Daviemck2006

I've not forgotten this. I've been sleeping. Poo count still nil. The van. Inside is lined, carpeted and a bed. Needs a few jobs done. A broken mirror, cracked headlight being the worst. Drives ok with a notchy geaechange the only thing worth mentioning. I'm at scotch corner, time to get up and get more miles under the wheels.

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I've not forgotten this. I've been sleeping. Poo count still nil. The van. Inside is lined, carpeted and a bed. Needs a few jobs done. A broken mirror, cracked headlight being the worst. Drives ok with a notchy geaechange the only thing worth mentioning. I'm at scotch corner, time to get up and get more miles under the wheels.

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I've not forgotten this. I've been sleeping. Poo count still nil. The van. Inside is lined, carpeted and a bed. Needs a few jobs done. A broken mirror, cracked headlight being the worst. Drives ok with a notchy geaechange the only thing worth mentioning. I'm at scotch corner, time to get up and get more miles under the wheels.

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I wasnt going to purchase anything else, but here I go. Ist mode of transport was my own, for sale vw touran which I took as a trade in against my Caddy. This took me to Aberdeen station in an hour where the bus would have taken over two hours. Away to board the first train to Edinburgh. What I'm getting is older than the caddy and my skoda. Probably not really old enough for a true shitter, but it has done nearly 200k

Poop count now 1. Slept overnight at scotch corner now at southwaite services on the m6 for breakfast. Soon be at border patrol lol

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I've not forgotten this. I've been sleeping. Poo count still nil. The van. Inside is lined, carpeted and a bed. Needs a few jobs done. A broken mirror, cracked headlight being the worst. Drives ok with a notchy geaechange the only thing worth mentioning. I'm at scotch corner, time to get up and get more miles under the wheels.

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I've not forgotten this. I've been sleeping. Poo count still nil. The van. Inside is lined, carpeted and a bed. Needs a few jobs done. A broken mirror, cracked headlight being the worst. Drives ok with a notchy geaechange the only thing worth mentioning. I'm at scotch corner, time to get up and get more miles under the wheels.

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I've not forgotten this. I've been sleeping. Poo count still nil. The van. Inside is lined, carpeted and a bed. Needs a few jobs done. A broken mirror, cracked headlight being the worst. Drives ok with a notchy geaechange the only thing worth mentioning. I'm at scotch corner, time to get up and get more miles under the wheels.

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Lunch. On 2nd train og the day. Its going to that London, but I'm not going all the distance. Got 11 mins between next train. Poo still nil.

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I wasnt going to purchase anything else, but here I go. Ist mode of transport was my own, for sale vw touran which I took as a trade in against my Caddy. This took me to Aberdeen station in an hour where the bus would have taken over two hours. Away to board the first train to Edinburgh. What I'm getting is older than the caddy and my skoda. Probably not really old enough for a true shitter, but it has done nearly 200k

Food time, no vehicle pic yet cos I am too hungry

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Food time, no vehicle pic yet cos I am too hungry

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Lunch. On 2nd train og the day. Its going to that London, but I'm not going all the distance. Got 11 mins between next train. Poo still nil.

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Forgot to post my boring brekkie, it was just two slices of toast and one mug of coffee. Nearing Edinburgh, got 36 minutes between trains so hopefully get some food there to keep going. PC nil so far.

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I wasnt going to purchase anything else, but here I go. Ist mode of transport was my own, for sale vw touran which I took as a trade in against my Caddy. This took me to Aberdeen station in an hour where the bus would have taken over two hours. Away to board the first train to Edinburgh. What I'm getting is older than the caddy and my skoda. Probably not really old enough for a true shitter, but it has done nearly 200k

I wasnt going to purchase anything else, but here I go. Ist mode of transport was my own, for sale vw touran which I took as a trade in against my Caddy. This took me to Aberdeen station in an hour where the bus would have taken over two hours. Away to board the first train to Edinburgh. What I'm getting is older than the caddy and my skoda. Probably not really old enough for a true shitter, but it has done nearly 200k

I wasnt going to purchase anything else, but here I go. Ist mode of transport was my own, for sale vw touran which I took as a trade in against my Caddy. This took me to Aberdeen station in an hour where the bus would have taken over two hours. Away to board the first train to Edinburgh. What I'm getting is older than the caddy and my skoda. Probably not really old enough for a true shitter, but it has done nearly 200k

Forgot to post my boring brekkie, it was just two slices of toast and one mug of coffee. Nearing Edinburgh, got 36 minutes between trains so hopefully get some food there to keep going. PC nil so far.

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I wasnt going to purchase anything else, but here I go. Ist mode of transport was my own, for sale vw touran which I took as a trade in against my Caddy. This took me to Aberdeen station in an hour where the bus would have taken over two hours. Away to board the first train to Edinburgh. What I'm getting is older than the caddy and my skoda. Probably not really old enough for a true shitter, but it has done nearly 200k

Due to a loss of income, and the requirement for modifications to the house for my deteriorating health I have sold my caddy. I have had to take a trade in, another vw, a touran 1.6tdi se from 2010. I wasnt really wanting a trade in, but got more for the caddy than I paid for it 19 months ago, and the touran is a good one. I dont know if I will keep it yet, although it will do what the caddy did, be a dog carrier to not worry about. It's done 167k but only 2 owners and the most comprehensive service history. It drives like 67k, not 167k. It has all the toys and it all works, and is shod with a full set of Goodyear efficient grips, which is a good sign, and cambelt/waterpump done at 60k and again at 132k, the invoice for that one present along with service and mot for over a grand! It lived in Sheffield all its life until the owner moved up here last year so shouldnt be rusty underneath.
 
The Skoda I still have a year to pay yet, once the better weather comes it is going to get underneath it wire brushed, treated and under sealed. I think the advisories it got will devalue it significantly, so keeping it until it disintegrates or breaks. It will get looked after.
 
The fast food shop I used to work for, who bought my previous seat leon 1.6tdi dsg, and had a caddy 1.6tdi, and a corsa combo  has managed to break all 3 of them. Probably because they never service any vehicle, they class an mot as a service and it's all the vehicle needs. First to go was the 11 plate combo, bought at 70k, managed to keep going, just until 135k. Scrapped. Then the 12plate caddy, bought at 55k broke a conrad engine totalled just over 100k. It's now repaired with a breaker engine and is for sale. Near 50k of getting thrashed over less than 2 years with no servicing taking its toll. My old leon, sold to them just over 2 years ago with 72k and it was well serviced and mint condition has been thrashed, bashed, never serviced, never had dsg box serviced now near 140k has, surprise surprise totalled the gearbox, he has had a quote of 5 grand to replace it, the car is now worth scrap price but he is so stupid he will probably fix it for that then sell it when with the mileage and condition even sorted it's worth not much more! 

Gosh it's a while since I have posted on this thread. That's probably because I have had nothing to report! I have now though. Its 2 years since I bought the Yeti as my decent car. In that two years all it has cost is £45 for a clean MOT pass last year. The dashboard told me a couple of weeks ago it was due a service. The service interval is generally 20000 miles or 2 years. So as it hadn't had a penny spent on it in 2 years I thought I would treat it to a service at my local skoda dealer, which is a privately owned little garage with a good reputation. It failed the test on a broken spring and had 10 advisories. Most of the advisories are silly, and makes the car look like a rust bucket, at 9 years old, which it's not. Probably my usual trusted tester would have given it a clean pass once the spring was done, he may have advised on the rear discs, but they do not look bad to me. The result is that it just cost me over £600 for service and test! I am now officially skint! I am also pissed off at the car now being a fust bucket forever, and them quoting £276 for rear discs and pads.

Gosh it's a while since I have posted on this thread. That's probably because I have had nothing to report! I have now though. Its 2 years since I bought the Yeti as my decent car. In that two years all it has cost is £45 for a clean MOT pass last year. The dashboard told me a couple of weeks ago it was due a service. The service interval is generally 20000 miles or 2 years. So as it hadn't had a penny spent on it in 2 years I thought I would treat it to a service at my local skoda dealer, which is a privately owned little garage with a good reputation. It failed the test on a broken spring and had 10 advisories. Most of the advisories are silly, and makes the car look like a rust bucket, at 9 years old, which it's not. Probably my usual trusted tester would have given it a clean pass once the spring was done, he may have advised on the rear discs, but they do not look bad to me. The result is that it just cost me over £600 for service and test! I am now officially skint! I am also pissed off at the car now being a fust bucket forever, and them quoting £276 for rear discs and pads.

Gosh it's a while since I have posted on this thread. That's probably because I have had nothing to report! I have now though. Its 2 years since I bought the Yeti as my decent car. In that two years all it has cost is £45 for a clean MOT pass last year. The dashboard told me a couple of weeks ago it was due a service. The service interval is generally 20000 miles or 2 years. So as it hadn't had a penny spent on it in 2 years I thought I would treat it to a service at my local skoda dealer, which is a privately owned little garage with a good reputation. It failed the test on a broken spring and had 10 advisories. Most of the advisories are silly, and makes the car look like a rust bucket, at 9 years old, which it's not. Probably my usual trusted tester would have given it a clean pass once the spring was done, he may have advised on the rear discs, but they do not look bad to me. The result is that it just cost me over £600 for service and test! I am now officially skint! I am also pissed off at the car now being a fust bucket forever, and them quoting £276 for rear discs and pads.

I had one of these a few years ago. I loved it but had to move it on due to me developing mobility problems and found it nearly impossible to get in or out of. Fast and decent handling, I smoked a golf gti on the motorway one day, and saw off many hot hatches locally. Well worth buying. My old one is on this forum with @FakeConcernalthough is not on the road just now. I would consider one again, for a toy, would be no use to me as a daily.

In my corner of scotland its "gee it neeps"

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