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The smell, man, the smell.
(though admittedly you'd stil get the brand new car smell if you lease a brand new car
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(though admittedly you'd stil get the brand new car smell if you lease a brand new car
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cupid_stunt
Where's the bloody sun?
Baronage-Phase
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...The smell, man, the smell.
(though admittedly you'd stil get the brand new car smell if you lease a brand new car
marty21
One on one? You're crazy.
Mine was freeMine was £50!
my sister bought a Ford Fiesta from our Dad's aunty , she had it from new (1984) and it only had about 25,000 on the clock when my sister gave her a grand for it in 97 or so . When I passed my test finally in 97 (6th attempt 
) . My sister gave me the car 
I had it for 5 years and then gave it to a work mate for her 18 year old son , he felt guilty getting it for nothing so gave me a bottle of JD for it . I think he had it another 2 years.
cupid_stunt
Where's the bloody sun?
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I’ve always been in two minds about the importance of car depreciation. AFAIAC if one is financially tight they should not buy a brand new car, period. But if you can afford it, and are lucky enough not to have to rely on making as much profit as possible when you sell it later on, why would you give a fuck if a brand new car instantly depreciates by a few grand when you drive it out of the dealership? It is as much of a vanity, loss-making “investment” as a nearly new car.
Unless they are vintage/ collector items, cars depreciate so they are not an investment, and you will make a net loss when you sell it later. So if someone is feeling all clever because they’ve bought bought a car that is eight months old with 7k miles on the clock that was 12 grand instead of 15, fair enough. But their purchase is still a vanity acquisition that will return a net loss, and still poor value for money compared to someone who chooses a cheaper utilitarian model, or a reliable older car that would be even cheaper.
So if someone fancies getting brand new car simply as a guilty pleasure, I am not sure those buying a pre-owned one that still costs 85% of the price tag of the new one have much grounds for mocking the lack of financial prowess of those buying a brand new car. If the difference was 50% or more, it might be a different story.
Unless they are vintage/ collector items, cars depreciate so they are not an investment, and you will make a net loss when you sell it later. So if someone is feeling all clever because they’ve bought bought a car that is eight months old with 7k miles on the clock that was 12 grand instead of 15, fair enough. But their purchase is still a vanity acquisition that will return a net loss, and still poor value for money compared to someone who chooses a cheaper utilitarian model, or a reliable older car that would be even cheaper.
So if someone fancies getting brand new car simply as a guilty pleasure, I am not sure those buying a pre-owned one that still costs 85% of the price tag of the new one have much grounds for mocking the lack of financial prowess of those buying a brand new car. If the difference was 50% or more, it might be a different story.
Mine was £200.my first car, if I remember, cost me £400
A blue Mark1 Escort, TBL 277G.
Proper Tidy
Arsed
My current car cost £800. Despite my earlier comments they're just fucking cars, if they work it's sound
Saul Goodman
It's all good, man
£75 for a 1300cc 2 door MK2 Escort with a blown engine. A week later it had a 2ltr Pinto shoehorned in.
Developer fails after founder jailed for cocaine car crash | Construction Enquirer
Get coked off your nut and then drive your sports car into a tree so fast it ejects the engine. Would have been OK had it not been for the poor woman sat next to him at the time.
Not turning up to court on time because you overslept was a nice touch.
Get coked off your nut and then drive your sports car into a tree so fast it ejects the engine. Would have been OK had it not been for the poor woman sat next to him at the time.
Not turning up to court on time because you overslept was a nice touch.
SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
He specialises in turning existing buldings into microapartments apparently.
And now he's got a microapartment of his very own for the next 22 months, courtesy of Her Majesty. He must be delighted.
He does sound like a real asset to society. How will we cope in his absence?
Crispy
The following psytrance is baṉned: All
You joke, but IMO the best thing about it is auto-routing around jams. I've been saved decent amounts of time between london and bristol because google knows there's a pileup on the M4 and can send me on an alternate A-road route. Got to see some lovely scenery too
cupid_stunt
Where's the bloody sun?
This cunt only got 22 months’ imprisonment. 
Passenger left with brain injuries after 'arrogant' Porsche driver smashed into tree
Passenger left with brain injuries after 'arrogant' Porsche driver smashed into tree
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
She declined not to give him leniance for his guilty plea and sentenced him to 22 months (out in 10 months?) and disqualified for 2 years and his passenger
has her life ruined!
Cunt rolled up to court in a McLaren too.
And his slum landlord developer business has gone bust. Developer in administration after owner jailed over car crash
nick
Pleomorphic Adenomas R us
Sounds like you have been on a speed awareness course
Although I am a perfect driver: I can't but happen to have noticed that driver awareness courses over the next 120 days in south of London are few and far between - with none over the December period
weltweit
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Sounds like you have been on a speed awareness course
weltweit
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I have also noticed, courtesy of fb, that in my local village some good people are starting a speed awareness campaign which might include getting a camera enforcement vehicle here, once they have worked out the times when there is most speeding. I am determined not to be one that is caught speeding right here!!
Proper Tidy
Arsed
What were you doing before, keeping it in fifth
weltweit
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I would frequently get into 4th, in which it was a little too easy to increase my speed above 30.
Proper Tidy
Arsed
Yeah tbf I often to into 4th in 30 zones in my shit little 1.2 clio cos it's north of 30 on revs by time I get to 30mph, in better cars with bigger engines I find it easier to stay in 3rd
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
On the speed course I went on they wibbled on about 3rd gear for 30.
On these courses you get a mixture of people; some are shamed to have have broken the law, some don’t care and are just there to avoid the points and you get the belligerent twonks who feel their driving skills are so shit hot that the course is beneath then. The instructors see these divs every time and every time they make dicks of themselves. On my course the most sneering belligerent div chose 3rd gear to embarrass himself with:
“I drive an automatic, so can’t select a gear.”
Oh dear.
He then had an argument with them that his was the one automatic in the world that didn’t have the ability to select a gear, ending with him sheepishly admitting that he had never read the manual for his car, at first cos he didn’t need to cos he’s so fucking Ayrton Senna and that, but of course had he done so he’d know how to select a gear...
On these courses you get a mixture of people; some are shamed to have have broken the law, some don’t care and are just there to avoid the points and you get the belligerent twonks who feel their driving skills are so shit hot that the course is beneath then. The instructors see these divs every time and every time they make dicks of themselves. On my course the most sneering belligerent div chose 3rd gear to embarrass himself with:
“I drive an automatic, so can’t select a gear.”
Oh dear.
He then had an argument with them that his was the one automatic in the world that didn’t have the ability to select a gear, ending with him sheepishly admitting that he had never read the manual for his car, at first cos he didn’t need to cos he’s so fucking Ayrton Senna and that, but of course had he done so he’d know how to select a gear...
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