Your Bangernomics successes

paddyrg

And on the plus side, nobody's going to want to nick it!

gpick

Hey, don`t be dissing my Sporty.

[Deleted User]

paddyrg wrote: »

And on the plus side, nobody's going to want to nick it!

Why not?

Easy to break into and hot wire.

worried_jim

Friend's Ford Puma had a flat battery this week, so much so the remote locking wouldn't work and we needed assess to the battery in the engine bay. Took another friend less than a minute to break into the car and release the bonnet catch switch.

He says that owners of new cars are in two minds when he gets into their new £50k Audi in under a minute using a small inflatable bag, an old water bottle and a length of metal when they are locked out!

jimjames

worried_jim wrote: »

Friend's Ford Puma had a flat battery this week, so much so the remote locking wouldn't work and we needed assess to the battery in the engine bay. Took another friend less than a minute to break into the car and release the bonnet catch switch.

Did the key not work in door either?

worried_jim

jimjames wrote: »

Did the key not work in door either?

The barrel's are shafted. He normally leaves it unlocked.
It's a £500 banger which just flew through its MOT yesterday.

ManuelG

paddyrg wrote: »

And on the plus side, nobody's going to want to nick it!

Found this thread, love it!

Anyway, I thought the same about my brown Montego, but one day it wasn't there...

Shame, because for £250, once I'd blown out the run-flat metric tyres on the motorway and got some more traditional wheels it kept going and going. I can't do mechanicals, but it was so simple repairs were cheap.

Other bangers included a £600 Rover 420 diesel (porous alloys, gave it away by mistake 2 years later when I should have fixed it - no real repair costs in those two years), a Lancia Dedra (£500. Got to know all the Little Chefs on my commutes so I could break down in relative comfort!) and a £900 Mazda 626 (loved that car, nothing went wrong. Scrapped it for £250 only because Iinherited a newer car... a Mitsubishi Colt that I've come to this thread because I was wanting to replace it, but am now thinking that given it works, why on earth would I!)

mcjordi

Hows everyones bangers going?
ive not long serviced mine.. owes me nothing at all now. the amount of tip runs and stuff ive done in it..

jimjames

worried_jim wrote: »

The barrel's are shafted. He normally leaves it unlocked.
It's a £500 banger which just flew through its MOT yesterday.

I thought mine were too. About 30 mins using WD40 and patiently moving the key got them freed up.

Paradigm

mcjordi wrote: »

Hows everyones bangers going?

My 16yo Saab is in for MOT tomorrow...I'll let you know then!