Next car purchase
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I'm thinking maybe buy a car that needs a little work, whats the best way of protecting a refurbished chassis, can they be galvanized easily or and alternative method, I'm just preparing for worse case scenario if I get a bad one, no doubt that will be the biggest job if there is a problem
Mine has been used as a daily at various points, including by me for a short period when I was between cars.
It has 81,000 miles on it and has averaged around 7k per year, never being off the road for any significant amount of time.
It's an awesome car to have and not bought with the head one iota. You need to be educated in what you're getting yourself in for (We're not trying to scare you) but you do need to have a little more money available than just the cost of purchase.
The service at 6,000 miles is cheap £400-ish, 12,000 miles = £800=ish. On top of that, £5.5k will most probably see you able to do a drive in/out on an engine rebuild without needing to change your eating habits. Get it done at a reputable place and you'll have almost a Kia-rivalling warranty on the big, expensive, important bit.
Using mine daily... It was great, until it tried to kill me. And until the crank sensor unexpectedly killed the car completely and left me stranded in a car park. And until a melted fuse killed all engine electrics meaning they needed to close the M6 ad junction beneath to facilitate my rescue. Death can haunt you, but you have plenty to laugh about.
It was my first performance car and it competed for my attention daily with a 120bhp Rover 75 and a 140bhp Celica
and I've not killed myself yet. Respect it, accept in the wet it's basically slower than an Astra and you'll be fine. Also, be careful of early morning shadows on the road and never, ever drive past a tunnel.
It has 81,000 miles on it and has averaged around 7k per year, never being off the road for any significant amount of time.
It's an awesome car to have and not bought with the head one iota. You need to be educated in what you're getting yourself in for (We're not trying to scare you) but you do need to have a little more money available than just the cost of purchase.
The service at 6,000 miles is cheap £400-ish, 12,000 miles = £800=ish. On top of that, £5.5k will most probably see you able to do a drive in/out on an engine rebuild without needing to change your eating habits. Get it done at a reputable place and you'll have almost a Kia-rivalling warranty on the big, expensive, important bit.
Using mine daily... It was great, until it tried to kill me. And until the crank sensor unexpectedly killed the car completely and left me stranded in a car park. And until a melted fuse killed all engine electrics meaning they needed to close the M6 ad junction beneath to facilitate my rescue. Death can haunt you, but you have plenty to laugh about.
It was my first performance car and it competed for my attention daily with a 120bhp Rover 75 and a 140bhp Celica
and I've not killed myself yet. Respect it, accept in the wet it's basically slower than an Astra and you'll be fine. Also, be careful of early morning shadows on the road and never, ever drive past a tunnel. Edited by NuddyRap on Monday 27th March 17:52
NuddyRap said:
Mine has been used as a daily at various points, including by me for a short period when I was between cars.
It has 81,000 miles on it and has averaged around 7k per year, never being off the road for any significant amount of time.
It's an awesome car to have and not bought with the head one iota. You need to be educated in what you're getting yourself in for (We're not trying to scare you) but you do need to have a little more money available than just the cost of purchase.
The service at 6,000 miles is cheap £400-ish, 12,000 miles = £800=ish. On top of that, £5.5k will most probably see you able to do a drive in/out on an engine rebuild without needing to change your eating habits. Get it done at a reputable place and you'll have almost a Kia-rivalling warranty on the big, expensive, important bit.
Using mine daily... It was great, until it tried to kill me. And until the crank sensor unexpectedly killed the car completely and left me stranded in a car park. And until a melted fuse killed all engine electrics meaning they needed to close the M6 ad junction beneath to facilitate my rescue. Death can haunt you, but you have plenty to laugh about.
It was my first performance car and it competed for my attention daily with a 120bhp Rover 75 and a 140bhp Celica and I've not killed myself yet. Respect it, accept in the wet it's basically slower than an Astra and you'll be fine. Also, be careful of early morning shadows on the road and never, ever drive past a tunnel.
I shall bare this in mind It has 81,000 miles on it and has averaged around 7k per year, never being off the road for any significant amount of time.
It's an awesome car to have and not bought with the head one iota. You need to be educated in what you're getting yourself in for (We're not trying to scare you) but you do need to have a little more money available than just the cost of purchase.
The service at 6,000 miles is cheap £400-ish, 12,000 miles = £800=ish. On top of that, £5.5k will most probably see you able to do a drive in/out on an engine rebuild without needing to change your eating habits. Get it done at a reputable place and you'll have almost a Kia-rivalling warranty on the big, expensive, important bit.
Using mine daily... It was great, until it tried to kill me. And until the crank sensor unexpectedly killed the car completely and left me stranded in a car park. And until a melted fuse killed all engine electrics meaning they needed to close the M6 ad junction beneath to facilitate my rescue. Death can haunt you, but you have plenty to laugh about.
It was my first performance car and it competed for my attention daily with a 120bhp Rover 75 and a 140bhp Celica
and I've not killed myself yet. Respect it, accept in the wet it's basically slower than an Astra and you'll be fine. Also, be careful of early morning shadows on the road and never, ever drive past a tunnel. Edited by NuddyRap on Monday 27th March 17:52
NuddyRap said:
Mine has been used as a daily at various points, including by me for a short period when I was between cars.
It has 81,000 miles on it and has averaged around 7k per year, never being off the road for any significant amount of time.
It's an awesome car to have and not bought with the head one iota. You need to be educated in what you're getting yourself in for (We're not trying to scare you) but you do need to have a little more money available than just the cost of purchase.
The service at 6,000 miles is cheap £400-ish, 12,000 miles = £800=ish. On top of that, £5.5k will most probably see you able to do a drive in/out on an engine rebuild without needing to change your eating habits. Get it done at a reputable place and you'll have almost a Kia-rivalling warranty on the big, expensive, important bit.
Using mine daily... It was great, until it tried to kill me. And until the crank sensor unexpectedly killed the car completely and left me stranded in a car park. And until a melted fuse killed all engine electrics meaning they needed to close the M6 ad junction beneath to facilitate my rescue. Death can haunt you, but you have plenty to laugh about.
It was my first performance car and it competed for my attention daily with a 120bhp Rover 75 and a 140bhp Celica and I've not killed myself yet. Respect it, accept in the wet it's basically slower than an Astra and you'll be fine. Also, be careful of early morning shadows on the road and never, ever drive past a tunnel.
How are Rovers as a daily driver? Reliable enough ?It has 81,000 miles on it and has averaged around 7k per year, never being off the road for any significant amount of time.
It's an awesome car to have and not bought with the head one iota. You need to be educated in what you're getting yourself in for (We're not trying to scare you) but you do need to have a little more money available than just the cost of purchase.
The service at 6,000 miles is cheap £400-ish, 12,000 miles = £800=ish. On top of that, £5.5k will most probably see you able to do a drive in/out on an engine rebuild without needing to change your eating habits. Get it done at a reputable place and you'll have almost a Kia-rivalling warranty on the big, expensive, important bit.
Using mine daily... It was great, until it tried to kill me. And until the crank sensor unexpectedly killed the car completely and left me stranded in a car park. And until a melted fuse killed all engine electrics meaning they needed to close the M6 ad junction beneath to facilitate my rescue. Death can haunt you, but you have plenty to laugh about.
It was my first performance car and it competed for my attention daily with a 120bhp Rover 75 and a 140bhp Celica
and I've not killed myself yet. Respect it, accept in the wet it's basically slower than an Astra and you'll be fine. Also, be careful of early morning shadows on the road and never, ever drive past a tunnel. Edited by NuddyRap on Monday 27th March 17:52
nh92 said:
How are Rovers as a daily driver? Reliable enough ?
Awkward question. Reliable 'enough' depends on the duration that the reliability is required for. For me, in a word, NO.
But I'm a car killer. I drive low powered cars hard and consequently they don't seem to last very long.
Plenty of other people's Rovers still work fine and I often think about fixing it or buying another despite the relative unreliability introduced in to the equation by me. Great places to sit in, excellent ride, good chassis, nice engine noises, quiet cruising, tactile controls, nice smells and nice to look at.
Just a bit stupid. (Also see Alfa Romeo)
I'll summarise as such: At one point, the Cerbera was my most reliable car.
NuddyRap said:
The service at 6,000 miles is cheap £400-ish, 12,000 miles = £800=ish. On top of that, £5.5k will most probably see you able to do a drive in/out on an engine rebuild without needing to change your eating habits. Get it done at a reputable place and you'll have almost a Kia-rivalling warranty on the big, expensive, important bit.
I believe a basic Powers rebuild is more like 8k.. I'd definitely need to change my eating habits if that bill suddenly cropped up! You and me both!
It depends what you go for and what you change whilst you are there, as well as the failure mode.
A straight forward refresh with them isn't going to cost an earth shattering amount more than what I said, but 'basic' is always a pretty loose definition, so yes it could be more like 8k. If you need new pistons or liners, or, or, or... then on it goes. Get the engine out yourself (Like I am for some other work) and you'll save a chunk too.
I've heard 4.7s can be in the teens of thousands. Needless to say, mine remain a 4.5!
It depends what you go for and what you change whilst you are there, as well as the failure mode.
A straight forward refresh with them isn't going to cost an earth shattering amount more than what I said, but 'basic' is always a pretty loose definition, so yes it could be more like 8k. If you need new pistons or liners, or, or, or... then on it goes. Get the engine out yourself (Like I am for some other work) and you'll save a chunk too.
I've heard 4.7s can be in the teens of thousands. Needless to say, mine remain a 4.5!
Edited by NuddyRap on Wednesday 29th March 11:06
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