Tuscan for the Day

Tuscan for the Day

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jellison

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12,803 posts

284 months

Wednesday 30th October 2002
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A mate has token to have a Tuscan for the day - but only gets 150 free miles and each extra mile is £2.50 or another day = £100 +150 miles.

How can he get the most out of it in that time - rather than just crising about - Would obviously want to give it LARGE. Tarck, trailers possible, but pick up drop off is midday - most likely to stop going to tracks - airfield - an one own an airfield - any ideas and I'll pass it on...

RichB

52,758 posts

291 months

Wednesday 30th October 2002
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Where does he live? R...

jellison

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12,803 posts

284 months

Wednesday 30th October 2002
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London - central - getting from www.bespokes.co.uk/ - so could pickup from there on a trailer?! - Wanna get the most out of the miles not just cruising. Any ideas?

whitey

2,508 posts

291 months

Wednesday 30th October 2002
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it will take 20 miles just to warm the engine up...

jellison

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12,803 posts

284 months

Wednesday 30th October 2002
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Hmmm - glad I don't have the problem - 150 miles then giving it back - that is a Crime!

Having said that I think I drive the Chimera too much.

Beer sometime Andy?

Animal

5,343 posts

275 months

Wednesday 30th October 2002
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Jelly,

Would be interested to hear your mate's thoughts on dealing with Bespokes - having very nearly reached my 25th birthday (now I'm insurable - wahoo!!!), and with a credit card in my pocket, I'm a little bit keen to see what they're like.

GingerNinja

3,971 posts

265 months

Wednesday 30th October 2002
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I'm Jelly's mate who's getting the Tuscan....

Bespokes seem like a ridiculously expensive method of renting a nice car.

1) £350 + VAT for midweek first day rental. 150 miles only.
2) £3000 deposit (their insurance excess)
3) Extra midweek day £100 + VAT for only another 75 miles.
4) Extra mileage is £2.50/mile (or £40 per 100 miles!)
5) You need to be 30 years old with a drivers license for 2 years.

I haven't actually booked it yet, but I've got a voucher which entitles me to the first day for free. However, there's no way in hell that 150 miles is going to be enough, so I'm probably either going take another days for £100, or just find someone who knows how to do "mileage adjustment" on a Tuscan...I only need to shave off a coupla hundred miles!

jellison

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12,803 posts

284 months

Wednesday 30th October 2002
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Glad you said that last bit mister Ninja!

jellison

Original Poster:

12,803 posts

284 months

Friday 1st November 2002
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Latest today (from Mister Ninja) is some TWAT has just smashed hire car up again - think they have two but second time while waiting for this car - apparrently the dick tried racing a bike in Baker Street - lost it in the wet - smashed in one wing and ripped a door off.
May have to wait a bit then! See if they DO have two?

andytk

1,553 posts

273 months

Tuesday 5th November 2002
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you could just disconnect the speedo cable....
should be easy enough to do it normally connects to one of the front wheels somewhere

But you didn't hear that from me right

Andy

jellison

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12,803 posts

284 months

Tuesday 26th November 2002
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He's finally got it after more problems, and its only a bloody S.....