Author Topic: God, I hate this pile of shite (Read 27021 times)

midden · « **Reply #75 on:** 20 June 2014, 01:24:55 am »

Don't need another experience I have a fully working Fazer :p

slimwilly · « **Reply #76 on:** 20 June 2014, 06:20:39 am »

you can buy another mot.d runner for £250

ChristoT · « **Reply #77 on:** 20 June 2014, 07:54:59 am »

When I was last looking, the Peugeot was one of the cheapest around at £450. There are cheap cars out there, but nowt many that are within the realms of insurance reason.

Dave48 · « **Reply #78 on:** 20 June 2014, 08:50:21 am »

I can understand your frustration however.....
You have several options:-
1 Scrap Peugeot & let parents pay (loan?) for another car.
2 Repair Peugeot as cheaply as possible----instead of bemoaning your "situation" have you considered asking your fellow "foccers" for help with time/tools/expertise?
3 Put Fazer back on road against parents wishes..but ask yourself how much it will cost to do this including finishing off/MOT/Insurance/Tax
4 Buy cheap 125 motorcycle to commute the 20 miles each way to work.
I am not unsympathetic to your predicament but while you remain financially dependent on parents you may well decide to go along with their wishes rather than alienate them.
Life is sometimes tough Christo but if you can stop seeing yourself as some kind of victim of circumstance you will find theres a solution to your problem.
How long til you qualify/start earning your own money?
Many of us have had to struggle to achieve bike ownership-youd have a good laugh if you saw what i ran at 20 & no I didnt own a car til I was 23.
I live in Birmingham close to the University & during term time the local streets are full of cars that students bring(all paid for by bank of Mum & Dad!).
Now why would anyone need a car in Brum? with frequent trains/buses-its a sore point with many locals who struggle to find a parking space anywhere near their house.
Try and take the long view-you will be a qualified engineer-which would have been much harder to achieve without the support of your family who no doubt love you and dont want to see you injured or worse. You have to accept the fact that many people see bikes as dangerous.

unfazed · « **Reply #79 on:** 20 June 2014, 02:32:17 pm »

Christo! Dangerous! No!

just misunderstood

ChristoT · « **Reply #80 on:** 20 June 2014, 02:51:16 pm »

Quote from: unfazed on 20 June 2014, 02:32:17 pm

Christo! Dangerous! No! just misunderstood

He says glibly from the other side of the Irish sea!!

alan sherman · « **Reply #81 on:** 20 June 2014, 02:57:14 pm »

Why run a car at university anyway? Sell the Fazer, scrap the car, use a bicycle to get everywhere. If you can't do the 20 miles to work then get a job closer to where you live.

£200 per month for fun? Enjoy - one day you'll have kids and that will seem like a luxury!

Dead Eye · « **Reply #82 on:** 20 June 2014, 03:02:16 pm »

Cycling is something I used to do loads and could easily accomplish the 20 miles. Whilst its summer you don't even have to combat bad weather and its certainly cheaper. The job though is a placement, so not much choice in the matter for it, so that I understand.

But yeah, £200 per month as "disposable income" is actually a lot more than you think it is. I bet a lot of people on here don't have that

ogri48 · « **Reply #83 on:** 20 June 2014, 03:07:17 pm »

Christo my best mate kelv has a car lot not far from you, just outside raf wyton main gate. Tell him "loop" sent you..he'll sort you one of his cheap trade ins with a years ticket. I'll pre- emp it woth a phone call if that's the way you wanna go bud...

Frosties · « **Reply #84 on:** 20 June 2014, 04:10:28 pm »

Quote from: ogri48 on 20 June 2014, 03:07:17 pm

Christo my best mate kelv has a car lot not far from you, just outside raf wyton main gate. Tell him "loop" sent you..he'll sort you one of his cheap trade ins with a years ticket. I'll pre- emp it woth a phone call if that's the way you wanna go bud...

Now that's one hell of a leg up Ogri - top bloke

unfazed · « **Reply #85 on:** 20 June 2014, 04:46:46 pm »

Quote from: ChristoT on 20 June 2014, 02:51:16 pm

Quote from: unfazed on 20 June 2014, 02:32:17 pm
Christo! Dangerous! No! just misunderstood

He says glibly from the other side of the Irish sea!!

You have hurt me deeply

doubting my sincerity

Skippernick · « **Reply #86 on:** 20 June 2014, 05:26:16 pm »

Quote from: alan sherman on 20 June 2014, 02:57:14 pm

£200 per month for fun? Enjoy - one day you'll have kids and that will seem like a luxury!

so true

Hedgetrimmer · « **Reply #87 on:** 20 June 2014, 05:51:10 pm »

Quote from: alan sherman on 20 June 2014, 02:57:14 pm

one day you'll have kids

AAAAAAAARRRRRGH!!!!

Dead Eye · « **Reply #88 on:** 20 June 2014, 05:54:49 pm »

Quote from: nick crisp on 20 June 2014, 05:51:10 pm

Quote from: alan sherman on 20 June 2014, 02:57:14 pm
one day you'll have kids

AAAAAAAARRRRRGH!!!!

Pahahahahahahahaha

robby boy · « **Reply #89 on:** 20 June 2014, 08:59:04 pm »

Gonna add my tuppence worth here, if I had £200 a month to play with I'd be more than happy but I don't so hey ho.
If I was you I would keep project Fazer as that my project and get it up and running the way I wanted it to look and run, 20 miles on a cheap chinese bike is doable no problem, if you don't need transport for any further distances why bother, I would scrap the Pug as all you are going to do is throw good money after bad at it and it will not be worth a penny more and will always need more money thrown at it.

Hedgetrimmer · « **Reply #90 on:** 21 June 2014, 08:32:01 am »

Just a thought....

ogri48 · « **Reply #91 on:** 21 June 2014, 09:31:25 am »

Lordy nick, sidecars have come on considerably since the old " sidewinder" blokes used to use to get around the seventies learner laws..

Hedgetrimmer · « **Reply #92 on:** 21 June 2014, 10:24:11 am »

Well, wasn't actually thinking that Christo needs one to get around any laws, but it did occur to me that he has the ingredients sitting around for a, er....

Yamageot.....or, a Peugaha

Maybe his parents would be happy with that solution

red98 · « **Reply #93 on:** 21 June 2014, 11:23:24 am »

come on guys....hes already tried that........remember the merc

that looks well made,but with one wheel on the other side might look a bit odd...

ChristoT · « **Reply #94 on:** 21 June 2014, 12:07:35 pm »

I would quite happily drive that, Nick!

Ogri, that is incredibly kind, I might well take you up on it! I think I might have gone to your mate's lot back in January... To look at a 106! Not the one I got, as the clutch was quite worn. But still!

Grahamm · « **Reply #95 on:** 21 June 2014, 11:30:56 pm »

Quote from: nick crisp on 21 June 2014, 08:32:01 am

Just a thought....

WTF? I thought for a moment it was one of those cautionary posters about accidents between bikes and cars!

ChristoT · « **Reply #96 on:** 21 June 2014, 11:37:35 pm »

Well, looks like I'll be back in a car. And looks like it will be a Peugeot 206. Hardly the result I was hoping for, but that's life.

Hey Ogri, check out the French-made Zeus. They are bizarre looking things! But kinda cool!

Dead Eye · « **Reply #97 on:** 22 June 2014, 12:37:34 am »

The 206's aren't terrible little cars, but they have their idiosyncrasies

The 2L HDi engine is pretty bullet proof though

ChristoT · « **Reply #98 on:** 22 June 2014, 12:40:35 am »

Quote from: Dead Eye on 22 June 2014, 12:37:34 am

The 206's aren't terrible little cars, but they have their idiosyncrasies

The 2L HDi engine is pretty bullet proof though

I'm mainly looking at petrol: 1.1, 1.4 are affordable, and I'm waiting to hear back on insurance for the 2.0 GTI.

Dead Eye · « **Reply #99 on:** 22 June 2014, 08:04:42 am »

I can't see you being able to afford the 2.0 GTi and the 1.1 petrol is false economy - you have to rag it so hard to get anywhere that you lose any MPG gains unless you drive like a nun. You have a heavy right foot, so that puts you firmly at the opposite end of the scale. Also note that the 1.6 HDi has lower MPG and is actually a higher insurance group compared the the 2.0 HDi, which makes no sense...