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Originally Posted by HPsauce (Post 123245)

It's all on the forum, fairly recent too. ;) With photographic evidence.

Oh, that one! :D Yes, I remember seeing that now. Probably wasn't paying attention at the time.

John Buchanan book was "The Thirty Nine Steps". You might remember the film of the book. The clip I remember was the train scene on the Forth Bridge.

For mileage the company A8 (2008 3.0 TDI) is currently at 236K miles.
And still running sweet, I did a Manchester to Luton return in her last week.

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Originally Posted by tc4332 (Post 123393)

John Buchanan book was "The Thirty Nine Steps".

I was just testing to see if anyone here was cultured enough to spot my reference. Well done Ray, you passed the test! :D

Not that I'm cultured to be honest. I only know of the book because we were forced to read it at school! English Lit was not one of my strong subjects.

Mark,
Thanks for the promotion to "passed". :love:
Sorry for the delay in posting my cleverness but we have been rather busy.
Monday I had a planned job to drive an empty bus to London, stay overnight and on Tuesday bring a load of Bombay type Indians from the City up to Wigan. Two really easy days planned.
BUT then, as happens to the best laid plans, we had a funeral in Weymouth on Monday. So with a five am departure I drove the bus to London with Gwen following in our 8. Parked the bus at the hotel, they were good let us book in at 10:15 so that we could wash and change, then drove the 8 to Weymouth for 13:00. Had lunch and attended the funeral. After the wake we went for a walk around Weymouth harbour and drove back to the hotel at Kew Bridge. Gwen stayed with me overnight and then drove the car back home. I took the bus into the City (35 minute journey took 2.5 hours), collected the party and drove back to Wigan.
Rest of the week has been local stuff but a 04:00 start each day. Tomorrow, Saturday I have five jobs, starting at 04:10 and the last at 23:30.
Sunday is a rest day, honest, unless SWMBO comes up with a visit to our Great Grandaughter. :cool:Save</span>

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Originally Posted by tc4332 (Post 123399)

Monday I had a planned job to drive an empty bus to London, stay overnight and on Tuesday bring a load of Bombay type Indians from the City up to Wigan. Two really easy days planned.
BUT then, as happens to the best laid plans, we had a funeral in Weymouth on Monday. So with a five am departure I drove the bus to London with Gwen following in our 8. Parked the bus at the hotel, they were good let us book in at 10:15 so that we could wash and change, then drove the 8 to Weymouth for 13:00. Had lunch and attended the funeral. After the wake we went for a walk around Weymouth harbour and drove back to the hotel at Kew Bridge. Gwen stayed with me overnight and then drove the car back home. I took the bus into the City (35 minute journey took 2.5 hours), collected the party and drove back to Wigan.
Rest of the week has been local stuff but a 04:00 start each day. Tomorrow, Saturday I have five jobs, starting at 04:10 and the last at 23:30.
Sunday is a rest day, honest, unless SWMBO comes up with a visit to our Great Grandaughter. :cool:

Don't know how you do it Ray. I feel exhausted now just reading all that :eek:

Model and year: D2 S8 2000
Previous owners: 6
Mileage when acquired: 97k
Current mileage: 103k
Length of ownership: 12 months
Interesting features: none - Back box with asymmetrical pipes
Previous car: B5 S4 with RS4 turbos etc., giving 412hp.

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Originally Posted by pete-p (Post 123642)

'00 Audi S8 Agate Grey

Love the colour!

My A4 was Achat Grey, and I reckon that was a great colour too!

S8's are so uncommon down here that there's not a lot of colour choice. Not that I don't like the black, but living on a dirt road it's terrible! Would much rather grey!