Buying a car

celentium

That's like wanting a TV series that you don't like to end. If you don't like it, change the channel/thread.

It's fun to poke fun at Emp's strange choices and conflicting requirements, but Emp is playing along well enough and some of us are enjoying the bantz.

Besides, as others have mentioned, this is an exaggeration of the thought processes and internal conversations many of us have before making a major purchase.

You're a knowledgeable guy and have made some solid contributions to this thread. However a move back to the lighthearted banter would be a decent move, as opposed to use this as an easy opportunity to attack Emp.

Not that I'm any authority, I'm just saying it would be *nice*.

Be nice.

RaymondLin

I have only pointed out his decisions doesn’t help him buy a car, some of these are so obvious they shouldn’t need to be pointed out but in this case I am not sure he knows he is facing those problems because he caused them.  

I tried ti to make fun of it but there’s so long a single note joke can last.

please just buy a car already and stop messing around.

strtdv

TBH the "temporary car" could be even more epic than the actual car! It could literally range from a 1st gen Audi TT to a Skoda Yeti converted for wheelchair access

celentium

@RaymondLin to be fair you did get some sharp replies, however we can all relax safe in the knowledge that in all likelihood Emp bought a 2007 Focus three months ago and is stringing us along for the lolz. 

randella

celentium said:

however we can all relax safe in the knowledge that in all likelihood Emp bought a 2007 Focus three months ago and is stringing us along for the lolz. 

Gratifying to know I wasn't the only one to have thought of this. 

Bridgehouse

hywelg said:

Emp_Fab said:

In other news, I'm getting a car this Saturday.

No....  Stop....  No.....   It's not THAT funny!  Compose yourselves!

Really..  I'm getting a car.  I don't know what yet, but it's just going to be the temporary one.  I'm getting it this weekend.

41 and counting. 

Instead of posting here just go and buy a fucking car 

Too cramped. 

Much better to get a fucking van - you can get a mattress in there

thumpingrug

Im hoping this thread continues all across the summer until September.  Thats when the BBC daytime Soap, Doctors comes back on and I need something to fill the void in my life.  

Emp_Fab

Right....  this is the Final Countdown...  I absolutely MUST get a car tomorrow.  Under no circumstances can tomorrow evening find me car-less.  I'm frantically scouring the usual sites and, in my panic, am likely to make a strange choice.

Right now, the lead spot is taken by a flourescent lime green Seat Ibiza.  It looks nice from the outside and has lovely wheels, BUT.... and this is the bit that's killing me....  the interior looks like it was designed by the Soviet Socialists People's Republic Department of Austerity.  If ever there was a car that looked rather sexy on the outside and positively minimalist on the inside, this is it.





FFS....  I can't sit in THAT !

SouthpawMark

thumpingrug said:

Im hoping this thread continues all across the summer until September.  Thats when the BBC daytime Soap, Doctors comes back on and I need something to fill the void in my life.  

If it carries on all summer I think a certain member may spontaneously combust. 

Emp_Fab

There's also a silver MX-5 going....   but, as bloody always, the MOT history is littered with advisories for corrosion.

I need your helps!!!!!

Find me a car, under £6,000 (yeah, it's all changed), under 80,000 miles, NOT BLACK, under 2.3L, that isn't a Fiat or French.  I'm not after sporty, I just want a reliable motor that won't be in insurance group 472, does more than 30mpg and looks OK - within 20 miles of Swansea or Llanelli.

There's an Auto Diesel Pug 308 going too.

*If it can make Top Trumps Raymond drop his lolly in anger, all the better.

cj73

how hard can it be?

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201904237223606?utm_source=triggered_emails&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=email_a_friend

SouthpawMark

This is right up your street...

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201904237239838?onesearchad=Used&onesearchad=Nearly%20New&onesearchad=New&sort=sponsored&radius=30&price-to=6000&maximum-mileage=80000&maximum-badge-engine-size=2.2&fuel-consumption=OVER_30&advertising-location=at_cars&postcode=sa11af&make=HONDA&page=1

SouthpawMark

Or a sexy Volvo estate...

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201907029638489?maximum-badge-engine-size=2.2&radius=30&price-to=6000&postcode=sa11af&advertising-location=at_cars&make=VOLVO&sort=sponsored&maximum-mileage=80000&onesearchad=Used&onesearchad=Nearly%20New&onesearchad=New&fuel-consumption=OVER_30&page=1

DiscoStu

Oh I do love me a bit of Countdown.
Conundrum time!

https://i.imgur.com/hyz1dms.jpg

jaytmon

Emp_Fab said:

Right....  this is the Final Countdown...  I absolutely MUST get a car tomorrow.  Under no circumstances can tomorrow evening find me car-less.

I find myself a little excited, but I don’t quite believe it. What has changed? Has the work bus/train been cancelled?? You know it’s a mistake to rush into these things right?

jaytmon

A high stress time like this calls for a bottle of wine and ebay - time ending soonest. 

check this out - funky, yellow, swansea, 1.2 turbo petrol, low mileage.... etc etc 18 hours left, no bids - make an offer!! 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Nissan-Juke-Acenta-Dig-T-Stunning-Yellow-Car-Low-Mileage-Aircon-Bluetooth/283538610354?hash=item420437d8b2:g:qYwAAOSwDwJdGlSf

steveledzep

Honda in Bridgend does it for me.

jaytmon

A lovely mercedes:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2010-Mercedes-C200-cdi-AMG/264386615014?hash=item3d8eab96e6:g:RYgAAOSwzztdHU0T


Or an A3 convertible (though why you would do that I don't know:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Audi-A3-Convertible-2010/293137652893?hash=item44405d9c9d:g:qZAAAOSwoTtdEQ89


I'll be back again in another few pages. Pretty confident that Emp still won't have bought a car.

RaymondLin

Emp_Fab said:

There's also a silver MX-5 going....   but, as bloody always, the MOT history is littered with advisories for corrosion.

I need your helps!!!!!

Find me a car, under £6,000 (yeah, it's all changed), under 80,000 miles, NOT BLACK, under 2.3L, that isn't a Fiat or French.  I'm not after sporty, I just want a reliable motor that won't be in insurance group 472, does more than 30mpg and looks OK - within 20 miles of Swansea or Llanelli.

There's an Auto Diesel Pug 308 going too.

*If it can make Top Trumps Raymond drop his lolly in anger, all the better.

Stop lying already.

i can help you if you are serious but your criteria make it a joke.

For a temporary car your top criteria is reliability, not a colour, who cares if it’s ugly, it’s a  temporary car, unless that’s a lie too.

Emp_Fab

I'm much preferring this way of searching !  Thanks for the help guys...  keep 'em coming!

Right;  In order;

 @cj73 He's had that on there for months.  I've looked at it before.  What's putting me off is the dark colour, the age - it's 15 years old and the lack of a hard top. That and the fact it's an Audi, which aren't the most reliable.  However, I like the looks, particularly the interior.  Captain Procrastinator awards it a 6/10.

 @SouthpawMark That Honda has been on there as long as I've been looking for a car, possibly longer!  He hasn't even dropped the price!  I have looked closely at it all the same.  Again - dark colour, and wrong colour seats (i.e. black) - every other CR-Z I've seen has a much lighter interior.  Captain Procrastinator awards it a 7/10.

As for the Volvo, nope.  No estates.  Nice seats but just nope.  0/10.  Sorry.

 @jaytmon That's even weirder than the Nissan Cube - and not in a nice way.  Good colour though, if a little bland;  If you're going yellow, make it a shade that attacks your eyeballs.  Negatives; the boot is almost non-existent, it's a Nissan (the only Jap brand to suffer reliability problems), the shape... makes me feel queasy, and the cum stain on the driver's seat.  3/10.

Your Merc is a surprise.  MPG is excellent - 41 at least.  It's just....  a bit big... it says "fuck off pleb, I'm important", which is not the vibe I want to give off.  Still...  a very good car.  6/10

The A3 convertible...  I test-drove one last month.  I found the height of the bar across the top of the windscreen very offputting - it was right in line with my forehead.  I didn't feel safe in it tbh.  3/10.

Today's the day though.....  it's 08:10.  I've got probably 10 hours....

https://countingdownto.com/?c=2540505