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New Garda Cars... Toyota??????

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    #92
    Corcioch
    Registered Users Posts: 181 ✭✭Corcioch


    kaiser sauze wrote: »
    Are we buying old model Avensis under this contract?

    Didn't think so.


    What kind of a reply is that???

    You made a snide reference to my driving a VW Passat when I mentioned it . . . .( and I only did so to illustrate that I am not a Mondeo owner )

    And you slated the Passat as an unreliable car . . .

    I replied by pointing out to you that you have no idea what model/ mark Passat i was referring to . . . .and as such your statememt was flawed.


    . .and thats your reply above??? . . .Poor.


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    #93
    Corcioch
    Registered Users Posts: 181 ✭✭Corcioch


    trackcar wrote: »
    I was told by a person in Ford that price Toyota was selling the Avensis for was less than Ford could have supplied a focus for


    Toyota had the cheapest price indeed.


    More of the civil services flawed false economy in action, go for the cheapest tender . . .as opposed to the best.


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    #94
    mle1324
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,881 ✭✭✭mle1324


    Rialtas wrote: »
    Even the 200bhp Tdci diesel would be a cracking model for the fleet and would cover most TC and district requirements?

    I agree and I'd even say that the TC lads/ladies themselves would agree but again the Avensis was picked due to its price tag.


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    #95
    kaiser sauze
    Registered Users Posts: 1,558 ✭✭✭kaiser sauze


    Corcioch wrote: »
    What kind of a reply is that???

    You made a snide reference to my driving a VW Passat when I mentioned it . . . .( and I only did so to illustrate that I am not a Mondeo owner )

    And you slated the Passat as an unreliable car . . .

    I replied by pointing out to you that you have no idea what model/ mark Passat i was referring to . . . .and as such your statememt was flawed.


    . .and thats your reply above??? . . .Poor.

    No, I am comparing like with like, not your old Passat with a new Avensis.

    Simple, really.


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    #96
    kaiser sauze
    Registered Users Posts: 1,558 ✭✭✭kaiser sauze


    Corcioch wrote: »
    Toyota had the cheapest price indeed.


    More of the civil services flawed false economy in action, go for the cheapest tender . . .as opposed to the best.

    Agreed.


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    #97
    Corcioch
    Registered Users Posts: 181 ✭✭Corcioch


    kaiser sauze wrote: »
    No, I am comparing like with like, not your old Passat with a new Avensis.

    Simple, really.

    lol . . . your a hard case.


    Life is too short to try and explain this anymore . . . . .g luck.


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    #98
    parsi
    Site Banned Posts: 5,904 ✭✭✭parsi


    Terrontress wrote: »
    Well, the whole point of my argument, completley not supported by anything other than supposition and blind estimation, is that the savings made in maintenance, training, livery design etc by keeping it all Mondeo should make up for the extra cost to buy Mondeo instead of Focus or Fiesta.

    Sailing very close to the wind in public procurement rules which are effectively about everyone getting a chance and striving to avoid situations where contracting departments are forced into a situation where only a single supplier suits.

    It has its advantages - changes can keep suppliers on their toes, and its disadvantages - the lack of continuity can be a curse.


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    #99
    Hooch
    Registered Users Posts: 4,957 ✭✭✭Hooch


    Careful now......


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    #100
    Delancey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,451 ✭✭✭Delancey


    I must say that from now on I'll look at Mondeos with a little more respect than hitherto - never realised they had so many good points.


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    #101
    Terrontress
    Registered Users Posts: 3,893 ✭✭✭Terrontress


    foreign wrote: »
    Highlighting spelling mistakes could be considered childish.
    It wasn't a spelling mistake. He obviously thought it was a different word.
    Anyway, the fleet managers don't just head down the road to the nearest dealer. The motor companies have departments that deal with fleet supplies like this one.



    You forgetting the Hiace and the Hilux?

    Hilux yes, but is the Hiace big enough to be useful? Also the doors on a Hiace open from the roof upwards. Is that appropriate?


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    #102
    [Deleted User]
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    Terrontress wrote: »
    It wasn't a spelling mistake. He obviously thought it was a different word.



    Hilux yes, but is the Hiace big enough to be useful? Also the doors on a Hiace open from the roof upwards. Is that appropriate?

    You can get any van in any configuration. If the customer wants double doors you supply them. If they want sliding doors on both sides you get them. Want a high roof, guess what? You get them. There are transits out there with the roof opening doors too.

    Re the spelling, I'm guessing that everybody knew what was been stated in the post. You must have if you corrected him.


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    #103
    Terrontress
    Registered Users Posts: 3,893 ✭✭✭Terrontress


    foreign wrote: »
    You can get any van in any configuration. If the customer wants double doors you supply them. If they want sliding doors on both sides you get them. Want a high roof, guess what? You get them. There are transits out there with the roof opening doors too.

    Re the spelling, I'm guessing that everybody knew what was been stated in the post. You must have if you corrected him.

    Maybe I have not been on the look out for them but I've always been o' th'opinion that the largest Hiace is a much smaller van than the Transits used by AGS. Apologies if that is not the case.


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    #104
    Michael Angelo.
    Registered Users Posts: 191 ✭✭Michael Angelo.


    my op has been answered. Thanks all.

    Lock away for peace sake mods :D


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    #105
    Shield
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators, Help & Feedback Category Moderators Posts: 9,699 CMod ✭✭✭✭Shield


    Happy to oblige.

    Thread closed.
    Michael Angelo. wrote: »
    my op has been answered. Thanks all.

    Lock away for peace sake mods :D


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