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Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2009 5:48 pm
by DNgroundworks
Glad i didnt buy it to be honest - would of been one of them stupid impulse purchases, i would of been pennyless!
Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2009 6:42 am
by Dave_L
DNgroundworks wrote:Only got the transit ha ha, nearly bought a BMW 325 sport coupe but couldnt get insured.............probably a good thing eh
Close to mine - I've got a BMW 330d M Sport, what a motor!
Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2009 8:17 am
by Injured
Depends what you like Dave.
I wouldnt be with out my discovery now for all the tea in china.
Even more so after the story in the paper about one plummeting 120feet abd the driver walking away from it. LOL
Safe as houses.:laugh:
Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2009 9:39 am
by lutonlagerlout
some people like their cars ,its never interested me in the slightest.
I'm am happy going out in the cabstar and its free advertising , the missus has got one of those saab 93 cabriolets,waste of space IMO cant get more than 4 bags of dust in the boot and no roof rack for planks
:;):
LLL
Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2009 11:35 am
by Bob_A
lutonlagerlout wrote:some people like their cars ,its never interested me in the slightest.
I'm like that. I get bored of driving very easily so my only interest is to get from A to B.
I tend to buy new bottom of the range cars and run them into the ground.
I had a modest Clio that I bought new 9 years old ago but it was written off, I replaced it with a brand new basic petrol Note that cost £8374 on the road. I intend to keep that going for many years.
Missus car is a 17 year old Orion that we bought new but I'm now fed up with mending it every 5 minutes. Got a Fiat500 on order to replace it which will cost £6925 after the scrappage allowance. We will also run that into the ground but I'm not expecting that one to last 17 years!
I'm not interested in air-con, sat nav and gadgets so am able to buy two new cars for less than what many people spend on one luxury car!
Each to their own, I can appreciate people wanting to aspire to prestigious motors but all I'm interested in is if they work. 
Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2009 11:45 am
by flowjoe
I am with you guys on this, just scrapped the wifes 19 yo Nissan that i payed 2K for 9 years ago, and replaced it with a 10yo puma (i know, i know a hairdressers car) which with any look will run for another 10 years.
It would break my heart to see something sat on the drive 22 hours a day that i was still paying for.
Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2009 2:49 pm
by DNgroundworks
Injured - is that a new shape discovery? Was lookin at one of them aswell, proper towing machine!
Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2009 5:15 pm
by Dave_L
Disco - you can tow nigh-on 3.5 ton with one of those can't you?
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Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2009 5:46 pm
by dig dug dan
Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2009 5:48 pm
by dig dug dan
Disco - you can tow nigh-on 3.5 ton with one of those can't you?
with a tacho fitted 
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Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2009 6:05 pm
by ambient
merc sprinter had it 5 years never spent a penny on it gonna keep it another 5 with a bit of luck 
missus has old merc ml 4x4 only does about 10 mpg never any diesel in it always somethin wrong with it costs arm and leg for parts 
Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2009 8:22 pm
by Dave_L
dig dug dan wrote:Disco - you can tow nigh-on 3.5 ton with one of those can't you?
with a tacho fitted
Are you sure? Never seen a Disco with a tacho!
Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2009 8:49 pm
by dig dug dan
Are you sure? Never seen a Disco with a tacho!
If you go over 3.5 tonne (combined weight of vehicle and trailer), you need a tachograph fitted in certain circumstances.
For example: if you are hiring out a digger, and delivering it, you must have one fitted.
If you are a builder, and tow a trailer, you need one.
the rules are a bit more complicated than that, and even the police are not all the clued up, but vosa can be fierce about it.
I have had to order my new truck with one fitted because of the number of times the old bill have pulled me over towing the crusher!
Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2009 8:53 pm
by bobbi o
Dave_L wrote:dig dug dan wrote:Disco - you can tow nigh-on 3.5 ton with one of those can't you?
with a tacho fitted
Are you sure? Never seen a Disco with a tacho!
3.5t combined trailer and load weight,so about 2.2t load legally.
illegally the disco can tow about 8t combined no probs,on an iforwilliams on the back roads.
Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2009 8:54 pm
by dig dug dan
Ifor williams do not make a trailer bigger than 3.5t gross, so unless the disco weighs 4.5 tonne, its not possible!
