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Old 26-09-2009, 11:23 PM   #1
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Get a load of this story,
http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/s...2-2682,00.html
Good to know there are still people out there, who are truly top blokes.

Needless to say, I doubt this lady will buy another Holden for a while

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Old 27-09-2009, 01:21 AM   #2
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She hasn't got any money for a motel so I wonder how she will pay for the new engine.
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Old 27-09-2009, 01:50 AM   #3
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She hasn't got any money for a motel so I wonder how she will pay for the new engine.

Warranty , daewoo will flip the bill
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Old 27-09-2009, 01:56 AM   #4
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Needless to say, I doubt this lady will buy another Holden for a while
Well, the car itself is technically a Suzuki.
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Old 27-09-2009, 11:05 AM   #5
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What an awesome thing to do.

God bless him, and the lady as well, as I guess she'll need some help paying for the engine.

Nice to see people looking out for others, in this world so full of greed and self-interest.

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Old 27-09-2009, 11:36 AM   #6
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what a legend.......
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Old 27-09-2009, 03:38 PM   #7
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this is the sort of person who should be recipiants of awards such as aussie of the year and the like.....good decent hard working people who go out of their way to help others.
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Old 27-09-2009, 03:52 PM   #8
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She hasn't got any money for a motel so I wonder how she will pay for the new engine.
If you had read it properly, it states:
"I did'nt have money on me for a motel because i'm a single mum"
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Old 27-09-2009, 03:56 PM   #9
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What a champion. Gas Falcons, the most gallant mode of transport ever.
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Old 27-09-2009, 04:34 PM   #10
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What a champion. Gas Falcons, the most gallant mode of transport ever.
Would've been cheaper than her little Suzuki Ignis/Holden Cruze on fuel too!

PS What a top bloke.
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Old 27-09-2009, 05:15 PM   #11
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i read about this yesterday. what an absolute champion. rather, gentleman is more the word. to help someone you hardly know in such a situation like that is incredible, makes you think not everyone is in it for themselves, there are decent people out there.
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Old 27-09-2009, 06:35 PM   #12
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What an awsome bloke!!, they should put more stories like this on the news each night, its always doom and gloom otherwise!
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Old 27-09-2009, 10:49 PM   #13
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My cousin who owns a farm here in WA often gets back packers to come out and work for him. He lends them his car from time to time to do the tourist thing.
One time a couple had been gone for about a week or so and he thought he better ring and find out where they were.
They'd gone to Ningaloo and Monkey Mia ( about 1000 kays north) to see the dolphins.
So now he asks where they're going first.
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Old 28-09-2009, 01:46 AM   #14
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a very nice gesture indeed.
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