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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: amazonian on 23 November 2015, 21:20:36

Title: Cheap as chips (or much cheaper)
Post by: amazonian on 23 November 2015, 21:20:36
Had a quote today from a car breaker for my 2002 2.2Dti, works out at about 6p per kilo !
Swimbo tells me that potatoes are about 70p per kilo.

  ???  :)
Title: Re: Cheap as chips (or much cheaper)
Post by: 05omegav6 on 23 November 2015, 21:28:42
That reminds me... Pm incoming...
Title: Re: Cheap as chips (or much cheaper)
Post by: STEMO on 23 November 2015, 21:35:17
Had a quote today from a car breaker for my 2002 2.2Dti, works out at about 6p per kilo !
Swimbo tells me that potatoes are about 70p per kilo.

  ???  :)
No no no. You're getting confused here. You can't eat an omega and you can't drive a potato.  :)


Unless it's a golf ball sized potato, then I guess you could drive it. :-\
Title: Re: Cheap as chips (or much cheaper)
Post by: amazonian on 23 November 2015, 21:58:24

No no no. You're getting confused here. You can't eat an omega and you can't drive a potato. 


Unless it's a golf ball sized potato, then I guess you could drive it.


Ive seen Mr Rust eat an Omega under the arches on many occasions, and I saw him drive a potato, I think he was using a wedge see!
 :) :)
Title: Re: Cheap as chips (or much cheaper)
Post by: tunnie on 23 November 2015, 22:14:45
Out of interest, can rusted arches ever get bad enough to fail a MOT?
Title: Re: Cheap as chips (or much cheaper)
Post by: Sir Sideways on 23 November 2015, 22:20:46
yes if they have sharp edges
Title: Re: Cheap as chips (or much cheaper)
Post by: Varche on 24 November 2015, 15:11:55
My brother in England , was telling me scrap metal has gone from £70 a ton down to £6 a ton since the steelworks closures. Is that true?
Title: Re: Cheap as chips (or much cheaper)
Post by: BazaJT on 24 November 2015, 18:14:58
Don't know the exact price of scrap,but it's certainly fallen a heck of a lot.Thought it was because of cheap Chinese steel imports though.
Title: Re: Cheap as chips (or much cheaper)
Post by: TheBoy on 24 November 2015, 19:22:23
My brother in England , was telling me scrap metal has gone from £70 a ton down to £6 a ton since the steelworks closures. Is that true?
Yes. The arse has really dropped out of scrap.

Upside is that church roofs and phone cables are a bit safer now
Title: Re: Cheap as chips (or much cheaper)
Post by: STEMO on 24 November 2015, 19:33:19
My brother in England , was telling me scrap metal has gone from £70 a ton down to £6 a ton since the steelworks closures. Is that true?

Yes. The arse has really dropped out of scrap.

Upside is that church roofs and phone cables are a bit safer now
That must be bad news if you own an omega.  ;D