Your Bangernomics successes

tommyedinburgh

My banger was in at Toyota for a recall last week, they highlighted that one of the coil springs has sheared off right at the bottom, I read that it odes not mean it is an automatic MOT failure, does anyone have any knowledge of this?

GunJack

no, but if it's a recall I'd expect them to sort it free-ish

tedted

its a fail

tommyedinburgh

GunJack said:

no, but if it's a recall I'd expect them to sort it free-ish

The car is 11 years old, it was in for a recall to do with the airbags, they carried out a Vehicle Health Check and highlighted this and a tyre they recommended replacing which had 3.2mm of tread (yes, 3.2mm).

tommyedinburgh

tedted said:

its a fail

Thanks, appreciate it.

GunJack

tommyedinburgh said:

GunJack said:

no, but if it's a recall I'd expect them to sort it free-ish

The car is 11 years old, it was in for a recall to do with the airbags, they carried out a Vehicle Health Check and highlighted this and a tyre they recommended replacing which had 3.2mm of tread (yes, 3.2mm).

ahh, you made it sound like the recall was for the spring..... take it to your local reliable pet garage...

MovingForwards

My latest runabout is a 16 year old 1L picanto, owned for 2 years. Aside from petrol, everything else comes in at about £850 a year, about £500 is to keep it on the road and through another MOT. It's the most expensive one I've had to maintain and I'm sure if I still had my old MOT guy the repair costs would be a lot less, but the garage I now use comes highly recommended and he quickly turns my car around.

Costs upto £32 to fill up, about £3 50 miles round trip to work as it's quiet Mway / 40mph roads, with a few 20's.

For a 'shopper' car, I've managed to get loads in, including a 3 seater IKEA sofa and arm chair, both flat packed. 

It's a fun little thing and I would have another, there wasn't anything appealing for sale of my usual favoured make / sister companies.

chelseablue

I've had my 2006 Nissan Note for 8 years now, most I've had to spend on it in one go was £300
It'll be 15 this year, hoping to get it to 20 at least

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MovingForwards said:

My latest runabout is a 16 year old 1L picanto, owned for 2 years. Aside from petrol, everything else comes in at about £850 a year, about £500 is to keep it on the road and through another MOT. It's the most expensive one I've had to maintain and I'm sure if I still had my old MOT guy the repair costs would be a lot less, but the garage I now use comes highly recommended and he quickly turns my car around.

Costs upto £32 to fill up, about £3 50 miles round trip to work as it's quiet Mway / 40mph roads, with a few 20's.

For a 'shopper' car, I've managed to get loads in, including a 3 seater IKEA sofa and arm chair, both flat packed. 

It's a fun little thing and I would have another, there wasn't anything appealing for sale of my usual favoured make / sister companies.

chelseablue said:

I've had my 2006 Nissan Note for 8 years now, most I've had to spend on it in one go was £300
It'll be 15 this year, hoping to get it to 20 at least

Both sound like lovely bangernomics, just how bangernomics should be.  

tommyedinburgh

The banger was in for an interim service and a check over before being presented for its MOT later this month. 

£86 for the interim service and a quote of £110 to get it through the MOT. £150 including the fee is not too bad.