months - £104.50 :roll:
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Wed Mar 31, 2010 10:58 am

w17led wrote:Mine has been out since Feb.

Get a hardtop, you wont have to worry than!
if it was that easy :-x

i look out today & its crap, so its probably a sign to say leave it for a month.
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Wed Mar 31, 2010 12:49 pm

Mine lives outside :)

Get it out and enjoy it, it's what E30 cab's are made for, cruising :cool: :cool:
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ImysE30 wrote:Mine lives outside :)

Get it out and enjoy it, it's what E30 cab's are made for, cruising :cool: :cool:
Thats why we lose so many nice examples to car cancer! :hammer:
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Wed Mar 31, 2010 4:55 pm

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ImysE30 wrote:Mine lives outside :)

Get it out and enjoy it, it's what E30 cab's are made for, cruising :cool: :cool:
Thats why we lose so many nice examples to car cancer! :hammer:
I've got a cover on mine so it's well protected :) Had a garage but it got turned into a living room/shower room :cry:
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Wed Mar 31, 2010 4:57 pm

That sounds like a proper asian thing to do :mad:
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Wed Mar 31, 2010 5:01 pm

Yeah tell me about it, was proper gutted :cry: :cry:

I'm the only one who uses the room anyway now, pointless conversion :(

Once i've got my project all done-up, i'm turning it back into a garage :twisted:
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