FOAK: Car advice needed

The incident of which I've just posted had me whacking the offside
front wheel against the kerb of a central bollard/keep left sign.

 

I was attempting to eject some chewing gum, that had stuck to my
fingers, out of the window. I should have just spat it out.

 

This was a What Car thread and you said "I had to talk F into
considering a Focus" which sounds like a previous event.
And no, Scottish is subtly different.

 

Ah yes... that would make a difference.

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JackH

98 Honda VFR800FiW
05 Sachs Madass
03 VW Passat TDI Sport
89 Vauxhall Nova 1.3 Pearl

 

Haven't you realised yet that Hog is getting confused between your
girlfriend "F" and the male "Alex F", ex-poster, Shrek-lookalike, and
uber-fit roadie?

 

Tell us which one has the firmer Buns

 

<narrows eyes>

 

That's how the thread reads to me.

 

"Get back in the closet, you nasty shirtlifting type!"

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JackH

98 Honda VFR800FiW
05 Sachs Madass
03 VW Passat TDI Sport
89 Vauxhall Nova 1.3 Pearl

 

I've been monitoring Piston~Heads for cheap Boxsters.

Seen a 2006(iirc) 987 S, all the toys, very good spec, for £21500 which
is about £3.5k under normal, it sold within hours.

Saw a 2007 3.4S tiptronic yesterday for £25995, about £3~£4 under the
usual price.

It looks like the odd person thats been made redundant having to sell
their toys quick.

There is an overall price reduction, but its small and slow.

 

Yep.

I must admit, like a few others, I'm very tempted with the low interest
rate to go out and buy a new[1] bike or car.

It's not a proper recession, but if the banks want to loan us money for
next to nothing, who am I to complain?
(isn't that how we got into this "mess" in the first place?)



[1] New to me, I'd never buy a properly new car. Bikes are fair game
though, don't cost enough to be crippled by depreciation.

 

<wipes grin from face after B road circular tour[1]>

Much better, but not enough to totally gain my confidence yet. Getting
them up to temperature seemed to help a bit. I do like jaunts on weekday
afternoons. Not much traffic and few dawdlers.



[1] Totally dry roads, wet roads and raining hard, mud and leaves plus
the odd small branch, some very bumpy bits[2]. Some of the locals no
their roads very well and make impressive progress in fairly unlikely
vehicles. If WUN wasn't safely in the south I could have believed he was
at the wheel of a Rav4 I was following at one point.

[2] In fact, it looks a weeny bit saggy at the right hand back corner
now

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| Pete Fisher at Home: |
| Voxan Roadster Gilera Nordwest * 2 Yamaha WR250Z |
| Gilera GFR * 2 Moto Morini 2C/375 Morini 350 "Forgotten Error" |
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FFS. The locals might even *know* the roads. Brain softened by hard
suspension joggling.

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| Pete Fisher at Home: |
| Voxan Roadster Gilera Nordwest * 2 Yamaha WR250Z |
| Gilera GFR * 2 Moto Morini 2C/375 Morini 350 "Forgotten Error" |
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I'm not convinced the rate will stay low all that long because they'll
only keep it up until they drag the RPI figure back down to a level
where inflation looks better than it really is.

 

There is a school of thought that inflation will undershoot the 2%
target, in which case rates would need to stay low.

Only time will tell.

 

To be fair, that's not quite how it goes to be fair. Usually someone
suggests something else, and then JackH an SteveH shout at them about how
shit their choice is till they go away, then JackH says how much of a
'devestatingly effective cross country weapon' his Passat is!

;-)

 

you silly old duffer

<pats trusty Avon branded pencil gauge>

first check I make if things feel wrong

 

****, I didn't realise SteveL had one of them (he's been in my kf for
many years).

<Posts 'for sale' ad for R36>

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One careful owner?

 

In the grand tradition, SEAT Leon. My Cupra's a hoot but my mum's got a
plain old 1.6 on (I think) an 06 plate and she rates it. In budget,
too.