Hello all

[knightsmith]

Peter,

 

I don't worry about things like that,

 

The XKR, the XJ Supersport, and both Astons were hardly frugal .

 

If I worried about MPG I wouldn't own a car .

 

ATB,

 

Trevor

[jag2]

local morrisons petrol £118.9 ltre. thank god our two cars are petrol, less to worrie about dpf !Removed! filters and going for 30mile runs just a waste of money. modern petrol cars give good returns mpg

[Old Peter]

local morrisons petrol £118.9 ltre. thank god our two cars are petrol, less to worrie about dpf !Removed! filters and going for 30mile runs just a waste of money. modern petrol cars give good returns mpg

123.9 pence a litre at my local Shell garage, Charlie.  How can anyone afford petrol in Scotland at £118.9 a litre I don't know.

 

I make sure that my longer runs are always for something useful --  visiting  ---  trips out for leisure etc.

 

Peter.

[knightsmith]

Peter,

 

You can buy Scotland for a pound !

 

Only joking Charlie .

 

ATB,

 

Trevor

[jag2]

peter&trevor. you would both be surprised, up here its like every second car you see on the road is ither a bmw audi or a merc & some jags ect thrown in, so their must be money about, every time you drive buy a pub theirs allways sombody standing outside having a !Removed!, i know the pub game sufferd badly when the smoking ban came in and lots of them closed, but most are still open. charlie

[jag2]

whent into local aldi tonite low and behold the new sat nav i bought about a month ago from halfords for £99.99 i used my discount card got it for £86.  at aldi s £49.99 is that not a bargain folks. its £89.99 at both halfords&argos just now. charlie

[knightsmith]

Charlie,

 

Thought the XK had a sat nav in it .

 

ATB,

 

Trevor

[jag2]

aye trevor it has. but to quote a well know scottish saying ITS !Removed! charlie

[knightsmith]

Charlie,

 

Why, what's wrong with it, is it not in Gaelic ?

 

The sat nav I had in my XKR was excellent, never had any trouble with it, even with the Devon cart tracks .

 

The map on the one in this insignia car looks like its been drawn with crayon by a five year old .

 

ATB,

 

Trevor

[jag2]

trevor, the one in the xk is very basic to say the least, the thing is easy to operate, but wants to take you the wrong way all the time. in september down in the blackpool area finnished me with it, it kept trying to take me to lancaster, i know peter might like that, and it looked quite a nice town centre, but i was fed up driving through the place, mostly one way(maybe it was trying to gide me back to bonnie scotland) i find it dated to say the least, and was determined not to give mr TATA any more of my money for an update disc. i am saving that up for my cousin in germany, his first name is MERC last name BENZ . regards charlie

[knightsmith]

Charlie,

 

In all fairness I can't understand why anyone would have trouble using it, unless yours was the Noah's Ark version.

 

What is more worrying is you wanting to go to Blackpool! ( I have relatives there ).

 

If you must venture to civilisation, there are better places, Lancaster being one of them .

 

 

I have told Cornwall that you might be down later in the year, and they said they would make sure it's open .

 

ATB,

 

Trevor

[jag2]

haha trevor cant wait, loved it as a boy, beautiful place nice beaches . plus they like us scots down their they have been trying for idependance for years even got their own flag  st andrew s cross black back ground. thats the pirates for you . a bit of one meself oh arr lol  .aye my old uncle worked for over 20 years for that Jaguar lot after the clay mine down their. its a long drive but planing to stop half way down book in for the nite some wer, will let you know or as we say up here let you ken charlie

[knightsmith]

Charlie,

 

It used to be great in the 60's . My uncle managed a theatre there,so I got in everywhere for nothing and met all the stars.

 

I think it has gone rather down market now, but i've not been there for years so can't comment .

 

ATB,

 

Trevor

[jag2]

trevor its been over 40 years since ive been down. probly changed big time. well thats breakfast over the wife slept in, thats us fed, im the head cook&bottle washer. now to go out spend my pocket money lol charlie

[Old Peter]

My satnav on the touch screen is relatively basic, but I rather like it.  I think that pressing the wrong butt can get you where you don't want  to be.  I took me the wrong way once in Leeds, but I do know the geography pretty well up North and in the Midlands --  in fact in most of the UK.

 

Lancaster in a nice city  --  the Duke of Lancaster owns it and quite a bit of the land around there too.  The Duke is the only female Duke in the UK, and the title goes back to about 1066. as the UK didn't have Duke till then.

 

Peter.

[knightsmith]

Peter,

 

The Sat nav on the XKR was excellent, and even gave you a choice of three different routes, never had a problem with it , it must be a Scottish thing.

 

ATB,

 

Trevor

[jag2]

peter, dukes are scarce on the ground up here, we ate them years ago. how female duke down their pray i ask (stupidly) did he have a s*x change and is now a he. or is he a he but just a !Removed!, please tell charlie

[jag2]

just back from giving wullie hill the local bookie his pocket money, was going to go in for a pint but think peters beat me to it .charlie

[jag2]

trevor, local poof up here s called ben doon charlie

[knightsmith]

Charlie,

 

I'm still watching the Never Ending Story .

 

ATB,

 

Trevor

[jag2]

trevor im in it charlie

[Old Peter]

The Duke of Lancaster is the Queen,  Charlie.  

 

We Lancastrians never settle for second best.

 

Ready for dinner soon, just cocktails, dinner jacket and black tie, and Moules Mariniere, followed by potted Morecambe Bay shrimps with brown toast, tiger prawns and salad, washed down with a bottle of Pinot grigio, and after that a glass of mulled wine.

 

We have to keep up standards!

 

Peter.

[jag2]

oh we live and learn, up here peter we like our wine to you know only the finest , hand made by the monks of buckfast abbey no less. charlie

[knightsmith]

Charlie,

 

Made just down the road from me .

 

But I don't drink or smoke since I flat lined . Lost four stone though !

 

ATB,

 

Trevor

[jag2]

trevor tryed it when i was young its stinks its supposed to be a tonic wine but the idiots up here drink it by the bottle then fight with anything that moves, no kidding, charlie