Nissan

[Henarar]

I have had many. A particular diarrhoea brown 1.3 estate went on fire at the traffic lights on Kingsbridge hill due to some technical failure involving the entertainment system which was playing a tape recording of David Lee Roth's 'Comfortable Shoes' at high volume. I exited the vehicle, having just purchased it from Exeter car auction and walked home. I was never charged for the damage to the road surface.

that will teach you to buy from Exeter car auction, it was only one step up from Taunton and there was a reason they sold them at night down there with only a candle to see them by.
Still that was a quality purchase, best we managed was a astra gte I thought it would be a good idea to see how far the digital dash went on the way home which was fine till the big ends went and a montego with the turbo seized, never had one catch fire.

 

[Exfarmer]

Did it have a brown vinyl roof?

it was a heap of crap
And yes I think it had a vynil roof
were you the crook who sold it to me

 

[le bon paysan]

Because moving when it's unnecessary isn't practical maybe?

Helps if you have a bung!

Nissan was offered secret state aid to cope with Brexit, minister concedes | Nissan | The Guardian

Business secretary vowed to maintain manufacturers’ capacity to trade with EU

amp.theguardian.com

 

[Pasty]

Helps if you have a bung!

Nissan was offered secret state aid to cope with Brexit, minister concedes | Nissan | The Guardian

Business secretary vowed to maintain manufacturers’ capacity to trade with EU

amp.theguardian.com

A little out of date

 

[le bon paysan]

A little out of date

Still a bung to get them to stay

 

[Pasty]

Still a bung to get them to stay

This happens all over. It is not unique to the UK. Get over it. We got the business. Remoaners said Nissan would be gone. We won and they were wrong and now we will reap the rewards. Trying to turn an obvious success into a failure makes you look silly. Do you not think the EU 'incentivises' business to trade there?

 

[le bon paysan]

This happens all over. It is not unique to the UK. Get over it. We got the business. Remoaners said Nissan would be gone. We won and they were wrong and now we will reap the rewards. Trying to turn an obvious success into a failure makes you look silly. Do you not think the EU 'incentivises' business to trade there?

It's great news that they are staying. Why do you twist it into my wanting them to fail.? A Bung is a bung.
Thought you'd got the brains to see through Johnson and the charlatans. Clearly not.

 

[FonterraFarmer]

We had a marina van fir a while, was do light on the back end it was lethal on slippy roads but great fun if you got it just right on a slide

Long before drifting was popular in Japan, Kiwi's and more predominantly Australian's were battling to drive their 6 cylinder Marina's in the rain!!!

 

[Pasty]

It's great news that they are staying. Why do you twist it into my wanting them to fail.? A Bung is a bung.
Thought you'd got the brains to see through Johnson and the charlatans. Clearly not.

It's clear that you hope and dream that the UK will fail. We won't. It really shouldn't matter to you but for some reason it does. It's sad.

 

[br jones]

It's great news that they are staying. Why do you twist it into my wanting them to fail.? A Bung is a bung.
Thought you'd got the brains to see through Johnson and the charlatans. Clearly not.

And the good ole eu has never paid a bung?

 

[JCMaloney]

Didn`t the EU "encourage" Ford to move Transit manufacture to Turkey?

In 2012 Ford received a loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB), an EU institution, of around £150 million for a factory in Turkey.
The loan was not to relocat,e though it occurred around the same time as Ford chose to close its factory in Southampton.

What a co-incedence....................

 

[Muck Spreader]

Didn`t the EU "encourage" Ford to move Transit manufacture to Turkey?

In 2012 Ford received a loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB), an EU institution, of around £150 million for a factory in Turkey.
The loan was not to relocat,e though it occurred around the same time as Ford chose to close its factory in Southampton.

What a co-incedence....................

Ahhhh, please don't bring this myth up again. The Transit factory in Southampton was tiny and mostly just served the UK market. Ford has always had a massive plant in Turkey 4 or 5 times the size of Southampton for Transit production and was producing Transits 6 years before Southampton did (also Transit plants in Holland and Belgium at the time). Ford looked to rationalise and expand production at the main site and asked the EIB for a loan, they could have just as easily got the money from many other institutions.

 

[JCMaloney]

Ahhhh, please don't bring this myth up again. The Transit factory in Southampton was tiny and mostly just served the UK market. Ford has always had a massive plant in Turkey 4 or 5 times the size of Southampton for Transit production and was producing Transits 6 years before Southampton did (also Transit plants in Holland and Belgium at the time). Ford looked to rationalise and expand production at the main site and asked the EIB for a loan, they could have just as easily got the money from many other institutions.

Two sides to every transaction. The transaction was factual and may have influenced the decision.

 

[Wolds Beef]

Reading this just gave me an idea!! The only problem is how to spread it. Because of all the goings on with fish and meat export why do we not leave all new and used EUropean cars on the forecourts. All we need to do is buy vehicles manufactured in other countries other than the EU. Ford, fiat, Mercedes, Bmw, Peogeot, Citroen, all must be left at the garages. We have plenty of choice from in this country and our Far Eastern friends. That also could be done even with larger vehicles as well. And for that matter ag vehicles as well. After a month or 2 watch them squeal!!
WB

 

[Henarar]

Reading this just gave me an idea!! The only problem is how to spread it. Because of all the goings on with fish and meat export why do we not leave all new and used EUropean cars on the forecourts. All we need to do is buy vehicles manufactured in other countries other than the EU. Ford, fiat, Mercedes, Bmw, Peogeot, Citroen, all must be left at the garages. We have plenty of choice from in this country and our Far Eastern friends. That also could be done even with larger vehicles as well. And for that matter ag vehicles as well. After a month or 2 watch them squeal!!
WB

Yep will do,
That will show them.

 

[Pasty]

Reading this just gave me an idea!! The only problem is how to spread it. Because of all the goings on with fish and meat export why do we not leave all new and used EUropean cars on the forecourts. All we need to do is buy vehicles manufactured in other countries other than the EU. Ford, fiat, Mercedes, Bmw, Peogeot, Citroen, all must be left at the garages. We have plenty of choice from in this country and our Far Eastern friends. That also could be done even with larger vehicles as well. And for that matter ag vehicles as well. After a month or 2 watch them squeal!!
WB

I don't see any of those firms have any compelling offers at the mo anyway. Behind the curve. Far better motors from Kia and Hyundai and then the Japanese.

 

[Wellytrack]

Reading this just gave me an idea!! The only problem is how to spread it. Because of all the goings on with fish and meat export why do we not leave all new and used EUropean cars on the forecourts. All we need to do is buy vehicles manufactured in other countries other than the EU. Ford, fiat, Mercedes, Bmw, Peogeot, Citroen, all must be left at the garages. We have plenty of choice from in this country and our Far Eastern friends. That also could be done even with larger vehicles as well. And for that matter ag vehicles as well. After a month or 2 watch them squeal!!
WB

But that would be rather insular thinking, and antithesis to Brexit.

 

[Pasty]

But that would be rather insular thinking, and antithesis to Brexit.

Like the EU holding up traffic like children?

 

[Mek]

Like the EU holding up traffic like children?

I may be wrong but I think the UK is holding up a lot of traffic too.

 

[M-J-G]

I may be wrong but I think the UK is holding up a lot of traffic too.

The UK is holding up traffic within it's own borders, a mate in NI who is in haulage had to bring a fridge back with only 4 pallets in it because the one that the driver was supposed to bring had pallets on it that couldn't be transported to NI.

Wonder if France are to blame for that too.