TriggerFish Posted August 23, 2015 Report Share Posted August 23, 2015 Lovely and sunny here too. I've said it before, but: it's grim up north! Rob- 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted August 23, 2015 Report Share Posted August 23, 2015 29.5 and Sunny yesterday, top down drive around the Cotswolds, top. Today's horrible, overcast and sticky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Judge_ Posted August 23, 2015 Report Share Posted August 23, 2015 (edited) Bought my tickets for Santa Pod! http://www.e46zone.com/forum/topic/60830-bmw-show-santa-pod-27th-sept-guys-put-names-down/page-3 http://www.bmwshow.co.uk/index.html Edited August 23, 2015 by The_judge aka Suf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted August 25, 2015 Report Share Posted August 25, 2015 Gross! Was wrapped around 2 uprights... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TriggerFish Posted August 25, 2015 Report Share Posted August 25, 2015 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxtek Posted August 25, 2015 Report Share Posted August 25, 2015 Wow you really must have been flying! Ashley1995 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjn Posted August 25, 2015 Report Share Posted August 25, 2015 What is / was it? A bird? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TriggerFish Posted August 25, 2015 Report Share Posted August 25, 2015 Wow you really must have been flying! Ashley1995 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxtek Posted August 25, 2015 Report Share Posted August 25, 2015 I thought it was a good joke It was either that or something to do with proof of having a nice car means you can pick up birds... (Now would be a bad time to say that isn't a bird in his grille) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TriggerFish Posted August 25, 2015 Report Share Posted August 25, 2015 Any excuse to break out Buzz Killington though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted August 25, 2015 Report Share Posted August 25, 2015 Yes it's a bird, or at least was. Fellas head was stuck, had to pull hard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted August 27, 2015 Report Share Posted August 27, 2015 (edited) Well I never Joe, look at number 7 www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/property/11826138/In-pictures-Beautiful-homes-in-the-10-happiest-and-most-affordable-commuter-towns.html?frame=3417308 Edited August 27, 2015 by Sam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TriggerFish Posted August 27, 2015 Report Share Posted August 27, 2015 Wooo! Aylesbury! Average salary though, £35k?! Really? Not based on the people I see around! That's also 10k more than the average salary in Oxford, which doesn't seem right... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X-Man Posted August 27, 2015 Report Share Posted August 27, 2015 Yeah that went up when I started working here! I'll be off soon though so it should go back down some TriggerFish 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted August 27, 2015 Report Share Posted August 27, 2015 It all depends on how the average is calculated. So many students with daddy footing their £2k/month rent bill. I struggle to see £25k as average of residents, the cheapest studio apartment is £650/month. that'd leave less than £1k for everything else. And an average, so people have less than that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TriggerFish Posted August 27, 2015 Report Share Posted August 27, 2015 That's a good point, but this Telegraph page states 'the city's workers': http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/property/house-prices/11436459/Welcome-to-Britains-most-unaffordable-spot-its-not-London.html And from 2011: http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2011/nov/24/wages-britain-ashe-mapped Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted August 27, 2015 Report Share Posted August 27, 2015 (edited) Unless you can find 1 body who's done all of it, with the same measures, it's pointless. I've just found an article stating the national average is £28k, so Oxfords average is less than that and Aylesburys is more? I don't think that's right. It's all tosh. People I know earn multiples of what the average is in their sector. Who are the people doing the same job for LESS than the average, when they could earn so much more? As I said, I'm not sure what you do with a £1600 take home and £800 in rent. You'd be eating beans and never going out. Is this really what average is? Edited August 27, 2015 by Sam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TriggerFish Posted August 27, 2015 Report Share Posted August 27, 2015 (edited) Agreed, but there doesn't seem to be a breakdown by town by the same study (that I've seen). Either way, there's lies, damn lies, and statistics... I guess those people who, maybe like me, don't have quite the experience to move into the top rung of their sector pay scale? (Although I think I'm still slightly above, according to job sites etc) Or those who don't care for money, and would rather earn less to spend time with children (why?!?!) or something? Edit - I'm somewhere in the middle of the salary range, but I'm happy. Good fringe benefits help too. Edited August 27, 2015 by TriggerFish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjn Posted August 31, 2015 Report Share Posted August 31, 2015 Ouch.....2014 M3.....Cat d..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TriggerFish Posted August 31, 2015 Report Share Posted August 31, 2015 Still £42.5k I didn't know they were so expensive! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjn Posted August 31, 2015 Report Share Posted August 31, 2015 If i could ever afford to drop £42.5k on a car......i don't think i could buy it knowing it is a Cat D. StuBeeDoo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TriggerFish Posted August 31, 2015 Report Share Posted August 31, 2015 (edited) Esp. when someone's said it's uneconomical to repair, with a value of over £40k! That's gotta be £££ worth of damage. Edit - £56k and up on BMW's site for a brand new M3 Edited August 31, 2015 by TriggerFish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob- Posted August 31, 2015 Report Share Posted August 31, 2015 (edited) If i could ever afford to drop £42.5k on a car......i don't think i could buy it knowing it is a Cat D. I know absolutely nobody on here will agree but with that money I'd get a Toyota landcruiser diesel with the best spec I could find. Not only are they an all round brilliant vehicle, they hold their value like nothing else on the road. Edited August 31, 2015 by Rob- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wash Posted August 31, 2015 Report Share Posted August 31, 2015 I know whose car that is lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonlpearce Posted September 3, 2015 Report Share Posted September 3, 2015 This guy has some balls!! Watch right to the end. http://www.redbull.tv/videos/AP-1JP2X33592111/uncontainable B0B and Ashley1995 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...