Agreed. So much shite to take care of.Quote:
Originally Posted by Magic
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Agreed. So much shite to take care of.Quote:
Originally Posted by Magic
As if the Koreans would let me drive any of their clapped out Kias.Quote:
Originally Posted by Magic
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.
Buy something petrol and Japanese.
On the way back from the test centre, my instructor said 'Don't buy a Fiat'. Maybe he thinks I'm simple.
That one should be taught in P1 in fairness.
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.
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.
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).Quote:
Originally Posted by Disco
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.
Fair point, I've had two Toyotas that went forever without a hint of much going wrong so they're a decent bet.
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.
Cheers all.
Funnily enough our Nissan blows bulbs like a motherfucker too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Giggles
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Magic
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jimmy Floyd
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.
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?Quote:
Originally Posted by Jimmy Floyd
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
Had that lady broken down?
You can do better than that Betts.
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.
I've got 1999 Toyota Avensis and it's fucking brilliant.
Toyota are brilliant, Jim.
I was taught it but I was always scared that I'd scrape the car badly so always exaggerated my angles.Quote:
Originally Posted by Giggles
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.
I never found a need for it anyway.
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lewis
There's no need for parallel parking in the age of car parks.
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.
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.
The road outside my house is much closer.Quote:
Originally Posted by Giggles
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.
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.
Sure about those numbers?Quote:
Originally Posted by Magic
Yes. 81MPH (GPS) as opposed to 70MPH over 1hour = 11 miles = $$$$
You'll be moving soon anyway.
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
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Originally Posted by 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.
Now Google tells me that Dundee and Aberdeen are 66.2 miles apart. Your whole life is a sham.
I swear that was almost exactly my reaction. :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Pepe
The point remains; speeding = profit.
Ew privacy invasion alert.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pepe
He's finally agreed to buy me a Connect :cool:
Eyeing up this one http://m.carzone.ie/used-cars/Ford/T...67400377636991
What's a connect?
Transit Connect. I had edited above with a link to one.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pepe
Why not a Caddy?
I see. Pimp ride.Quote:
Originally Posted by Giggles
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Magic