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Conference terri::cars_uk

Title:	Cars in the UK
Notice:	Please read new conference charter 1.70
Moderator:	COMICS::SHELLEYELD

Created:	Sun Mar 06 1994
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	2584
Total number of notes:	63384

1497.0. "Too late as usual" by SUBURB::ALLYS (Reality... No Digital !!) Wed Jul 10 1991 14:25

    
    Did anybody else actually take part in this ??
    
    On Friday I found a yellow sticky attached to my windscreen with a
    phone number. Unfortunately I was'nt able to call them until today,
    turned out to be not an admirer but a market research group interested
    in the type of car, they wanted me to test drive a number of similar cars
    last weekend.
    
    Did anybody else get any similar messages and actually attend, sounded
    quite interesting.
    
    Shaz

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
1497.1	more likely to be a time share	HAMPS::MADELEY_T	I'm just F.I.N.E.	`Wed Jul 10 1991 14:44`	10
1497.2		KERNEL::SHELLEYR		`Wed Jul 10 1991 14:53`	6
1497.3	Take the money and go	TRUCKS::SMART	Taste and try before you buy	`Wed Jul 10 1991 15:46`	12
1497.4	couldn't go anyway	HAMPS::MADELEY_T	I'm just F.I.N.E.	`Wed Jul 10 1991 16:03`	4
	Wasn't here last weekend so I couldn't be bothered to find out any more. Spike.
1497.5		HUGS::AND_KISSES	Scott Marshall	`Wed Jul 10 1991 16:05`	8
	So am I to understand that a group of people wandered round the DEC car park, "admiring" people's cars, putting notices on those deemed suitable, presumably without DEC's permission, and apparently without being hastily ushered off the premises by security? Looks like this place would be a car thief's haven! Scott
1497.6	Who want to nick that anyway.....	SUBURB::ALLYS	Reality... No Digital !!	`Wed Jul 10 1991 17:13`	4
	re: -1 Probably why the XR2 next me this morning in the DECPARK carpark put a handbrake lock jobby on.
1497.7	I was nabbed as well.	BLKPUD::WARNESG	Mae hen iaith y Cymry more fyw ag erioed	`Thu Jul 11 1991 18:28`	14
	I was approached by someone offering the opportunity to attend the Lower Early "bash". This was last week at Shire Hall. My car is a Renault 5 GT Turbo, and the researcher seemed particularly interested in approaching "owners" of this model. This was borne out by the fact that my colleague, also a R5 GTT driver had the Yellow Sticky left on the windscreen. Perhaps the Clio 16V was on test ?? As we both normally work in Warrington, we weren't able to attend the event. I'd be interested in what I missed (or avoided as the case may be). Graham Warnes
1497.8	Could have been a million pound !!	SUBURB::ALLYS	Reality... No Digital !!	`Thu Jul 11 1991 19:12`	1
	Well does'nt look as if any DECies actually attended.
1497.9		HUGS::AND_KISSES	Scott Marshall	`Thu Jul 11 1991 20:55`	7
	Hmmm I think I'm being discriminated against. I didn't get a yellow sticky. They obviously thought becuase I drive a metro I wouldn't be able to give fair comment on these inferior cars being tested :-) Scott