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Post by Deleted on Aug 10, 2020 8:16:45 GMT
I'm sure it wouldn't be the end of the world, but if you're going to learn, might as well get a licence which doesn't restrict you unnecessarily. There are quite a few "yes but what if" arguments, enough to convince me that it's not really worth dodging manuals. Seems to me getting an auto-only licence is still a self-imposed encumbrance for zero tangible benefit. I mean, for example, she wouldn't be able to drive your son's car. Or he'd have to change his car to accommodate her.
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Post by Humph on Aug 10, 2020 8:36:12 GMT
I suspect, that her not being able to drive his car might actually hold some attractions to him...
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Post by Deleted on Aug 10, 2020 10:38:36 GMT
Until he fancies 5 pints one night....
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Post by EspadaIII on Aug 10, 2020 11:15:04 GMT
I'm with Al on this. The time when you really really need to drive a car, you're not able to..
Espadrille was insistent on this with the boys and will be so with daughter.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 28, 2020 9:21:24 GMT
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Post by EspadaIII on Aug 28, 2020 9:27:21 GMT
That is a greeat deal. Very tempted to swap the Punto for it despite being a decade older and 30,000 miles more.
Love the plastic alloy style weheel covers.
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Post by dixinormus on Aug 28, 2020 16:50:30 GMT
It’s still way overpriced though isn’t it? It’s a tidy old car that very few people actually loved. Maybe 1200 quid tops, to a Fiat enthusiast? And other than Al, are there (m)any such people?!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2020 10:12:20 GMT
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Post by EspadaIII on Sept 9, 2020 10:28:24 GMT
I had one of those as my company car. K-reg it was in 1993 I think. It was a comfortable car with great economy and reasonable performance. Good for longer distances. A colleague got a ZX instead, which was a more enjoyable car to drive but didn't last as long.
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Post by EspadaIII on Sept 9, 2020 10:32:09 GMT
Result....
The boys are covered by a fleet policy which does not permit them to commute to University. This affects son #2 more as he goes in more frequently each week and the public transport options are not ideal. I rang LV who insure mine and Espadrille's cars and they wanted £5,500 to add his Captur to the policy and for him to only drive that car and not the Merc or the Mini.
So I tried online... Admiral offered £865 with a black box or £1,065 without. His driving is OK so we have gone with the black box cover. The fleet cover was almost £2,000 as well, so a nice saving and better cover to boot.
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Post by WDB on Sept 9, 2020 12:43:15 GMT
To save others clicking (as I wish Vić would) it’s a 1994 Astra 1.6 — with the then-new V-grille that marked Vauxhall’s descent into self-parody. My 1993 Astra had a nice 1.4 engine and was a prettier colour than that one, but that’s all I can find good to say about it. It found two local owners after I offloaded it, so I had to move house to avoid walking past it on the way to the shops. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2020 12:48:32 GMT
 thought that would wring some anti-Vauxhallism out of you! I quite liked that era of the marque, I drove a few as hire/company cars. Found them perfectly capable and decent. They were as robust as anything else mass manufactured at the time. Was a time when a 2.0 Cavalier was quite the thing in my book.
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Post by WDB on Sept 9, 2020 13:11:55 GMT
Indeed! I wish I’d bought a used Cavalier instead of a new Astra.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2020 13:49:06 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Sept 11, 2020 14:56:37 GMT
Just had a visit from a friend of the missus, who wanted to chat about electric cars. She's thinking about getting one to replace her current jalopy. Purchased brand new by her good self, it's a 53 plate Ford Fusion, manual petrol - I think it's a 1.4 but can't be certain and she doesn't seem sure herself. Anyway, one owner from new, service history, never been in an accident. It's silver. I didn't want to ask her too much about it, as that wasn't the point of the visit. I talked her through the pros and cons of electric cars and let her have a go in the Leaf. The financial case for her to buy one is marginal, when compared to, say a brand new Toyota Aygo, which is the other type of car she's considering, but she's a bit hippy dippy and save the planet, and thinks electric cars are a "good thing". Without going in to her needs in to much detail, I said that if she wants an electric, then by all means get one, and I'd advise a Renault Zoe or Nissan Leaf in 40kwh flavour, which are both in or around her budget (she wanted to spend max £15k, cash).
Anyway, I wonder if the lad would be seen dead in a Ford Fusion? If I could get her to sell it to me for £500 I'd be delighted.
Hmm.
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thought that would wring some anti-Vauxhallism out of you! I quite liked that era of the marque, I drove a few as hire/company cars. Found them perfectly capable and decent. They were as robust as anything else mass manufactured at the time. Was a time when a 2.0 Cavalier was quite the thing in my book.