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  <&>Wellington Corpus of Spoken New Zealand English Version One</&>
  <&>Copyright 1998 School of Linguistics & Applied Language Studies</&>
  <&>Victoria University of Wellington</&>

  <&>side one</&>
  <&>0:05</&>
  

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      it's little a little car

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      no it was a big one

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      trust me it <{><[>was a four door one</[> as well yep

  <WSC#DPC191:0020:FF>
      <[>it was a big one</[></{>

  <WSC#DPC191:0025:FF>
      well i thought you <?>were</?> meaning the little honda civic
      <{><[><unclear>word</unclear></[>

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      <[>i know <.>the</.></[></{> yeah yeah <latch>

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      you know the little <{><[>one

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      it's in really good condition</[>

  <WSC#DPC191:0045:MH>
      <[>yeah i know the little ones you mean</[></{> yep <latch>

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      yep

  <WSC#DPC191:0055:MH>
      yep <?>well</?> this is a big one easily as big as peter

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      but it's still the old model <{><[><?>for</?> the honda civic eh</[>

  <WSC#DPC191:0065:MH>
      <[>yep yep yep</[></{> it's not one of the new model ones

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      <O>inhales</O> oh i see <latch>

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      it's a racy little machine

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      racy little machine

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      seven owners

  <WSC#DPC191:0090:FF>
      <laughs>seven</laughs> owners

  <WSC#DPC191:0095:FF>
      i <.>always</.> does seven owners mean like is that bad

  <WSC#DPC191:0100:MH>
      <with high pitched voice>well</with high pitched voice> it's
      either good it means at least people have bought it people have
      wanted to buy <{><[>it</[> or it means that people have trashed
      it and it's um not worth owning <O>laughs</O> <laughs>which</laughs>
      all goes very well for me <.>does</.> really doesn't it

  <WSC#DPC191:0105:FF>
      <[>yeah</[></{>

  <WSC#DPC191:0110:FF>
      oh so did <.>they</.> have they sold that <{><[>um</[> that
      volkswagen golf the v dub golf one

  <WSC#DPC191:0115:MH>
      <[><O>sniffs</O></[></{>

  <WSC#DPC191:0120:MH>
      i don't know

  <WSC#DPC191:0125:MH>
      they <.>weren't</.> they weren't nearly up to that cos that <.>one</.>
      brown one came in up here somewhere and i couldn't <{1><[1>find</[1>
      it on my list

  <WSC#DPC191:0130:MH>
      i was going where is it and they said this is actually listed on
      your sheets at number fifty something <{2><[2>but</[2> it's
      really number twenty odd <latch>

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      <[1>oh right</[1></{1> <&>1:00</&>

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      <[2>oh</[2></{2>

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      <O>laughs</O> um for the fiat

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      yeah

  <WSC#DPC191:0155:FF>
      did heaps and heaps of people bid for that <latch>

  <WSC#DPC191:0160:MH>
      EVeryone <{><[>everyone yeah <.>sh</.></[> everyone <?>just
      going</?> <with harsh voice>YEAH</with harsh voice> yep yep
      there arms up everywhere <latch>

  <WSC#DPC191:0165:FF>
      <[><?>really</?> everyone wanted it</[></{>

  <WSC#DPC191:0170:FF>
      were they just doing it to get in on <.>the</.> or just that
      they really wanted <{><[>it <unclear>word</unclear></[>

  <WSC#DPC191:0175:MH>
      <[>everyone just</[></{> wanted the fiat

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      and so how much did it go for in the end

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      five thousand <latch>

  <WSC#DPC191:0190:MH>
      five thousand and something

  <WSC#DPC191:0195:FF>
      wow the owner will be RAPT

  <WSC#DPC191:0200:MH>
      yeah well the reserve price came up <.>at</.> i mean <.>the</.>
      the now selling sign came up at about two nine so the reserve
      was about two nine

  <WSC#DPC191:0205:FF>
      <drawls>REally</drawls> <latch>

  <WSC#DPC191:0210:MH>
      yeah well i couldn't have afforded that anyway <latch>

  <WSC#DPC191:0215:FF>
      yeah i know but <{><[>that's crazy</[>

  <WSC#DPC191:0220:MH>
      <[><.>but</.> mm</[></{> but it would've been a nice car to own
      but i'm quite happy with this one

  <WSC#DPC191:0225:FF>
      hey look at this one um <,>

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      sun metal <laughs>is</laughs> the colour

  <WSC#DPC191:0235:MH>
      yeah it's got um it's got <drawls>um</drawls> um um um um <.>th</.>
      the fans and everything work in it

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      all the heaters and stuff work in the car

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      oh that's good <latch>

  <WSC#DPC191:0250:MH>
      i've forgotten <.>what</.> what little things used to irritate
      me about peter <&>2:00</&> you know <.>th</.> the heater and fan
      and everything but this all works and it <with breathy voice>goes
      into reverse</with breathy voice> and um i'm <.>just</.> <?>yeah</?>
      and it's really cheap

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      is it quite funny looking though

  <WSC#DPC191:0260:MH>
      OOHHHHH <latch>

  <WSC#DPC191:0265:FF>
      i think i know what it <.>l</.> it looks like <,> bit confused i
      think

  <WSC#DPC191:0270:MH>
      it's not REALly funny <laughs>looking

  <WSC#DPC191:0275:MH>
      <?>i'm</?> gonna</laughs> look really stupid in it

  <WSC#DPC191:0280:FF>
      <O>laughs</O>

  <WSC#DPC191:0285:MH>
      but um but hey that's all right i can handle that

  <WSC#DPC191:0290:MH>
      everyone will just go that's NOT the sort of car i expected to
      see you driving <,> <&>makes mock angry muttering</&> <latch>

  <WSC#DPC191:0295:FF>
      but i mean i think the cars you expect people to drive are kind
      of <{1><[1>a <.>bit</.> a <.>b</.> quite</[1> dearer than i mean
      <{2><[2>it's not</[2> like you can afford to get a car that
      suits you

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      <[1>completely different yeah</[1></{1>

  <WSC#DPC191:0305:MH>
      <[2>yeah</[2></{2>

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      i'd <.>suit</.> i would've suited um that er fiat

  <WSC#DPC191:0315:MH>
      i'd suit <.>a</.> i'd suit a lime green b m w

  <WSC#DPC191:0320:FF>
      mm i'd <?>have</?> thought you suited that fiat too

  <WSC#DPC191:0325:MH>
      <O>laughs</O>

  <WSC#DPC191:0330:FF>
      <?>that</?> would have been SO classic that car <latch>

  <WSC#DPC191:0335:MH>
      <O>laughs</O> <latch>

  <WSC#DPC191:0340:FF>
      i wonder why everyone liked it just cos it <.>was</.>

  <WSC#DPC191:0345:MH>
      a fiat

  <WSC#DPC191:0350:FF>
      yeah

  <WSC#DPC191:0355:MH>
      it must've been in good condition for everyone to bid for it

  <WSC#DPC191:0360:FF>
      yeah

  <WSC#DPC191:0365:MH>
      obviously people had looked at it

  <WSC#DPC191:0370:FF>
      well WE thought it was <{><[><O>laughs</O></[> not that we'd
      know <&>3:00</&>

  <WSC#DPC191:0375:MH>
      <[>yeah</[></{>

  <WSC#DPC191:0380:MH>
      we WOULdn't have a <whispers>fucking</whispers> clue <O>laughs</O>
      but HEY i checked the um the muffler and everything on this
      honda civic too

  <WSC#DPC191:0385:MH>
      it doesn't rattle and um <.>i</.> generally it's much <.>better</.>
      well not much better but better condition than peter i think but
      i'll <.>t</.> i'll <{><[>take it to</[>

  <WSC#DPC191:0390:FF>
      <[>well i mean</[></{> the <{1><[1>engine</[1> <laughs>will be</laughs>
      <.>but</.> anything <{2><[2><?>could go wrong</?></[2>

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      <[1>yeah</[1></{1>

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      <[2>i HOPE so</[2></{2> yeah

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      i looked at the engine

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      the engine looks really OLD <O>laughs</O>

  <WSC#DPC191:0415:FF>
      does it

  <WSC#DPC191:0420:MH>
      it looks like a bloody steam engine or something

  <WSC#DPC191:0425:FF>
      <drawls>oh no</drawls>

  <WSC#DPC191:0430:MH>
      but um <with high pitched voice>hey i'm not worried</with high pitched voice>
      much <quietly><O>laughs</O></quietly>

  <WSC#DPC191:0435:FF>
      <O>laughs</O> MUCH you were rapt five seconds ago

  <WSC#DPC191:0440:MH>
      i'm still really rapt <{><[><quietly><unclear>word</unclear></quietly></[>

  <WSC#DPC191:0445:FF>
      <[>oh cool</[></{> <latch>

  <WSC#DPC191:0450:MH>
      <quietly><?>i love my car</?></quietly> <latch>

  <WSC#DPC191:0455:FF>
      i'm glad you didn't have to pay too much for it either <latch>

  <WSC#DPC191:0460:MH>
      no i <.>didn't</.> honestly i was standing there and all these
      cars were going for about two five three thousand

  <WSC#DPC191:0465:MH>
      i was sitting there going i'm not going to get a car tonight

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      yeah

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      i just knew i wasn't gonna get a car because all the ones that
      went in my price range were CRAP

  <WSC#DPC191:0480:FF>
      yeah <&>tape cuts out for nine seconds</&> <&>4:00</&>

  <WSC#DPC191:0485:MH>
      no but all the other cars were just like um just all these
      morris marinas <.>an</.> and ford escorts and the vauxhall magna

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      they couldn't even get that in front of the thing

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      they wouldn't even wheel it

  <WSC#DPC191:0500:MH>
      <{><[>it wouldn't move</[>

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      <[>and how much</[></{> did that go for

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      went for about a hundred dollars

  <WSC#DPC191:0515:FF>
      oh <O>laughs</O>

  <WSC#DPC191:0520:MH>
      and it was orange and <with silly voice>black and it was really
      nice</with silly voice>

  <WSC#DPC191:0525:FF>
      <O>laughs</O> <latch>

  <WSC#DPC191:0530:MH>
      it really was um and that mirage that <.>was</.> <latch>

  <WSC#DPC191:0535:FF>
      was that that racy black one

  <WSC#DPC191:0540:MH>
      no no <{><[>no</[> no <.>th</.> <.>they</.> that one went for
      HEAPS

  <WSC#DPC191:0545:MH>
      that went for about six thousand dollars

  <WSC#DPC191:0550:FF>
      <[>oh no</[></{>

  <WSC#DPC191:0555:FF>
      oh that was <{><[><drawls>HIDeous</drawls></[>

  <WSC#DPC191:0560:MH>
      <[>i know</[></{>

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      <.>th</.> that was the brown one we looked at that all the
      upholstery and stuff inside was rotten

  <WSC#DPC191:0570:MH>
      don't know whether you remember we looking at that

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      that holden camira went for stuff all

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      really that big <{><[>one</[>

  <WSC#DPC191:0585:MH>
      <[>yeah</[></{> that big holden camira that we looked at <{1><[1>and
      you said</[1> that's a big car and we opened up the bonnet and
      everything

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      had a big <{2><[2>engine</[2>

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      went for about two thousand four hundred

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      <[1><?>silver</?></[1></{1>

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      <[2>yeah</[2></{2>

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      REALly

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      yeah

  <WSC#DPC191:0620:FF>
      cos that was big eh <latch>

  <WSC#DPC191:0625:MH>
      i almost BID for it

  <WSC#DPC191:0630:FF>
      <quietly>yeah</quietly>

  <WSC#DPC191:0635:MH>
      um

  <WSC#DPC191:0640:FF>
      and all the mazda three two threes <.>went</.> that was the
      yellow one <{1><[1>you wanted</[1>

  <WSC#DPC191:0645:FF>
      oh no <quietly>no <{2><[2>yellow <?>one</?> <unclear>word</unclear></quietly></[2>

  <WSC#DPC191:0650:MH>
      <[1>yeah</[1></{1>

  <WSC#DPC191:0655:MH>
      <[2><.>w</.> that <.>yello</.> yeah</[2></{2> but that came up
      early as well

  <WSC#DPC191:0660:MH>
      all these ones came up early cos they were all <.>in</.> they
      were <&>5:00</&> arranged in the yard different to what they
      were on the <,> <{><[><?>on that thing</?></[> yeah

  <WSC#DPC191:0665:FF>
      <[>oh on the sheet</[></{>

  <WSC#DPC191:0670:MH>
      oh that was very confusing

  <WSC#DPC191:0675:FF>
      <O>laughs</O> <,> and so did that white one go for quite a lot
      that white laser one

  <WSC#DPC191:0680:MH>
      <whispers>yeah</whispers> <?>no</?> that was the one i bid
      <laughs>for</laughs>

  <WSC#DPC191:0685:MH>
      <{><[>that was the one i</[> bought the automatic white laser

  <WSC#DPC191:0690:FF>
      <[><?>you didn't</?> <unclear>word</unclear></[></{>

  <WSC#DPC191:0695:FF>
      DID you <latch>

  <WSC#DPC191:0700:MH>
      yeah <latch>

  <WSC#DPC191:0705:FF>
      you BOUGHT it <latch>

  <WSC#DPC191:0710:MH>
      i bought it

  <WSC#DPC191:0715:MH>
      that was the one i had

  <WSC#DPC191:0720:FF>
      for how much

  <WSC#DPC191:0725:MH>
      two grand <,>

  <WSC#DPC191:0730:MH>
      that's worse condition than this one <{><[><unclear>word</unclear></[>

  <WSC#DPC191:0735:FF>
      <[>but it was <.>under</.></[></{> but it was under reserve

  <WSC#DPC191:0740:MH>
      yeah but i mean the guy said i can give it to you for two grand

  <WSC#DPC191:0745:MH>
      the guy said <.>he</.> <.>he</.> the reserve was two five
      <latch>

  <WSC#DPC191:0750:FF>
      yeah <latch>

  <WSC#DPC191:0755:MH>
      but he said <.>i</.> i could get two grand for it and it's all
      yours

  <WSC#DPC191:0760:FF>
      yeah but you said no <{><[>flat out</[>

  <WSC#DPC191:0765:MH>
      <[>yeah</[></{> it was PUMPing smoke everywhere

  <WSC#DPC191:0770:MH>
      it was an automatic um and um and it <.>was</.> the body was
      RUSTy as anything <latch>

  <WSC#DPC191:0775:FF>
      yeah <{><[>i know i remember</[>

  <WSC#DPC191:0780:MH>
      <[>the doors were <?>yeah</?></[></{> and i <.>was</.> and i was
      sitting there <.>going</.> cos he said to <.>me</.> i said well
      i DON'T want <.>the</.> the um <O>laughs</O> marina and he said
      well do you want the honda civic or <.>the</.> the laser <?>and</?>
      we went and had a look at them <?>and</?> the two things
      <&>6:00</&> that changed my mind was um <,> one <.>that</.> that
      the honda was manual

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      mm

  <WSC#DPC191:0790:MH>
      and two that um the laser was really rusty

  <WSC#DPC191:0795:FF>
      why did you <.>want</.> why do you want manual <,>

  <WSC#DPC191:0800:MH>
      um because i don't want the same hassles <.>th</.> cos
      automatics that were made prior to about nineteen eighty nine

  <WSC#DPC191:0805:FF>
      mm

  <WSC#DPC191:0810:MH>
      um untune themselves so they don't go into reverse and don't go
      into gear and stuff like peter did

  <WSC#DPC191:0815:FF>
      mm

  <WSC#DPC191:0820:MH>
      and that's just such a hassle

  <WSC#DPC191:0825:FF>
      not very helpful at all

  <WSC#DPC191:0830:MH>
      no

  <WSC#DPC191:0835:FF>
      <.>how</.> <.>why</.> well how did <.>that</.> how much did that
      toyota <{><[>corolla go for</[>

  <WSC#DPC191:0840:MH>
      <[>i didn't <.>in</.> arrive</[></{> in time

  <WSC#DPC191:0845:FF>
      oh is that <unclear>word</unclear> <latch>

  <WSC#DPC191:0850:MH>
      <quietly>i <.>arrived</.></quietly> <latch>

  <WSC#DPC191:0855:FF>
      <.>wha</.> is that ford telstar there

  <WSC#DPC191:0860:MH>
      yeah look at it all

  <WSC#DPC191:0865:MH>
      power steering car stereo power windows power mirrors <{><[>um</[>

  <WSC#DPC191:0870:FF>
      <[>and</[></{> it was in <.>the</.> <,>

  <WSC#DPC191:0875:MH>
      yep <,> under four thousand yep

  <WSC#DPC191:0880:FF>
      wonder how <{><[>much that went for</[>

  <WSC#DPC191:0885:MH>
      <[>just two owners</[></{>

  <WSC#DPC191:0890:MH>
      it <.>was</.> the problem was <.>it</.> <.>was</.> was all the
      um <?>it</?> had been in an accident and they put the um <,> <O>laughs</O>
      and they put <drawls>the um</drawls> panels back on it but they
      hadn't put any of the trimmings or the paint or anything

  <WSC#DPC191:0895:FF>
      yeah <&>7:00</&>

  <WSC#DPC191:0900:MH>
      none of the bumpers had been stuck back on it

  <WSC#DPC191:0905:MH>
      it was minus <?>the</?> bumpers and trimmings all round the side
      and two of the panels weren't painted the same colour as the
      rest of the car

  <WSC#DPC191:0910:FF>
      oh was it sold

  <WSC#DPC191:0915:MH>
      yeah

  <WSC#DPC191:0920:FF>
      <quietly>mm</quietly> yeah well <?><.>one</.></?> probably would
      have been a really good car though eh <latch>

  <WSC#DPC191:0925:MH>
      yeah

  <WSC#DPC191:0930:FF>
      if you got it and <{><[><?>then did it up</?></[>

  <WSC#DPC191:0935:MH>
      <[>if you had</[></{> the money <.>to</.> to <?>do it</?>
      <latch>

  <WSC#DPC191:0940:FF>
      i wonder how much the lada went for

  <WSC#DPC191:0945:MH>
      <&>cheers</&> <with deep voice>lada</with deep voice>

  <WSC#DPC191:0950:FF>
      <imitates>lada</imitates>

  <WSC#DPC191:0955:MH>
      but um subaru fourwheel drive that <.>was</.> that was sold as
      well

  <WSC#DPC191:0960:MH>
      i was quite interested in that but these honda civics went for
      HEAPS more <{><[><unclear>word</unclear></[>

  <WSC#DPC191:0965:FF>
      <[>wonder why they <.>w</.></[></{> wonder why <,,>

  <WSC#DPC191:0970:MH>
      that had <.>pr</.> ten previous owners that <{><[><?>one</?></[>

  <WSC#DPC191:0975:FF>
      <[>and</[></{> it was nineteen seventy SIX

  <WSC#DPC191:0980:MH>
      yeah what's my one

  <WSC#DPC191:0985:FF>
      um <,,>

  <WSC#DPC191:0990:MH>
      eighty one

  <WSC#DPC191:0995:FF>
      oh <?>well <.>that's</.></?> <{><[>yeah <.>that's</.></[> i
      wonder why

  <WSC#DPC191:1000:MH>
      <[>see mine's an eighty one</[></{>

  <WSC#DPC191:1005:MH>
      wow <latch>

  <WSC#DPC191:1010:FF>
      that's crazy

  <WSC#DPC191:1015:MH>
      mm

  <WSC#DPC191:1020:FF>
      i suppose people just bid on the first kind of honda civic that
      came up <latch>

  <WSC#DPC191:1025:MH>
      yeah <.>they</.> yeah <.>by</.> by the stage i was round to
      bidding <latch>

  <WSC#DPC191:1030:FF>
      mm <latch>

  <WSC#DPC191:1035:MH>
      i mean we were up to what thirty odd um the numbers of people
      there had like halved

  <WSC#DPC191:1040:FF>
      <{><[>yeah</[>

  <WSC#DPC191:1045:MH>
      <[>people</[></{> were just leaving because they'd <&>8:00</&>
      missed the car they'd wanted or because they'd bought a car and
      they were heading home <,>

  <WSC#DPC191:1050:FF>
      <drawls>yeah</drawls> pays to have <.>y</.> the car you want at
      the end of the list then doesn't it

  <WSC#DPC191:1055:MH>
      it does rather

  <WSC#DPC191:1060:FF>
      so i wonder how much that laser went for in the end cos that
      might not have actually gone for that much

  <WSC#DPC191:1065:MH>
      no

  <WSC#DPC191:1070:FF>
      but you know

  <WSC#DPC191:1075:MH>
      mm well now i need to um get the car tomorrow

  <WSC#DPC191:1080:FF>
      yep

  <WSC#DPC191:1085:MH>
      use it for a day and see how <.>it</.> how it is

  <WSC#DPC191:1090:FF>
      yeah

  <WSC#DPC191:1095:MH>
      and then take it to the garage

  <WSC#DPC191:1100:FF>
      what do you have to take it to the garage for

  <WSC#DPC191:1105:MH>
      get him to have a look at it

  <WSC#DPC191:1110:FF>
      <quietly>oh</quietly>

  <WSC#DPC191:1115:MH>
      get him to just do a check and just say you know cos if he <{><[>says</[>

  <WSC#DPC191:1120:FF>
      <[>so you</[></{> can evaluate it straight away <{><[><?>and see</?></[>
      <?>if it needs</?> anything done

  <WSC#DPC191:1125:MH>
      <[>yeah</[></{>

  <WSC#DPC191:1130:MH>
      yeah so if he says the brake pads are about to collapse then he
      can replace them <?><.>and</.> or i</?> replace them or
      something

  <WSC#DPC191:1135:FF>
      yeah

  <WSC#DPC191:1140:MH>
      and once that's done

  <WSC#DPC191:1145:FF>
      well if it's just got a <.>warr</.> oh no

  <WSC#DPC191:1150:MH>
      yeah well they don't check stuff like that for a warrant

  <WSC#DPC191:1155:FF>
      don't they <&>8:48</&>
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