Alistair Harwood
4.1K posts

Alistair Harwood
@dinklebaga
Love cars and motorsport, also run a bit
Banstead, Surrey Beigetreten Ağustos 2012
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@AutoPap Totally agree with this. I’ve walked out of showrooms before because of how the sales staff have treated me (Audi) and then bought multiple cars from the same sales person because they understand you
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"Shares of Sweden’s Volvo Cars tumbled nearly 25% on Thursday morning, putting the company on track for its worst trading day ever"
Whilst I love the look of the cars, the agency model they've adopted in the UK is a mess. I've experienced the chaos first hand.
Go back to proper sales people on commission who are incentivised to sell.
People love buying from people. I'd buy one tomorrow if I trusted the process.

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@AutoInfatuation Het Meerdal Centre Parcs is just across the border in the Netherlands is great and much better value for money than UK CP. we went with friends in October and had a great time. Being in EA you could take the overnight ferry from Hull to Rotterdam, or Chunnel it
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We are looking at getting away at least twice this year ideally. One of those needs to be a Centre Parcs type 3/4 night break for me, my Wife and our two children who will be 5 and 2. The other will be a sunshine all inclusive type easy package holiday.
Happy to stay in the UK but it needs to be further afield as in Northumberland into Scotland or much, much further down the country i.e Cornwall etc.
Happy to Ferry over to Ireland etc too ⛴️
Thinking possibly Europe also but a bit more planning needs to go into a trip like that obviously 🤔🌳
Any recommendations appreciated…
Based in East Anglia for reference.
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@AutoPap Saw an 850 estate on the high street and muttered something to a non-car friend and even they appreciated it was Santas sleigh
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Those US bumpers kill European designs
SM79@ExpatEng
First rainy day here but classics like this 635 still being driven. This looked immaculate @AutoPap
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@dinklebaga @MichelinTyres I was discussing your fiesta today with someone at Porsche and he did say they’re epic.
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Drove a GT3 with @MichelinTyres today. I cannot believe how much better it drove compared to my Pirelli’s.
Now just need to work out how to justify them.
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@adamjkucharski @skytv This isn’t just Sky, I had a similar thing with an elderly neighbour. On querying the bill she had been billed for an internet connection for 8 years that had never been connected!
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Very angry with @skytv for upselling a new TV package to a customer they’d been notified had dementia - and doing this *one month* after I cancelled on the customer’s behalf because they weren’t aware they’d signed up in the first place.
When challenged, Sky’s customer service response was that the customer technically ‘agreed’ to the upsell.
For me, this raises serious concerns about how vulnerable customers are being treated and whether @Ofcom guidelines for this group are actually being followed.
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🚨 | There is a growing expectation that one of the big teams will plummet down the pecking order in 2026.
Full report below:
lastwordonsports.com/motorsports/20…
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Can you name the #F1 driver who raced for these four teams? The prize this week is a Caterham.

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@jonwheatleyrb1 It’s seem that being a total c**t isn’t the only think he shares with John Terry then
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Just bumped into Christian Horner in the Abu Dhabi paddock - he must have kept his pit pass.
Apparently if Max wins, he’s planning to sneak into the team celebration photo in full Red Bull uniform.
Never one to miss out on a photo opportunity…
#AbuDhabiGP #F1
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BMW’s hidden feature on the new iX3 50: rotate the badge and it spells "osexi" ...
Not sure if that’s branding, engineering or a cry for help from the design team - but it’s brilliant.
The EV that flirts back!
@BMW

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Comp closes: 20/11
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@currys Currently running through The Iris Affair which is great #CurrysPurpleFriday
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✨ GIVEAWAY TIME✨
We're celebrating this Black Friday with a full day of TV giveaways!
To enter follow @Currys, like this post and reply with your favourite series #CurrysPurpleFriday 👇
Comp closes: 20/11
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@timoldland Not even that, why do it with an ST? Surely a basic Titanium would do as they’re clearly not looking for speed or power?
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Each to their own, I get that. But why take a Focus ST Edition and comprehensively ruin it? Why not do it to a standard ST? One of the best handling hot hatches of recent years, so let’s stick some shit Chinesium wide arch kit on it, ditch the incredible bespoke KW adjustable suspension for airbags and put massively wide wheels on. Utterly ruined a one of 300 limited run car. Idiotic.
pistonheads.com/buy/auction/19…



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@ShamiKalra I think that’s a shame Shami. As is often the case we’ve had some of the best racing just before a technical rule change next season. This one will go down to the final race
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