cars - who owns one? (1 Viewer)

[broken arm]

do you?

 

[maims bond]

1998 Ford Mondeo 1.6 litre.

I don't use it for work, mainly for outings at the weekend and for travelling home (Cork to Sligo is 7 hours by public transport, 4.5 hours by car). I'm expecting a guilt trip here.

Incidentally, myself and the missus went to the Jameson Experience in Midleton on Friday last. I thought about driving but reckoned it was only 30 mins on the bus and I was also aware that i'd be doing some delicious whiskey tasting. The bus on the way out was 15 mins late arriving. On the way back we were an hour at the stop before it came. I thought things had improved in recent times...obviously not.

 

[rettucs]

yes.

I'm ashamed to say.

 

[Froog]

i pretend my bicycle is a motorbike when i'm drunk.

 

[Thebeard]

I drive this:

 

[maims bond]

I drive this:

nice alloys.

 

[dleacht]

I own one, why?

 

[Super Dexta]

i drive a 1.4l 02 skoda fabia, I love it, i go everywhere in it, even to the shop at the end of the road, it cuts a ~45min walk to work down to ten minutes, and it's economical enough to run.

 

[Reets]

Deawoo tacuma 1.8, big ol' family car.
my sister cant drive and i have her kids for a while most days, so i needed something that'd fit 3 kids seats. far too big for just the two of us but i feel a hell of a lot safer in it then i did with my old fiat punto.

 

[quasiquasi]

Nope.

 

[evil bandit]

I drive a manly 1999 1.3 litre FIAT Punto.

 

[Thebeard]

nice alloys.

That's not an actual shot of my car, but my alloys are similar.

 

[Mormon Nailer]

i drive a 1.4l 02 skoda fabia, I love it, i go everywhere in it, even to the shop at the end of the road, it cuts a ~45min walk to work down to ten minutes, and it's economical enough to run.

Skodas are the job.

I have a 1.6FSI Ocatavia

 

[broken arm]

I own one, why?

herself really needs one for work (not commuting but essential but occasional use) and having resisted owning one on political/socio/environmental/practical grounds for a long time this is a bit of a step out of the norm.

and I'm wondering what peoples experiences are of buying cars these days.

 

[Super Dexta]

and I'm wondering what peoples experiences are of buying cars these days.

so far it's been: buy car -> quality of life improves by approx. ONE MILLION PER CENT

 

[broken arm]

for example -

The price of new cars over here has dropped massively but the prices of used cars that are small/efficient etc are staying the same or going up.

there is a small car we were looking at and the used 2006 17,000 miles version is 4 grand but the new 2009 version has dropped by £2500 and is only one grand more than the used one.

do we pay more?

I feel unwell even talking about this

 

[ratmonkey]

How occasional is occasional? It might work out handier to rent a car when it's needed depending on how frequently it'd be used.

 

[broken arm]

so far it's been: buy car -> quality of life improves by approx. ONE MILLION PER CENT

any time we needed a car we just hired one. usually about a tenner a day over here

 

[broken arm]

How occasional is occasional? It might work out handier to rent a car when it's needed depending on how frequently it'd be used.

ya. that is what we do at the moment but it's not practical for her job.

 

[dleacht]

Cars are much cheaper at the moment. I bought mine over a year ago in the UK and got a great deal. I got a 1.4 Peugeot 206 with only 39k miles for £2200 only cost me 750euro import so overall saved about a grand euro. Plus the car was in great condition. I think pretty much everyone I know buying a car lately has gone north. There's a revenue calculator below to see how much the difference to bring it in will be
https://www.ros.ie/VRTEnquiryServlet/showVRT