AAA
10013 posts since 15/12/02
4 Apr 2010 14:16
Where else do they get 35k loans from? serious question
AAA
10013 posts since 15/12/02
4 Apr 2010 14:57
6thEdition wrote: get car on finance innit
Wouldnt be able to for the focus with the scenario given earlier. They dont do finance on 35k cards to people with 15k jobs
Mr X
7053 posts since 12/7/07
4 Apr 2010 15:54
That Focus RS is shit to look at but great to drive.
Even a car like that can cost you big to run. When I was test driving one a dealer told me there's 4 titanium spark plugs (may not have been spark plugs, can't remember the exact thing he said) that need replacing every 2 years and they're £500 each!
I think generally you're ok with 2 year old cars and low milage. Never buy anything older because it will cost you and the interiors are usually fucked. I once bought a set of Michellin Pilot Sport 2s for my TT and it was £200 a tyre, a dealer wanted to charge way more.
AAA
10013 posts since 15/12/02
4 Apr 2010 18:42
Mr X wrote: That Focus RS is shit to look at but great to drive.
Even a car like that can cost you big to run. When I was test driving one a dealer told me there's 4 titanium spark plugs (may not have been spark plugs, can't remember the exact thing he said) that need replacing every 2 years and they're £500 each!
I think generally you're ok with 2 year old cars and low milage. Never buy anything older because it will cost you and the interiors are usually fucked. I once bought a set of Michellin Pilot Sport 2s for my TT and it was £200 a tyre, a dealer wanted to charge way more.
What TT do you have?
Mr X
7053 posts since 12/7/07
4 Apr 2010 18:54
Had. Everyone here knows I drive a fiesta now. The audi was my second car I ever bought in 03' it was a year old 225bhp coupe in a dark silver. Got rid because everyone kept saying it was a hairdressers car so I sold it for 18k and bought a 2 year old beamer 330ci M sport cabriolet for 27k… everyone kept saying it was a hairdressers car too! Epic fail. I liked it but convertibles are bone shakers. Then I hit hard times and bought a new Fiesta in Sept '07.
Sorry if any FUKs have read that story 10 x before.
R
13315 posts since 17/5/03
4 Apr 2010 19:45
Mr X wrote: Had. Everyone here knows I drive a fiesta now. The audi was my second car I ever bought in 03' it was a year old 225bhp coupe in a dark silver. Got rid because everyone kept saying it was a hairdressers car so I sold it for 18k and bought a 2 year old beamer 330ci M sport cabriolet for 27k… everyone kept saying it was a hairdressers car too! Epic fail. I liked it but convertibles are bone shakers. Then I hit hard times and bought a new Fiesta in Sept '07.
Sorry if any FUKs have read that story 10 x before.
you sold 2 cos people said they were hairdressers cars
EVERS
8580 posts since 2/7/06
8 Apr 2010 22:27
anyone know about the reliability of saab convertibles? (abt 10 yr old)
AAA
10013 posts since 15/12/02
17 Apr 2010 21:57
Some mentalist keyed my birds car today. All round the side and the back while in a car park, he did a few other cars aswell.
Anyone know if this is covered under the cars warranty, or if its likely to be? The car is only 5 months old, if not is the only other route through insurance.
Its not a t-cut job
17 Apr 2010 22:05
no chance that it will be covered under the warranty
check if the insurance covers vandalism
17 Apr 2010 22:10
would the excess make it not worth it though?
We've only ever had second hand cars. The golf IV was a fucking piece of utter fucking shit, others have been fine though (2 mercs, 2 fords, a bmw and a peugeot)
AAA
10013 posts since 15/12/02
17 Apr 2010 22:13
Excess might be about £300. I reckon to get it sorted would probably cost more than that. Fucking shit, proper cunt thing to do, just found out he did 14 cars. Wrote cunt on one of them
