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Stevo_666

Pinno wrote:

So a Subaru legend would do a chav like you and it fits the bill.

As a former Evo driver I could never stoop to driving a Scoobypoo.

pinno

I cannot see you getting an AMG Merc., not a chance.

Stevo_666

Pinno wrote:

I cannot see you getting an AMG Merc., not a chance.

Whyever not?

ballysmate

Stevo 666 wrote:

Garry H wrote:

Stevo 666 wrote:

Garry H wrote:

Spending my filthy bonus

Something these lazy civil servants tend not to get anywhere near as much as us hard working private sector types And quite right too.

You're bang on there. Think I do all these extra hours out of the goodness of my heart! I'm squandering mine on rendering the house. Rock'n roll baby, rock'n roll.

Too right. Currently perusing the Merc UK website in case mine comes up trumps. Quite fancy an AMG (but not one of these plastic 'AMG line' jobbies)

Go on.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBSxAAJ_2SI

pinno

Stevo 666 wrote:

Pinno wrote:

I cannot see you getting an AMG Merc., not a chance.

Whyever not?

It's just not what a squeaky 4rse accountant buys.

Unless of course you have weighed up:
Devaluation
Insurance
Road Tax
Tyre size and price
Fuel Consumption
Getting the dog to the vet
Stropteen wanting lifts in it for street cred purposes all the time etc...

Stevo_666

Pinno wrote:

Stevo 666 wrote:

Pinno wrote:

I cannot see you getting an AMG Merc., not a chance.

Whyever not?

It's just not what a squeaky 4rse accountant buys.

Unless of course you have weighed up:
Devaluation
Insurance
Road Tax
Tyre size and price
Fuel Consumption
Getting the dog to the vet
Stropteen wanting lifts in it for street cred purposes all the time etc...

So who's thinking like a squeaky ar$e accountant now?

Mind you, Merc 'approved used' is quite appealing :P Think I will treat myself if I get that promotion.

pinno

You just want to shed the Mazda association, be honest.

Stevo_666

Pinno wrote:

You just want to shed the Mazda association, be honest.

I'll probably keep that. Need a spare set of wheels.

pinno

Ah I see - a toy. if you want a toy, why not a Caterham super 7?

Stevo_666

Pinno wrote:

Ah I see - a toy. if you want a toy, why not a Caterham super 7?

Would be nice but I need 2 practical motors while I am doing trips to Wales and up North. And the garage is full of bike sh1t.

pinno

A Volvo 240GL with a Caterham in the back?

Stevo_666

Pinno wrote:

A Volvo 240GL with a Caterham in the back?

Three cars then...

slowmart

Stevo 666 wrote:

Pinno wrote:

Ah I see - a toy. if you want a toy, why not a Caterham super 7?

Would be nice but I need 2 practical motors while I am doing trips to Wales and up North. And the garage is full of bike sh1t.

Just get one proper car. A Range Rover and be done. It does everything extremely well and my better half used to call it the magic carpet.

And when you get the global title on your business card you can look down on all the plebs as you waft and occasionally using lowering the electric windows to smell the poverty and decay

Garry H

Slowmart wrote:

Stevo 666 wrote:

Pinno wrote:

Ah I see - a toy. if you want a toy, why not a Caterham super 7?

Would be nice but I need 2 practical motors while I am doing trips to Wales and up North. And the garage is full of bike sh1t.

Just get one proper car. A Range Rover and be done. It does everything extremely well and my better half used to call it the magic carpet.

And when you get the global title on your business card you can look down on all the plebs as you waft and occasionally using lowering the electric windows to smell the poverty and decay

There was a woman on some budgeting tv show last week. The type where they advise all these morons on how to live within their means. She was paying almost 650 quid a month on the finance deal for her hairdresser type Range Rover. It's more than I pay for my mortgage. Suffice to say that she couldn't really afford it. She was from Wrexham though.

Stevo_666

Slowmart wrote:

Stevo 666 wrote:

Pinno wrote:

Ah I see - a toy. if you want a toy, why not a Caterham super 7?

Would be nice but I need 2 practical motors while I am doing trips to Wales and up North. And the garage is full of bike sh1t.

Just get one proper car. A Range Rover and be done. It does everything extremely well and my better half used to call it the magic carpet.

And when you get the global title on your business card you can look down on all the plebs as you waft and occasionally using lowering the electric windows to smell the poverty and decay

I'll only get a 4x4 if forced to although I know the female 2/3 of my household quite like the idea. Unfortunately the two car thing is a must given they need transport while I am out of town. The nice car plus cheap car strategy seems to cover the bases.

Stevo_666

Garry H wrote:

There was a woman on some budgeting tv show last week. The type where they advise all these morons on how to live within their means. She was paying almost 650 quid a month on the finance deal for her hairdresser type Range Rover. It's more than I pay for my mortgage. Suffice to say that she couldn't really afford it. She was from Wrexham though.

Short programme - spend less than you earn...

tlw1

Stevo 666 wrote:

Garry H wrote:

There was a woman on some budgeting tv show last week. The type where they advise all these morons on how to live within their means. She was paying almost 650 quid a month on the finance deal for her hairdresser type Range Rover. It's more than I pay for my mortgage. Suffice to say that she couldn't really afford it. She was from Wrexham though.

Short programme - spend less than you earn...

My dad made the mistake of telling my mum what he earned, she upped her spending almost immediately

veronese68

My Mrs knows what I earn, she earns about the same. We have always tried to spend less than we earn, holidays excepted but we pay those off within 3 months. This is why we generally run 10 year old cars I can buy outright for cash. For some reason she has decided we should buy a nicer car and get a loan. Why? The car does no miles.

pinno

I have never borrowed to buy anything. It makes little sense. If you had £3k in your pocket and you're prepared to travel, it's amazing what you can pick up for that money.
Audi's aside, the second hand executive car market is flat as a pancake.

veronese68

I worry when Piña makes sense.
Off out for beer and curry tonight with a couple of colleagues as one of the septics is over.

Stevo_666

Veronese68 wrote:

My Mrs knows what I earn, she earns about the same. We have always tried to spend less than we earn, holidays excepted but we pay those off within 3 months. This is why we generally run 10 year old cars I can buy outright for cash. For some reason she has decided we should buy a nicer car and get a loan. Why? The car does no miles.

I've usually bought used as it makes sense for some other n0b to take the worst of the depreciation hit. Only bought new twice and one of them is the current family car which is now over 8 yo but only has 70-odd thousand on the clock.

pinno

Stevo 666 wrote:

Veronese68 wrote:

My Mrs knows what I earn, she earns about the same. We have always tried to spend less than we earn, holidays excepted but we pay those off within 3 months. This is why we generally run 10 year old cars I can buy outright for cash. For some reason she has decided we should buy a nicer car and get a loan. Why? The car does no miles.

I've usually bought used as it makes sense for some other n0b to take the worst of the depreciation hit. Only bought new twice and one of them is the current family car which is now over 8 yo but only has 70-odd thousand on the clock.

There's a bit more to it than that.
Previous next door neighbours bought a new car every 3 years (no doubt on HP). In the space of time they were here, both B ems had a recurrent problem. The crank shaft end seal sensor kept throwing the ECM into limp mode. Sometimes it would stop the car being started. My rusty old banger, to which most of the neighbours turn their nose up to, has kept going almost (engine wise) almost faultlessly.
Whoever gets the B em after they've had it and after say an extended warranty to 5 years, will get a car with all the niggling faults sorted.
The other thing, is that the OEM market has well and truly kicked in once a model is 5 years old and spares become cheaper and cheaper. Most modern cars are good for 200K easy and with a complete Dealer Service History, you're getting a good car providing it wasn't thrashed.

Garry H

I'll be needing a car in the next year. I'll give you a shout coz i dinnae ken a car from by elbow. I want a volvo estate or something like that. Boxy, but good!

Matthewfalle

We used to have a V40 with big phat wides. That motor rocked in a really cool Swedish estate car way.

I'd buy another Volvo again with no problem.

Garry H

Matthewfalle wrote:

We used to have a V40 with big phat wides. That motor rocked in a really cool Swedish estate car way.

I'd buy another Volvo again with no problem.

Buy me one instead! That would be really cool!

Matthewfalle

Get matching ones and hoon around.

Another good thing about them is that they come standard with really good stereos.

Buy one. Buy one. Buy one now.

Garry H

Cool. With air horns, General Lee stylee.

Matthewfalle

Go full Carwent style and put a huge exhaust that you can hear from the next valley but actually loses you performance.