Might be worth appealing even though you were clearly packed across the poor bint's driveway.
Across the other London borough councils, Transport for London (TfL) and the collective borough representative organisation London Councils, 48% of appeals are successful.
What is 48% when Taz's luck is involved? He'd probably have his car crushed.
Would be doing him a favour.
I'm a twit
Wasn't worth dragging out for the sake of £65 so paid it. Don't really see how it would have any grounds to be succesful either as they'd taken their own pics.
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Became so engrossed in a Szoboszlai passage of play that I missed a speed camera. Got flashed doing about 25 in a 20.
Is it a guaranteed ticket or is there further leeway that may come to my rescue even after activating the flash? And do I get the speed awareness course option guaranteed now that my license is clean again or are they giving me points for sure? Fucking Szoboszlai bagging 3 points again, what a monster.
You probably get away with 24 so if they don't give you the speed awareness for 25 then that's shan as fuck.
I am buying my first car. 2-3 grand hatchback seems to be the ticket. What do I look for/avoid?
If you're going that cheap, go Japanese. Chances are something will go wrong so at least with Japanese the parts are cheap(er).
Old Honda Civics (2006-12) are pretty bulletproof. Try to find something with a regular service history and not too many previous owners.
Can you get a Fabia?Originally Posted by -james-
I'm a twit
It doesn't really matter at that price. You'll be looking for:
Full Service History
Tonnes of receipts
Reasonable milage (i.e not too low or too high)
Good condition (wear and tear is fine but big dents no, shit/worn tyres no, gross inside no)
Make/model is irrelevant because you will have to spend money on it and things will go wrong.
What does tonnes of receipts mean and how do I check?
For work done on the car i.e services, repairs. You're basically looking for a well-taken care of car. That matters so much more than 'XYZ is reliable!' because even the most 'reliable' cars if not taken care of properly can be piles of fucking shite.
Ask the owner or garage to see the receipts and history. If there isn't any, walk away imo.
Ex-motability cars used to be a good racket, does that scheme still exist? Virtually new cars for knock down prices, although, given the prices of things these days I doubt you'd be getting one for 3k if they did exist. I got some super granny wagon Maroon 06 Panda with a blue interior that was ex-motability years ago and it was a beauty [the wife disallowed me from buying a 100hp one off ebay, which, having now been in one and seen the steering lock they have might not have been a bad call].
At that price, forget all formal advice and just go with a reliable seller (some trade seller with a longstanding physical presence). Avoid Peugoet and swear by Fiesta was the culmination of my years of experience but that will probably be a little outdated and may need some refreshing now.
2000 Yaris 1 litre.
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-det...02309202160494
Anything wrong with this (on the face of it)?
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Doesn't say anything about full service history, which is without a doubt the most important thing to look for on a car that age. You can polish a turd and make it look really nice and well looked after but the SH doesn't lie.
Ring the dealer and ask.
Fuck the FSH man, which dickhead has a cheap hatchback serviced regularly and shit?
My main concern would be it's a bit of an obscure model for your first car, probably not a major problem but I would have recommended something more mainstream. Also do a search of similar models nationwide to see how it's priced, you don't want it to be an outlier at either end. You kmow it hurts me to say it but it really is one area where you should follow the herd. Having said that, that looks a sexy mofo so you have my backing if you take the plunge.
Total validation of my advice right here.
Fiestas are solid in my experience. My Swift Sport has also been a little trooper and is great to drive.
Yeah, full service history isn't going to happen with a car at that price. It'll be too old and have had too many owners to have it. It's great if they have it but it shouldn't be a red line.
I'd echo Taz's comments about it being an obscure make and model. A car at this price range is going to need something fixed at some point. You want parts to be easy to get for that to keep the price down so go for something there's plenty of on the roads.
Absolute bullshit. There's no excuse not to keep receipts unless you're a piece of shit, exactly like your car.
Bought a Suzuki SX4 today and it's broken down within an hour.
Had FULL SERVICE HISTORY and all
Aren't parts for Suzukis quite expensive as well?
Are you sure it hasn't run out of petrol?
It's a belt of some sort. Don't think it's an important one but it's flapping about when the engine is on. More concerning is that the phone number and email of the place I got it don't work and I've just uncovered a bunch of shit reviews from a past premises of theirs.
Where did you buy it from? Take it straight back?Bought a Suzuki SX4 today and it's broken down within an hour.
You fucking what.
Fucking hell.
Unless it's the belt from your trousers then it'll be important.
EDIT: But yes, blame me for the advice.
Serves you right for rejecting a good gammon Fiesta/Corsa.
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Yeah that's important.
Jesus christ.
Can't really make it out but it looks like the auxiliary belt. So long as it hasn't wrapped in around the timing belt then it's not a big fix.
Unless it's driving the water pump on those and you've driven it much.
I didn't think garages could really get away with ripping mugs off anymore.
The fake number/email is the truly lol part. It does not like alook complicated fix, but you have to wonder what else is hiding in there.
Their auto trader page has only good reviews and there's nothing on google, but the invoice he gave me has a different address which leads to a load of people complaining about being sold shit cars. I've come to the same conclusion as Pepe, little hope of getting anything off them but just hope I can run the thing for a year or two.
Who sold you it, Danny DeVito?
Is the FULL SERVICE HISTORY just a load of Co-op receipts?
A body in the boot.
This thread has suddenly become interesting.
A weird detail I'd forgotten was that geezer is selling motors out of a recently decommissioned Catholic church, holy communion memorabilia still on the wall
You should have gone for the white Peugeot.
Did alarm bells not ring when you walked in?
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