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Drove halfway around london to see if I could find a left hand drive car for my move to Bulgaria. It's odd because some people say LH cars are cheaper in the UK whilst others say they're cheaper elsewhere. Anybody know anything definitive ?

Anyway my task failed. I may have to change my ideas about how much I can spend cos I'm really not finding anything in the price range I wanted. Or I am but it's moon distance milage, really ratty etc etc.

anyway, on a brighter note, the deal on my flat is due to go through either tomorrow or monday.

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Thu Oct 11th, 2007 at 01:01:28 PM EST

Re: cars (none / 1)

Do you have army-dumps in the UK? Here in Belgium sometimes we can buy good jeeps or vans....

The struggle of man against tyranny is the struggle of memory against forgetting.(Kundera)

by Elco B (elcob at scarlet dot be) on Thu Oct 11th, 2007 at 02:53:02 PM EST
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Re: cars (none / 1)

No, I'm not aware of any. But surely ex-army stuff has been run into the ground ?

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Thu Oct 11th, 2007 at 02:55:20 PM EST
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Re: cars (4.00 / 2)

Well used, yes, but usually very well maintained.

And given your requirements for a solid 4WD it's worth a thought.

I've only heard of Witham, but I'm sure there are other sources:

http://www.witham-sv.com/tender/lots.php

by Metatone (metatone [a|t] gmail (dot) com) on Thu Oct 11th, 2007 at 03:35:33 PM EST
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Re: cars (none / 1)

If you can find a place, the government is absolutely paranoid about selling a dangerous vehicle off, so they are usually fully serviced before being sold off.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Thu Oct 11th, 2007 at 03:45:42 PM EST
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Re: cars (none / 1)

Of course, having slept on it, I realise that hte British MoD will only have RH drive cars. No use whatsoever.

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Fri Oct 12th, 2007 at 06:11:56 AM EST
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