- Location
- Inside my skull
I assume you missed the “legal requirements to be on the road?”
MOT, insurance, VED which often involves some servicing and replacement parts.
I assume you missed the “legal requirements to be on the road?”
MOT, insurance, VED which often involves some servicing and replacement parts.
Eh, re read what I wrote. “Cost me nothing, not withstanding the legal requirements be to on the road”.
Read what I wrote, it is not cheap even with just the legal requirements
SWMBO wants a Mini convertible. I dread the repair costs compared to her current Honda Jazz which has been faultless for 11 years.£900 to fix the wife's 15 year old mini
Not much joy here ... picking it up later.
SWMBO wants a Mini convertible. I dread the repair costs compared to her current Honda Jazz which has been faultless for 11 years.
SWMBO wants a Mini convertible. I dread the repair costs compared to her current Honda Jazz which has been faultless for 11 years.
I drive a 2006 Vauxhall Agila. So good for the once a week I use it. You can get loads in, and 10 foot long.
Why can't you get vehicles like that anymore
I drive a 2006 Vauxhall Agila. So good for the once a week I use it. You can get loads in, and 10 foot long.
Why can't you get vehicles like that anymore?
I have a 2013 Suzuki Swift which I use about once every 14 days, I'm constantly surprised at how much fuel it doesn't use.
I read this on another forum.
A 1986 Capri 1.6 Laser is pretty much identical to the latest generation, bottom of the range (engine wise) Fiesta:
Capri
1010kg
72bhp
86 lb/ft
0-60 in 14.4 secs
99mph
Fiesta Style 1.1 Ti-VCT
1113kg
69bhp
80 lb/ft
0-60 in 14.4 secs
99mph
It's all a con. We should (and could!) be building small cars that use less fuel. But no, we have to make them all fat and fast.
I read this on another forum.
A 1986 Capri 1.6 Laser is pretty much identical to the latest generation, bottom of the range (engine wise) Fiesta:
Capri
1010kg
72bhp
86 lb/ft
0-60 in 14.4 secs
99mph
Fiesta Style 1.1 Ti-VCT
1113kg
69bhp
80 lb/ft
0-60 in 14.4 secs
99mph
It's all a con. We should (and could!) be building small cars that use less fuel. But no, we have to make them all fat and fast.
I read this on another forum.
A 1986 Capri 1.6 Laser is pretty much identical to the latest generation, bottom of the range (engine wise) Fiesta:
Capri
1010kg
72bhp
86 lb/ft
0-60 in 14.4 secs
99mph
Fiesta Style 1.1 Ti-VCT
1113kg
69bhp
80 lb/ft
0-60 in 14.4 secs
99mph
It's all a con. We should (and could!) be building small cars that use less fuel. But no, we have to make them all fat and fast.