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Post by Humph on Jan 4, 2022 14:22:17 GMT
I’m feeling similarly about the Merc, but for different reasons, I’ve long since forgotten about what it cost to buy, it does everything I need and want, and so far, it does that without problems.
Just can’t think of any kind of reason to replace it. Even if it did need something fixing at some point I’d not be too bothered. I just like it, it ticks all my boxes.
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Post by Alanović on Jan 4, 2022 14:23:52 GMT
Well yeah if I didn't owe significant money on the Civic still I'd not be thinking about it. It would just be a keeper.
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Post by Humph on Jan 4, 2022 14:32:16 GMT
Well, I guess you could just sell it and try to live without it or anything else for a while (now that you have the Corolla as a backup car to the Leaf) and reset the piggy bank a bit.
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Post by Alanović on Jan 4, 2022 14:40:51 GMT
Aye, could do, could do...don't wanna but could do...
Sigh. Life.
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Post by EspadaIII on Jan 4, 2022 14:42:33 GMT
Just discovered the Punto needs a gearbox driveshaft seal. A slight drip of oil onto the path.. Turns out it is the same problem as we had on the other side in the Summer of 2019 I think it was and we were about to go to the Lakes with the Merc and the Punto. Anyway the fix is a £20 seal and an hours labour. Not bad and the car still drives wonderfully given its age and history.
Mind you if the F-i-L ever wanted to sell the Ignis, I might be interested Humph...
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Post by Humph on Jan 4, 2022 14:48:26 GMT
Don’t then Al, and try not to dwell on it, it’s actually ok to indulge yourself in small ways. The things you’ll get to do by keeping and using it for what it’s good at will create and be memories for much longer than any savings you’d make by not.
Can’t take your money with you as they say.
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Post by Humph on Jan 4, 2022 14:50:24 GMT
Just discovered the Punto needs a gearbox driveshaft seal. A slight drip of oil onto the path.. Turns out it is the same problem as we had on the other side in the Summer of 2019 I think it was and we were about to go to the Lakes with the Merc and the Punto. Anyway the fix is a £20 seal and an hours labour. Not bad and the car still drives wonderfully given its age and history. Mind you if the F-i-L ever wanted to sell the Ignis, I might be interested Humph... There is currently a bit of a queue for that car. My son is quite near the front. 😉
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Post by Alanović on Jan 4, 2022 14:53:44 GMT
Don’t then Al, and try not to dwell on it, it’s actually ok to indulge yourself in small ways. The things you’ll get to do by keeping and using it for what it’s good at will create and be memories for much longer than any savings you’d make by not. Can’t take your money with you as they say. Yeah we're curently musing over what to do for summer hols. One option is the villa in the south of France we rented in 2020, and that'd be a driving expedition. Civic is a great holiday car. Other option is, somewhat differently, a trip to South Korea and possibly Japan into the bargain. Bit nervous booking that though given Covid risks and costs. But we have a 2 year window to visit Korea whilst some rellies are there, won't get the opportunity again. All a bit mind boggling to think about given we barely leave the borough these days.
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Post by Humph on Jan 4, 2022 15:01:08 GMT
They eat rotted cabbage there you know. I think so anyway. Couldn’t be doing with all that. French eat some odd stuff too mind, but not that.
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Post by Alanović on Jan 4, 2022 15:06:32 GMT
We all fell in love with Korean cuisine at a restaurant in Brisbane in 2018, which we happened upon by accident. There are two restaurants here in Reading, it's an amazing cuisine. I am a bit careful with Japanese cuisine though, I have a shellfish intolerance which makes me quite ill so I'll have to be sure what I'm eating if I go there.
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Post by Humph on Jan 4, 2022 15:17:44 GMT
Quite a long time ago now, I found myself at a Vietnamese barbecue in New York. I don’t normally drink, but I think I must have that night because I can’t remember why or how I got there and indeed in the company of some Californians of Mexican extraction who were, I think very nice if a little bit loud. There was a barbecue set into the centre of each table and I remember having to cook my own meat. It was a long night, punctuated by a Vietnamese karaoke as I recall. Couldn’t begin to tell you where it was, somewhere near Greenwich Village I think, but I do know it took me a long time to walk back to my hotel just in time to check out. Seem to think I enjoyed it anyway.
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Post by bpg on Jan 4, 2022 15:25:56 GMT
There was a restaurant/pub that had tables with grills in the centre near DEC Solent training centre in the early/mid-90s. 'The Chilean' may recall better if he spent any time there. I was only at Solent once for, I think, one of the VAX cluster management courses I did with DEC.
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Post by Rob on Jan 4, 2022 21:50:01 GMT
Wow - why do you keep it?? Is it not worth simply avoiding the MoT, insurance and maintenance costs and use taxis? Why keep it? Because it's cheaper than taxis for what she uses for it. And one of the journeys is for a swim and that would be at least £14 return in a taxi and she'd not take a taxi with wet hair or no makeup on the way home. But with only that £14+/week that would be a lot more (£728) than the Seicento. She usually cycles to work but if the weather is bad she will take the car - not so easily planned for because she might need to change plans in the last few minutes at home so a taxi no good. And occasionally she has to go further to another library so cannot then cycle. She then uses for going to shops. etc. So worth keeping it especially with costs.... ...Annual insurance with breakdown cover (home location included) with SDCP plus business with me as a named driver is about £200. So with MOT that is say £250 pa plus petrol plus anything else. Yes needed a battery towards the start of 2021 but that will last a few years. And then in a few months it will be the only car for a while whilst I decide what I will do. Maybe we can manage and get to Greece for a longer period as has been planned for ages.
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Post by dixinormus on Jan 5, 2022 20:45:50 GMT
A bought-and-paid-for car, particularly a smaller/cheaper one is probably worth keeping as long as you can. Much less hassle than organising taxis, rental cars, etc when you need to. Servicing and insurance don’t cost much in the bigger scheme of things. Probably why you keep the Punto Esp.
Umm, so why am I selling my A1..?? 😂🤔
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Post by Humph on Jan 6, 2022 12:18:25 GMT
A bought-and-paid-for car, particularly a smaller/cheaper one is probably worth keeping as long as you can. Much less hassle than organising taxis, rental cars, etc when you need to. Servicing and insurance don’t cost much in the bigger scheme of things. Probably why you keep the Punto Esp. Umm, so why am I selling my A1..?? 😂🤔 By accident or design, we have often had one car too many at a time. I’ve tended to just keep things that have no appreciable value if they still work. Kept one of the old Mondeo estates kicking around for years until it seemed like time to move it on. Bit of a fools errand in all truth but I quite like having a spare hack around the place. If I ever get around to treating myself to a new “work” car I’d be likely just to keep the one I have now as well just as a back up. Should really have kept the Qashqai too I suppose, there was nothing wrong with it.
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