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[MarvinsMom]

Was tempted today by some prime future shite. C4 Grand Picasso with the £2k optional Mistral Leather Lounge Pack.

 

Amazing future shite credentials and a bargain but that fucking EGS semi automatic whiplash-with-every-gear-change is something I don't think I could live with. Shame, because a fantastic car otherwise.

 

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father in law had one of those until the gearbox fucked up in spectacular fashion in the middle of the cross roads right in the centre of malton.

 

no driver, nothing, they couldn't even get it into neutral.

 

plod turns up and tells the outlaws that they cannot "park" it there and that it needs to be moved. it was blocking traffic and causing chaos throughout Malton.

 

AA arrive and they couldn't do owt with the frigger either, it ended up been dragged, yes dragged cos the front wheels were locked up solid onto a low loader and sent back to the main stealers.

 

it was a mobility car, so they told citroen to get stuffed, and he went and got a nice ford focus instead. they could not fix the car anyway!

 

seems that the OMGTERMINALGEARBOXFAIL is very common on these.

 

shame cos they are quiet nice inside, that big window and the steering wheel what moved around all them button are pretty cool thing to see in action.

[rml2345]

That C4 interior looks utterly fantastic.

[MarvinsMom]

they are nice inside as i say, riding in one reminded more of riding in a star trek shuttle thing instead of been in a family car.

 

it is the rest of the citroen electrical things that give me the shivers......

[hairnet]

There's  no need to spend £2500. Frankly, with enough patience, you should be able to find something under a grand that ticks all of your boxes. You ideally want something deeply unfashionable but dependable with fairly low mileage. It's a great time to be buying cheap chod and you'll save yourself a fortune.

 

The problem with your dream scenario is that there's nothing to guarantee that an old banger will be 100% reliable, but that's also true if you spend £2500. Look at the sums - as Vulg says - does it make sense to spend £700 on a car, flog it then spend £2500 to save money?

 

In my news, I've just noticed that the XM doesn't sink anymore. Bother. I liked it sinking!

^^ that

 

just cos its 2000 not 200 doesnt mean itll not have been mongtarded and never serviced by the last 3 owners

 

cheap can be found if yer not fussy with good nick and well maintained

[hairnet]

That C4 interior looks utterly fantastic.

my first thought

 

auto and french is to be avoided

 

friend had the smaller version and no bother oddly - motability

[doobietoo]

My car buying friend has come across a Subaru Justy I am guessing an older one but not seen it yet..... borked engine apparently but (he says ) no rust!!!! as garaged all its life... if anyone is interested pm me and I will go and have a look, take some pics and try and work out whats wrong with it... I doubt it will be loads of money but its been left to a charity and the money is going to them so it wont be £50 either...

[Alan_Green]

The news (as in TV news) has just reported that used car prices are down 5% on last year in real terms. So even normal people are noticing the price falls.

[Bear]

What an exhausting day. Emotional rollercoaster with new starts and false starts, horrid feeling I've somehow got a speeding ticket doing 39 in a 40 in Nottingham in a bloody Picasso of all things, suddenly sofas, yeay visiting Autoshiter (cagey for reasons ), motorway chaos but thankful it's not us in those smooshed cars, mad dash back to get to Northampton in time for Alan Moore/Robin Ince and Grace Petrie.

Wow.

And tomorrow I get to be an office bunny. Me. In an office. With people. For a working day.

This could go really quite badly. Must remember inside voice and that I can't sing Nick Cave and Ben Lee songs at full volume whilst working near fellow humans.

[Bear]

Also: $importantperson totally schooled me on Picasso's appeal because her mum had one that colour and all of a sudden it was made of memories and familiarity and a role in life, rather than "how did PSA manage to make something so characterless and dire".

[cros]

Was tempted today by some prime future shite. C4 Grand Picasso with the £2k optional Mistral Leather Lounge Pack.

Amazing future shite credentials and a bargain but that fucking EGS semi automatic whiplash-with-every-gear-change is something I don't think I could live with. Shame, because a fantastic car otherwise.

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I think it looks absolutely fucking horrible.

[doobietoo]

I think it looks absolutely fucking horrible.

which is a good enough reason to buy it on its own......

[Honey Badger]

I've been ill with a virus the last few days and obviously not been feeling too good which may have coloured my recent thinking. I've been having a think about selling my 3 old cars and sinking my cash into a £2.5/3kk 10 year old a4/a6/Octavia/mondeo. I really don't have the time or expertise to keep repairing old cars so I'm a regular visitor to my local garage at the moment. My Peugeot only cost £200 but with a few jobs for the mot, new tyres, a strut top mount and aux belt will have cost me £700 all in so not that cheap in the end. My plan is to keep it for a bit then sell (for a loss) towards the newer car. Obviously this goes against all Autoshite principals especially as I am considering an Audi but I am open to opinion both positive and negative. The best all round car I had was a 2001 A4 I had for 6 years and never let me down and I had confidence in it. I want to recapture a bit of that. Of course, when I'm feeling more myself I may see the light but those are my thoughts at the moment.

 

Dunno why your expecting a £200 french car not to cost you money in parts/ maintenance, if your running a car ona budget then why get the strut top sorted, cambelt done and give it new tyres? Just run the fucker into the ground then punt it on or scrap it.

 

IT sounds like you need to modify the way you run a cheap car, and stop running 3 of them if cost is an issue, changing to an Audi that you will have to spend money to repair it as it's worth to much not to.

[cros]

∆∆∆∆ when everything wrong with a car is put right it won't let you down. So much. Nobody puts everything right and then sells it.

[tooSavvy]

There used to be a sit in bus cafe at Esh Winning of all places. Not sure if its still there

 

I'm certain I recently drove down a hill, full forest either side - near Leeds, travelling Northwards - and passed a red doubledecker bus, Cafe.

 

The bus is left hand side, going down hill. Not sure it was trading...??

 

Ahh Haa...

http://heycafes.co.uk/0166344/A64_Red_Bus_Cafe

 

 

TS

[stripped fred]

Dunno why your expecting a £200 french car not to cost you money in parts/ maintenance, if your running a car ona budget then why get the strut top sorted, cambelt done and give it new tyres? Just run the fucker into the ground then punt it on or scrap it.

 

IT sounds like you need to modify the way you run a cheap car, and stop running 3 of them if cost is an issue, changing to an Audi that you will have to spend money to repair it as it's worth to much not to.

I don't expect an old car to be problem free, far from it. Just that I've worked out how much it's cost to get sorted and it's over £1000, not including a cambelt. That would be another £550 at the garage so I won't be paying that but will try and do it myself.

 

I can afford to run 3 old cars but was just thinking that it might be better to put my money into one. I don't use my mr2 hardly at all and my Astra is a diesel estate the same as the 406 so that doesn't make much sense. I can perfectly see that a £2500/£3000 10 year old Audi could cost me a lot more again!

 

Probably the best option for me is to run the 406 for a while and see how it goes. It's not a bad old bus, cheap on diesel and so far reliable.

[Richard]

∆∆∆∆ when everything wrong with a car is put right it won't let you down. So much. Nobody puts everything right and then sells it.

 

They do on here. Mr Bo11ox in particular is a serial putter right and seller on.

[Richard]

There's one on the A96 too, a Duple Dominant IIRC. You can sit in it, but it gets less bus like every time I see it.

 

 

 

Local busitechture with bonus broken Dolomite + missing wheel trim action.

 

That's the one.

[dave21478]

Its 18 degrees, sunny and a beautiful day here. Not a one-off either, its been stunning weather for weeks and the forecast is for more of the same until the end of the month. Chilly mornings but clear skies and sunshine all day.

Kinda unusual for December.

The long range forecast is a bit vague but suggests more dry, bright weather throughout January and into February too. The local town is talking about drought and hosepipe bans. Next town along have had their water supply run dry and have to truck in tankers every day.

 

The old giffers round about are panicking because apparently the last time the weather was like this was in nineteen fiftywhatever when in February it suddenly changed and snowed so hard people had to dig tunnels to get around the village.

[MarvinsMom]

∆∆∆∆ when everything wrong with a car is put right it won't let you down. So much. Nobody puts everything right and then sells it.

 

 

yes they do....... (i'm guilty of this as well)

[HMC]

My love for Alfa's heroic lemons seems to be growing......

 

Just agreed a deal on a 155 2.0 twinspark. Due to collect this weekend!

[phil_lihp]

155?  Well found, not many of those about!

[red5]

A bit late (partly due to some complications at the time) but Mrs red5 and I (mostly me) would like to announce the arrival of red5 junior no.2 - Monday 7th December at 3.23am.

 

Sam  

[twosmoke300]

Woo hoo

[Pillock]

Smashing news, well done Family_red5!

[beko1987]

Congratulations!

 

Now face the crushing realisation of having to go through it all again for the next few years... Sleep, what's that?

[fordperv]

Congratulations red5 household, it makes me smile all this news of the next generation shiters coming into the world

[dome]

They do on here. Mr Bo11ox in particular is a serial putter right and seller on.

I'm guilty of that too. The Scim is up for sale already after me throwing a load of cash at it getting it right and I've already got a couple of folk interested in my 330d as I accumulate parts to sort it out.

[phil_lihp]

Ditto with the Prelude, in fact I am still spending money on it, it has to be right but the line will have to be drawn somewhere!

[RobT]

On the subject of spunking cash, I've been pricing up parts I need for the Daimler and projecting the labour costs, and I've now got a headache! It'll be worth it but I may have to curtail my shite purchases next year, and possibly even sell the Metro to provide funds.

[Bren]

Just watched not the nine o'clock news.

 

I had forgotten how attractive Pamela Stephenson was.