Author Topic: What Car Do You Own/Drive? (Read 486695 times)

trenchtownrasta · « **Reply #4080 on:** February 13, 2015, 02:19:17 am »

Currently driving an 04 mk5 golf and am due to start a new job on Tuesday offering a car allowance or car and a fuel card. I pay about £900 for insurance at the moment and I am seriously contemplating going down the company car route just so I can be Billy 'new car'. The only thing that stops me is that My balance would definitely be healthier with the allowance than the car.
The way I see it:
Allowance (salary + allowance + fuel) subject to tax. - (car + depreciation + maintenance + insurance)
Vs
Car (Salary subject to tax) - (yearly car value subject to tax)

Just writing this up to consolidate my thoughts and with a faint hope that someone is going through the same dilemma.

Roady · « **Reply #4081 on:** February 13, 2015, 07:55:32 pm »

Can anybody advise me on what mpg i may get driving conservatively in a golf 2.8 v6? Would i be foolish to buy it.its a trustworthy mates from work.2002 plate.in good nick too.id probably drive a maximum of 70 miles a week on average basically taking the car the train station for work and a bit of running around of A weekend but not much.maybe once a month a drive up to the lake district.

Phil M · « **Reply #4082 on:** February 13, 2015, 07:56:31 pm »

Quote from: Roady on February 13, 2015, 07:55:32 pm

Can anybody advise me on what mpg i may get driving conservatively in a golf 2.8 v6? Would i be foolish to buy it.its a trustworthy mates from work.

Without trying to sound smart, surely your mate would be able to tell you this?

Roady · « **Reply #4083 on:** February 13, 2015, 08:07:35 pm »

Yes but she drives like a lunatic mate and gets about 23 mpg out of it.shes also stuck in a lot of traffic etc doing the school run etc.mines an easy 6 mile round trip to the station each day and then a few trips at the weekend

L666KOP · « **Reply #4084 on:** February 13, 2015, 08:28:43 pm »

Quote from: Roady on February 13, 2015, 08:07:35 pm

Yes but she drives like a lunatic mate and gets about 23 mpg out of it.shes also stuck in a lot of traffic etc doing the school run etc.mines an easy 6 mile round trip to the station each day and then a few trips at the weekend

23mpg sounds pretty good for a 13 year 2.8 that she 'drives like a lunatic'.

If you do 100 miles a week it will cost you about 20 quid.

Roady · « **Reply #4085 on:** February 16, 2015, 10:05:38 pm »

Any views or has anyone got a mazda 3?

TheMissionary · « **Reply #4086 on:** February 17, 2015, 09:59:33 pm »

This isn't about my car.......

Does anyone know what Brendan drives? I'll explain. Leaving Portsmouth last Sunday evening at about half eight I was left standing at successive traffic lights by a dark grey BMW with blacked out windows all round and a number plate which read BC55 LFC (with the fixing screw in the gap in the C to make it look like an O) and on the left where there is often the european/english/welsh/scottish flag there was a liverbird with writing around too small for me to read. Any ideas anyone?

CraigDS · « **Reply #4087 on:** February 17, 2015, 10:04:26 pm »

He was given a Porsche Panamera by the club when he joined, not sure if he still has it or not.

I doubt he'd have that number plate though either way.

TepidT2O · « **Reply #4088 on:** February 17, 2015, 10:04:52 pm »

I've seen BC55 CFC driving about (a gold Bentley) on the M4, which I assume is Maureen.

exiledintheUSA · « **Reply #4089 on:** February 17, 2015, 10:12:46 pm »

Quote from: Roady on February 16, 2015, 10:05:38 pm

Any views or has anyone got a mazda 3?

Had a 3Speed a few years ago, was an excellent car, very good handling for a smaller car with a good bit of umph behind it. Alas, it got destroyed in an accident.

CraigDS · « **Reply #4090 on:** February 17, 2015, 10:13:53 pm »

Quote from: Tepid water on February 17, 2015, 10:04:52 pm

I've seen BC55 CFC driving about (a gold Bentley) on the M4, which I assume is Maureen.

His number plate is PR1CK

Paullfc95 · « **Reply #4091 on:** February 27, 2015, 02:29:35 pm »

I've got a 2001 corsa and one of the cylinders is misfiring. I've taken it into the garage and after looking into it they've said they suspect the valve(s?) are either burnt or broken.

So they said they'd need to strip down the engine to replace the valves or the other option is would be to get a whole new engine? Both situations at the cost of 'a few hundred pounds'.

Not sure what to do now at all, just need the car back on the road asap.

If anyone has got any advice/experience it would be much appreciated.

Roady · « **Reply #4092 on:** February 27, 2015, 10:26:59 pm »

Bought the mazda 3.fucking love it to be honest

CornerFlag · « **Reply #4093 on:** February 27, 2015, 10:30:34 pm »

Probably the last few days with my dying Saxo VTR. Lots of little things starting to go wrong with it now and money's short since moving in with the missus.

Motty · « **Reply #4094 on:** March 18, 2015, 08:32:50 pm »

Titi Camara · « **Reply #4095 on:** March 18, 2015, 09:26:07 pm »

Quote from: Roady on February 13, 2015, 07:55:32 pm

Can anybody advise me on what mpg i may get driving conservatively in a golf 2.8 v6? Would i be foolish to buy it.its a trustworthy mates from work.2002 plate.in good nick too.id probably drive a maximum of 70 miles a week on average basically taking the car the train station for work and a bit of running around of A weekend but not much.maybe once a month a drive up to the lake district.

Quote from: Roady on February 13, 2015, 08:07:35 pm

Yes but she drives like a lunatic mate and gets about 23 mpg out of it.shes also stuck in a lot of traffic etc doing the school run etc.mines an easy 6 mile round trip to the station each day and then a few trips at the weekend

Quote from: L666KOP on February 13, 2015, 08:28:43 pm

23mpg sounds pretty good for a 13 year 2.8 that she 'drives like a lunatic'.

If you do 100 miles a week it will cost you about 20 quid.

Mine's a 97 which I drive like a loon. £55 gets me about 240 miles

Did you buy it?

Motty · « **Reply #4096 on:** March 18, 2015, 09:29:21 pm »

Quote from: Titi Camara on March 18, 2015, 09:26:07 pm

Mine's a 97 which I drive like a loon. £55 gets me about 240 miles

Did you buy it?

Quote from: Roady on February 27, 2015, 10:26:59 pm

Bought the mazda 3.fucking love it to be honest

I get the feeling he didn't

Titi Camara · « **Reply #4097 on:** March 18, 2015, 09:34:27 pm »

Quote from: Shady Craig on March 18, 2015, 09:29:21 pm

I get the feeling he didn't

Ha ha fair play! Should be getting one of these any day now...just waiting for it to come into the garage...

...does anyone know anywhere reliable that does ECU remapping around Chester or the north west?

EDIT: Found somewhere just down the road

http://www.apmcustoms.co.uk/mapping/

anyone ever have any dealings with them?

Motty · « **Reply #4098 on:** March 18, 2015, 10:01:22 pm »

Very nice mate.

Titi Camara · « **Reply #4099 on:** March 18, 2015, 10:11:51 pm »

Quote from: Shady Craig on March 18, 2015, 10:01:22 pm

Very nice mate.

Cheers laaa

I've had to forego a decent/newish motor the last few years to allow me to buy a house.....to say I'm excited would be somewhat of an understatement

Twelfth Man · « **Reply #4100 on:** March 18, 2015, 10:24:27 pm »

GTi.

Phil M · « **Reply #4101 on:** March 18, 2015, 10:37:42 pm »

Quote from: Titi Camara on March 18, 2015, 09:34:27 pm

Ha ha fair play! Should be getting one of these any day now...just waiting for it to come into the garage...

...does anyone know anywhere reliable that does ECU remapping around Chester or the north west?

EDIT: Found somewhere just down the road

http://www.apmcustoms.co.uk/mapping/

anyone ever have any dealings with them?

I hate you. Although I wouldn't drive a red one myself.

Beautiful car and my next aswell.

Titi Camara · « **Reply #4102 on:** March 18, 2015, 10:40:03 pm »

Quote from: Phil M on March 18, 2015, 10:37:42 pm

I hate you. Although I wouldn't drive a red one myself. Beautiful car and my next aswell.

Originally wanted it in white or silver but I've rally warmed to the red!

Have you decided on your spec yet?

Alfa Romeo 159 TI (super important) 2.0 JTDm 16v 170bhp

Motty · « **Reply #4103 on:** March 18, 2015, 11:23:28 pm »

Quote from: Titi Camara on March 18, 2015, 10:11:51 pm

Cheers laaa

I've had to forego a decent/newish motor the last few years to allow me to buy a house.....to say I'm excited would be somewhat of an understatement

Hope the garage is closer to you than the one I got a car from ,9 hours of driving in one day, added to the stress of trying to buy the car was fucking knackering I can tell you

Crimson_Tank · « **Reply #4104 on:** March 19, 2015, 12:08:27 am »

Quote from: Titi Camara on March 18, 2015, 09:34:27 pm

Ha ha fair play! Should be getting one of these any day now...just waiting for it to come into the garage...

...does anyone know anywhere reliable that does ECU remapping around Chester or the north west?

EDIT: Found somewhere just down the road

http://www.apmcustoms.co.uk/mapping/

anyone ever have any dealings with them?

Oh how I love that car. I know Alfa's are polar opposites in reliability compaired to my Subaru, but gosh I would love to own one.

red_lfc_costello · « **Reply #4105 on:** March 19, 2015, 07:56:55 am »

Quote from: TheMissionary on February 17, 2015, 09:59:33 pm

This isn't about my car.......

Does anyone know what Brendan drives? I'll explain. Leaving Portsmouth last Sunday evening at about half eight I was left standing at successive traffic lights by a dark grey BMW with blacked out windows all round and a number plate which read BC55 LFC (with the fixing screw in the gap in the C to make it look like an O) and on the left where there is often the european/english/welsh/scottish flag there was a liverbird with writing around too small for me to read. Any ideas anyone?

I highly doubt any football manager would have that kinda thing as their plate. I like personalised plates but despise any that spell Boss ..... just seems a little sad to me!

rob1966 · « **Reply #4106 on:** March 19, 2015, 08:03:57 am »

Quote from: red_lfc_costello on March 19, 2015, 07:56:55 am

I highly doubt any football manager would have that kinda thing as their plate. I like personalised plates but despise any that spell Boss ..... just seems a little sad to me!

You'd also think someone with money would get a proper plate and not try and make something be something its not - that plate doesn't say BOSS its BC55.

Terry_Tibbs · « **Reply #4107 on:** March 19, 2015, 09:45:22 am »

In that Being Liverpool documentary series IIRC was driving a black Porsche Panamera plus I think there's some Youtube clips knocking about of him driving in it.

pw1008 · « **Reply #4108 on:** March 20, 2015, 02:48:48 pm »

Anyone have much experience with leasing cars. Just started looking into it and there are loads of different sites offering different deals.

I'm thinking of a Mercedes C Class which seems reasonable compared to BMW 3 and Audi

Can anyone recommend one or recommend ones to avoid? I'd probably be looking to do a personal one rather than put it through business to avoid any benefit in kind taxes.

Also when leasing cars how much say do you get in the spec of the car - dont want all the options but be nice to get a few but cant see any of that info on the sites.

boots · « **Reply #4109 on:** March 20, 2015, 05:06:36 pm »

Saab 93 Aero Auto. Not too bothered about cars. Cheap and comfy are my only requirements.

Buck Pete · « **Reply #4110 on:** March 20, 2015, 05:09:37 pm »

When i saw this thread bumped i really expected Sprouts or Crosby Nick to claim they drive a 1986 Capri

Quote from: boots on March 20, 2015, 05:06:36 pm

Saab 93 Aero Auto. Not too bothered about cars. Cheap and comfy are my only requirements.

Nice motor BTW. I always wanted the soft top of one of these but never made the plunge.

rob1966 · « **Reply #4111 on:** March 20, 2015, 06:41:32 pm »

Quote from: boots on March 20, 2015, 05:06:36 pm

Saab 93 Aero Auto. Not too bothered about cars. Cheap and comfy are my only requirements.

Tha Father in law offered to buy us a brand new car last week as he's just bought her brother one - we've got an '06 Astra with under 51,000 on it that does under 4k a year and has just breezed through its MOT so my wife said thanks, but we really dont need a new car, but we've been replacing the double glazing as we really need new windows and doors so we're getting them instead. To her a car is just a car, so long as it starts every morning and doesn't break down thats all she cares about.

to be honest, even if we had needed a car I wouldn't have had a new one, I'd have got a 10-12 month old one and let someone else take the initial depreciation hit.

Claire. · « **Reply #4112 on:** March 20, 2015, 06:43:10 pm »

Is there anyone who has a car on lease? Personal not business.
We've got a 12 year old Clio at the mo that does the job but sometime after summer we'll be after something like a Merc A class, Golf, a3 sort of car and wondering if anyone can share experiences of leases?

TepidT2O · « **Reply #4113 on:** March 20, 2015, 06:44:52 pm »

Quote from: Claire. on March 20, 2015, 06:43:10 pm

Is there anyone who has a car on lease? Personal not business.
We've got a 12 year old Clio at the mo that does the job but sometime after summer we'll be after something like a Merc A class, Golf, a3 sort of car and wondering if anyone can share experiences of leases?

Been great....

Just make sure your mileage is realistic so you don't get a huge excess bill at the end of the lease....

Claire. · « **Reply #4114 on:** March 20, 2015, 06:48:10 pm »

We've had this for 6 months and done 1,200 miles so won't be an issue. I don't drive and he's got a work van.

Any stories about handing them back and getting stung for wear and tear/minor damages. We've got a mentalist boxer dog, y'see.

TepidT2O · « **Reply #4115 on:** March 20, 2015, 06:51:23 pm »

Quote from: Claire. on March 20, 2015, 06:48:10 pm

We've had this for 6 months and done 1,200 miles so won't be an issue. I don't drive and he's got a work van.

Any stories about handing them back and getting stung for wear and tear/minor damages. We've got a mentalist boxer dog, y'see.

To be honest my last audi they agreed a settlement price over the phone with me without even seeing it.

They asked if it was in good nick, I said yes and they were happy. They didn't actually see it until I'd signed all the documents for the new car and had driven off in it.

I think the best thing is to go to a branch with a good reputation.

Mumm-Ra · « **Reply #4116 on:** March 20, 2015, 09:37:43 pm »

Just bought a 2005 Volvo 260 2.5T

Phil M · « **Reply #4117 on:** March 20, 2015, 09:45:29 pm »

Quote from: Titi Camara on March 18, 2015, 10:40:03 pm

Originally wanted it in white or silver but I've rally warmed to the red!

Have you decided on your spec yet?

Alfa Romeo 159 TI (super important) 2.0 JTDm 16v 170bhp

I have a 156 1.9 JTD Turismo mate but it's old now, have wanted a 159 ever since seeing one on the road. Think I'd get a black or that sort of charcoal grey type colour.
Not a fan of red cars myself but each to their own, anyway it's a beauty, enjoy it!

Dalglish1892 · « **Reply #4118 on:** March 21, 2015, 06:11:29 pm »

Picked up my Seat Leon FR on Thursday. It's the version with Active Cylinder Technology, which switches off two of the four cylinders when not accelerating, thus cutting fuel consumption. I got 56.9 MPG on my 12 mile commute to work yesterday driving sedately on a mix of roads and 47.8 after a more spirited drive home in sport mode. Pretty impressive stuff for a turbocharged petrol engine.

Not sure I'd pay the significant premium that comes with this car's VW/Audi stablemates again (I used to drive a Scirocco too). It's as good, if not better in many areas.

boots · « **Reply #4119 on:** March 23, 2015, 03:48:24 pm »

My Saab, a 57 plate, cost 4.5k for a 55k miler. Its leathers seats and electric everything, airbags everywhere. Ive had it 18mnths now and it went through the MOT cleanly. My previous was another 2nd hand Saab 900. Built like a tank. Had that since 33k miles and took it to 180k miles before I got the dead sea scrolls MOT and though fuck it, new car. Saabs are pretty good cars. Solid and reliable. I see little point in buying a new car and pissing away the depreciation when you can pick up good deals on a 2nd hand motor.

Bikes are my thing. I will buy a brand new bike and a 1299S Ducati will replace my 1198 later on this year.