Your Bangernomics successes

Nearly_Old

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buglawton said:

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buglawton said:

In the current circumstances, my car does 0 miles as the Mrs uses hers for all shopping - half a mile way.

So are we allowed to take our cars for a run every few weeks to prevent seals gumming up and the tyres getting flat spots and the battery from failing?

With cars sitting on driveways, bangernomics has never made more sense than now.

Yes we are still allowed to drive.

Then the messages coming from the government seem to be mixed. Here's the RAC's take:

https://www.rac.co.uk/drive/advice/driving-advice/coronavirus-covid-19-answering-drivers-questions/

Using your car during the outbreak

As of 24 March 2020, the Government advice is to "stay at home and away from others" until further notice, apart from for essential reasons. Essential reasons are:

- shopping for basic necessities, such as trips to the supermarket or other food stores, as infrequently as possible (social distancing still applies)
- trips to pharmacies for any medical need
- to provide care or to help a vulnerable person; and

- travelling for work purposes, where the work cannot be done from home

The RAC advises drivers against all but essential travel.

Thats just advice, not the law. B&Q are open running a click&collect service and that is a 25 mile round trip.

The Law is here http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/350/made and B&Q appears to have been missed off the list.

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Nearly_Old said:

The Law is here http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/350/made and B&Q appears to have been missed off the list.

B&Q is a DIY store and they are allowed to open.

Nearly_Old

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Nearly_Old said:

The Law is here http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/350/made and B&Q appears to have been missed off the list.

B&Q is a DIY store and they are allowed to open.

They are allowed to but all our local B&Q and Wickes stores are closed to customers and are online order with either click and collect or delivery only. Also Section 6 Restrictions on movement is explicit on the reasons why someone is allowed to leave home; shopping for basic necessities, including food and medical supplies... etc. So is driving to B&Q to collect a can of paint is a basic necessity? Arguably if there is a fault with a toilet then collecting a part to repair it could possibly be viewed differently.

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Nearly_Old said:

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Nearly_Old said:

The Law is here http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/350/made and B&Q appears to have been missed off the list.

B&Q is a DIY store and they are allowed to open.

They are allowed to but all our local B&Q and Wickes stores are closed to customers and are online order with either click and collect or delivery only. Also Section 6 Restrictions on movement is explicit on the reasons why someone is allowed to leave home; shopping for basic necessities, including food and medical supplies... etc. So is driving to B&Q to collect a can of paint is a basic necessity? Arguably if there is a fault with a toilet then collecting a part to repair it could possibly be viewed differently.

Considering I'm stuck in the house for the forseeible with nothing else to do, I have plenty of time to do those DIY jobs and if that means having to go out to pick up supplies then that is essential to me in my eyes. Ordering them online and collecting them while maintaining the 2 metre rule has got to be better than going to the supermarket every other day where the 2 metre rule is impossible to maintain.

I went to Screwfix last week to collect an order and it was an easy 5 metre distance kept the whole time. Table at the door, shout name, I keep distance while they bring order to the table, then I walk up and pick it up after they have retreated.

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To keep the thread on topic, namely bangernomics, shouldn't all the posts promoting finding an excuse for a daily drive during a global pandemic be removed?

GunJack

Had to fork out £80 for a wheel bearing today on the £10 Fusion Found out why the last one only lasted 16 months - the hub is wearing and increasing wear on the bearing...still, can't complain, had it almost 3 years now and it's MoTd till next April  

Grumpy_chap

Is my car "Bangernomics"?  I think it may be.  2007 Focus petrol bought March 2016 for £2k with 33k miles.  Bought as a "stop-gap", not because of any fundamental commitment to "Bangernomics".

It has the Zetec engine so could well run for ever, it is certainly reliable if not refined and all a bit squeeky and rattly now.  MOT coming up again next month and just about 145k miles now.  I've not really had any issues with it apart from normal wear and tear. 

I don't have time to do my own servicing so use the local independent garage, last MOT was £600 to get through and then had brakes after 3 months £350 and four new tyres just before Christmas.

I was seriously considering a new vehicle earlier in the year but now thinking to hold on to it, especially as I am doing far fewer miles and unable to predict what future needs will be when "new normal" is established.  I have only just clicked over 1,000 miles since lockdown started.

Within the "Bangernomics" mind-set, what is the most I should "invest" in this car to clear another MOT and another year of motoring?

buglawton

Deleted_User said:

Nearly_Old said:

Deleted_User said:

Nearly_Old said:

The Law is here http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/350/made and B&Q appears to have been missed off the list.

B&Q is a DIY store and they are allowed to open.

They are allowed to but all our local B&Q and Wickes stores are closed to customers and are online order with either click and collect or delivery only. Also Section 6 Restrictions on movement is explicit on the reasons why someone is allowed to leave home; shopping for basic necessities, including food and medical supplies... etc. So is driving to B&Q to collect a can of paint is a basic necessity? Arguably if there is a fault with a toilet then collecting a part to repair it could possibly be viewed differently.

Considering I'm stuck in the house for the forseeible with nothing else to do, I have plenty of time to do those DIY jobs and if that means having to go out to pick up supplies then that is essential to me in my eyes. Ordering them online and collecting them while maintaining the 2 metre rule has got to be better than going to the supermarket every other day where the 2 metre rule is impossible to maintain.

I went to Screwfix last week to collect an order and it was an easy 5 metre distance kept the whole time. Table at the door, shout name, I keep distance while they bring order to the table, then I walk up and pick it up after they have retreated.

Reminds me that, ironically the last time I visited a Screwfix was to buy a bunch of masks in March, when stocks in other outlets had already mostly disappeared. I wasn't wearing one at the time 

32Battalion

Grumpy_chap said:

Within the "Bangernomics" mind-set, what is the most I should "invest" in this car to clear another MOT and another year of motoring?

As long as there is no rust and nothing extortionate then it makes sense.  Sounds like you have done enough work on wear and tear items to last another couple of years.  Likely things to start going are coil packs etc which aren't expensive.  Nigly electrics may become an issue.  How are your shocks?