The car thread

[Lee Jones Jnr]

As threads often go off topic whenever a car is mentioned I thought it would be a good idea to have a dedicated thread in order to help myself and others resist the urge to hijack other threads.

Mods please do not move to time out, I have posted in General so that it doesn't disappear.

I'll start - Movietub, what's the current status of your fat bottomed Japanese girl? Have you ordered one/started looking?

 

[Lee Jones Jnr]

I ordered some carbon fibre parts for a car today, quite looking forward to getting them fitted.

 

[Mpg]

I'm paying over £400 a month finance over 2 cars. Thinking of getting shot of them buying one decent one and a cheap van.

Porsche caymen s
or
Landrover discovery.

Fiesta van/206/something

 

[Lee Jones Jnr]

I'm paying over £400 a month finance over 2 cars. Thinking of getting shot of them buying one decent one and a cheap van.

Porsche caymen s
or
Landrover discovery.

Fiesta van/206/something

I had a Cayman S, really enjoyed it. It handles really well, better than most cars at any price. Strange two cars to have together on a shortlist!

 

[Mpg]

I'm a Gemini.

 

[Lee Jones Jnr]

I'm a Gemini.

So am I, but both sides of my personality like similar cars!

 

Wife wrote of her clio sport driving to fast round a sharp bend ending up in a field.

So have got her a clio diesel 86 bhp.

70 mpg and £20 road tax.

Wisdom only comes with age.

Earl

 

[Lee Jones Jnr]

Wife wrote of her clio sport driving to fast round a sharp bend ending up in a field.

So have got her a clio diesel 86 bhp.

70 mpg and £20 road tax.

Wisdom only comes with age.

Earl

Your thinking of incontinence.

I wouldn't dream of driving a sporty car when I reach the age that requires a groan to get out of a chair. I will still enjoy cars I believe, but will be looking for something more comfortable.

 

[Mpg]

Your thinking of incontinence.

I wouldn't dream of driving a sporty car when I reach the age that requires a groan to get out of a chair. I will still enjoy cars I believe, but will be looking for something more comfortable.

Thats me knackered then mid 30's and I've been groaning for years


Just been looking through autotrader..................... Aston Martin V8 Vantage.

Just got to pay mortgage off first before I can justify one. Unless i can somehow call it a business expense. Elaine Help

 

[Lee Jones Jnr]

Thats me knackered then mid 30's and I've been groaning for years


Just been looking through autotrader..................... Aston Martin V8 Vantage.

Just got to pay mortgage off first before I can justify one. Unless i can somehow call it a business expense. Elaine Help

You can get one for £35-40k now, beautiful car. The interior in particular is fabulous, although the gauges take a little getting used to.

 

Daddy bought me a Cayman S (just like everything else i try and pass off as my own), really enjoyed it. It handles really well, better than most cars at any price. Strange two cars to have together on a shortlist!

Fixed

 

Thats me knackered then mid 30's and I've been groaning for years


Just been looking through autotrader..................... Aston Martin V8 Vantage.

Just got to pay mortgage off first before I can justify one. Unless i can somehow call it a business expense. Elaine Help

Aston Martin's are still riddled with electrical problems. Be very careful. I'm not fan of the AMV8 as i don't believe it does anything that it was supposedly created to do. The AMV12 is the car that Aston claimed the V8 would be. The V12 being a wonderful car.

 

[Lee Jones Jnr]

Oooh what fun, I see my ill informed stalker has popped up. Shall I look what he has to say? Nah I'll leave him on ignore.

 

[saxondale]

Oooh what fun, I see my ill informed stalker has popped up. Shall I look what he has to say? Nah I'll leave him on ignore.

his strikes have expired ............

 

[Lee Jones Jnr]

Where's Joy Division? Haven't had an update on his motor for a while.

 

Your thinking of incontinence.

I wouldn't dream of driving a sporty car when I reach the age that requires a groan to get out of a chair. I will still enjoy cars I believe, but will be looking for something more comfortable.

No one can drive a sports car in a country with a 70mph speed limit.

Yep driving bumpomobiles is not my idea of fun.:|

Earl

 

No one can drive a sports car in a country with a 70mph speed limit.

Yep driving bumpomobiles is not my idea of fun.:|

Earl

Couldn't agree more. Majority of sports car owners won't get near a race track or take them on journeys where they can be actually used properly. Most of them will be parked outside Daddies kitchen factory and driven up and down high streets at night by people trying to pass them off as their own.

I would bet more than 90% of all sports cars sold in the UK are driven simply on UK roads and nothing else. Pointless and a complete waste.

Might as well buy something comfortable.

 

[Lee Jones Jnr]

No one can drive a sports car in a country with a 70mph speed limit.

Yep driving bumpomobiles is not my idea of fun.:|

Earl

Oh, Earl, you haven't always felt that way have you. Besides which Oulton Park is only a hop, skip and jump away from me.

(I have heard that some people occasionally break the speed limit on certain roads but I have no proof)

 

I see there is an entire thread dedicated to what a complete **** you are.

Ooops he is off already.

Hope you been taking the pills Dr Gunther prescribed.?:|

Earl

 

Ooops he is off already.

Hope you been taking the pills Dr Gunther prescribed.?:|

Earl

I see you have been wasting huge volumes of your time on here as per usual Earl. What a full and rich life you must lead.
Still quite annoyed that my taxes go towards internet provision in old peoples homes.

 

[Mpg]

Who cares?? A wins a win. If its true I wish i had a daddy who could fund my cars. Or even better had a car fetish of his own that I could just borrow. At the end of the day if the car is on finance its not really yours anyhow

 

[Lee Jones Jnr]

Who cares?? A wins a win. If its true I wish i had a daddy who could fund my cars. Or even better had a car fetish of his own that I could just borrow. At the end of the day if the car is on finance its not really yours anyhow

I'd love a father that would buy me cars too.

 

[Esk247]

So i'm the only one that has a rusty Vauxhall Vectra...right?

 

Oh, Earl, you haven't always felt that way have you. Besides which Oulton Park is only a hop, skip and jump away from me.

(I have heard that some people occasionally break the speed limit on certain roads but I have no proof)

Listen laddie when I first started driving there was no speed limit so we had a good few years banging up the M1 at a fair old lick in jags and even had a jensen 541 fo a short while and an allard.

Blimey those were the days when you could actualy enjoy driving.

And an e-type jag was just 2k new.

Earl

 

if the car is on finance its not really yours anyhow

Couldn't agree more.

 

[Lee Jones Jnr]

Listen laddie when I first started driving there was no speed limit so we had a good few years banging up the M1 at a fair old lick in jags and even had a jensen 541 fo a short while and an allard.

Blimey those were the days when you could actualy enjoy driving.

And an e-type jag was just 2k new.

Earl

There were speed limits when you had the 348...

 

[Lee Jones Jnr]

So i'm the only one that has a rusty Vauxhall Vectra...right?

Probably more comfy than any car I've had for a while.
What motor would you like?

 

There were speed limits when you had the 348...

Was there ,no one told me.:|

Bleeding frustration on wheels.

Earl

 

[JoyDivision]

Still got the Panda, had it for nearly 9 months now. Done around 2270 miles in it now. The engine is loosening up so it is becoming nicer to drive, the only issue is a clicking sound sometimes when I use the clutch so I might mention it the dealer when it goes for its first service in May.

It is great not to have a single day of work because of car trouble though

 

[Lee Jones Jnr]

Was there ,no one told me.:|

Bleeding frustration on wheels.

Earl

I've only driven one very briefly, but they don't have a great reputation. I think they look fab though.

 

[Lee Jones Jnr]

Still got the Panda, had it for nearly 9 months now. Done around 2270 miles in it now. The engine is loosening up so it is becoming nicer to drive, the only issue is a clicking sound sometimes when I use the clutch so I might mention it the dealer when it goes for its first service in May.

It is great not to have a single day of work because of car trouble though

Blimey 9 months already? That's gone quickly.

 

[Mpg]

Listen laddie when I first started driving there was no speed limit so we had a good few years banging up the M1 at a fair old lick in jags and even had a jensen 541 fo a short while and an allard.

Blimey those were the days when you could actualy enjoy driving.

And an e-type jag was just 2k new.

Earl

In fairness my folks paid that for a house.


2270 miles in 9 months... I have drivers doing that in 3 days...LOL

 

In fairness my folks paid that for a house.

yep but by 1965 they were so common you could pick a used one up for £500.

Still possibly the best shaped sports car there has ever been.especially with wider wheels.IMHO

Earl

 

[papverpoppies]

So i'm the only one that has a rusty Vauxhall Vectra...right?

No.........my neighbour has one

Poppy xx

 

[saxondale]

I have a shiny Vectra .........

 

[Mpg]

Aston used to sell a DB for £5500 a customer said I'm not paying that I'll buy one at cost. Ok said the man at Aston that'll be £7000.

It sounds like small change now. When My folks bought their first house for just over £2000 Interest was at 17%.




I have a skoda for work

 

[estwig]

Got a new Passat a couple of weeks ago, well new to me, nice car, big, comfy, reasonably quick, reliable, boring!!

Gone are the days when I could bounce a 924 off a tree and go buy another one the next day. Kids and a mortgage put paid to all that fun!!

 

[David Griffiths]

It sounds like small change now. When My folks bought their first house for just over £2000 Interest was at 17%.

I think that those figures might be a few years apart.

Base rate hit 17% in the early 1980s. (And don't I remember it well. ) By then, £2000 would have bought you a conveniently located property - an outside toilet in estate agent speak.

Houses were £2 - 3000 in the fifties

 

[saxondale]

I think that those figures might be a few years apart.

Base rate hit 17% in the early 1980s. (And don't I remember it well. ) By then, £2000 would have bought you a conveniently located property - an outside toilet in estate agent speak.

Houses were £2 - 3000 in the fifties

mine spent 2K in 1968.

 

[JoyDivision]

In fairness my folks paid that for a house.


2270 miles in 9 months... I have drivers doing that in 3 days...LOL

I only use the car to collect PCs from customers who live within about 4 miles from me .Also been using it a lot more since October when my two years were up.

I do around 70-120 miles a week now.