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Post by Roadrunner on Mar 16, 2021 22:36:44 GMT
That looks incredibly tidy for the money.
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Post by johnc on Mar 17, 2021 11:26:49 GMT
So do you have to drive that for a year whilst waiting for the Boxster?
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Post by racingteatray on Mar 17, 2021 11:30:42 GMT
Certainly won't look like a £400 car to most.
Even if you will risk being waved down by drunk people if you drive around late at night...
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Post by garry on Mar 17, 2021 11:34:48 GMT
So do you have to drive that for a year whilst waiting for the Boxster? I’ve got the Etron too, but yep. I did think about finding a nice little mx5 to get me through the summer! |
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Post by garry on Mar 17, 2021 11:36:40 GMT
Certainly won't look like a £400 car to most. Even if you will risk being waved down by drunk people if you drive around late at night... That once happened to me in Edinburgh. I was in my bosses white e class and three drunk people jumped thinking I was a taxi. |
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Post by Boxer6 on Mar 17, 2021 13:23:57 GMT
Certainly won't look like a £400 car to most. Even if you will risk being waved down by drunk people if you drive around late at night... That once happened to me in Edinburgh. I was in my bosses white e class and three drunk people jumped thinking I was a taxi. That's happened to me at least 3 times in the mighty Skoda since I got it, twice in the past year! It hasn't helped that Private Hire cabs in North Lan don't appear to need the (pretty massive tbh) door-stickers they used to have, in the way Glasgow PH's still do, so no kerb-side warning it isn't a taxi! |
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Post by Roadsterstu on Mar 24, 2021 10:57:58 GMT
The deal has been done. I'm now the 'proud owner of a Vauxhall Zafira 1.8! Its a 2007 car, 90k miles. It was a private sale. Current owner had it for ten years. She's a company director, the kids are all going to university and she's leased a Mercedes drop top. Nice couple, nice fancy house. They let me take it for a long test drive (about an hour). Nothing went pop or bang, no water or oil where it shouldn't be. Bodywork decent, interior actually very good. Two issues; driver side electric window not working and two months MOT. Last years MOT had two minor advisories. They were asking £600, but the car was just taking up space on their drive and they clearly weren't enjoying the experience of selling. Offered then £350, agreed a deal at £395. It's off to my local friendly mechanic. He'll put it through an MOT and give it a look over. I suspect there'll be a few quid to spend to get it through the MOT. If I've bought badly then it's a £395 mistake - I can live with that. Driving impressions? Imagine putting wheels on a shed and you're about there. To be fair, it's competent but almost purposefully dull. As a car to fulfill my brief it's great. No pictures yet , but imagine a big silver box on wheels and you're there. I'm actually quite looking forward to using a car I don't care about - parking it and not stressing about it getting dinged by an incompetent driver or scratched by a jealous passer by. That is a bargain! Absolutely no image, but solid, pretty dependable and very roomy. I had one in Switzerland in 2008, a 2.2 petrol. It was just about OK 5 up with 5 big suitcases in the boot up the steep hills but it did the job well. |
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Post by garry on Mar 24, 2021 11:05:03 GMT
The deal has been done. I'm now the 'proud owner of a Vauxhall Zafira 1.8! Its a 2007 car, 90k miles. It was a private sale. Current owner had it for ten years. She's a company director, the kids are all going to university and she's leased a Mercedes drop top. Nice couple, nice fancy house. They let me take it for a long test drive (about an hour). Nothing went pop or bang, no water or oil where it shouldn't be. Bodywork decent, interior actually very good. Two issues; driver side electric window not working and two months MOT. Last years MOT had two minor advisories. They were asking £600, but the car was just taking up space on their drive and they clearly weren't enjoying the experience of selling. Offered then £350, agreed a deal at £395. It's off to my local friendly mechanic. He'll put it through an MOT and give it a look over. I suspect there'll be a few quid to spend to get it through the MOT. If I've bought badly then it's a £395 mistake - I can live with that. Driving impressions? Imagine putting wheels on a shed and you're about there. To be fair, it's competent but almost purposefully dull. As a car to fulfill my brief it's great. No pictures yet , but imagine a big silver box on wheels and you're there. I'm actually quite looking forward to using a car I don't care about - parking it and not stressing about it getting dinged by an incompetent driver or scratched by a jealous passer by. That is a bargain! Absolutely no image, but solid, pretty dependable and very roomy. I had one in Switzerland in 2008, a 2.2 petrol. It was just about OK 5 up with 5 big suitcases in the boot up the steep hills but it did the job well. There should be a picture of it in the dictionary next to the word 'dull'. Have to say that it's living up to its brief. Its already filthy with sand from a beach walk with the dogs on Saturday and I picked up one of those tailgate mounted bike racks off ebay (the sort I'd never put on a nice car for fear of damage). It took four of us plus bikes to Rivington. We came back muddy, I didn't care. It's refreshing not having to think about a car |
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Post by Bob Sacamano v2.0 on Mar 24, 2021 12:32:18 GMT
It always amuses me when you see blokes driving a people carrier, particularly if they’re on their own. They have an expression that can only be interpreted as; “I wish I’d had that vasectomy..”
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Post by garry on Mar 24, 2021 13:15:55 GMT
It always amuses me when you see blokes driving a people carrier, particularly if they’re on their own. They have an expression that can only be interpreted as; “I wish I’d had that vasectomy..” So i'll have a zafira that says "I wish I’d had that vasectomy..” to a gts that says "I'm having a midlife crisis!" to an etron that says "I'm virtue signalling about my environmental credentials". Meanwhile, I'll be driving along not giving a flying f what anyone thinks about me. BTW, my next door neighbour is convinced I've gone bust because as far as he can see a 911 has been replaced by a Zafira. He's one of those people that wishes the worst for everyone, so I'm enjoying letting him have his fun and not making him any the wiser. |
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Post by Stuntman on Mar 25, 2021 20:58:34 GMT
When your GTS arrives, you should say to him how well your hard work is (now) paying off - with a BIG smile on your face and as unassumingly as possible. No boasting or crowing, no 'I'm considerably richer than you' vibe either - but just a happy, clear statement of fact and that you've treated yourself to something nice that you wanted. That should piss him right off  |
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Post by LandieMark on Mar 25, 2021 21:12:04 GMT
I really don't understand jealousy. I'm happy for people being able to enjoy what they've worked for.
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Post by garry on Mar 26, 2021 8:03:23 GMT
I really don't understand jealousy. I'm happy for people being able to enjoy what they've worked for. It’s not in my dna either. I love seeing people make a success of something. I find it inspirational. When I was at school a guy about fours year older built a hire business and bought a 911 for his 21st birthday. Many people seemed full of hate and spite. All I could think was ‘it actually is possible for a kid from this town to drive a 911’. The guy never knew it, but he was a massive inspiration for me. |
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