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you always get one..........

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I took him as meaning one car that is ok

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sorry folly yes that was what i did mean sometimes you do get an exceptional car i was not being personal.

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It's sad when people lose their jobs,but in the past Burnley,Accrington and other places had to go through the same change,with hardly a tear shed by the good folk of Birminham,people don't want the cars that Rover make! it's that simple! It's a cut throat industry and they are made cheaper some place else,but unlike most places that fall on hard times the Rover plant is slap bang in the middle of key seats in the election and unlike coal mine's, cotton weaving,fishing etc this is important to save! Why do you reckon?




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sorry for taking the wrong meaning.:o

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Thats no problem..........

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Entwisi sorry to inform you but Lotus are ownen by Protoncars which are based in Malaysia.Britain has no more car manufacturers after Rover.Ford own Jag VW own Bentley ??????????????

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People have a job to know who owns what these days. I'm sure most X Type Jaguar owners dont realize they are buying a posh MONDEO

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does TMS still do parts for rover. they used do the plastic parts

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I did know Lotus had been bought out, that was a slip, however, I would still consider it British in that it does all its design/build etc here and the Proton involvement is only from a financial POV. Having said that There are also a lot of other small manufacturers in teh KIT car scene who produce soem very nice motors.(Ultima, Quantum, DAX, etc)

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bang on with that fireman, 6 million to give a lame duck another week, if thats not electioneering i don't know what is

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And now all workers are sent home on full pay. Would'nt you think if they are being paid they may as well produce!!!!!!!!

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That is disgusting. Some of the people where I work are on 4 day week because there is not enough demand for the products. Anyone have the phone number so I can get them on full pay? :mad:

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You may need to consider that sending them home on full pay costs £6.6M a week, How much extra would it cost for materials/running costs of machinery etc to keep them in full production? It could be that they are trying to minimise the cost of 'maintaining' a workforce whilst trying to negotiate a deal with the Chinese.

Ian