What car do you drive ? Not one for the petrol heads

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13-10-20, 16:39
life on mars

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Hate cars
13-10-20, 16:55
Eric the Half a Bee

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Not more rust!
13-10-20, 16:58
Cowbridge Blue

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Replaced the Black Jeep Commander in my avatar (loved that car) with a newer Grand Cherokee in white - with a black CARDIFF plate of course.

Must get someone to change the pic for me - have tried several times but just can't work that one :-)
13-10-20, 17:01
valleys caveman

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A 15 year old Focus with 180,000 on the clock. An original Mini with 29,000 miles on the clock. Looking to get a Mk1 Escort RS2000 or Mexico if I can find somewhere to keep it.
13-10-20, 17:05
Vindec

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Originally Posted by valleys caveman

A 15 year old Focus with 180,000 on the clock. An original Mini with 29,000 miles on the clock. Looking to get a Mk1 Escort RS2000 or Mexico if I can find somewhere to keep it.

I sold my Mk1 Escort Mexico in 1977 for £1200. Now you will be lucky to get one for less than £25k.
13-10-20, 17:07
ToTaL ITK

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electric bicycle
13-10-20, 17:09
RichardM

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A 2011 Freelander 2
13-10-20, 17:24
valleys caveman

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Originally Posted by Vindec

I sold my Mk1 Escort Mexico in 1977 for £1200. Now you will be lucky to get one for less than £25k.

Crazy money at the moment I started looking for one about 10 years ago and I thought the prices were way too high back then. They've doubled in price since. Like you, I had a Mexico avo and sold it for next to nothing back in the 80's.
Funnily enough I found an old car magazine a few months ago, dated 1983 and had a quick flick through. Loads of RS's, Mexicos going from £500 to £2000.
If only I had a time machine :hehe:
13-10-20, 17:29
Bobby Dandruff

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Originally Posted by Zowhore

Really weird but same two as my father in law :hehe:

Now that IS weird!

(But none of my children are married.
Phew) 😆
13-10-20, 17:31
WJ99mobile

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I’ve got a A180 and was 100x more happy in my beat up KA that was worth 100th the amount.

Golf best car I’ve had in terms of value for money

Mercedes. Style over substance.
13-10-20, 17:33
Bobby Dandruff

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Originally Posted by blue matt

a mate of mine is trying to talk me into getting a Track car, split the costs 50 / 50 , i live fairly close to castle combe race track and a little further from Thruxton track, so its a fairly sensible idea

how often do you get the car out ? ? ?

Ah, you should do it! And splitting the cost is a great idea.

I SORN the car in the winter and keep it in our garage but this summer I have done Donington, Castle Combe, Oulton Park and Thruxton.

I’ve done most of the UK circuits now as well as Spa and The Nordschleife.

But you should do it. You won’t regret it honestly.

Let me know if you want to chat it through as it took me a while to convince myself :-)
13-10-20, 17:34
blue matt

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Originally Posted by valleys caveman

A 15 year old Focus with 180,000 on the clock. An original Mini with 29,000 miles on the clock. Looking to get a Mk1 Escort RS2000 or Mexico if I can find somewhere to keep it.

I used to live near a guy who was the editor of " mini world " ( or something similar in name ) he was rebuilding a mini at the same time as i was doing the VW Splitty, the prices he was paying were fair, he did his mini for just over £1000, i showed him a cargo door handle for the VW that cost £750 :angry::angry: i was rather envious
13-10-20, 17:37
blue matt

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Originally Posted by Bobby Dandruff

Ah, you should do it! And splitting the cost is a great idea.

I SORN the car in the winter and keep it in our garage but this summer I have done Donington, Castle Combe, Oulton Park and Thruxton.

I’ve done most of the UK circuits now as well as Spa and The Nordschleife.

But you should do it. You won’t regret it honestly.

Let me know if you want to chat it through as it took me a while to convince myself :-)

cheers dude :thumbup::thumbup:
13-10-20, 17:42
light up the darkness

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What's the Bonneville like? I quite fancy the scrabler version.

It’s a T120. Great bike to ride and a real head turner.

Don’t know about the scramblers sorry. Come to think of it I don’t think I’ve ever seen a scrambler over here
13-10-20, 18:04
Pearcey3

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Company car. Jag XE. Just about to switch to my final company car a BMW 3 series. It’s a hybrid automatic. I’ve driven over a million miles in my life and really won’t miss it when I retire. Having a nice car is great but really counting the days until I retire.
13-10-20, 18:47
Feedback

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M6, range rover sport and a gran cabrio mc stradale
13-10-20, 18:49
tforturton

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I drive an Audi A5. I'd always wanted one, but it had to be silver, petrol, manual gearbox, and with a leather interior. So when one came along, I just had to buy it. It's very low mileage, and I'm not adding much to it, but the big Audis go on for ever anyway.
13-10-20, 18:51
Baloo

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Don’t have a car. Borrow ‘er indoors’ Mini Cooper when needed.
13-10-20, 19:00
life on mars

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ban cars breath freely
13-10-20, 19:06
tforturton

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Originally Posted by life on mars

ban cars breath freely

I certainly wouldn't buy a diesel at the moment - their future is very limited.
13-10-20, 19:41
SOXY BOY

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BMW 330 diesel estate. Honda CBR 600.
Can you explain why diesel cars are a bad buy please ?
13-10-20, 19:45
Harry Paget Flashman

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A Class Mercedes and a Land Rover Discovery.

The Land Rover is an automatic, the first I've had, and would happily never change a gear again.
13-10-20, 20:43
chris lee

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Originally Posted by SOXY BOY

BMW 330 diesel estate. Honda CBR 600.
Can you explain why diesel cars are a bad buy please ?

They are not a bad buy financially! great MPG and a good diesel engine can run forever..

However they are stinking dirty, when in traffic lights behind one I can taste the shit the shit coming through the air vents, just really bad for peoples health and the environment, and in the near future existing diesels will be taxed heavily to get them off the roads.
13-10-20, 21:04
SOXY BOY

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Not all diesels pump out a load of shit. The most modern diesels are to Euro 6 standard which includes lorries which makes very clean and efficient.
13-10-20, 21:07
SLUDGE FACTORY

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What about petrol cars ? How much longer are we chaps going to be able to drive them ? I fully understand and will pay extra road tax to keep mine on the road , I hate changing cars

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