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UK PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS FORUMS EX-PAT BRITISH TRUCKERS (INTERACTIVE)
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cliffystephens:
said it before on taffytruckers forum taffs are a better class of driver than the english thats why they are in great demand out there.■■?..

Someone ring an ambulance…this mans had a serious bang on the head :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:

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JIMBO47:
mmm,IMO i beg to differ i find the cradle canadians out in the sticks and i am generalising must have all the toys …a snowmobile, a quad soon to be replaced by a side by side,a big, 4x4 ,a cabin /or a biggggg camper.new rifles.
ok it might be the area im in but compared to rural south west Scotland where it was make do and mend i find it amazing that guys i work wae on the same money & they have a mortgage ! and just must have the Mexican holiday in february.an all the toys…ok ok pot calling the kettle black we have a 4x4 &a big camper but only when we could pay for them.
Welsh mmmm…i recon more scots and irish incomers round our way.
Mind though an accident at work is not the end of the dream as workers comp. is a lifesaver at 90% of average wage .The 4months i was of work in 09 after my fall was a lot less stressfull knowing money was still coming in.
jimmy.

'Keeping up with the Jones… I was meaning more about Houses, Kitchens, Conservatory’s, Decking and all that home bollox stuff… our boy’s toys and gadgets are a different thing altogether… I will be getting myself ‘right up to the paps’ in debt for my boy’s toys! :open_mouth: (I doubt it though, with no credit rating…doh!) :frowning: …

So Iv’e been looking at rusty cars for under $1000 in the autotrader.ca instead. :grimacing:

hutpik:
Hi all.Surely this is a common occurrence with almost all of us that have moved to another country.We move to have a better life.This includes quality of life and lifestyle[which includes all the ‘‘gadgets’’].Its the same all over.Up here all of the people have a ‘‘must have’’ list of things.As you so rightly say the problem is that people don’t have the patience to wait until they can pay for things and so get into the ‘‘debt trap’’ which turns often into a downward spiral. :frowning:
Obviously i ‘‘had to have’’ the scooter,quad,etc but was able to buy them cash.[only because i’m too old to be burdened with debt]
I’m off to do a bit of snowploughing now :frowning: Mike

Enjoy your snowploughing… :smiley:

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russjp:

newmercman:
Buying a car is one of the most difficult things to do, there’s so much choice and they’re are some really nice motors within budget, but after 6 months you start to see things differently and something you really liked when you first see it, is not so nice now (a bit like pulling a bird in a nightclub :laughing: )

I bought an old yank tank for a grand, which is still around (kr79 is its new custodian) and then bought a decent (more expensive) car a year or so after being here, by that time I was completely over the Mustang thing and in love with the Dodge Chargers, so that’s what I bought, still got it now and glad I waited until all the novelty had worn off before I pulled the trigger :wink:

So, advice, buy an old snotter for a while, until you know what you really want or need, that way you don’t make decisions you come to regret in the future :wink:

Yeah thats what i was planning, something around that level to just get us by till we get more financially stable plus i figure ill be spending most of my time in a wagon and not a car so no point having a $500 a month lease car parked in the car park all day and night. As sad as it seems, i quite like classic cars over here so the thought of owning a big old yank tank doesnt really deter me that much :slight_smile:

Depends on where you’ll be living , if close to the GTH then use an old beater now and in the future , let the wife drive the nice one :unamused: Worth a mention ,residential streets in the city are NOT ploughed unless it’s a bus route , so might want to think AWD or switchable 4x4 , Jeep or Chev Blazer type , and if you live outside the city that’s definately the route to go.
Oh , and unless you set up on your own forget leasing , nasty clauses at term end and all that nonsense .Forget altogether Diesel(fuel of the devil) cars or light trucks as over here they’re less economical than petrol equivalents and just not worth the hassle . Let’s face it with the cost of motoring here , hands up the forum members who haven’t got atleast one stomping V8 in their garage ?

Whilst on motoring , My cousin and his wife ( late thirties ) have just moved to Toronto from England via S Africa through his employer .He gets a rental car for himself through work , and tries to buy his wife an Equinox but they are now classed as new drivers here and he can’t get a plate for less than $5000CDN ,WTF ■■ Has this cropped up before or is it their own fault for living in the centre of the universe (Canadian joke) ?

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That $5k, could it also include the tax payable on the purchase price of the car, if you buy it nett off the dealer or private seller you have to cough that up when you get your plates :question:

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hutpik:
Hi all.I’m merely curious,no critisism whatsoever as i am a quarter Welsh myself and have also lived for a time in Quebec. :blush:
Is there any particular reason why there seems to be an influx of Welsh people going to Canada now.

The sheep are now more intelligent in Wales than the male population so they are struggling getting a bit, come to canada, the worlds largest pork producer :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:

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newmercman:
That $5k, could it also include the tax payable on the purchase price of the car, if you buy it nett off the dealer or private seller you have to cough that up when you get your plates :question:

Nope that was just for insurance , and he did shop around .

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On the road again:

hutpik:
Hi all.I’m merely curious,no critisism whatsoever as i am a quarter Welsh myself and have also lived for a time in Quebec. :blush:
Is there any particular reason why there seems to be an influx of Welsh people going to Canada now.

The sheep are now more intelligent in Wales than the male population so they are struggling getting a bit, come to canada, the worlds largest pork producer :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:

Hurry though, the way OTRA is going through pork pies, there won’t be many left soon :wink:

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newmercman:

On the road again:

hutpik:
Hi all.I’m merely curious,no critisism whatsoever as i am a quarter Welsh myself and have also lived for a time in Quebec. :blush:
Is there any particular reason why there seems to be an influx of Welsh people going to Canada now.

The sheep are now more intelligent in Wales than the male population so they are struggling getting a bit, come to canada, the worlds largest pork producer :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:

Hurry though, the way OTRA is going through pork pies, there won’t be many left soon :wink:

The pigs will still be here though and they don’t run as fast as the sheep, Neal told me :laughing:

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When it ■■■■ to animal husbandry the Taffs usually have the upper hand :laughing:

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Don’t forget though boys we sh@g them and you eat them :wink: lol we got a few Irish boys start lately so a good mix here now. Got told of in the bar one night coz we all in there singing flower of Scotland as one of the scots was heading home Won’t be doing that again in a hurry

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Just thought id throw an update on here, my work permit has been approved so were definitely on our way now :smiley:

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russjp:
Just thought id throw an update on here, my work permit has been approved so were definitely on our way now :smiley:

Who you coming over with ? i not gone through the whole threaf lol

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taffytrucker:

russjp:
Just thought id throw an update on here, my work permit has been approved so were definitely on our way now :smiley:

Who you coming over with ? i not gone through the whole threaf lol

Loblaws mate, hoping to travel w/c 18 march- how’s things with you and your bunch ■■

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they going well thanx i cant complain I’m getting my miles in. our guys to a lot out of your Edmonton depot but I dont norm get up there

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taffytrucker:
they going well thanx i cant complain I’m getting my miles in. our guys to a lot out of your Edmonton depot but I dont norm get up there

Yeah from what i been told the H & R guys do most of the distance runs out of Regina

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You’re going to be landing in the last week of January :question: :open_mouth:

You are off your nut :open_mouth: :laughing:

It’s [zb]ing freezing, like seriously freezing, poncing around learning the pretrip and all that isn’t going to be much fun :open_mouth: :cry:

Anyway, good luck, hope it’s everything you want it to be :wink: :wink:

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newmercman:
You’re going to be landing in the last week of January :question: :open_mouth:

You are off your nut :open_mouth: :laughing:

It’s [zb]ing freezing, like seriously freezing, poncing around learning the pretrip and all that isn’t going to be much fun :open_mouth: :cry:

Anyway, good luck, hope it’s everything you want it to be :wink: :wink:

NMM read my post lol, we are coming out mid march

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Sorry, missed that part, oh well that’s alright, it’ll be in the minus 20s then and not the minus 30s, t shirt and shorts weather :laughing:

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newmercman:
You’re going to be landing in the last week of January :question: :open_mouth:

You are off your nut :open_mouth: :laughing:

It’s [zb]ing freezing, like seriously freezing, poncing around learning the pretrip and all that isn’t going to be much fun :open_mouth: :cry:

Anyway, good luck, hope it’s everything you want it to be :wink: :wink:

Jeeeezzzz …thanks for telling me about this now NMM :unamused: :grimacing: :grimacing: :grimacing: :grimacing:

It’s okay man… I’m a Geordie… here in the Rocky Mountains of B.C its about the same climate as Newcastle anyway… I just need to dig out my -25 tee shirt i got from the Geordie survival shop in the toon lyke.

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newmercman:
Sorry, missed that part, oh well that’s alright, it’ll be in the minus 20s then and not the minus 30s, t shirt and shorts weather :laughing:

Pmsl. no worries mate, anyway, we`re northerners so thats still kinda tropical lol