When do you say enoughs enough :(

[Welly]

Can't afford to buy a brand new car. Not sure where all these Audi drivers find £30k a pop from. Maybe I'm missing one of lifes secrets

I bought my £7K Volvo (which shoulda been £9K) with a £500.00 deposit, I'm nearly half-way through paying the finance and at the end the car should be worth £4K? - a decent enough deposit on another car worth £12K?, then £16K, £20K etc etc ????

I suppose it's a case of building up equity in ever increasing lumps over the years. The monthly finance is a bit of a drag but you don't really think about it and there's not really any mechanical issues or unexpected bills to worry about either

I spent years buying £3K cars that were nothing but trouble and pretty worthless when I'd finished with them too

Funnily enough, there are things we can do to 'free up' a car fund from unexpected sources like cancelling a Pension scheme (pointless at the moment), stopping smoking, drinking, gambling, buying games/dvd's, stop going out so much..... that sort of thing [read: stop at home and look out of window at shiney car ]. Before you know it you've got a 'free' £150.00/month spare towards something.

[steve_earwig]

But what's the point of a nice shiny car if you've got nowhere to go in it?

[Welly]

How do you know what I do at weekends?

[steve_earwig]

Apparently it's looking out the window at your shyni motah.

[sirwiggum]

I was half tempted by finance schemes, but with my credit history the loan people sit around like those Smash aliens laughing.

What its costing me each month to fix up bits on the 406 I might as well be paying off something a bit less of a lemon.

COM2000
Flexi + Cat
Rear Brakes
Next month: Engine mounts
Month after: Paintwork
Some time: The mysterious unsolved 1500rpm misfire

[Bailes1992]

Right just been upto the garage, they've given the car a bloody thourough going over. There going to weld both sills, and replace every single rear end bush and both shocks Without a car for a week

[sirwiggum]

A years ticket and I'm coming round to her again. Might price an engine mount change and see about a rear door

[Bailes1992]

A years ticket and I'm coming round to her again. Might price an engine mount change and see about a rear door

Just had my upper and rear engine mount changed. 1000 miles later and the top engine mount came undone There was so much movement in the engine it's caused my gearbox mount to weaken

[Bailes1992]

My Mechanic just phoned me £650 for sorting out the rear end and the welding Ah well hopefully this will be in for a few months.

[teamster1975]

My Mechanic just phoned me £650 for sorting out the rear end and the welding Ah well hopefully this will be in for a few months.

Holy sh1t!
Is this the same garage that did the work before?!

[Bailes1992]

Nope, New garage. Old garage kept fobbing me off and I'd had enough to be honest.

[Bailes1992]

And my new mechanic refers to me as Peugeot Kid

[teamster1975]

Well fingers crossed this is it once and for all!!

[Bailes1992]

I've made threads on here before about my car feeling abit weird when I go through corners. It feels like the back of the car turns after you do. It feels like the car was 'flexing'.
I found out just now this is infact my car actually physically flexing due to the sills being rusted through. They have now been strengthened and welded up neatly
Back ends almost finished, should be done tommorow

[teamster1975]

Bloody 'ell! Glad you've got that nearly sorted!!