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genetically engineer

The last thing we need is clever cows. They would learn that the electric fence isn't always on.

Being able to find their own way to the milking parlour twice a day is quite clever enough.

Cheers.

Tim

Yeah, went to this last year.

They had what was allegedly the longest bullock train ever seen this century, and its such an old fashioned operation you were welcome to wander around where they were breaking up the bullock teams and putting them onto the B double trucks. They do that up an earthen ramp that the truck backs up to, with quite literally just a very long piece of string up the side of the ramp to stop the individual bullocks heading off the side of the ramp.

So the engine sucks in a cylinder full of water in the flood, and stops dead from running speed, locking the transmission as it does so.

I'll be amazed if the starter could do any more damage. My car only cranks at about 120RPM.

Andy

My wife's old car (which was driven to the garage, with a leaking sump and some other expensive stuff coming) is currently acting as an advert for the garage's "scrappage scheme".

She's not pleased. Had that car for 17 years from new.

Andy

I would tend to agree with you. More conclusively, we are told the starter did not turn it over at all. I would very much doubt that the stationary torque of the starter, without any momentum of heavy parts to back it up, could actually bend anything important.

What was the scrappage value?

I was allowed £3,500 for a 10-year old car worth about £1,500 - for a new purchase at list price about £24,000. Admittedly I had the money to spend.

Not a lot.

We got a reduction on the S/H car she's got to replace it.

Doubtless we've been ripped off... used car salesmen are legendary.

Andy

That would be a trade in, worth whatever you can get, maybe a few quid more than webuyanycar price. Though some dealers are now offering to pay up to £1000 over as it gives them S/H stock without auction commission and VAT.

Scrappage either gov scheme or makers exists for purchase of new cars and not S/H. The gov scheme was to get people to keep the economy going by buying nice new clean diesels. The makers schemes are simply to shift new stock and they hope that once someone has moved from scrappage banger to a new car they are unlikely to go back to older vehicles. I suspect is used by a lot of people that have cashed the pension pot and are buying their "last car", 65>80ish should last out.