Puddy_Tat
naturally fluffy
I am having a fit of indecision.
The current puddymobile is a 23 year old Peugeot 205, which I've had for 20 years.
Currently it's got about 196,000 miles on the clock (although it's done a thousand or so more than that), never had a new clutch and it's about 7 years since it had a new radiator.
The sump is pretty much shagged and it's started leaking oil, and there's also a lesser leak from the crankshaft seal.
Garage have suggested about £ 550 to deal with all this - this will include replacing the timing belt (you need to take the timing belt off to get at the crankshaft seal, and since the timing belt is due to be replaced later this year, may as well do it now, so could argue that a chunk of this price is what i'd have paid later in the year anyway)
Part of me thinks it's time to say enough is enough.
Part of me thinks it's worth keeping it going for another year or two rather than have the hassle of changing cars and outlay (now i'm back in regular work, i could go up to about 2 grand for a replacement but would rather not) for a car that may be trouble in a year or so. I'm reluctant to do the 'disposable car for a few hundred quid' thing.
I don't do a lot of mileage these days, but not quite little enough as to give up running a car - there's a few occasions a year when I'm away to places where going by train isn't practical and the amount of stuff I need to take is more than I could carry. (although aware that hiring is an option as I had to do for Easter)
There isn't much of a car club scheme out here (there's one car club vehicle in Wokingham borough, as far as I can establish)
I'm aware that ageing diesels aren't all that environmentally friendly - the message when I got it was that diesel was better than the invisible crap that petrol engines churn out. Having said that, I rarely do any peak hour, inner city, driving.
Any bright ideas?
The current puddymobile is a 23 year old Peugeot 205, which I've had for 20 years.
Currently it's got about 196,000 miles on the clock (although it's done a thousand or so more than that), never had a new clutch and it's about 7 years since it had a new radiator.
The sump is pretty much shagged and it's started leaking oil, and there's also a lesser leak from the crankshaft seal.
Garage have suggested about £ 550 to deal with all this - this will include replacing the timing belt (you need to take the timing belt off to get at the crankshaft seal, and since the timing belt is due to be replaced later this year, may as well do it now, so could argue that a chunk of this price is what i'd have paid later in the year anyway)
Part of me thinks it's time to say enough is enough.
Part of me thinks it's worth keeping it going for another year or two rather than have the hassle of changing cars and outlay (now i'm back in regular work, i could go up to about 2 grand for a replacement but would rather not) for a car that may be trouble in a year or so. I'm reluctant to do the 'disposable car for a few hundred quid' thing.
I don't do a lot of mileage these days, but not quite little enough as to give up running a car - there's a few occasions a year when I'm away to places where going by train isn't practical and the amount of stuff I need to take is more than I could carry. (although aware that hiring is an option as I had to do for Easter)
There isn't much of a car club scheme out here (there's one car club vehicle in Wokingham borough, as far as I can establish)
I'm aware that ageing diesels aren't all that environmentally friendly - the message when I got it was that diesel was better than the invisible crap that petrol engines churn out. Having said that, I rarely do any peak hour, inner city, driving.
Any bright ideas?
rip puddymobile
