new car choice

[me and my lad]

best way for a bargain is to go along to a decent auctions, youll be amazed how cheap you can pick stuff up for.

decide on a couple of models, brush up on prices. best way to do this is get an autotrader thats about 1 month out of date and ring round the cars advertised, see what sells and what doesnt.

 

set yourself a limit on price and dont go over it. dont bother bidding against anyone holding a parkers guide, they pay silly money !!

 

the last half dozen or so cars i have bought have all been from auctions. last one i got was a 4 years old 2.2CD omega, one owner, full history, 4 new tyres, £2100 including fees :unsure:

[lurcherboy]

Not an estate though, is it [ edit: re: the vRS]

 

Lovelly little cars though, shame about the brand snobbery. Never considered one mind, not sure if I would have one or not, certainly good enough - just still some stigma attached.

 

Echo Pin's reply and any common fuel rail, especially in a Peugeot can return 70mpg if driven sensibly. Ask your local minicab driver.

 

On one of my shoots there are a pair of cabbies and they swear by Peugeot. I overheard one of them say something along the lines of 200k miles and not a single fault. Has to count for something

 

 

Pin, I look after a few cabbies motors, one has done just over 450K. He has had cambelts, services and brakes, lots of boots, two aircon problems and thats it.

 

Pretty reliable from his point of view and a total loss from mine :unsure:

 

 

 

 

LB

[pin]

Thats astonishing really, cabbies do hammer cars, 450k is a hell of a long way :unsure:

[lurcherboy]

Thats astonishing really, cabbies do hammer cars, 450k is a hell of a long way

 

You thats amazing? The merc diesels go longer without major surgery. Bloody jermins :unsure:

 

 

 

 

LB

[Country_est]

On the lines of an estate and mixing with 4x4 dont forget that VW do the Passat in a 4x4 1.9 diesel. From when we looked at a lot better than the skoda for its size as the skoda had a very slopey roof loosing a lot of estate space.

 

Got a 54 variant eairler this year for th 11.5k mark your looking at.

 

real vw quaility without skoda depreciation....

 

 

Trev.

[pin]

You thats amazing? The merc diesels go longer without major surgery. Bloody jermins :unsure:

 

To me it is, someone in the game like you wouldn't be so easily impressed. I have never owned a car with more than 60k on it, thats usually enough the way I drive, trust me

 

For some reason I had this mental block in my head around 200k, in that cars didn't last much beyond that. I guess I see the odd car nocking about like really old granadas that must have been to the moon and back. Never really thought about it much, when I saw that number I was like !!!

 

You learn something new every day

[lurcherboy]

 

You thats amazing? The merc diesels go longer without major surgery. Bloody jermins :unsure:

 

To me it is, someone in the game like you wouldn't be so easily impressed. I have never owned a car with more than 60k on it, thats usually enough the way I drive, trust me

 

For some reason I had this mental block in my head around 200k, in that cars didn't last much beyond that. I guess I see the odd car nocking about like really old granadas that must have been to the moon and back. Never really thought about it much, when I saw that number I was like !!!

 

You learn something new every day

 

There was a test done on a BMW E36 that travelled 1,000,000 on a test track driving 24/7. The manufactuers services were carried out as per the their schedule. When the engine was stripped down and the parts measured there was no signs of discernible wear. The car was run on fully synthetic oil.

 

You don't need to use fully synthetic oil but regular oil and filter changes are the way to go.

 

I serviced a Vauxhall corsa 3 cylinder last week for a new customer that was rattling like a can of nails. When I questioned the owner about his maintenance schedule he told me he didn't trust garages so he hadn't had it serviced for 3 or so years

 

Not sure why he came to me.

 

 

 

LB

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There was a test done on a BMW E36 that travelled 1,000,000 on a test track driving 24/7. The manufactuers services were carried out as per the their schedule. When the engine was stripped down and the parts measured there was no signs of discernible wear. The car was run on fully synthetic oil.

 

You don't need to use fully synthetic oil but regular oil and filter changes are the way to go.

 

Indeed. I have always changed my oil / filter / air filter / plugs etc a lot sooner and more regularly than required and it has served me well. I used to be a propper nutter and drive a lot harder than most people (where safe). See previous about mishaps

 

I always tended to use Mobil1 by reputation. In the evo I used mobil1 and changed it every 2500miles. It did need it too :unsure:

[lurcherboy]

 

There was a test done on a BMW E36 that travelled 1,000,000 on a test track driving 24/7. The manufactuers services were carried out as per the their schedule. When the engine was stripped down and the parts measured there was no signs of discernible wear. The car was run on fully synthetic oil.

 

You don't need to use fully synthetic oil but regular oil and filter changes are the way to go.

 

Indeed. I have always changed my oil / filter / air filter / plugs etc a lot sooner and more regularly than required and it has served me well. I used to be a propper nutter and drive a lot harder than most people (where safe). See previous about mishaps

 

I always tended to use Mobil1 by reputation. In the evo I used mobil1 and changed it every 2500miles. It did need it too

 

 

You spunked some money there then Pin, that stuff does 20,000 mls without breaking down.

 

Could have had enough saved for your insurance :unsure:

 

 

 

LB

[old rooster]

Just got to reiterate that all you froggy car bashers are talking out of your backsides, take a look at how many are used by cabbies and how many do mega mileage. Peugeot have for many years made the best turbo diesel engines on the market. How many do you see broken down on the hard shoulder of the motorway ?

 

German cars may have been the dogs nuts at one point but they are riding a declining reputation so if you just want to pay over the odds it's your choice. Didn't the wonderful people at Mercedes design a little "A" class vehicle that got into production only to be withdrawn because they kept falling over !!!, now that is a deffo case of "foreskin pork teknic"

 

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[lurcherboy]

Just got to reiterate that all you froggy car bashers are talking out of your backsides, take a look at how many are used by cabbies and how many do mega mileage. Peugeot have for many years made the best turbo diesel engines on the market. How many do you see broken down on the hard shoulder of the motorway ?

 

German cars may have been the dogs nuts at one point but they are riding a declining reputation so if you just want to pay over the odds it's your choice. Didn't the wonderful people at Mercedes design a little "A" class vehicle that got into production only to be withdrawn because they kept falling over !!!, now that is a deffo case of "foreskin pork teknic"

 

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LB

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I stand by my decsion to put vanity before function :unsure:

[lurcherboy]

I stand by my decsion to put vanity before function :unsure:

 

 

Sowould I if I had a Ducati mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

 

 

 

LB

[pin]

I stand by my decsion to put vanity before function :unsure:

 

 

Sowould I if I had a Ducati mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

LB

 

I think the 695 is a work of art, mmmm

[lurcherboy]

I stand by my decsion to put vanity before function :unsure:

 

 

Sowould I if I had a Ducati mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

LB

 

I think the 695 is a work of art, mmmm

 

 

I will have to pass on that one Pin.

 

 

LB

[pin]

I will have to pass on that one Pin.

 

Phillistine :unsure:

 

I don't like bikes, wrong number of wheels and no seat. However, those are nice.

 

None of this fairing ****, bike, wheels, job done

[lurcherboy]

 

I will have to pass on that one Pin.

 

Phillistine

 

I don't like bikes, wrong number of wheels and no seat. However, those are nice.

 

None of this fairing ****, bike, wheels, job done

 

Not as nice as a Ducati though Pin? You know it don't you? Might be able to do second place with the Augusta, but it ain't the same as a DOOK!!!!!!!!!!!

 

 

***** :unsure:

 

 

LB

[mossy835]

i change my oil and filter once a year.

[old rooster]

I stand by my decsion to put vanity before function

 

 

Sowould I if I had a Ducati mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

 

 

 

LB

 

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