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Petrol or diesel

Post by Flibbertigibbet »

So If I was to buy a syncro what are are the pro's and cons of fuel type .......was gonna buy a boat but havent doen all my skippering courses yet so might spend my money on something I can use
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Diesel, lots of grunt low down.

just my opion tho :wink:

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just get a buckfast powered syncro! :twisted: just make sure it has at least two rolls of barbed wire around it to stop the alcoholics stealing it!!! :lol:

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McGill! haven't seen you for ages! *hugs*
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there you are! been looking for you everywhere! "big hug,thrown over my shoulder and thrown in the ditch!" :lol:

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Go for the one powered by a fuel you can spell.
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Diamond Hell wrote:Go for the one powered by a fuel you can spell.

Helpful thanks for that .......glad no vans run on honorificabilitudinitatibus because I could not use the E D I T function. :D
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If i go in the ditch so do you! would have been funny if you'd slipped tho!
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I was just waiting for that to happen.Pity it didnt.Could have been a very interesting recovery.

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:lol:
hmmmmm, cant see too many rushing in to get me out, most would ahve been curled up laughing! As would I!
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If u were curled up in that hole u would have been gargaling or all we would have seen is bubles.
Would have had to have used a stick(branch) to lockate u :lol:

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wouldnt have slipped cate! mcgill is always under control! syncro or not!! :lol:

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Yeah, thats it, you'd have pushed me under a few times just so people could get a few more pics!
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McGill's 16 at Coney was the most under control sled I've ever seen....
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Flibbers!--seein as nobody else has helped yr--I'll jus say this---imho-petrol or diesel aint really the issue---if your looking for a syncro-you aint gonna have a lot of choice-cos there aint many around---get the one thats looks the best value--for ya money---
Billy...Defected to white box but still lurking.

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