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Post by Humph on Dec 22, 2019 7:25:38 GMT
Erm, how old is the car? Is it something you could just live with as a "battle scar" ?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 22, 2019 8:43:47 GMT
Do you have to take the car to a body shop for repair? If it's a small dent not on a seam a dentmaster man with a van may be able to pull it out. Do you have those in NZ?
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Post by dixinormus on Dec 22, 2019 9:10:02 GMT
That’s the irony, Backp, I very recently had 2 small supermarket trolley dings in the front wings fixed by a paintless dent repairer mobile chappie, to smarten up the car... Not looking so smart now...
I did think of leaving the new damage as a battle scar Humph; the car’s nearly 5 years old after all. But it’s done barely 40,000 miles, we bought it brand new and will probably keep it for another 5 more years. May as well look after it.
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Post by Humph on Dec 22, 2019 9:14:24 GMT
Aye fair enough, wasn't sure how old it was. Definitely worth fixing.
My wife's car has a few "memories" here and there. (She parks by touch) but it's nearly 12 years old now and has 80,000 miles, so it doesn't feel like it's worth spending much on it other than mechanical maintenance.
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Post by dixinormus on Dec 22, 2019 21:21:21 GMT
It’s a difficult car to love, the Outlander; it doesn’t do anything spectacularly well but it’s grown on me over time. Robust mechanicals, versatile, and inconspicuous on the roads here. (Mitsi have sold loads of cheaper petrol ones). Probably nothing better out there worth paying more for. I think the inoffensive styling should help it age well too. The current scuffed rear doesn’t!
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Post by tyrednexited on Dec 22, 2019 22:23:51 GMT
...well, the Christmas Cake is now caked. It's sitting around cooling off. Easy peasy. Can't understand all this fuss the womenfolk make  Just need to marzipan and ice it before the Day, now. Cake marzipaned and iced, and yule log baked, iced and chocolate coated. Mince pies sorted (though they're "mine" under normal circumstances, anyway). Also now got few more "stock" dishes for dinners (normally her's, but now not a mystery). Christmas dinner is also mine, as it has been for the last 30+ years. I'm beginning to think I've not lost the knack of learning new skills (though I'll probably have forgotten them by next week  ), and I'll possibly make someone a good wife. I'm knackered, though.  "Get Christmas Done!" |
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Post by WDB on Dec 23, 2019 7:15:04 GMT
... and I'll possibly make someone a good wife. If I sent you the wool...? |
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Post by tyrednexited on Dec 23, 2019 8:11:52 GMT
... and I'll possibly make someone a good wife. If I sent you the wool...? ....aaaah, the old "my mother made me a homosexual" joke. |
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Post by WDB on Dec 23, 2019 8:26:25 GMT
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Post by Humph on Dec 23, 2019 9:00:32 GMT
It’s a difficult car to love, the Outlander; it doesn’t do anything spectacularly well but it’s grown on me over time. Robust mechanicals, versatile, and inconspicuous on the roads here. (Mitsi have sold loads of cheaper petrol ones). Probably nothing better out there worth paying more for. I think the inoffensive styling should help it age well too. The current scuffed rear doesn’t! That's kind of how I feel about the Qashqai. Neither love it nor hate it. It's just an appliance, it has performed it's task of being a car pretty much faultlessly for years, but you'd never decide to just take it out for a drive for the fun of it. It is of course, primarily her car, and I don't drive it much, ( except when it needs petrol ) and it really is a jolly good all rounder, comfortable, reasonably spacious, easy to drive but that's about it. Oddly enough, I quite like to have a shot of the Aygo now and then. That's a car that shouldn't be fun, but it is. |
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Post by Avant on Dec 23, 2019 12:05:46 GMT
The Aygo is nippy, that's why. Probably not great on the motorway but that's not what it's for.
I seem to remember that Mrs Humph likes sitty-uppy, so it may be a bit of a search to find something combining those two. Not sure if when you replace the Cashcow you'll be buying new or secondhand, but Ford (Kuga, forthcoming Puma) and VAG (anything with the 1.4 or 1.5 TSI engine, provided it's not DSG) might be where to start. Or if she's into somethig smaller, the VAG 1.0 TSI is a good'un too - very lively and nippy if it's in a small car.
One more final thought - Suzuki Vitara 1.4. I've never tried one but that 'boosterjet' engine is well reviewed.
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Post by EspadaIII on Dec 23, 2019 12:36:24 GMT
We have five cars in our fleet. silly I know but mainly we have acquired them by accident rather than deliberately. - Mini Clubman 2.0 Diesel - good long distance cruiser but too tiring around town with a stiff cluthc pedal and heavy gearstick and steering. Espadrille loves it despite its faults.
- Mercedes E350Cdi - so much better at all jobs than the Mini both long distance or around town with lighter steering, automatic and being RWD, a great turning circle.
- Daihatsu Sirion auto - Dad's car, now mainly redundant and kept as a spare or if he comes back for a few weeks each year. a great town car being very nippy and auto. I miss heated mirrors but otherwise it is very good being spacious, great driving position and did I say nippy?
- Fiat Punto - old but mechanically in superb condition; another car I like to drive if I can't take the Merc
- Ranault Captur - I love the 3 cylinder thrum but after all the others, underpowered and needs the 1.2 instead of the 0.9 to change a good car into something that is really enjoyable.
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Post by Humph on Dec 23, 2019 13:32:29 GMT
Well, we've just come back from a bit of last minute Christmas shopping. Any notions of ever going back to a manual ( for me anyway ) have been completely banished from my thoughts. Took an hour just to get off a car park.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 23, 2019 13:46:26 GMT
Never say never and all that but what you describe Humph is why I would be extremely reluctant to return to the UK. The queues for anything and everything just drive me nuts. The link Rob posted the other day to a new build location 16 miles from Manchester City centre claiming it takes 45 minutes !  That would kill me for a commute. We took the C-Max mainly because we sit inside and don't have to look at it  and partly because it's an automatic. We left the house and back in a few minutes over an hour, full shop in one store and bits and pieces in two other shops. Vezy effizient in zat Chermanic vay. |
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Post by tyrednexited on Dec 23, 2019 15:41:33 GMT
Well, we've just come back from a bit of last minute Christmas shopping. Any notions of ever going back to a manual ( for me anyway ) have been completely banished from my thoughts. Took an hour just to get off a car park. ....bus pass next then, Humph?... |
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That would kill me for a commute.
and partly because it's an automatic. We left the house and back in a few minutes over an hour, full shop in one store and bits and pieces in two other shops. Vezy effizient in zat Chermanic vay.