Fast Car – July 2019

THE ANGRY MAN

You know what’s really

been getting on my

nerves this month?

Birds. Birds can

shit off. And I mean

that literally...

No, I’m not talking about the lovelies who

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their days around when I’m going to be outside

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taking aim with their dirty little backsides and

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council about what can be done about urban

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to the birds, reasonably and with minimal

shouting, but it just makes the neighbours

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WHAT’SONJUNE 2019

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Show,Bruntingthorpe

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hero,forexample,andin particularhowit’smirroringthecrazyvaluesof theolder205.It’snosecrethownuts
thepricesof 205GTIshavegone,butit’sstillpossibletopickoneupforunder£5k,whereasthe 205 Rallye
seemstobemorelike£13-17k.Similarly,the 106 Rallyeis creepingupbeyond£7,000-8,000fora goodone,
comparedtoabout£4,000fora 106GTI.Thesmartmoney,then,is goingonthe 306 Rallye.ItsGTI-6sibling
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