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i sold my old iveco tipper as it needed a complete service loads of welding etc etc i was trying to register it over here but iveco france wanted €500 & then on top of this i needed to spend another €300 to get it registered..bit sad when it went but now looking for a cheap ford transit tipper :D
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Does that mean you have been rattling about on English plates for the last few years? tut tut! ;)
Understeer: when you hit the wall with the front of the car.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
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TerryG wrote:Does that mean you have been rattling about on English plates for the last few years? tut tut! ;)
:lol:
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball wrote:And rememberrr to take some of zem wis yur.
J
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true.. :oops:
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#4 Post by rich. »

JPB wrote:
TerryG wrote:Does that mean you have been rattling about on English plates for the last few years? tut tut! ;)
:lol:
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball wrote:And rememberrr to take some of zem wis yur.
at €500 for a peice of a4 paper too flippin right!
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#5 Post by rich. »

just found a sprinter tipper for reasonable money, 90k miles 408D motor. any idea what the fuel consumption is chaps??
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#6 Post by TerryG »

Have you thought about building yourself a custom and making a K10 Pickup? ;)
Understeer: when you hit the wall with the front of the car.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
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#7 Post by rich. »

not really, would you think it will carry between 3 & 5 ton on gravel/rubbish etc :D
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#8 Post by TerryG »

You could go double decker or make a trailer. You are always looking for problems rich ;)
Understeer: when you hit the wall with the front of the car.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
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#9 Post by rich. »

its no problem terry, just over here modifcations which are not factory approved are difficult & expensive to pass. so bang goes my ferarri based micra...
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#10 Post by TerryG »

I thought you were planning to do it the other way round and have a micra based Ferrari.
French bureaucracy must be even worse than ours. Sometimes I think there is a conspiracy to stop us from tinkering.
Understeer: when you hit the wall with the front of the car.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
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