The Driving Thread

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

MOT, 2 tyres, windscreen washer pump fixed and collection/delivery of car for only £40 :eyemouth:

[Baz]

My car needs a service. Fitting it in round work is a pain in the arse, plus last time the courtesy car had 4 miles worth of fuel in it, which was only just enough to get it to the petrol station. Might lie to work and say there was no courtesy car available, and have the morning off.

The walk home after dropping it off, and then back to pick it up, is long as hell but half of it is through a nice park. :) Beats driving round in a shitty Fiesta doing work.

It's the service that's the thorough one, right? Or is that MOT?

[randomlegend]

That reminds me I'd just had it serviced and put two new tyres on it :moop:

[Lofty]

Got a 2015 Vauxhall Mokka 1.7 CDTI SE in the end chaps, picked it up from Glasgow and drove the near 250 miles trip back to Barrow on quarter of a tank :D

[Baz]

My car was booked in for it's service at 8:30 morning but they rang yesterday to say they've no courtesy cars. They said if I go at 8:20 they'll rush it through and have it done in an hour. Knowing there's a McDonalds over the road, I agreed and said I'd go for some breakfast and get some computer work done there while I wait.

So here I am in McDonalds waiting for a phonecall - he rang about 10 minutes ago to say he's having a disaster; it needs new brakes and the front tyres are illegally bare. Great. They won't do the tyres either so I've gotta wait another hour for the brakes to be changed, then I've got to take it to Kwik Fit to have the tyres changed. How long's that likely to take?

Annoying because I've still gotta do work after all this, because a few people have been "promised" I'd get to them today. One person has been told before 12 but I can't see that happening. :cab:

[Alan Shearer The 2nd]

A disaster? I bet you've worn the pads down to the bloody metal you nonce.

If kwik-fit can get started on your car straight away then it'd take around half an hour for a couple of tyres. I'd give them a phone though unless you know they're already expecting you/not busy.

[Baz]

Maybe. I didn't get any paperwork this time, and they haven't signed the service log book - just stamped and dated it. Probably don't trust me to actually get the tyres sorted. Went to Kwik Fit and told them what happened and he had a fancy keyring to see how bare the tyres are. He knelt down next to my car, and just started laughing; didn't even need his keyring. Definitely illegal! Kwik Fit is better than Trust Ford cos I'm sat in a comfy chair with a free cup of tea while I wait.

Oh my biggest gripe of today is Ford didn't wash my car. They ALWAYS wash it after a service/MOT. Was counting on it too cos it's dirty as anything. :thbdn:

[Magic]

I've had a look this is all I can come up with that's roundabout £18-£22,000:

Mondeo Hatch - 94co2
Civic Estate - 99co2
Megane Sport Tourer - 93co2
Qashqai - 99co2
308SW Blue - 85-88co2
Leon TDI Tourer - 94c02
Octavia Estate - 90co2
Auris Touring - 81co2
Astra Tourer - 92co2
Golf Estate Bluemotion - 92co2

:(

[Giggles]

I've had a look this is all I can come up with that's roundabout £18-£22,000:

Mondeo Hatch - 94co2
Civic Estate - 99co2
Megane Sport Tourer - 93co2
Qashqai - 99co2
308SW Blue - 85-88co2
Leon TDI Tourer - 94c02
Octavia Estate - 90co2
Auris Touring - 81co2
Astra Tourer - 92co2
Golf Estate Bluemotion - 92co2

:(

I'd take the Mondeo out of those, though they Qashqai doesn't look as bad these days.

[Magic]

Problem is it really needs to be 94 or under, though I appreciate that could change at anytime.

[Magic]

Don't think I'll get the Mondeo because my boss has one.

Quite liking the Octavia 1.6 TDI CR SE Business GreenLine III 5dr. Very well spec'd and economical. Huge as well.

[Alan Shearer The 2nd]

Here's a few from my long weekend in the Highlands. On the way back over the Bealach na Bá (Pass of the Cattle) we were driving through the clouds, so no amazing views from there unfortunately.


Loch Maree from Glen Docherty-

http://s16.postimg.org/7omcxlkvp/IMG_4246.jpg (http://postimg.org/image/zbz2bp629/full/)


Bealach na Gaoithe (Pass of the Winds)-

http://s16.postimg.org/keqlaostx/IMG_4380.jpg (http://postimg.org/image/5vjg99zox/full/)

http://s16.postimg.org/pspdi8ik5/IMG_4382.jpg (http://postimg.org/image/iphi2md4h/full/)

Early enough in the year for hardly any dawdlers too. That'll change in the next couple of months.

[Magic]

Looks good, shame about the aging rustbucket spoiling the view.

[Baz]

I didn't see your wife in the pics?

[Foe]

The highlands :drool:

[Pepe]

My radiator fan is broken. :(

[CJay]

What's our thoughts on indicating?

Why do some people indicate going onto a roundabout but not when they're going off? If they continue their original indication then it makes it look like they're not exiting and I can't just sail onto what should be a clear roundabout. Really annoys me. :moop:

Not to mention the people who indicate seconds before they turn off a road. The whole point is that you're indicating to everyone what your intentions are in advance, it's not something you do just because you're turning.

[simon]

People that indicate right to take the second exit on roundabouts are the worst kind.

[Disco]

While not a fan of the death penalty in principle I quite often think it should be introduced for people who don't indicate at roundabouts.

[wullie]

There must be a large of number of people who think you don't need to indicate if you're turning left.

[Disco]

Or that mini roundabouts don't really count.

[Magic]

There's a special place in hell reserved for those utter idiots who come to a complete stop at a roundabout that has plenty of visibility. It's like they don't even consider checking traffic flow or anything until they have halted. Cunts.

[niko_cee]

Nothing like 4 cars stopping at a mini roundabout. Chaos.

:drool:

[Giggles]

I've quit indicating left on roundabouts because no other cunt does it.

[Disco]

That is literally worse than Hitler.

[Alan Shearer The 2nd]

I concur.

I think my most irritating roundabout scenario is the cunt in the right hand lane who goes straight on with either no indication or indicating right while doing so.

[Vim]

I have my driving test tomorrow. Should go well but you never know.

[Magic]

Saw a big HGV stall on a small roundabout the other day. It occurred to me I'd never seen that before. It caused momentary chaos.

[SincereTheRebel]

Ive been seeing some decent looking vauxhall cars lately. Turns out, they are not even vauxhall's. They are skoda's. They have changed their badge and it looks similar to vauxhall when you drive passed them

[Magic]

I had my car INSPECTED by our new Nazi operations manager who is a clown. He's been pissing everyone off by forcing them to get every tiny dent/scratch repaired (everyone is just ignoring him).

He inspected mine and asked me to top up the coolant (LOL) and also to wash my front bumper as it had too many flies on it. :D

What a fucking clown.

[Magic]

Ive been seeing some decent looking vauxhall cars lately. Turns out, they are not even vauxhall's. They are skoda's. They have changed their badge and it looks similar to vauxhall when you drive passed them

What? They look nothing alike.

[Lofty]

Hot weather and motorway miles have turned my front bumper into a fly mass grave.

[SincereTheRebel]

What? They look nothing alike.

They do from a distance. The new skoda badge can easily be mistaken for a vauxhall.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Car wont start \0/.

I hear a couple of clicks and then nothing.

[SincereTheRebel]

Battery?

If its a diesel, it might be a glow plug issue as ive just had mine changed after difficult starts.

[Magic]

Aye sounds like battery click click nothing. Could be flat because of a duff alternator or age, if it's the former £££ lol.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Yeah it's most likely the battery.

Petrol, I hate diesels.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Probably age and corrosion.

It's a 99.

[Magic]

Has it corroded due to your acidic, seeping personality?

[Pepe]

Push start it.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Has it corroded due to your acidic, seeping personality?
Your car must be a complete wreck.

[Magic]

:harold:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Finally got round to getting the AA to come and look at it.

The battery is fine but the ignition barrel is fucked. He did a temporary fix though by pulling all the ignition switches out and I can at least use it with a screwdriver (proper redneck style) so that's not too bad.

[Pepe]

I've been starting my car with a screwdriver since someone tried to steal it. That's how we dons roll.

[Magic]

LoL @ having a car shit enough to let you do that.

[Pepe]

Lol at having to put your pants down in the dealership for any minor malfunction.

[Magic]

Lol at the leasing company paying for it.

[Pepe]

Lol at not being able to afford your own car.

[Magic]

Lol at our developed v developing world banter.

[Pepe]

Don't worry, Scotlol will get there one day.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Pepe's donned this but then a screwdriver starter would.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

His workaround has left me with no electrics at all.

The only things that work are the hazard lights, brake lights and the light above my head in the car.

Was fucking dying in there.

[Magic]

Pepe.

http://m.liveleak.com/view?i=c5c_1467484605

:cool:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Finally took it to a garage and the ignition switch was faulty not the whole barrel, should be ready tomorrow or the day after.

[Pepe]

Pepe.

http://m.liveleak.com/view?i=c5c_1467484605

:cool:

Wearing a shirt. :sick:

[Magic]

Of all the things to take from that video. Gimp m

[Pepe]

Safety first. :dc:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Clearly a top priority for Mexicans.

[Baz]

There was a seven car pileup an a fatality on the M62 today. Thankfully I never go any further than Urmston (it happened in Rochdale) so it didn't affect me. Apparently a woman was involved in a minor incident and got out of her car to inspect the damage and was wiped out by a lorry. I don't know how the other cars got involved but what a moron.

Also got road rage at a mini roundabout today (I try not to cos my company car is branded) when a dickhead in a van just pulled across in front of me when I was doing 30 across it. I slammed on and called him a muppet behind my windscreen, but he stopped at his exit and shouted 'you what mate?' thinking he was ten hard, so I shouted at him again (we both had both front windows down, air con uses petrol yo!) that he was a fucking muppet and he just drove off. I was only so annoyed as I had loads of work stuff in the back that had all slid on the floor and under the front seats, despite being belted in. Goddamn idiot drivers! :mad:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I got my She Hulk back today :drool:

£143 though :(

[Magic]

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=f5b_1468821312

Jesus FUCK.

[Magic]

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=970_1468931058

:D

[Pepe]

That's pretty good. :D

[Magic]

Following on from that bit of Indian genius...

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=6c8_1470129555

:D

[Pepe]

:D

The kind of stuff you would expect from Mr. Bean.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

It's fucking amazing.

[Baz]

Has anyone here used http://www.newregcars.co.uk/ before?

[Danny]

Cars gonna be fully paid off in December :drool:

[Alan Shearer The 2nd]

M5 sold and I've decided to go full hairdresser...

https://s21.postimg.org/nyu13ytd3/IMG_0471.jpg (https://postimg.org/image/ahx2l3j1f/)[url=https://postimage.org/]

[Magic]

Jesus Christ. :sick:

[Baz]

Do you lot bother with GAP Insurance?

Ford quoted us £399 for three years which seems ridiculously expensive.

[Alan Shearer The 2nd]

Jesus Christ. :sick:

:D

Could do with a hair net.

[Foe]

Do you lot bother with GAP Insurance?

Ford quoted us £399 for three years which seems ridiculously expensive.

I didn't.

[Pepe]

:D

Could do with a hair net.

I like it. :thbup:

[Alan Shearer The 2nd]

Cheers, should be cheaper to run than the M5 at least. Absolutely loves to be caned too.

[Foe]

Cheers, should be cheaper to run than the M5 at least. Absolutely loves to be caned too.

I keep looking at porsche's online. They're not that expensive. :uhoh:

[niko_cee]

I know someone who is selling a good condition Boxter (about the same vintage as that one above I think) but you'd have to come to Guernsey to collect it. I think you'd get it pretty cheap.

And then maybe pay VAT to re-register it in the UK (even though it was originally from there and has had the VAT paid once).

[Alan Shearer The 2nd]

I keep looking at porsche's online. They're not that expensive. :uhoh:

Yeah they're not too bad to buy now - this one was £10.5k , although they do keep their value for ages. I wasn't going to go for one but this had £7k spent on it a while back on an engine rebuild that addresses a main weakness of the engine (caused it to fail in the first place).

That and the seller (trader) just spent over a grand sorting a few things found in the pre-purchase inspection. Not sure what sort of profit he made in the end...

[Baz]

Got a 66 plate Fiesta on its way at the end of the month. Not quite Porsche territory but for £169 a month what can you expect. :stamford:

[Foe]

Yeah they're not too bad to buy now - this one was £10.5k , although they do keep their value for ages. I wasn't going to go for one but this had £7k spent on it a while back on an engine rebuild that addresses a main weakness of the engine (caused it to fail in the first place).

That and the seller (trader) just spent over a grand sorting a few things found in the pre-purchase inspection. Not sure what sort of profit he made in the end...

Suppose that's the main risk. If something goes wrong it's £££. I'm just over a year into my 3 series contract so have another two years of it and will then probably buy it in the end. It's just a general interest of "hmm... I could afford this and it might be fun" rather than a good idea.

[Magic]

Company are finalising quotes for my new car. Can't wait to see the final list. :rolleyes:

[Giggles]

I had my van upgraded the other day. More doors is so much better.

[Pepe]

Seriously considering ditching my car. More cost/trouble than it's worth.

[Pepe]

Car broke and I don't intend to fix it. This is how I currently roll:

http://i.imgur.com/dFBTfhm.jpg

[Pepe]

http://i.imgur.com/0SKfBRz.jpg

[Magic]

Honestly thought you were pantless in the top pic.

[Pepe]

You wish you massive pervert.

[Lewis]

lol nice skid lid nerd.

[Giggles]

You're a disgrace.

[Pepe]

lol nice skid lid nerd.

Safety first.

I think it is the first time I wear a helmet apart from when 'proper cycling.'


You're a disgrace.

You should try it out, you might even enjoy it. ;)

[Foe]

Explain the kittens you slut. Stop teasing me like a bitch.

:wub:

[Giggles]

You should try it out, you might even enjoy it. ;)

Pulling a trailer around on a bike? Quite possibly wouldn't.

[Pepe]

Explain the kittens you slut. Stop teasing me like a bitch.

:wub:

:D

Foster kittens, pretty sure I've mentioned it before in here. That trip was to bring their mom back to the shelter as the kittens are big enough to be on their own now. They'll be home for two more weeks until they are big enough (2 lbs) to be adopted.

[Spoonsky]

Just come to Utah and bike with me ffs.

[Pepe]

I wish. :drool:

[Spoonsky]

That is if you can handle more than 20 feet of elevation.

[Magic]

No gloves? Obviously average less than 7mph. Queer.

[Pepe]

No gloves? Obviously average less than 7mph. Queer.

Mate

http://i.imgur.com/c2i0pGo.jpg

[Magic]

Company car ordered. VW Golf mk7 1.0 Match Bluemotion TSI in metallic Limestone Grey with Shetland interior. This, basically:

http://imagecom.volkswagen.co.uk/api/image/v2/car/vw/golf-estate-vii/2619/2620/z1z1/n3bxw/cn3.pnc.pu2/exterior-front/1024.png?context=publish
http://imagecom.volkswagen.co.uk/api/image/v2/car/vw/golf-estate-vii/2619/2620/z1z1/n3bxw/cn3.pnc.pu2/interior-front/1024.png?context=publish

[Boydy]

That interior. :sick:

[Giggles]

Has anything you'd want in an interior in fairness. Youl never see a VW that isn't zzzzz inside anyway.

[Pepe]

Looks ok to me.

[Magic]

That interior. :sick:

The black was even more boring.

[Magic]

They didn't have the moonlight blue which is a shame because that was by far the best colour. I was going to go for red but it wasn't metallic.

[Boydy]

I wasn't going :sick: because it was boring. It's the inside of a car, it doesn't need to be exciting. That colour is just horrible. Black is fine, you can't go wrong with black.

Also, your kid will have that stained to fuck.

[Danny]

And the amount of stains magic would have left on black...

[Boydy]

:D

Good point.

[Alan Shearer The 2nd]

Black is safe and boring, far rather mix it up.

[Magic]

No she won't she's four and she doesn't get to eat in the cars. Also I've come from the dreadful Focus interior so fancied mixing it up.

[Yevrah]

Got stopped by the police tonight (me doing 90 on a motorway, them in an unmarked car) and having spent 15 minutes in the back of their car while they checked my license, breathalised and told me off they then let me go, citing it was my lucky day due to the thing that clocked me doing 90 not being calibrated.

What the hell's all that about?

[John Arne]

Took my 46 minutes to get to a meeting this morning. 5.7 miles.

7 odd miles per hour in 30 degree, hot, stuffy, exhaust fumed misery.

[John Arne]

Got stopped by the police tonight (me doing 90 on a motorway, them in an unmarked car) and having spent 15 minutes in the back of their car while they checked my license, breathalised and told me off they then let me go, citing it was my lucky day due to the thing that clocked me doing 90 not being calibrated.

What the hell's all that about?

That seems extremely lucky. Are we know at the stage where there has to be evidence, rather than the word of the police officer (not that I would disagree with that).

If so, what if you are doing 130mph?

[Yevrah]

That seems extremely lucky. Are we know at the stage where there has to be evidence, rather than the word of the police officer (not that I would disagree with that).

If so, what are you are doing 130mph?

I don't really know how it works, as it's the first time it's happened to me, but they did mention something about still being able to prosecute if they wanted to (without the machine), but it wasn't overly clear to me why they weren't going to. Not that I was going to argue the toss at that point.

It probably wasn't my lucky day anyway as there's a fair chance the average speed cameras on the M1 will have got me anyway. In fact that might have been why they didn't bother if they already knew that. No idea how that works either mind.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Just booked my first driving lesson for almost 9 years, after failing four tests in 2007-8. Let the fun commence.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Someody tell me this because the DVLA makes no sense. Is your driving licence and the physical photo card one and the same thing? Because currently my online status claims I have a licence valid from 2016 to 2026, but the photo card thing has yet to materialise, can I legally drive in an instructor's car this week before it appears?

[Magic]

New car isn't being delivered until Feb. :moop:

[wullie]

Someody tell me this because the DVLA makes no sense. Is your driving licence and the physical photo card one and the same thing? Because currently my online status claims I have a licence valid from 2016 to 2026, but the photo card thing has yet to materialise, can I legally drive in an instructor's car this week before it appears?

I had to send my card off to change the address and could legally drive in the meantime, so as long as you're listed as having a valid licence in case of a check I think you should be fine.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Great thanks. I did check with the instructor and he seemed to think it would be OK.

[Alan Shearer The 2nd]

I don't really know how it works, as it's the first time it's happened to me, but they did mention something about still being able to prosecute if they wanted to (without the machine), but it wasn't overly clear to me why they weren't going to. Not that I was going to argue the toss at that point.

It probably wasn't my lucky day anyway as there's a fair chance the average speed cameras on the M1 will have got me anyway. In fact that might have been why they didn't bother if they already knew that. No idea how that works either mind.

Maybe they considered it was just under the threshold for bothering with, was it a quiet road? I've heard the police down south are more lenient with letting folk off with a telling off compared to up here.

[Lewis]

Those average speed cameras must be a myth (or the roadworks sections balance it out) because I drive like a twat on the M1.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Got my first lesson tonight, first time I'll have sat in the driver's seat for almost 10 years. Raoul, give me an ETA on driverless cars, this stuff is a nightmare.

[Magic]

RIP pedestrians.

[Boydy]

Got my first lesson tonight, first time I'll have sat in the driver's seat for almost 10 years. Raoul, give me an ETA on driverless cars, this stuff is a nightmare.

How did it go?

[Jimmy Floyd]

I drove around some council estate and found that cars are much better than they were ten years ago. I remembered most things, just need to stop mollycoddling the clutch and I'll be out on the proper roads.

[Magic]

Here's some absolute porn for you guys:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8By2AEsGAhU


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1_u3-eyXmU

[Pepe]

White socks. :cool:

[Magic]

I know. Is there anything greater than Ayrton Senna donning the shit out of an NSX whilst wearing leather loafers and white socks?

[Pepe]

Top videos. :thbup:

My father would don it when it came to left foot braking. Nowadays I wouldn't even bother trying.

[Disco]

I know. Is there anything greater than Ayrton Senna donning the shit out of an NSX whilst wearing leather loafers and white socks?

Well there's panning across a driver briefing and seeing suave hispanics and mediterraneans in their polo shirts sat next to this bristling example of midlands manliness.


http://i.imgur.com/nHYI8bf.jpg

[Magic]

Top videos. :thbup:

My father would don it when it came to left foot braking. Nowadays I wouldn't even bother trying.

Indeed. I was reading comments about how Jonny Rea in the last race for WSBK (dunno if you saw it) but some sensor broke so he had to manually blip the throttle on the downshifts to match the clutch otherwise he'd be thrown off, also he was using just brakes and no engine braking, and he still managed to nail lap times. What a hero.

There's also a technique Vale uses, it's something like rolling the throttle with one of his fingers whilst he's braking, in fact I can't even remember. Colin Edwards was on about it, and when he got a whiff of it he tried it himself. Almost highsided. :D

[Magic]

Think I got caught speeding today on the M6. Fucking mustard yellow van turned out to be a mobile speed camera on an overpass. Sneaky cunts. Trust me to get done on a road where the average speed is over a hundred. I was doing 85mph.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Just done my theory for the second time, the first time being in 2006. Back in the day, the hazard perception was just old fuzzy clips from the 90s taken from the front of a car going around various market towns, so all you had to look out for was Mr Bean pulling out in his Robin Reliant. Now, it's all fucking CGI so I had such unlikely events as a CGI dog chasing an entire herd of CGI deer across a three lane carriageway, and a CGI middle-aged man in a CGI tweed suit kicking a brown, 1950s style CGI football into the road and running after it like a child.

Passed, though, because I'm a vaguely sentient being.

[Magic]

So one of my dipped headlamps went out a week or so ago. I couldn't give a toss because the car is going back next week. Anyway it came back to me a couple of days ago, and then last night they both just fucked up. So I have no headlights. Great! Side lights + fogs for a week then!

Not too much of a problem except for Wednesday where I've got a 3 hour night drive and then Thursday I've got a 2 hour night drive on deathly dark roads through the Cairngorms until Friday when I get my new car.

[Giggles]

Put the fucking bulbs in the car.

[Magic]

Bollocks, how could it be the bulbs if one of the failed ones magically came back to life? It's the same electrical issue that's causing the improper central locking issues as well. Bottom line: Ford are shite.

[Giggles]

Bollocks, how could it be the bulbs if one of the failed ones magically came back to life? It's the same electrical issue that's causing the improper central locking issues as well. Bottom line: Ford are shite.

My mistake, I thought you meant the car came back, not the light.

[Magic]

Nah. Also I've replaced the fuses. The actual bulbs themselves look spot on.

[Giggles]

I remember shit like that used to happen in older VW's when you got the passenger floor wet as the unit for all that stuff was under there. And a design fault under the bonnet meant it nearly always did get wet. I wonder if there's some similar problem with the Fords.

[Foe]

Just wear a head torch you fucking pussy.

You must have one from all that time you've spent creeping in the night trying to find your wife's smelt.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

https://media.tenor.co/images/427a144f4c405eb2a36afbf91185d422/raw

[Magic]

Tracker removed this afternoon, got to 110mph on the way home. :drool:

[Magic]

Company car ordered. VW Golf mk7 1.0 Match Bluemotion TSI in metallic Limestone Grey with Shetland interior. This, basically:

http://imagecom.volkswagen.co.uk/api/image/v2/car/vw/golf-estate-vii/2619/2620/z1z1/n3bxw/cn3.pnc.pu2/exterior-front/1024.png?context=publish
http://imagecom.volkswagen.co.uk/api/image/v2/car/vw/golf-estate-vii/2619/2620/z1z1/n3bxw/cn3.pnc.pu2/interior-front/1024.png?context=publish

Well I've had it a month now and done 3.5k miles. I can't believe it's only 2 grand more than the Focus I had (though that was 3 years ago so it's probably equal in price now). It's fucking 10 times the car that was. Everything about it oozes class. It's so comfy, had loads of great features, pretty nippy too for the 1.0l engine and it's more economical.

I wouldn't hesitate to own a Volkswagen for my own personal car, having only really owned French before I total lol back to the days of that. Fukk me. To be fair the Nissan is alright but man the class is amazing.

[Giggles]

Class? It's a VW :D

Should be reliable enough at least being a TSI though. But that interior. Has hardly changed since the MK5.

[Magic]

Hi mate are you fucking blind can you not see I've only ever owned shite cars?

[Adamski]

:D

[Jimmy Floyd]

Passed my test this afternoon, at the 5th attempt, 10 years and a month after the 4th attempt.

How do you buy a car? Rock up to a dealer and say 'excuse me, good sir, have you any motor cars for sale?'

[Magic]

:clap:

There's only 1 rule for buying a car: knock 'em down for anything and everything.

[Pepe]

Car dealers. :sick:

Rather buy a used one even if it can go wrong in many ways. Better than having to deal with the dealership cunts.

[phonics]

Get in touch with your working class man and get yourself a copy of auto trader to read on the bus.

[Magic]

It really depends on how you want to do it: do you really want to research a particular type of model? Go on the car forums, there will be shit on there from long term owners you'd never even dream about.

Or do you just want a runaround? Could be ok, could be expensive.

Owning a car is shit, generally. The best way to do it is to get a company car and pay for it through tax, then you can get a brand new one and rag the fuck out of it and everything is covered (unless you reverse it in to a skip lololo)

[Pepe]

Owning a car is shit, generally.

Agreed. So much shite to take care of.

[Jimmy Floyd]

It really depends on how you want to do it: do you really want to research a particular type of model? Go on the car forums, there will be shit on there from long term owners you'd never even dream about.

Or do you just want a runaround? Could be ok, could be expensive.

Owning a car is shit, generally. The best way to do it is to get a company car and pay for it through tax, then you can get a brand new one and rag the fuck out of it and everything is covered (unless you reverse it in to a skip lololo)

As if the Koreans would let me drive any of their clapped out Kias.

I'll probably just look up ads for people selling. Or ask my old man for advice and he will take over because he is a car nerd.

[Giggles]

Buy something petrol and Japanese.

[Jimmy Floyd]

On the way back from the test centre, my instructor said 'Don't buy a Fiat'. Maybe he thinks I'm simple.

[Giggles]

That one should be taught in P1 in fairness.

[Disco]

Japanese or a VW would be my advice, I've not been burnt yet by either. I'm sure I don't need to tell you to steer clear of anything French or Italian but ex-fleet cars are also best avoided.

[Giggles]

If VW, buy absolutely nothing they have on offer with a timing chain instead of a belt. Whether it's diesel or petrol, 1.2, 1.6, or even 3.0 litre, they're all a dead engine waiting to happen. Same goes for Audi, SEAT, and Skoda naturally.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Japanese or a VW would be my advice, I've not been burnt yet by either. I'm sure I don't need to tell you to steer clear of anything French or Italian but ex-fleet cars are also best avoided.

I was siding with Toyota on the basis that I've heard German parts are way more expensive (although no second source on that one).

[leedsrevolution]

I have a Mazda and it's a weird car. Makes all kinds of weird off sounds. But it's ten years old, never broke down or even had an advisory on an MOT.

[Disco]

Fair point, I've had two Toyotas that went forever without a hint of much going wrong so they're a decent bet.

[Giggles]

The Mrs has had one as long as I've know her too and apart from blowing bulbs a lot, it's been spot on. She's just upgraded from an 08 one to a 16 one and they're a lot nicer inside than they used to be too.
As mentioned Mazda's are worth a look too. Just not a diesel.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Cheers all.

[Magic]

The Mrs has had one as long as I've know her too and apart from blowing bulbs a lot, it's been spot on. She's just upgraded from an 08 one to a 16 one and they're a lot nicer inside than they used to be too.
As mentioned Mazda's are worth a look too. Just not a diesel.

Funnily enough our Nissan blows bulbs like a motherfucker too.

[Giggles]

Funnily enough our Nissan blows bulbs like a motherfucker too.

There must be something off with the voltage regulation in them as I see loads of Auris' and Yaris' with bulbs blown on the road. The rear lights on the late 00's are down to a faulty seal letting water in, but the fronts are always dry. Some Nissans could likely be using the same parts too.

[wullie]

My 206 is coming up to 14 years old at the end of this year and it's been absolutely no bother at all, which seems to put me in the tiny minority of Peugeot owners. Once we're making babies I'll have to get something with five doors, the idea of going back into the world of car buying scares me.

[-james-]

Decided it was finally time to get around to learning, so booked an intensive course not long ago. 13 hours in now, it's starting to click into place. I'm fucking awful at maneuvering through tight spaces though.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I was absolutely fine this time round except for the actual manoeuvres (reverse parking etc). I hate the set piece element of it in the test, it's like you're defending a corner or something and if the oppo head in you're fucked. In real driving you just do it when you need to do it.

I'd also say the whole thing is a completely different experience as an adult to what it was as a teenager, I was a bag of nerves then as it was more or less the biggest thing I'd ever faced. Now you know what life is about and so you can adapt better. At one point today I tried to move away whilst it was still in neutral, got this big revving, but lolled and said 'would help if I put it in gear'. If I'd done that at 18 I would have shat myself and gone to pieces.

[Disco]

Parallel parking is the only useful one (emergency stop doesn't count), the others you either don't need or can do by default once you get your eye in.

[Giggles]

We don't do parallel parking here (or at least didn't in my day), so I've never attempted it in my life.

[-james-]

I was absolutely fine this time round except for the actual manoeuvres (reverse parking etc). I hate the set piece element of it in the test, it's like you're defending a corner or something and if the oppo head in you're fucked. In real driving you just do it when you need to do it.

I'd also say the whole thing is a completely different experience as an adult to what it was as a teenager, I was a bag of nerves then as it was more or less the biggest thing I'd ever faced. Now you know what life is about and so you can adapt better. At one point today I tried to move away whilst it was still in neutral, got this big revving, but lolled and said 'would help if I put it in gear'. If I'd done that at 18 I would have shat myself and gone to pieces.

I think consistency will be my issue when sitting my test. I think I'll be fine at most things, but once every so often I'll do something thick at a junction or a roundabout or something.

I'm not stressed about it, I have no intention of getting a car any time soon, I just feel like I should get it over and done with.

[Alan Shearer The 2nd]

I was siding with Toyota on the basis that I've heard German parts are way more expensive (although no second source on that one).

If you want reliable and aren't fussed about much else then a Japanese, naturally aspirated petrol is indeed a likely safe bet. Not 100% on Japanese parts as a whole but I know Honda can be quite expensive. Do you have a preference for the size of car or the type of driving you'll be doing most?

Took advantage of the brilliant weather yesterday and headed for Braemar. Always a stunning road and almost completely uninterrupted but on the odd occasion you come across someone, you can just tell they're thinking 'wanker'. :nod:

https://s7.postimg.org/foic34lu3/IMG_0744.jpg (https://postimg.org/image/kzx8nu7wn/)

[Lewis]

Had that lady broken down?

[Alan Shearer The 2nd]

You can do better than that Betts.

[Adamski]

He can't you know.

I've got a Dacia Sandero diesel which is pretty good. Traded in my Peugeot 20-don't care.

Same payments of £180 a month, same PCP package. Pretty ideal.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I've got 1999 Toyota Avensis and it's fucking brilliant.

Toyota are brilliant, Jim.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

We don't do parallel parking here (or at least didn't in my day), so I've never attempted it in my life.

I was taught it but I was always scared that I'd scrape the car badly so always exaggerated my angles.

Haven't even attempted it since I passed.

It was pretty bad when I took my car to the garage last year as the ignition barrel needed to be changed.

Just park your car over there, I'll see to it later.
I don't know how to parallel park, sorry...

Having to hand your keys over to a mechanic to park your car is a really shit.

[Giggles]

I never found a need for it anyway.

[Lewis]

There is no excuse for fucking parallel parking up in the age of adjustable mirrors.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

There is no excuse for fucking parallel parking up in the age of adjustable mirrors.

I never fucked it up bar going too wide because of the fear that I'd fuck up the test car/the parked car.

[Giggles]

There's no need for parallel parking in the age of car parks.

[Alan Shearer The 2nd]

That's when a tiny little hatchback comes into its own. Same with supermarket parking, can make a total arse of it in what would usually be a tight space and still have loads of room.

[Pepe]

In the US most car spots are marked with lines, and they are made for massive pickup trucks, so there is tons of space even if you drive a fucking SUV. Some still manage to fuck it up.

[Disco]

There's no need for parallel parking in the age of car parks.

The road outside my house is much closer.

[Boydy]

Well done, Jim.

I'm still absolutely terrible at parking after eleven years of driving now, I think. I parallel park the odd time but I never ever reverse into a bay. Always drive in.

That reminds me, I really need to get my licence renewed.

[Magic]

Fucking hell. They are about to do another massive stretch of road with average fucking speed cameras. The A90 from Dundee to Aberdeen basically.

So that's Perth to Inverness, Perth to Stirling, and now Dundee to Aberdeen. Dundee to Perth next I bet and then Aberdeen to Peterhead/Fraserburgh.

I know that means little to Englandshires, but basically it's one step before putting chips in people's cars to limit the speed to 70. Proper communism.

EDIT: It's bad because I could make at least 10 minutes speeding up to Aberdeen, maybe more if traffic allows. SHITE.

[Pepe]

EDIT: It's bad because I could make at least 10 minutes speeding up to Aberdeen, maybe more if traffic allows. SHITE.

Sure about those numbers?

[Magic]

Yes. 81MPH (GPS) as opposed to 70MPH over 1hour = 11 miles = $$$$

[Lewis]

You'll be moving soon anyway.

[Magic]

I'll no be movin' anywhere pal.

Unless it's to Edinburgh. My pretentious dream.

Though it'd be quite far out of the centre for 100k lololo

[Magic]

That's not how it works though. If it takes you one hour to get there at 80mph, if you now travel those 80 miles at 70mph it will take you 68.6 minutes to get there.

I thought you were an engineer.

https://media.giphy.com/media/xTiTnHXbRoaZ1B1Mo8/giphy.gif

[Pepe]

:D

In fairness, I misread and thought you said 80. If it's 81 miles it would take you 69.4 minutes. Still, you're a mong.

[Pepe]

Now Google tells me that Dundee and Aberdeen are 66.2 miles apart. Your whole life is a sham.

[Magic]

:D

In fairness, I misread and thought you said 80. If it's 81 miles it would take you 69.4 minutes. Still, you're a mong.

I swear that was almost exactly my reaction. :lol:

The point remains; speeding = profit.

[Magic]

Now Google tells me that Dundee and Aberdeen are 66.2 miles apart. Your whole life is a sham.

Ew privacy invasion alert.

[Giggles]

He's finally agreed to buy me a Connect :cool:

Eyeing up this one http://m.carzone.ie/used-cars/Ford/Transit-Connect-SWB-75PS-TREND-/55867400377636991

[Pepe]

What's a connect?

[Giggles]

What's a connect?

Transit Connect. I had edited above with a link to one.

[Magic]

Why not a Caddy?

[Pepe]

Transit Connect. I had edited above with a link to one.

I see. Pimp ride.

[Giggles]

Why not a Caddy?

Because VW's are dull as fuck and they don't have one that size. Caddy is smaller and Transporter is bigger. The connect has 3 seats in the front but still commercial for tax purposes, plus I can cut and drill in the back without ruining carpets like I'm doing now in the Kuga.

[Magic]

Because VW's are dull as fuck and they don't have one that size. Caddy is smaller and Transporter is bigger. The connect has 3 seats in the front but still commercial for tax purposes, plus I can cut and drill in the back without ruining carpets like I'm doing now in the Kuga.

They may be dull, but infinitely better put together than Fix Or Repair Dailys.

[Giggles]

They may be dull, but infinitely better put together than Fix Or Repair Dailys.

Maybe in the early 2000's but those days are past. They fucked up so bad with the TSI's.

[Magic]

Lol you're a dick.

[Giggles]

VW are dicks for making timing chain tensioners out of brass.

And anyway, I don't pay for repairs. 3 seats.


_

[Baz]

I'd bloody love a van. :drool:

[Giggles]

I'd bloody love a van. :drool:

Mine is technically a van at the moment but it has carpet in the back so it's useless.

[Adamski]

VW are dicks for making timing chain tensioners out of brass.

And anyway, I don't pay for repairs. 3 seats.


_

Can't all three of you just be dicks?

[Giggles]

Another classic.

[Adamski]

Post #1690 bro :cool:

[Giggles]

Zing.

[Foe]

Fucking hell. They are about to do another massive stretch of road with average fucking speed cameras. The A90 from Dundee to Aberdeen basically.

So that's Perth to Inverness, Perth to Stirling, and now Dundee to Aberdeen. Dundee to Perth next I bet and then Aberdeen to Peterhead/Fraserburgh.

I know that means little to Englandshires, but basically it's one step before putting chips in people's cars to limit the speed to 70. Proper communism.

EDIT: It's bad because I could make at least 10 minutes speeding up to Aberdeen, maybe more if traffic allows. SHITE.

That road already has about a billion speed cameras on it. Surely a better use is to actually make the roads better suited to the traffic, ie actually provide dual carriageways/overtaking lanes on the a96 etc. Rather than frustrating people even more.

[Alan Shearer The 2nd]

It's a load of bollocks. The road layout is utter bilge itself with bloody terrible junctions and short slip roads.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Pulled over by the Police earlier.

It's 70 here not 95, mate.

He said he's giving me a verbal warning for the speed but it turns out that the MOT ran out on the 9th so I'll be done for that.

[Magic]

Lol I also thought I was going to get pulled over, 2 fucking coppers on bikes with a gun, never even noticed them until literally right on them as they looked more like workies? They had a good fucking nosey and I saw them leaning and noting stuff down as I passed. Fuck knows if they can issue a NIP but I was in a total trance so I have no idea what speed I was going. It was a 30mph zone as well.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I overtook them at 70 and cruised for a while.

I then sped up thinking they were long gone.

They clearly weren't, I slowed down and moved over and thought I had gotten away with it then 30 seconds later the lights came on.

[Foe]

I overtook them at 70 and cruised for a while.

I then sped up thinking they were long gone.

They clearly weren't, I slowed down and moved over and thought I had gotten away with it then 30 seconds later the lights came on.

So you purposely were speeding around a police car. Sound logic there.

[Magic]

He's not an engineer Foe.

Mahow if you overtake something doing 1MPH less than you, you'd have to wait approximately 1 mile before they were out of sight. Then you can high tail it. Noob.

[Pepe]

He's not an engineer Foe.

Mahow if you overtake something doing 1MPH less than you, you'd have to wait approximately 1 mile before they were out of sight. Then you can high tail it. Noob.

Ahem


Human-scale objects are resolvable as extended objects from a distance of just under 2 miles (3 km). For example, at that distance, we would just be able to make out two distinct headlights on a car.

http://www.livescience.com/33895-human-eye.html

[Disco]

If only cars were fitted with some method of looking behind.

[Magic]

If only cars were fitted with some method of looking behind.

Reversing camera doesn't work when travelling forward at 70 you goon.

Another non-engineer.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

So you purposely were speeding around a police car. Sound logic there.
I was doing 70 to overtake them.

He's not an engineer Foe.

Mahow if you overtake something doing 1MPH less than you, you'd have to wait approximately 1 mile before they were out of sight. Then you can high tail it. Noob.
I couldn't see them in my mirrors when I started to speed up.

[Disco]

Reversing camera doesn't work when travelling forward at 70 you goon.

Another non-engineer.

Yours doesn't work when reversing either or did you just think there was a big yellow sticker over it?

[Magic]

Yours doesn't work when reversing either or did you just think there was a big yellow sticker over it?

Oh sting. It goes in tomorrow. :(

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Halfords (ugh, only one who had spots for tomorrow) are doing the MOT tomorrow morning so I should get it back for Friday hopefully.

[Pepe]

Yours doesn't work when reversing either or did you just think there was a big yellow sticker over it?

:D

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

FUCK.

Apparently there is something wrong with the suspension so it's going to cost like £400.

Going to pick it up and take it to another garage which is run by a family friend in the hopes that he can do it for cheaper.

[Boydy]

I thought you were buying a new car a while ago?

[Pepe]

He was buying a BMW with his inheritance money. :harold:

[Pepe]

What is wrong with the suspension that takes that much to repair?

[Spikey M]

He's a fat fuck.

[Magic]

Oh wow.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

What is wrong with the suspension that takes that much to repair?

I'm not sure, thy had my Mum's number so rang her.

[Giggles]

£400 would be mental money if it's one thing. Either they're screwing you or there's a shit load wrong. Back when I used to work on my own cars I changed the entire front suspension once, apart from the shocks, and the parts came to £170.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Halfords are definitely crooks, so it must be that.

They charge £8 just to change a headlight bulb.

[Alan Shearer The 2nd]

What kind of car is it? Prices vary massively with suspension parts across cars.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

A 1999 Toyota Avensis.

I highly doubt that the price of the actual part(s) are expensive.

[Giggles]

Throw the keys at it and tell them to crush it into a cube. You'd buy one with over 6 months ticket for the same money.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I'm going to pick it up to take elsewhere.

I can't scrap it.

[Magic]

I bet if you took it anywhere else it would be half that price. Serves you right I guess. Halfrauds for any car work. :harold:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I bet if you took it anywhere else it would be half that price. Serves you right I guess. Halfrauds for any car work. :harold:

It was only because I thought there was nothing wrong (bar a missing windscreen washer pump) and they were the only ones that said they'd be able to look at it today. Everyone else was saying Saturday at the earliest.

[Magic]

No its because you're an idiot and let it run out.

Take same responsibility.

[Giggles]

No its because you're an idiot and let it run out.

Take same responsibility.

Let his suspension run out?

[Magic]

MOT.

Lol Leeds thread m8

[Giggles]

Testify.

[Alan Shearer The 2nd]

Find out what they're saying needs replaced.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

http://i.imgur.com/aYLTEKw.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/zuNINHg.jpg

:harold:

It's so blatantly thievery which makes it actually funny.

'Suspension dust cover failed? Let's replace the whole suspension'.

Oh and Windscreem made me smile.

Took it to a Polish garage and they also gave me a shit Ford Fiesta 1.4. The door panels on the driver side are all ripped out and the window on the driver side is purely cosmetic, it's being held in place by a bit of wood. At least I don't have to use public transport tomorrow though.

[Magic]

72 quid for wipers or am I misreading.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

72 quid for wipers or am I misreading.

I believe it is these:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/For-Toyota-Avensis-T22-1997-2003-Front-Single-Outlet-Windscreen-Washer-Pump-/251215193885?fits=Car+Make%3AToyota%7CModel%3AAven sis&hash=item3a7d97a71d:g:-XUAAOSwvzRX0VcD

The guy I took it to last year said it was the windscreen washer pumps.

[Magic]

Jesus what a shitbox.

[Alan Shearer The 2nd]

To be fair it depends on the availability of parts. Some suspension arms can be the whole part only although you'd be able to get arms for cheaper than that.