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Post by Deleted on Mar 22, 2022 15:49:52 GMT
Yeah. Still umming and ahhing. This might well be the best value motor money can buy at the moment (disregarding ULEZs): www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202203163624572Again it's a do-you-feel-lucky-punk, but at least there is no air suspension and brake system expensive thing. Looks honest and the MOT history is good. |
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Post by Humph on Mar 22, 2022 16:09:35 GMT
I think it was around 2008 that they stopped making them as rust prone.
Worth a Google though. But, apart from that, it looks good.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 22, 2022 16:16:32 GMT
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Post by Humph on Mar 22, 2022 16:24:31 GMT
I know why they’ve painted the wheels black, (they’re very prone to getting tatty ) but they look bloody awful don’t they?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 22, 2022 16:26:06 GMT
Yes.
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Post by bpg on Mar 22, 2022 16:29:22 GMT
That is an awful lot of beige. And yes, those wheels are wrong, wrong, wrong. The first time I've seen black wheels on a car and thought no.
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Post by Humph on Mar 22, 2022 17:36:15 GMT
Question for the honourable members ( re the above sort of )
The wheels on my Merc are all showing signs of age. Corrosion mainly.
Anyway, they are two tone black and silver diamond cut jobbies. To get them restored as original would be about £90 each or to get them done up but just plain silver or something, (black even?) would be about £60 each. Or I could do nothing given the high mileage.
Worth bothering? And if so, cheap option or not?
New set of wheels would be nice, but even more money of course.
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Post by bpg on Mar 22, 2022 17:52:27 GMT
If I remember correctly your car is silver, anything in a light colour silver or maybe get them powder coated for extra protection a darker shade of silver.
Black wheels on a silver car is too much contrast especially on bigger cars with button sized rims. Bigger rims on cars with tiny brakes looks odd too.
Blue and red cars look OK with black wheels.
I wouldn't bother with diamond cut, it is not durable, the lacquer cracks and water gets in behind it.
My two cents for what it's worth.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 22, 2022 18:00:42 GMT
>>Worth bothering? And if so, cheap option or not?
Get the most robust coating you can get without paying extra for pretty. I wouldn't do nothing since the wheels will eventually make the whole car look tatty, and that might stand in the way of you keeping it for as long as is sensible. It'd also make a difference to it's saleability, if not it's value.
>>The wheels on my Merc are all showing signs of age. Corrosion mainly.
Interesting word "mainly".
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Post by Rob on Mar 22, 2022 18:49:57 GMT
I think I'd either leave them or go with a good solid silver coating. I would not pay extra for the dual tone.
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Post by Humph on Mar 22, 2022 20:29:02 GMT
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Post by bpg on Mar 22, 2022 20:48:58 GMT
I'd probably just leave it as it is unless they are particularly annoying you.
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Post by Humph on Mar 22, 2022 21:52:21 GMT
Not really to be honest, it’s a workhorse after all. Just having a ponder really. It gets a lot of use and not a lot of cleaning. I keep on top of services, tyres etc but otherwise it’s not mollycoddled.
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Post by bpg on Mar 23, 2022 0:11:38 GMT
I'm not really surprised the used car market prices have shot up when you look at new car prices.
I had a few idle moments today and spec'd up a new Golf R estate, €67,5k list
A new Focus ST automatic estate €49.5k list, that's gone up €2k since I got mine in 2020.
Suddenly, electric cars are not so expensive.
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Post by dixinormus on Mar 23, 2022 6:58:54 GMT
Most buyers don’t buy cars upfront these days; it’s all leasing, HP or PCP. If their next car costs 50 quid a month more over 3 years with a bigger balloon payment at the end will they notice or even care?
Maybe higher interest rates will have more of an impact on new car sales?
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