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Offline p3asa

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Re: Rear wiper delete
« Reply #20 on: 18 December 2011, 11:27 »

Funny you should say that, it wasn't so long ago that a rear wiper was considered a luxury option on a hatchback... well maybe it was a while ago... !! Where's me pipe and slippers?


Yeah I remember getting my first car that had a rear wiper and thought I was proper "posh"  :grin:  I just used the wing mirrors and never had a problem.

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Re: Rear wiper delete
« Reply #21 on: 19 December 2011, 08:53 »

Yeah I remember getting my first car that had a rear wiper and thought I was proper "posh"  :grin:  I just used the wing mirrors and never had a problem.


Talking of mirrors, once upon a time, it was the posh models that had colour coded ones. Now the top models have black ones.
Red Mk6 gone replaced with a white Mk7 which has gone too. Green Mk2 here to stay.

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Re: Rear wiper delete
« Reply #22 on: 19 December 2011, 09:16 »
And do you notice how many 'trendy' cars (MINI, up!, Beetle for example) now have body coloured interior panels, how long ago was it that base models came with painted metal interior sections and you had to spec up for a few bits of plastic capping to make the interior more 'upmarket', now it's vice versa!

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Offline Jimble

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Re: Rear wiper delete
« Reply #23 on: 19 December 2011, 21:20 »

Yeah I remember getting my first car that had a rear wiper and thought I was proper "posh"  :grin:  I just used the wing mirrors and never had a problem.


Talking of mirrors, once upon a time, it was the posh models that had colour coded ones. Now the top models have black ones.
It used to be the posh cars that had 2 wing mirrors! :grin:
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Re: Rear wiper delete
« Reply #24 on: 20 December 2011, 08:34 »
I remember feeling ever so posh when I fitted a passenger door mirror to my base spec Mk2 Cavalier. You should have seen me when I'd colour coded them.  :grin:
Red Mk6 gone replaced with a white Mk7 which has gone too. Green Mk2 here to stay.