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Trainman wrote: I'm looking forward to the report when he gets home....
You, me and the whole of the FCF I reckon Steve :lol: :lol:

I can't wait :roll: Did Simon see the battery tray?
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I am beginning to think that, while the V6 is technically Simons' property, it is the FCFs' baby! How many people have had a hand in it?
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CitroJim wrote:I'm looking forward to the report when he gets home...
I'm not sure I have enough bandwidth allowance left this month.
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CitroJim wrote:
Trainman wrote: I'm looking forward to the report when he gets home....
You, me and the whole of the FCF I reckon Steve :lol: :lol:

I can't wait :roll: Did Simon see the battery tray?
Yes Jim, He'd spotted it in the original pictures,he left here smiling and looking forward to the drive home.........
Hell Razor5543 wrote:I am beginning to think that, while the V6 is technically Simons' property, it is the FCFs' baby! How many people have had a hand in it?


That's not a bad point James :!: :!: Simon actually said last night after Jim had given it the once over, "It's like waiting for exam results" last night there was only him, today, well............. the whole of FCF :roll:
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Looking at the time, he has either a, got lost or b, he is enjoying his new V6 so much he has taken the long way home (via New Zealand)!
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Or, which is more likely, he's cracking on with a few jobs making the most of the weather
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Trainman wrote:Or, which is more likely, he's cracking on with a few jobs making the most of the weather
Or he got home after about 3 hours travelling as I'd expect, and is still typing.... :P
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northern_mike wrote:
Trainman wrote:Or, which is more likely, he's cracking on with a few jobs making the most of the weather
Or he got home after about 3 hours travelling as I'd expect, and is still typing.... :P
Or he's taken SWMBO out for a ride in the new motor..... :-D
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superloopy wrote:AA flat-bedded is my guess :help2:
No, won't be that. The suspense is killing me :twisted:
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Maybe he's disappeared into the Glasgow Triangle.............????
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School sports day is on up that way, and one of my friends up there reckons the traffic's been a bit busy the last couple of days.
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superloopy wrote:
northern_mike wrote:School sports day is on up that way, and one of my friends up there reckons the traffic's been a bit busy the last couple of days.
Yeah ... all that common stuff's going on up there, i'd forgotten already #-o ... still doesn't account for nearly 8hrs without ANY update, that's just not him :-D
Good point. The cooling fans work well should Simon be in queues...
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northern_mike wrote: Or he got home after about 3 hours travelling as I'd expect, and is still typing.... :P
I bet that's the reason :lol:
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xantos wrote:
northern_mike wrote: Or he got home after about 3 hours travelling as I'd expect, and is still typing.... :P
I bet that's the reason :lol:
I'd better check the forum database server has plenty of disk space then :wink: :lol:
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Re: Simon's new Xantia V6 blog

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I'm fine guys been home for hours, started to write a post but had to go out to pick up SWMBO before I finished it...

Will post it later tonight, but its gonna be a long one :-D
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