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'Heritage' Trail
sleeplessparadise:
We were passing Simmonites today and thought we would drop in for a nosey.... anyway they had this in so I grabbed a couple of pics .....sorry about quality was on my phone :lol:
Bush Tucker Man:
Thought they'd still got that one, we almost went to look at that.
It was on the 'viewing list', as I didn't expect the one I bought still being on sale, allowing for the 'lead time' of magazine adverts.
It's a nice colour, suits the 90 better than the 110
I'm given to understand that Simmonites have a (shall we just say...) certain reputation over their pricing.
sleeplessparadise:
Well John bought a hi-lift jack and paid a little over the odds but not much.......some of the prices they quoted though nearly had me choking! They quoted 16 pounds more than our regular place for a defender cubby box and we asked for a price on a gear knob for the discovery and were quoted 35+ vat! Oh well you live and learn :wink:
Bush Tucker Man:
I remember my old 110Tdi being in Simmonites & looking at it, then discounting it due to the price (& wanting even then a CSW)
So by the time we bought one, having been told by SWMBO that we only needed 2 seats & plenty of Dog-space, & decided that a 110 Hard-Top was sufficient, it re-appeared at Copley Motors (the Halifax LR main-dealer, on the road to Sowerby Bridge)
Without going into the details of the test-drive
Warp drive compared to my 2A Light-Weight. Cresting the hill to the M62 at almost 70mph (salesman driving) :shock: :shock: :twisted: :twisted: & subsquent haggling over price, px & accessories
(and a test-drive of a new 4.6HSE at the time as well)
Simmonites were almost £700 dearer than the main-dealer (+ there wasa good warranty offered by Copley)
I know it was the same as I looked through Simmonites old 'LRO' adverts & found it (plus a Simmonites rear number plate under a seat)
Bush Tucker Man:
This weeks projects.
Rear recovery is now sorted out (temporarily) & the tachometer is now finally re-positioned.
The next steps are to install one of my pairs of Anderson Plugs & wire-up the 12S socket
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