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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: STEMO on 07 November 2020, 18:57:21
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But I'm used to it.
Mrs Stemo's car is five years old. It's a 66 plate astra K 1.6 diesel in red. It's immaculate and has only covered 31,000 miles. But......she is getting fidgety about it, as we all do, and wants a new (used) one when things settle down.
Now for the abuse. The shortlist so far is, in order of pref, A class, Civic or golf. The golf is my favourite but she thinks they are too 'ordinary'.
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Everyone round here seems to be buying Civics , don't know much about them not keen on VWs myself.
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Go for the bright yellow one. She only cares about the colour, because she's lacking the Y chromosome.
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Go for the bright yellow one. She only cares about the colour, because she's lacking the Y chromosome.
Is Mrs TB far away? Feeling brave? :o
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Go for the bright yellow one. She only cares about the colour, because she's lacking the Y chromosome.
Is Mrs TB far away? Feeling brave? :o
She's a socially distanced 6'
Let me mention it to her.... ...if I'm not back in 10, I'll be in A&E
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Deep down, she agrees. But she's also promised me a sound thrashing when I'm not expecting it ;D
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Or at least thats what I think "you tosser" means ;D
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Remember my green astra? I'm well in touch with my feminine side, me :)
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Remember my green astra? I'm well in touch with my feminine side, me :)
I'm sure I might have called it Gay Green at the time ;D. That said, I don't recall seeing any pictures of it, so maybe it was a manly green.
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Wish my missus would say about changing her car but she has absolutely zero interest in them .
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Remember my green astra? I'm well in touch with my feminine side, me :)
I'm sure I might have called it Gay Green at the time ;D. That said, I don't recall seeing any pictures of it, so maybe it was a manly green.
Ermmm.....no.
This colour
https://www.newlookloans.co.uk/car/green-61-reg-vauxhall-astra/
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Buy the Japanese one in a colour she likes. Cant go wrong.
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Buy the Japanese one in a colour she likes. Cant go wrong.
It would have to be a 20 reg or later, Albs, as apparently the touch screen was shite so they put buttons back on that model.
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So buy a new one, or glue an ipad to the dash. :)
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Remember my green astra? I'm well in touch with my feminine side, me :)
I'm sure I might have called it Gay Green at the time ;D. That said, I don't recall seeing any pictures of it, so maybe it was a manly green.
Ermmm.....no.
This colour
https://www.newlookloans.co.uk/car/green-61-reg-vauxhall-astra/
Oh Jesus, yes, that is I'm afraid.
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So buy a new one, or glue an ipad to the dash. :)
I will never, ever buy a new car. Spend £18000 and you get a £15000 car and £3000 worth of VAT.
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Remember my green astra? I'm well in touch with my feminine side, me :)
I'm sure I might have called it Gay Green at the time ;D. That said, I don't recall seeing any pictures of it, so maybe it was a manly green.
Ermmm.....no.
This colour
https://www.newlookloans.co.uk/car/green-61-reg-vauxhall-astra/
Oh Jesus, yes, that is I'm afraid.
Yeah....beat that, anyone. ;D
Does Mrs TB think it's 'nice' ?
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I think my gay gold Omega came close, complete with the brown steering wheel that was like holding a turd.
But I know when I'm beaten.
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Does Mrs TB think it's 'nice' ?
No. She says it reminds her of an apple. Not bright enough.
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Remember my green astra? I'm well in touch with my feminine side, me :)
I'm sure I might have called it Gay Green at the time ;D . That said, I don't recall seeing any pictures of it, so maybe it was a manly green.
Ermmm.....no.
This colour
https://www.newlookloans.co.uk/car/green-61-reg-vauxhall-astra/ (https://www.newlookloans.co.uk/car/green-61-reg-vauxhall-astra/)
Oh Jesus, yes, that is I'm afraid.
That's for the people who think that silver is boring.
So they tinted Star Silver with a few ml of green and voila, Fairy(washing-up) Green
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When I traded it, for my current astra, the salesman said 'That's unusual, we'll soon retail that'. It didn't even make it on to the website, someone saw it in the car park, not even prepped, and bought it.
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So buy a new one, or glue an ipad to the dash. :)
I will never, ever buy a new car. Spend £18000 and you get a £15000 car and £3000 worth of VAT.
Buy a 6 month old one then.
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So buy a new one, or glue an ipad to the dash. :)
I will never, ever buy a new car. Spend £18000 and you get a £15000 car and £3000 worth of VAT.
Buy a 6 month old one then.
That's the plan :y
Although I was considering a Rubens red omega with 190,000 on it if I was lucky enough to find one.
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I could find you one for no more than three grand, seeing as were besty mates. You could stick the other ten grand in the bank. :y
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I could find you one for no more than three grand, seeing as were besty mates. You could stick the other ten grand in the bank. :y
Would you sort out the new engine number, Vin and reg plates for me too? ;D
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I think she's going to go for the A class. Nice enough looking car, and well proven, but I've read that they're a bit tight on room. We'll see.
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Not going electric?
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Not going electric?
We were talking about this today, Varche. I think she would consider it, although it's an expensive option. But we have no off street parking, so nowhere to put a charger.
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Got lots of chargers at work. If I could afford an electric car I would be able to run it for free. By the time they become affordable I will be retired. Theres always a hitch, so lifes a bitch. ;D
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Our old neighbour had a brand new A class a couple of years ago she didn't like it at all, swopped it for a Honda Civic which she loves . I drove the A class a few times liked it apart from the stop start nonsense but I switched it off, surprised at how quick it was.
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I told her that she should get a charger at work, thus encouraging the staff to go 'green'. Then put a lockable post in front of it with 'HEADTEACHER PARKING' written on it.
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I would go Japanese over the Merc every time. Doesnt the A class have a poor reputation for reliability ? :-\
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I told her that she should get a charger at work, thus encouraging the staff to go 'green'. Then put a lockable post in front of it with 'HEADTEACHER PARKING' written on it.
Too right. No point having a bit of power if you cant abuse it. :y ;D
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Our old neighbour had a brand new A class a couple of years ago she didn't like it at all, swopped it for a Honda Civic which she loves . I drove the A class a few times liked it apart from the stop start nonsense but I switched it off, surprised at how quick it was.
It's probably going to be one of those two, but the downside with the civic is that it's glacially slow with the diesel/auto combination. A class 200d is quite acceptable.
I'm getting a headache now, so I'll stop.
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I would go Japanese over the Merc every time. Doesnt the A class have a poor reputation for reliability ? :-\
C'mon Albs women don't care about that sort of thing and Uncle STEMO will get whatever car she tells him to. ;D
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I would go Japanese over the Merc every time. Doesnt the A class have a poor reputation for reliability ? :-\
Haven't picked that up from reading about them, and there's plenty about.
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I would go Japanese over the Merc every time. Doesnt the A class have a poor reputation for reliability ? :-\
C'mon Albs women don't care about that sort of thing and Uncle STEMO will get whatever car she tells him to. ;D
Ermmmm.....probably. ;D
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I think she's going to go for the A class. Nice enough looking car, and well proven, but I've read that they're a bit tight on room. We'll see.
Fundamentally a Clit underneath. much as it pains me to admit it :-\
Ok, the diseasal is a Clit lump... The rest of the car should feel better screwed together.
£15k buys a lot of choice :y
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I think she's going to go for the A class. Nice enough looking car, and well proven, but I've read that they're a bit tight on room. We'll see.
Fundamentally a Clit underneath. much as it pains me to admit it :-\
Ok, the diseasal is a Clit lump... The rest of the car should feel better screwed together.
£15k buys a lot of choice :y
Yeah, I read the 1.5 is a Renault dci, same as in her captur. But the larger diesel isn't Renault.
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Its a relatively nippy little engine in the Renault but its made from plastic and cardboard, so weighs three fifths of far call.
A class probably weighs a bit more ?
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I think she's going to go for the A class. Nice enough looking car, and well proven, but I've read that they're a bit tight on room. We'll see.
Fundamentally a Clit underneath. much as it pains me to admit it :-\
Ok, the diseasal is a Clit lump... The rest of the car should feel better screwed together.
£15k buys a lot of choice :y
Yeah, I read the 1.5 is a Renault dci, same as in her captur. But the larger diesel isn't Renault.
Buy that one then :D
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Its a relatively nippy little engine in the Renault but its made from plastic and cardboard, so weighs three fifths of far call.
A class probably weighs a bit more ?
Nowt wrong with the Renault 1.5dci, despite it being French, but it's probably been fettled in the A class. The engine in my astra is a fiat, believe it or not, although it probably bears little resemblance to the original. Why develop a new engine when you can buy one off the shelf, alter the characteristics, and stick your own peripherals on it?
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Dont worry about all that. Buy her an electric car. I want to take the piss out of you for driving a milk float. ;D
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Dont worry about all that. Buy her an electric car. I want to take the piss out of you for driving a milk float. ;D
Like you, I'm going to keep my Vauxhall for ever. I've put 55,000 miles on it in just over three years and it's one of the very few cars I haven't tired of. There's nowt out there that could touch it for what I'd get for it.
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Live a little. Get a nice Boxster. I can then take the piss about geriatric hairdressers. :P ;D
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Live a little. Get a nice Boxster. I can then take the piss about geriatric hairdressers. :P ;D
Doggie on the roof? Like the fiat multipla on top gear? ;D
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Its a relatively nippy little engine in the Renault but its made from plastic and cardboard, so weighs three fifths of far call.
A class probably weighs a bit more ?
Nowt wrong with the Renault 1.5dci, despite it being French, but it's probably been fettled in the A class. The engine in my astra is a fiat, believe it or not, although it probably bears little resemblance to the original. Why develop a new engine when you can buy one off the shelf, alter the characteristics, and stick your own peripherals on it?
;D
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Its a relatively nippy little engine in the Renault but its made from plastic and cardboard, so weighs three fifths of far call.
A class probably weighs a bit more ?
Nowt wrong with the Renault 1.5dci, despite it being French, but it's probably been fettled in the A class. The engine in my astra is a fiat, believe it or not, although it probably bears little resemblance to the original. Why develop a new engine when you can buy one off the shelf, alter the characteristics, and stick your own peripherals on it?
;D
If it's funny, explain why.
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They plonked it in and slapped a Mercedes badge on it. ;D
If that's your idea of 'fettled' then buy that engine. Personally I would go with the bigger lump or the hybrid ;)
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They plonked it in and slapped a Mercedes badge on it. ;D
If that's your idea of 'fettled' then buy that engine. Personally I would go with the bigger lump or the hybrid ;)
Which is exactly what I said I was going to do :y
Anyhow, I think they fettled it, prove me wrong :P
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Live a little. Get a nice Boxster. I can then take the piss about geriatric hairdressers. :P ;D
Doggie on the roof? Like the fiat multipla on top gear? ;D
Doggie in the passenger seat, or the wifes knee if she is the passenger. No need to over complicate things. :D
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Live a little. Get a nice Boxster. I can then take the piss about geriatric hairdressers. :P ;D
Doggie on the roof? Like the fiat multipla on top gear? ;D
Doggie in the passenger seat, or the wifes knee if she is the passenger. No need to over complicate things. :D
There's some imagery going on there... :-X
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No experience of the civic.
My golf, despite being a milk float was identical inside to all the other golfs. It looks boring, but feels a quality product, everything you touch feels nice and well made.
A girl on my team has a 19 plate A-class and that was the exact opposite. The interior looks like a mini S-class, but it felt like it was built down to a price.
That said, both were nice and quiet at motorway speeds. Tbh I don't think you'd go wrong with either car.
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Damn all this talk of changing cars is making me itchy! ::) I'm bored shitless with my Mondeo... :-\
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No experience of the civic.
My golf, despite being a milk float was identical inside to all the other golfs. It looks boring, but feels a quality product, everything you touch feels nice and well made.
A girl on my team has a 19 plate A-class and that was the exact opposite. The interior looks like a mini S-class, but it felt like it was built down to a price.
That said, both were nice and quiet at motorway speeds. Tbh I don't think you'd go wrong with either car.
Thanks, Jimmy. Knowing my wife, she may end up with something totally different. I might try and steer her towards a CLA, we'll see.
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Damn all this talk of changing cars is making me itchy! ::) I'm bored shitless with my Mondeo... :-\
That's what happens. I'm determined it's not going to happen to me, my astra does everything I need it to.
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Damn all this talk of changing cars is making me itchy! ::) I'm bored shitless with my Mondeo... :-\
How about a nice Volvo? Oh wait... :D
The Vectra C sounds quite exciting, Terry is always fixing his...
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Something similar to this:
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202010034547153?aggregatedTrim=CLA200d&make=MERCEDES-BENZ&postcode=s728dw&sort=relevance&radius=60&advertising-location=at_cars&price-from=500&onesearchad=Used&onesearchad=Nearly%20New&onesearchad=New&model=CLA%20CLASS&body-type=Coupe&include-delivery-option=on&page=1
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Thar'll do :y
Better boot than the hatch too 8)
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Thar'll do :y
Better boot than the hatch too 8)
I just don't like the idea of Mercedes dealers. The nearest one to me is in Wakefield and they have a reputation of looking down their noses at anyone driving anything less than a brand new £40,000+ model.
It could be worse. My mate traded his Audi Q against a Jaguar EPace (I think) and they looked at the Q like it was a piece of shit ;D
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Could have been an FPACE
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I know what you mean...
Try this...
https://www.europasheffield.co.uk/mercedes-benz/used-car-results.aspx
If that's not quite what you wanted, give them a call anyway as they can probably source it.
My E Class came from them, and I found them very easy to deal with, and although they aren't a Mercedes Dealer per se, they are an official Mercedes service centre so have access to the slightly higher mileage stock from MB Sheffield :y
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Mrs AA has just swapped her '05' plate Astra for a '17' plate Astra K Sri 1.4 petrol auto.
Quite impressed with it.
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Same boat here, keep looking at auto trader, but cant find anything that really appeals to swap the E-Class for.
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Thar'll do :y
Better boot than the hatch too 8)
I just don't like the idea of Mercedes dealers. The nearest one to me is in Wakefield and they have a reputation of looking down their noses at anyone driving anything less than a brand new £40,000+ model.
It could be worse. My mate traded his Audi Q against a Jaguar EPace (I think) and they looked at the Q like it was a piece of shit ;D
Lets face it, all franchised dealers are scum. But the more apparently prestigious the marque, the more crap the dealers are. So that means the likes of Jaguar and Mercedes dealers are probably the worse out there, now BMW and Audi have dropped down to Ford levels of prestigious.
A class does have a variety of reliability concerns according to my contact, but then all modern Mercedes do TBH. However, if you are only going to keep it for the warranty period, is that such an issue, except the inconvenience of potentially being carless until the dealer has a slot? Depreciation on MB's coming to end of warranty can be quite high, though less on the A class, as somebody will always buy it just because its Mercedes Benz and its a cheap way of keeping up with the Jones'
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Oh, and that reminds me, Big Bro who had to go without aircon for several months last year in his brand new S Class due to lack of availability of parts for the unreliable PoS was finally offered £500 off a new Mercedes Benz as a goodwill gesture for the inconvenience.
He took the option to tell them to shove the money up their jacksie. And has since handed back the car as the lease expired. Needless to say, despite his inability to learn from mistakes*, he has not gone for another Merc ;D
* He bought a Mk2 Grandad 2.8 Ghia back in the day. Kept driving it even though the petrol gauge read empty, because the low fuel light didn't come on. Obviously the inevitable happened. Next tank, he did exactly the same, waiting for the fuel light to come on, with the same result ;D
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I'm not thinking about it any more, it's in the future and I shouldn't be thinking/worrying about it prematurely. But I do like to have all my ducks in a row, I reckon my son caught Aspergers off me.
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Anothe S-class TB, or is be trying his hand with something new?
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Anothe S-class TB, or is be trying his hand with something new?
he has not gone for another Merc
Read this bit, Jimmy. ;D
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Oh, and that reminds me, Big Bro who had to go without aircon for several months last year in his brand new S Class due to lack of availability of parts for the unreliable PoS was finally offered £500 off a new Mercedes Benz as a goodwill gesture for the inconvenience.
He took the option to tell them to shove the money up their jacksie. And has since handed back the car as the lease expired. Needless to say, despite his inability to learn from mistakes*, he has not gone for another Merc ;D
* He bought a Mk2 Grandad 2.8 Ghia back in the day. Kept driving it even though the petrol gauge read empty, because the low fuel light didn't come on. Obviously the inevitable happened. Next tank, he did exactly the same, waiting for the fuel light to come on, with the same result ;D
Did he not see the light in the overhead console between the mirror and the sunrooof? :o actually that could dtart with a 'how'... It was always on on my Mk2 Grannies...
Along with the 'low screenwash', 'low oil' and 'low coolant' ones ;D
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Anothe S-class TB, or is be trying his hand with something new?
he has not gone for another Merc
Read this bit, Jimmy. ;D
Long wheelbase Jetta? ::)
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Oh, and that reminds me, Big Bro who had to go without aircon for several months last year in his brand new S Class due to lack of availability of parts for the unreliable PoS was finally offered £500 off a new Mercedes Benz as a goodwill gesture for the inconvenience.
He took the option to tell them to shove the money up their jacksie. And has since handed back the car as the lease expired. Needless to say, despite his inability to learn from mistakes*, he has not gone for another Merc ;D
* He bought a Mk2 Grandad 2.8 Ghia back in the day. Kept driving it even though the petrol gauge read empty, because the low fuel light didn't come on. Obviously the inevitable happened. Next tank, he did exactly the same, waiting for the fuel light to come on, with the same result ;D
Did he not see the light in the overhead console between the mirror and the sunrooof? :o actually that could dtart with a 'how'... It was always on on my Mk2 Grannies...
Along with the 'low screenwash', 'low oil' and 'low coolant' ones ;D
No, because that light didn't come on. Hence he ran out of fuel twice ;D
We traced the fault to the connector behind the glovebox if memory serves. It hadn't been plugged in. Hence none of those check lights worked ;)
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Ah, I see... He's always been a sucker for German build quality then... ;D
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Make sure it runs on petrol. I'm a big fan of all things derv but their time is long gone. :)
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Electric is the future ;D
Must chase up my charge point this week which you are all kindly contributing to 8)
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Hopefully its a future I wont be around to see when it gets here. Internal combustion engines are exciting sexy machines. Tarted up milk floats never will be. :)
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Hopefully its a future I wont be around to see when it gets here. Internal combustion engines are exciting sexy machines. Tarted up milk floats never will be. :)
I love the ICE, but the milk float suits the wife and round town driving, plus the traffic light grand prix performance is nothing short of stunning :y
............and it handles rather well to
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Late to the party. I've driven/owned all three, granted a lot older than you are looking at.
Merc - I believe it's just a Megane in drag. I'm not a fan of Mercs, expensive to maintain and the suspension is far too crashy for modern road conditions. (Driven a friends car a few times, he's had about 4 of them)
Golf - Or as I prefer to call them, Flog (as I consider them a bit backwards). Adequate, but bland. I wasn't a fan of the offset steering in the one I had (the steering wheel was 1-1.5 inches over to the right, meaning I was twisted in the seat whilst driving it.) (Company car for 6 months, did about 2k a month)
Civic - I like them. Reliable, not bad on fuel, toys are aplenty and quite a fun drive when pushing on. OK mine is the Type S (2.0 lukewarm version), I'd certainly buy another one, especially with the K20/K24 engine, these are tunable and pretty bulletproof. (Owned for about 18 months)
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Hopefully its a future I wont be around to see when it gets here. Internal combustion engines are exciting sexy machines. Tarted up milk floats never will be. :)
I love the ICE, but the milk float suits the wife and round town driving, plus the traffic light grand prix performance is nothing short of stunning :y
............and it handles rather well to
No soul though. An efficient machine like a decent washing machine. ;)
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Late to the party. I've driven/owned all three, granted a lot older than you are looking at.
Merc - I believe it's just a Megane in drag. I'm not a fan of Mercs, expensive to maintain and the suspension is far too crashy for modern road conditions. (Driven a friends car a few times, he's had about 4 of them)
Golf - Or as I prefer to call them, Flog (as I consider them a bit backwards). Adequate, but bland. I wasn't a fan of the offset steering in the one I had (the steering wheel was 1-1.5 inches over to the right, meaning I was twisted in the seat whilst driving it.) (Company car for 6 months, did about 2k a month)
Civic - I like them. Reliable, not bad on fuel, toys are aplenty and quite a fun drive when pushing on. OK mine is the Type S (2.0 lukewarm version), I'd certainly buy another one, especially with the K20/K24 engine, these are tunable and pretty bulletproof. (Owned for about 18 months)
:y
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Hopefully its a future I wont be around to see when it gets here. Internal combustion engines are exciting sexy machines. Tarted up milk floats never will be. :)
I love the ICE, but the milk float suits the wife and round town driving, plus the traffic light grand prix performance is nothing short of stunning :y
............and it handles rather well to
No soul though. An efficient machine like a decent washing machine. ;)
I had an alfa 166 3.2 V6 that had 'soul'. Never again.
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Hopefully its a future I wont be around to see when it gets here. Internal combustion engines are exciting sexy machines. Tarted up milk floats never will be. :)
I love the ICE, but the milk float suits the wife and round town driving, plus the traffic light grand prix performance is nothing short of stunning :y
............and it handles rather well to
No soul though. An efficient machine like a decent washing machine. ;)
'Soul' is a daft concept when applied to people. Using it to make an engines unavoidable flaws(noise, heat, vibration, smell and other noxious emissions) seem desirable characteristics is just marketing.
An inefficient machine is just junk.
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Hopefully its a future I wont be around to see when it gets here. Internal combustion engines are exciting sexy machines. Tarted up milk floats never will be. :)
I love the ICE, but the milk float suits the wife and round town driving, plus the traffic light grand prix performance is nothing short of stunning :y
............and it handles rather well to
No soul though. An efficient machine like a decent washing machine. ;)
I had an alfa 166 3.2 V6 that had 'soul'. Never again.
The noise is blissful though(when it works) ???
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Soul / character, call it what you want. Electric cars will never have it. :)
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Soul / character, call it what you want. Electric cars will never have it. :)
Perhaps when the bearings on the motors start to fail, and the battery will only charge to 15%. Then it will have character ;D
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My mate has swapped his Toyota today for a new Civic he really looks into vehicles thoroughly before purchasing , he had a test drive a couple of weeks ago and decided to order one on the spot sent me a couple of pics, looks really nice metallic white with black alloys . He owns a couple of classic MGs as well a Midget & a MGB GT V8 . As a daily driver he reckons the Honda is perfect.
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Bless his heart :)
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I rated the previous Civic even if the suspension and handling was not as good as the generation before it (cost cutting from the Bean Counters - loss of the IRS).
The new one is an awful looking thing, which is a shame as its predecessor had actually moved things on.
Honda are having a quite a lot of build and reliability issues at the moment (displays and infotainment hardware are particularly badly hit but, when you look at the internals its not surprising, as its been over-cheapened)
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They seem very popular at the moment loads round here ,I suppose they are quite cheap for a new car , a real shame though if they are having issues with them.
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Sounds like they're all shite, then. Apart from the golf, which is boring. Never mind, plenty of time.
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Beemer is now looking favourite. Don't know what flavour yet, I'll decide nearer the time.
EDIT: Sorry, I'll be told nearer the time.
Need to get another years warranty on her astra, runs out in December.
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Beemer is now looking favourite. Don't know what flavour yet, I'll decide nearer the time.
EDIT: Sorry, I'll be told nearer the time.
Need to get another years warranty on her astra, runs out in December.
Well, I hope you don't go for derv.
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Beemer is now looking favourite. Don't know what flavour yet, I'll decide nearer the time.
EDIT: Sorry, I'll be told nearer the time.
Need to get another years warranty on her astra, runs out in December.
Well, I hope you don't go for derv.
Derv, auto, obviously.
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Don't forget indicators they're not standard on a Beemer.
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Don't forget indicators they're not standard on a Beemer.
Most I see have them fitted these days, they must have stolen them from all of the VWs and Audis.
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Don't forget indicators they're not standard on a Beemer.
Nah, that was last decade. Your average junior saleman now strives for VAG. And Volkswagon in particular go out of their way to ensure their customers end up in hospital.
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Don't forget indicators they're not standard on a Beemer.
Most I see have them fitted these days, they must have stolen them from all of the VWs and Audis.
Round here, the most common car is Merc. Probably because half the town work for Petronas AMG Mercedes.
As they dont fit indicators or lights in a professional capacity, they dont understand how they work.
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Don't forget indicators they're not standard on a Beemer.
Most I see have them fitted these days, they must have stolen them from all of the VWs and Audis.
Round here, the most common car is Merc. Probably because half the town work for Petronas AMG Mercedes.
The other half, come from hoof'land, ex Lola employee's. They get a new Merc every year at a good rate..
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Don't forget indicators they're not standard on a Beemer.
Most I see have them fitted these days, they must have stolen them from all of the VWs and Audis.
Round here, the most common car is Merc. Probably because half the town work for Petronas AMG Mercedes.
As they dont fit indicators or lights in a professional capacity, they dont understand how they work.
It's a sign of the times. Not just driving, no one gives much of a shit about anything, really. During the last week, one of my neighbours has had a new length of downspout fitted. The old one, being cast iron, was left at the end of the alley.....for the scrap man. Since then, another neighbour has had a new aerial, and another a new radiator. All three items are now at the end of the alley. I was going to tell the neighbours to get their respective'tradesmen' back to shift it, but I've given up. It's not worth the effort/falling out.
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dress up in disguise and put them back in their gardens !
we confused the hell out of a neighbour of ours once who kept putting a lawnmower out on the pavement. he never locked his shed so we kept putting it back in !
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dress up in disguise and put them back in their gardens !
we confused the hell out of a neighbour of ours once who kept putting a lawnmower out on the pavement. he never locked his shed so we kept putting it back in !
The old school, 87 year old lady I've been shopping for is very prim and proper, and doesn't give a shit about falling out with people. When I see her tomorrow, I will light the blue touch paper.......and retire. :)
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weigh it all in when you take the church roof lead to the scrappers Uncle Stemo :)
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weigh it all in when you take the church roof lead to the scrappers Uncle Stemo :)
Northern churches use fake lead nowadays, they're well on to me the scallies up here.