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Group: uk.transport · Group Profile
Author: DerekDerek Date: Sep 5, 2008 01:37
On Thu, 4 Sep 2008 22:44:49 -0700 (PDT), Doug riseup.net>
wrote:
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>Traders reported just 63,225 new cars sold, the worst August figures
>since 1966, sending a chill through the automotive industry from
>manufacturers to the secondhand market.
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>Premium brands, many of which are made in Britain, were among the
>hardest hit, with Aston Martin suffering a 67 per cent drop to just 19
>cars sold. Land Rover saw a 58 per cent fall to 422 cars and Jaguar a
>41 per cent slump to 422 cars..."
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>It might not go up again to the same level when the economy picks up
>as some will have cured their car dependency,
Whaaaat?
Your Aston Martin drivers giving up motoring and going on the bus
because of 2 quarters flat trading.
>and suffered not-to-be-
>repeated withdrawals in the meantime, and altered their lifestyles
>accordingly.
I heard it's more likely that funeral directors will have to give up
on the futile hypermobility of using hearses and funeral carriages and
start storing corpses up frozen solid prior to shipping them 600 at a
time in black painted artics to be cremated at the Isle of Grain.
"Experts say" The power station could handle 50 truckloads per hour.
You know it makes sense !
Derek
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