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Old 13th September 2017, 09:15 PM
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My 3.5yr old granddaughter currently visiting from Oz asked me today if my car was really old. I told her that it was relatively old at 15yrs old. "Is it going to the crusher" she then asked
Almost had a heart attack on the spot.

Needless to say, I will get my revenge by reading all the scary bits of her bedtime stories which normally are edited out as being too scary for her. See how she likes that.
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Old 13th September 2017, 10:22 PM
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My 3.5yr old granddaughter currently visiting from Oz asked me today if my car was really old. I told her that it was relatively old at 15yrs old. "Is it going to the crusher" she then asked
Almost had a heart attack on the spot.

Needless to say, I will get my revenge by reading all the scary bits of her bedtime stories which normally are edited out as being too scary for her. See how she likes that.
Good idea - but I bet you still have worse nightmares than her
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Old 14th September 2017, 10:14 AM
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David, you should explain that such rare old cars aren't simply crushed.


Instead they're taken to a place of rest where they can be ripped apart by vultures looking for salvageable spare parts, until only the carcass remains.
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Old 18th September 2017, 01:34 AM
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"Is it going to the crusher"
And that coming from a little girl who's daddy drives a VT Commodore
At least as old, nowhere near as nice and it isn't even the V8 model (which aren't bad - good old LS1 from '99 onward )!
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Old 18th September 2017, 09:18 AM
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And that coming from a little girl who's daddy drives a VT Commodore
At least as old, nowhere near as nice and it isn't even the V8 model (which aren't bad - good old LS1 from '99 onward )!
You're right. But they have a 2 yr old Toyota Kluger of which she is very proud even though its just an ugly lump with no decent toys. Thats me done working on the VT tho' - next time i'm visiting thats going straight to the crusher
And Mark ,your vision gives me the creeps too. Though I think you are secretly hoping that you will be one of the vultures picking mine apart for yet more bits to fill your garage with......
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And Mark ,your vision gives me the creeps too. Though I think you are secretly hoping that you will be one of the vultures picking mine apart for yet more bits to fill your garage with......
Watching and waiting.

Just don't let that maintenance slip
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Old 18th September 2017, 11:40 AM
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Watching and waiting.

Just don't let that maintenance slip
No fear of that!
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