Newer Cars!?

[Toms306]

Kent actually speaks alot of sence tom,

personally id look out for an older derv that some granny has owned, I.E dums old estate, an older much cheper derv on say a 52 plate thats done 40k for say £2k has got to be better than say a 58 plate derv with 50-60k for £7-8k ??

Then as kent says save the chance of a few grand for later on in life?

Not sure where you're gonna find any diesel with 40k on a 52 plate for only £2k lol, but I do kinda see your point yeah. However I had a 52plate diesel with full VW service history and stuff for £2k....with 128k miles which was clearly shit lol, but the point is, there aren't any cheap diesels on that kind of milage.

I thought the Nad was a perfect car...basic, very cheap to run (tyres, tax, consumable parts) and what's the worst that can happen? It throws a rod and destroys the engine. New one can be in in less than a day and will cost tops £150 and most of that would be fluids!

Nah I hated the NAD. I actually dreaded going out in it. I couldn't go out in any sort of weather - rain it would lock up as soon as you touched the brakes, wind it'd be all over the place, sun would burn through the sunroof! And I was constantly worrying about what was broken all the time, which tbh was most things lol. It looked shit, drove shit, was uncomfortable and noisy and I kept putting off going out in it unless I really had to, which didn't really help other things much in all honesty. Then the driveshaft broke, which they all seem to on those...it cost like £50 to replace!! Would've been cheaper to replace the shaft on the Golf!* And the broken glowplug that I couldn't get out and made it start/run like shit when cold...my Nan wasn't impressed at all with that in her street!


*The golf has bolted driveshafts, so you dont lose a load of expensive gearbox oil when changing the shaft.

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The answer to this problem you have is not a new car its therapy

I wouldn't disagree.

But I cant get there either without a car!!