You got me going, John.
Those number plates would be pricey!
Chris
C M I Barker | Gamlingay
> On 17 Jun 2018, at 20:11, john hudson <om4t@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> I was just teasing about the plate! Better for you would be " CHR 1S "
>
>
> Here is my favorite for family wheels:
>
> https://tinyurl.com/ybrfhs2f
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> with the previous image for a couple who wanted a set of spare wheels.
>
> Both taken in Sheffield several years ago.
>
> The 55mpg was using large imperial gallons in the calculation. Canada sells
> auto fuel by the liter.
>
> jh
>
>
>
>> On 06/17/18 10:40 AM, Chris Barker <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> :-) Yes, it would be worth a fortune except that . . .
>>
>> . . . I removed the first two letters of the number plate, John, in the
>> interests of restricting personal information on the Web.
>>
>> It died within about 3 seconds of the bow wave developing; I didn’t think
>> that I was going that fast, but then I had gone through the same puddle
>> around 30 minutes before. I had not realised that during the intervening
>> period the downpour had continued over our village and that two streets had
>> become rivers, each of which filled the pool at the confluence where the
>> culverts were blocked.
>>
>> 55mpg on small gallons looks pretty good to me. I’ll not get better than
>> around 40mpg on the bigger gallon with my X3.
>>
>> Chris
>>
>>> On 17 Jun 2018, at 14:11, john hudson <om4t@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> That license plate ............... 16 OSU ! Flog the plate for a fortune,
>>> ditch the X3, buy an X7, invest the surplus in your pension plan and then
>>> retire :-)
>>>
>>> Did the X1 die after hitting a puddle only ankle deep as seen in the
>>> Father's Day card? Son one must have been wearing rubber boots in
>>> anticipation of a photo op :-)
>>>
>>> Whoopi for the diesel. Just had our late model diesel VW fixed re its
>>> cheating emissions software. Highway mileage is now a miserable 55mpg :-(
>>>
>>
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