What to do about cars?

Post by **DaiRees** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 6:19 pm

What are you like?

Post by **steve_earwig** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 6:40 pm

not steve_earwig wrote:Btw wives are expensive...

Just ask Paul McCartney

lawsys406t · Post by **lawsys406t** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 6:48 pm

where do you start. ive wanted scooby for ages but its running and insurein one i dont like. then again my 6 six aint what one would call good on fuel. lol

mjb · Post by **mjb** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 7:41 pm

lawsys406t wrote:where do you start. ive wanted scooby for ages but its running and insurein one i dont like. then again my 6 six aint what one would call good on fuel. lol

Depends how you drive it. The tubby's capable of around 50mpg on the motorway...

Post by **DaiRees** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 7:43 pm

Well I called into the pug stealers on the way home and picked up a 407 brochure. The specs for the load space and stuff are pretty poor as we knew, and the insurance grouping is astronomical! I'd really want a 2.0 HDi 136 GT SW like this to get the spec I'm after (I love my leather trim, I need leather again!), and a quick internet search tells me you'd struggle to get one for less than 15.5K, which is quite badly over budget. If I'm going to get a proper replacement family car (option 4 above) I'm sticking with my 1 year old / 10K miles thing.... might stretch a bit on either criteria (1 yr & 15000 miles or 18mts and 10000 miles). I know I could get an older / higher milage one but that doesn't do it for me

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mjb · Post by **mjb** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 8:01 pm

DaiRees wrote:I know I could get an older / higher milage one but that doesn't do it for me .

Dare I ask why not? Even if I had the money I'd much rather pick up something with 50k miles and perfect maintenance for a fraction of the price, than a virtually new thing that's not had a chance for anything to fail

Personally I don't see much of a point in buying a (406 class) car for more than a couple of grand. It's virtually free motoring! I mean besides the price, what's the practical difference between a £1500 '00 D9 and an '04?

Post by **DaiRees** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 9:54 pm

mjb wrote:Dare I ask why not? Even if I had the money I'd much rather pick up something with 50k miles and perfect maintenance for a fraction of the price, than a virtually new thing that's not had a chance for anything to fail.

Good point Matt, and I don't really have an answer, why does anyone buy a new car? I agree that there's no need to spend that kind of cash, but the wife and I work bloody hard for it and it is nice to get a new car isn't it? I think she likes having the shiny new thing on the drive, whereas I like to get the newest and nicest stuff that our budget will stretch to. Getting a brand new one and losing 10 grand in the first year is a mug's game, but getting "nearly new" is a reasonable compromise IMHO. You still get the pleasure and prestige of having a new car whilst avoiding the biggest hit to the wallet. I've always been the sort of person who'll buy understated luxury rather than flash, so I'd rather have a top spec ford or pug than a low spec merc or beemer for example. If I'm gonna spend a lot of time in it I want the best specced, most luxurious, safest, most economical, most versatile car I can afford (i.e. a large diesel estate with every toy in the book

).

I still don't know what to do though, there really is no point in changing the car if there's nothing out there that clearly stands out as an obvious replacement.

lawsys406t · Post by **lawsys406t** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 10:15 pm

Post by **teamster1975** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 10:32 pm

DaiRees wrote:Thing is, I reckon that if I'm driving an estate the load area should be big enough to house several homeless families

Weeeeell... You could always get a volvo... [runs and hides!]

Post by **DaiRees** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 10:42 pm

I viewed a couple of V70s when I was shopping for my estate, but didn't get one partly because the load area was so small

Post by **steve_earwig** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 10:44 pm

C5 estate (wharehouse on wheels, stuffed full of toys and more gremlins than the mind can comfortably imagine).

mjb · Post by **mjb** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 10:58 pm

Buy a low mileage 406 V6 coupe (from a stealer so you get to pay more for it

) and put the massive saving into a petrol fund ;)

Cheap, powerful, fun, comfortable, relaxing, DAMN good looking - it's got it all! Gah I wish I'd managed to get that mot failure v6 coop off ebay...

djp30djp · Post by **djp30djp** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 6:29 am

(i.e. a large diesel estate with every toy in the book ).

In that case it has to be a late 406 Exec or a C5 Exclusive

Post by **Welly** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 7:49 am

Hey Dai - how about a Chrysler 300c pimp-wagon

Slammed, 22's, ICE, Tintz.......you the man Dai

Post by **DaiRees** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 7:02 pm

Welton wrote:Hey Dai - how about a Chrysler 300c pimp-wagon

Slammed, 22's, ICE, Tintz.......you the man Dai

Actually I really like them, but I don't think a Hemi would help my "economy" goal....

Would you have a Chrysler 300C.....

....or a Dodge Magnum?

Here's one Chip prepared earlier

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