God, I hate this pile of shite

[ChristoT]

Christo! Dangerous! No! :eek just misunderstood  :lol

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

[alan sherman]

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]

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]

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]

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  :thumbup

[unfazed]

[quote author=unfazed link=topic=13680.msg154868#msg154868 date=1403271137]
Christo! Dangerous! No! :eek just misunderstood  :lol

He says glibly from the other side of the Irish sea!!  :lol :lol
[/quote]

You have hurt me deeply :'( doubting my sincerity  :pokefun :lol

[Skippernick]

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

:lol  so true

[nick crisp]

one day you'll have kids

AAAAAAAARRRRRGH!!!!  :eek :eek :eek :eek :eek :eek :eek :eek

[Dead Eye]

[quote author=alan sherman link=topic=13680.msg154874#msg154874 date=1403272634]
one day you'll have kids

AAAAAAAARRRRRGH!!!!  :eek :eek :eek :eek :eek :eek :eek :eek
[/quote]

Pahahahahahahahaha  :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol

[robby boy]

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.

[nick crisp]

Just a thought....

[ogri48]

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

[nick crisp]

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.... :think  Yamageot.....or, a Peugaha  :lol
Maybe his parents would be happy with that solution    :lol

[red98]

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




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

[ChristoT]

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]

Just a thought....

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

[ChristoT]

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]

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

The 2L HDi engine is pretty bullet proof though

[ChristoT]

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]

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...