hodgy0_2

yes -- the styling is "marmite" and very 70's but actually I was pleasantly surprised, in the flesh it looks quite pretty

I tried to talk him into a 355 at the very least -- but he needed the 4 seats as in reality he bought it for his 12 year old son

bighead

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Wish my dad had bought me a Ferrari when I was twelve

Matteeboy

My dad bought a Ferrari when I was 8.

And a 928 when I was 9.

And three uR Quattros when I was 10.

And a 400bhp P100 Ford pickup truck when I was 10.

And a 300bhp BBR Shogun when I was 11.

And a new mk1 GTi tuned to 200bhp when I was 11.

Hmm - wonder why I'm interested in cars...?

Jimpreza

Mine bought a 1.6 Cortina followed by a Rover 214si.

hodgy0_2

impressive list Mattee (especially the uR Quattros) -- how come you ended up with a diesel estate

suppose it's that natural rebellious tendency of the offspring

austinwrx

sounds like the car list of Ben Dover



my dad had quite an impressive list of powerful cars, but never liked to drive them over 55 mph.

he just never got/understood cars !

Matteeboy

Git!

Godspeed Brakes

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What does he have now your 12

Godspeed Brakes

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When I was growing up my dad had a fecking 1.5 Avenger GLS !!

At least my sons list will look similar to Matteboys lol.

Matteeboy

Cut right back so now and priorities have changed so it's a Mini Cooper S and a T25 camper van (with a few engine mods and pretty evil Alpine ICE).

njkmrs

When I was 10 my Dad had a Horse and Trap for ripping around town !!!
"Any Rag and Bone ? "







He didnt really .
He never had a car either.

hodgy0_2

i know you don't have a high opinion of the Ferrari marque (build quility wise) . I have read your comments re your dads 355 with the same feelings that a boy has, who realises his footballing hero is a wife beating drunk.

but I was genuinely surprised at how solid it felt.

anway has the tsunami hit Cornwall yet?

njkmrs -- have you got the "supercar" drug out of your system then

njkmrs

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Hi Hodgy ,
yes I have to be honest .
I have done 3000 miles in the Merc since I bought it !! Nearly two years ago .
Got it for sale or return with the guys I bought it from .(could not be arsed with tyre kickers knocking on the door )
Smoking around in a Mundano 2.2 tdci ,which is all I need really .The state of the roads oop north makes driving the Merc a pain as Im constantly dodging holes as the 20 inchers are pretty unforgiving .

Not the easiest thing to sell in this climate though at 100 quid to fill up for 200 miles of driving but hey ho .Still looks a beaut of a car though so the itch was scratched for now .

Have you done much on the new place ?

hodgy0_2

Hiya njkmrs

not much tbh -- bit on the garden, woodburning stove (brilliant)

re the merc- can't you take a leaf out of your old mans book and attach a horse to it - sort of Borat style, luxury and economy (not that fast though - but you could add another horse )

njkmrs

Bit of a drop though 500 horses down to a couple of old nags but may be worth a try .!!!!

Could you pm details of the wood burner .I have been toying with the idea myself for a while .Give us a bit of info on it .(dont want to bore everyone on here about it or drag the thread off course .)
Regards
Rob .

billythekid

I ran a 997 2S for 2 and a bit years with detailed spreadsheet on costs. Worked back to about £5000 PA in running costs. I did 3 to 4000 miles PA in it. Those costs did include absolutly everything though, even down to cleaning products etc.

The main cost for me was the warranty, insurance and fuel.
Tax is cheap if you get the right age car, servicing is not cheap but only needs a service every 2 years or 20k.

So all in all, the cost was very reasonable.

Without the warranty though, its a numbers game.