Best Possible Car - Advice Please

Bowdyjan18

MonkeySaving? wrote: »

Owning a Skoda AND posting a link to a Sun article....



:beer::money:

How is that a fail they are virtually a vw with a skoda badge.....Good solid and reliable

anewman

MonkeySaving? wrote: »

Owning a Skoda AND posting a link to a Sun article....

The Sun article is the only one I could find off hand. At least it's not an article about some slag and crap singer who had his abs hand painted who were both in a crap jungle reality TV prog getting divorced :beer:

Here's the actual link for your consumption... You might have bought the magazine yourself to fap over the cars but missed this article?! http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/carreviews/driver_power_2009/archive/?group=manufacturers

What car do you own then? Something TRULY sh!te like a Corsa or a Saxo? :rotfl::rotfl:

Yes, congratulations for spotting I own a 15 year old 1.3 Skoda Favorit - the only VW bits is the fuel injection system which replaced the carb. In it's day the Favorit won the FIA World Rally Championship outright in the 2 litre category with only a 1.3l engine. Purchase cost was £0 (the owner was going to scrap it as the sunroof and boot were leaking at the time - but they were easily and cheaply sorted). In the three years I've had it it's never broken down (so far, lol - RAC membership ready) and always required no more than a list of 3 things to get it through all three MOTs. Insurance is cheap, parts are relatively cheap, and it's easy to DIY on. Little bit of maintenance and it returns over 45mpg on long runs.

Now I've had this a few years and have built up some no claims I would be able to afford something a bit nicer. I would definitely consider purchasing my cars successor the Felicia - which sadly was built with more VW involvement who replaced a metal skoda designed thermostat housing with a plastic one that is guaranteed to fail (in the name of "improvement") and you have to spend £45 to buy the complete unit rather than a fiver for the thermostat and a quid for the gasket.

In a world where people bog themselves down with loans to "keep up with the Jones's" and have the latest reg best badged car on their driveway, and people pay mechanics £50 an hour to do things to their car - you can't say this is not money saving! :beer: Don't give a crap what other people think about your car and you might have the last laugh all the way to the bank :beer: After all a car is just a tin can that gets you from A to B.

MLisking

I just want a safe, RELIABLE, will-go-forever-with-few-problems, kinda car. I don't CARE if its pretty, I don't care if its particularly speedy! I just want something that will run, run, and run a bit more, and is NOT a Rover 25 - devil car!!!

Inactive

anewman wrote: »

In a world where people bog themselves down with loans to "keep up with the Jones's" and have the latest reg best badged car on their driveway, and people pay mechanics £50 an hour to do things to their car - you can't say this is not money saving! :beer: Don't give a crap what other people think about your car and you might have the last laugh all the way to the bank :beer: After all a car is just a tin can that gets you from A to B.

Spot on anewman, well said.:T

asbokid

anewman wrote: »

In a world where people bog themselves down with loans to "keep up with the Jones's" and have the latest reg best badged car on their driveway, and people pay mechanics £50 an hour to do things to their car - you can't say this is not money saving! Don't give a crap what other people think about your car and you might have the last laugh all the way to the bank After all a car is just a tin can that gets you from A to B.

Well said! But £50 an hour? Sounds too good to be true!

In the latest labour cost survey (Sept 2008) the average hourly rate charged at a dealers is £94.70 an hour.. and in London: £198.86 an hour..

See: http://www.talkingmotors.com/industry-n ... -hour.html

Money_Grabber13579

harveybobbles wrote: »

And they're no bleeding different 10-15 years later...

Yea, they're still French.:rotfl:

Money_Grabber13579

horsechestnut wrote: »

Volkswagen. They are built like tanks and go on forever. You can often get very good deals on brand new ones.
I am on my 3rd and would never have any other car.

Go on forever, but you're on the 3rd one? Doesn't seem like forever to me!:D

harveybobbles

I ran an M reg ZX diesel estate a few years ago as an "inbetween car". I got rid of it when I thought it was on it's last legs!

I still see it puthering about now looking as naff as it ever did...!