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Frank White

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Polo GTI

Civic sport or type R

you're better off pushing your budget to 6 grand and getting an A3.. the difference between 5 grand n 6 grand is worth the extra saving..

i know somone selling a type r right know as well. i like them, but its not suitable right now. kinda want a tdi.

and just looked at the 6g a3's ur right on the difference.

gonna see what things are saying after i move house next month.

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THEY shouldn't have too much trouble paying the fine — the billionaire owners of these supercars have just bought Harrods.

The Qatari royal family had a rude introduction to London parking laws when a ticket inspector clamped their exclusive motors — worth more than £1.5MILLION — as they sat outside their own shop.

The £1.2million Koenigsegg CCXR and £350,000 Lamborghini Murcielago LP670-4 SuperVeloce were illegally parked outside the posh Knightsbridge department store, bought by the family three months ago, last week.

Crowds of shocked tourists watched in disbelief as a traffic warden first ticketed then clamped both the cars.

The stunning motors belong to the oil-rich Al-Thani royal family, who own a string of luxury vehicles — all decked out in their own distinctive "baby blue" colour.

Qatar Holding group, which forked out £1.5billion in April to buy Harrods from Fulham FC owner Mohamed Al Fayed, is led by the Prime Minister of Qatar Sheikh Hamad Bin Jassim Bin Jabr Al-Thani.

One of the cars — the beautiful 249mph Koenigsegg — is one of only six ever made, while only 350 of the Lamborghinis were built.

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But both were brought to a standstill when they were clamped — although the owners shouldn't have too much trouble stumping up the £150 release fee.

An onlooker said: "It's not every day you see cars like this, let alone watch them get clamped.

"Judging by their cars, I shouldn't think the owners will worry too much about paying a couple of hundred quid to have the clamps taken off."

The family could have taken advantage of Harrods' valet parking service which charges a £8 for the first hour or £40 for 8-9 hours with an additional £50 charge to store a car overnight.

The Al-Thani family have an estimated wealth in the region of £2.4bn as well as stakes in dozens of businesses around the world.

Read more: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3073998/Clamping-their-style.html#ixzz0v53QHhat

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