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[Weird Car]

2 hours ago, LightBulbFun said:

will you be learning to drive a bus etc with First? if so I look forward to hearing how that goes! 

Thanks, yeah that’s the plan, I’ll keep everyone posted on progress, I sent off for my provisional bus license today so as soon as that’s sorted training can begin

[stuboy]

2 hours ago, RetroShite said:

mate had a 1300cc one, god it was slow

[andyberg]

10 minutes ago, Weird Car said:

Thanks, yeah that’s the plan, I’ll keep everyone posted on progress, I sent off for my provisional bus license today so as soon as that’s sorted training can begin

Good luck chap. I passed my PCV test in 1999 with Stagecoach, when they were still using Leyland Nationals on service! I remember I loved driving them and would choose one over the newer Volvos or Darts if I was on an early, much to the disgust of the driver taking over from me! I would love to drive one again.

[High Jetter]

3 hours ago, Jazoli said:

That's nice I had a white one of them back in the day.

Me 2. Used it as a private hire cab, until the gearbag collapsed. 

[GMcD]

On 22/06/2023 at 17:11, GMcD said:

Well, I've swithered enough.  I've placed my reservation on a Sapphire Blue manual as it's the colour I keep coming back too. Time will tell if I get one now. 🤞

Mind this? (GR86 order) 

Well I properly bottle jobbed it, shat it and pulled my order (although it wasn't really a factory order, they are already built and in the UK) 

The thought of almost 34K tied up in a car was making me sick to my stomach with anxiety. I think I was being over-ambitious.

I don't feel like I'm missing out. In fact I feel relieved.  

[High Jetter]

5 minutes ago, GMcD said:

Mind this? (GR86 order) 

Well I properly bottle jobbed it, shat it and pulled my order (although it wasn't really a factory order, they are already built and in the UK) 

The thought of almost 34K tied up in a car was making me sick to my stomach with anxiety. I think I was being over-ambitious.

I don't feel like I'm missing out. In fact I feel relieved.  

It's a lot of dough. Could do loads with it.

[trigger]

I've got a bit of a random question, my car insurance covers me to drive any car that's already insured but with the owners permission and 3rd party only, like many people, does that cover me then to drive a car thats on a traders policy?

Basically a mate is dabbling in the YouTube world and has been buying lots of different cars and stuff and I've been helping him out fixing them and pointing at them etc, all his cars are on a trade policy and he uses trade plates, would I be covered to drive them on my insurance if I needed too?

Probably a daft question? I was going to offer to take this Singer he's just bought back to mine to mop it but wasn't sure if I'm insured to drive it 

[barefoot]

Surely it would be covered by his trade insurance whilst on his trade plates?

[GMcD]

7 hours ago, trigger said:

I've got a bit of a random question, my car insurance covers me to drive any car that's already insured but with the owners permission and 3rd party only, like many people, does that cover me then to drive a car thats on a traders policy?

Basically a mate is dabbling in the YouTube world and has been buying lots of different cars and stuff and I've been helping him out fixing them and pointing at them etc, all his cars are on a trade policy and he uses trade plates, would I be covered to drive them on my insurance if I needed too?

Probably a daft question? I was going to offer to take this Singer he's just bought back to mine to mop it but wasn't sure if I'm insured to drive it 

I'm clueless about trade policies. Presumably you would need to borrow the trade plates as well? What if you get a pull?  Would you not need a valid reason for driving a traders car on their plates? (Test drive?)

Or alternatively the DOC entitlement- It currently comes up on Askmid as not being insured. So if you aren't displaying plates, imagine trying to explain to plod you are driving it on your own DOC entitlement. I can see it being dragged onto a low loader.

Would it not be easier to arrange temp insurance to do it? Or could they drop it off?

 

[JJ0063]

Very unlikely it’ll be covered, ultimately a question only your insurer can answer as it’s dependent on them but it’s 99% a no you wouldn’t be covered 

[meshking]

I wouldn't risk it, sounds like you would be skating on thin ice. One outcome could be a charge of driving without insurance which is a real pita to have on your license when getting insurance in the future.

[trigger]

I said it was probably a daft question! I did wonder but I won't risk it as it's obviously not worth the risk 

[Cookiesouwest]

42 minutes ago, trigger said:

I said it was probably a daft question! I did wonder but I won't risk it as it's obviously not worth the risk 

To be safe you would need to be named on his insurance and drive with the trade plate displayed.

[Split_Pin]

And finally, a Tofas estate and a Tempra, which you'll have to believe me when I tell you it had the digital dashboard.

There are tens thousands of Murat 131s, Renault 12s, Renault 9s and many, many Fiat Tipos, with a fair few Tempras and Unos thrown in. There is almost nothing else pre 2000 on the road, bar a few far Eastern models. I'm not sure why that is but it was fantastic to see.

Thankfully not a single EV either.

I reckon in 5 years these wonderful old cars will all be gone so I'm glad I captured them now.

[MikeR]

1 hour ago, Split_Pin said:

And finally, a Tofas estate and a Tempra, which you'll have to believe me when I tell you it had the digital dashboard.

There are tens thousands of Murat 131s, Renault 12s, Renault 9s and many, many Fiat Tipos, with a fair few Tempras and Unos thrown in. There is almost nothing else pre 2000 on the road, bar a few far Eastern models. I'm not sure why that is but it was fantastic to see.

Thankfully not a single EV either.

I reckon in 5 years these wonderful old cars will all be gone so I'm glad I captured them now.

The digital dash with the power transistor riveted to the PCB , which releases and overheats !!

[egg]

This lightened my mood for a minute

 

[Noel Tidybeard]

11 hours ago, trigger said:

I've got a bit of a random question, my car insurance covers me to drive any car that's already insured but with the owners permission and 3rd party only, like many people, does that cover me then to drive a car thats on a traders policy?

Basically a mate is dabbling in the YouTube world and has been buying lots of different cars and stuff and I've been helping him out fixing them and pointing at them etc, all his cars are on a trade policy and he uses trade plates, would I be covered to drive them on my insurance if I needed too?

Probably a daft question? I was going to offer to take this Singer he's just bought back to mine to mop it but wasn't sure if I'm insured to drive it 

can he not add you to the traders policy quite easily?

[Sir Chocolate Teapot]

Just going to hopefully buy a new to me car, getting off the train at Leamington spa and Mike brewer also stepped off the train.

Not sure if good or bad sign. Is there now a race to the finish location !

[SiC]

39 minutes ago, Noel Tidybeard said:

can he not add you to the traders policy quite easily?

Would that not make trigger then classed as a trader? Most 'normal' car insurance forbids being a car trader and so his other policies would become void. 

[Noel Tidybeard]

1 hour ago, SiC said:

Would that not make trigger then classed as a trader? Most 'normal' car insurance forbids being a car trader and so his other policies would become void. 

i dunno i was thinking as an authorised driver sort of thing

[barefoot]

Me too, like a potential customer taking it for a spin.

[trigger]

I'll have to ask my mate what the score is, it's no bigger just something I was wondering.

He's bought several cars recently at auction in various states of repair and I've been helping out doing little jobs on them and teaching him how to use a polisher etc, he bought a F reg Volvo 740 with 436000 miles for a laugh which turned out to be a cracking car with the most ridiculous service history, the previous owner must have been a dealers nightmare going by the amount of complaint letters over trivial things.

He bought a Nissan Figaro for £1600 with a years MOT that's had £1000s and £1000s spent on welding in the last few years too, people are mental.

[loserone]

I would aim to get yourself covered by his trade insurance as someone notionally employed by his business.   

In another trade policy I've seen, drivers are covered if they're asked to drive by the business and it's in relation to the trade.  E.g. could you drive this up for an MOT please.  

If you then used it to go to Sainsbury's you wouldn't be covered.

 

The trade plates are for tax, not insurance.  

 

It shouldn't affect your own cars and policies if you aren't working in the motor trade yourself or using your own cars in connection with the motor trade.

I think.  But then I'm not an ultracrepidarian.

 

[Bren]

18 hours ago, GMcD said:

Mind this? (GR86 order) 

Well I properly bottle jobbed it, shat it and pulled my order (although it wasn't really a factory order, they are already built and in the UK) 

The thought of almost 34K tied up in a car was making me sick to my stomach with anxiety. I think I was being over-ambitious.

I don't feel like I'm missing out. In fact I feel relieved.  

Mucho admiration. Pulling the trigger on a £6k car was, for me, bad enough.

[wuvvum]

18 hours ago, trigger said:

I've got a bit of a random question, my car insurance covers me to drive any car that's already insured but with the owners permission and 3rd party only, like many people, does that cover me then to drive a car thats on a traders policy?

If your "drive other cars" cover is only valid for cars that are also insured under another policy, then no it wouldn't.  Some policies offer cover to drive other cars whether they are insured or not, but those are few and far between these days.

The only way you'd be covered to drive a car on my policy is if I was sat in the car with you because I have demonstration cover.  Assume most policies are the same.

[Sunny Jim]

Fun drive to the office this morning.

Passed the wild, wild horses (well ponies).

And then last kilometre on foot

while our kit was brought in by tracked ATV.

Our destination was the valve house by a reservoir for a hydroelectric power station.

I spent the day in here as Entry Controller.

Guiding men into a tight rusty hole

so they could measure how much the pipes have rusted in the last 100 years

[Ghosty]

Four Goodyear EfficientGrips for the Lexus as the Autogreen it had on there were dangerous in the wet, setting the traction control light off and generally feeling like they had no grip at any speed. It actually spun at low speed in a (thankfully empty) Tesco car park, so I decided the buck stopped there. Was expecting a hefty bill for 16"s. Did some shopping around, and my local Protyre turned out the best value - a discount code got me the Goodyears for less than any other brand name tyre - £302 fitted same day. Even Costco was more expensive! 

[AnnoyingPentium]

5 minutes ago, Ghosty said:

Four Goodyear EfficientGrips for the Lexus as the Autogreen it had on there were dangerous in the wet, setting the traction control light off and generally feeling like they had no grip at any speed. It actually spun at low speed in a (thankfully empty) Tesco car park, so I decided the buck stopped there. Was expecting a hefty bill for 16"s. Did some shopping around, and my local Protyre turned out the best value - a discount code got me the Goodyears for less than any other brand name tyre - £302 fitted same day. Even Costco was more expensive! 

I've also found ProTyre to be the best, in terms of bang for buck, especially when it comes to midrange tyres. Used my local one a few times and had no problems.

[egg]

1 hour ago, Sunny Jim said:

hydroelectric power station.

Dinorwig?

[Weird Car]

10 hours ago, egg said:

This lightened my mood for a minute

 

@calebaaront