Bloody french car

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Re: Bloody french car

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steve_earwig wrote:There's a heated debate on the Honest John forums on this, saloon owners usually say no-one can see if there's anything in their boot and they're harder to get in to.
Estates have a nice rear shelf with pull-out fabric cover for the load area, so everything stays hidden unless you're using all the capacity.
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Also doubles as a cat bed if you don't keep an eye on it...
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Unfortunatly, nothing says "I'm carrying something expensive" more than a pulled out load cover.
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Had to remove the parcel shelf / load cover from mine as I couldn't risk it with this...
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Come to think of it the garden wall collapsed not longer after this one was taken :shock:
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