I just Love my banger..
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Mine's a 2004 jazz with a scruffy rear bumper for £500 (hence the price) with fresh mot, quite some time ago.
-still returns 50mpg from a petrol engine that just needs some cheapest oil I can get £12 (4litres) every now and than, I'm not sure if it needs it actually but It makes me feel better about doing something to it.
-have never visited a service with it since I have had it in 4years, have changed few consumables on it however (brakes pads on driveway in a couple of minutes which cost me £16 to do) has passed all it's MOT's first time with 0 advisories for it's lifetime.
-cheap tax/insurance
-I left it 3weeks in a busy parking lot while I was on holiday a month ago, somehow when I returned I realized I hadn't locked it, it wasn't touched..
-when I park it somewhere I don't even bother closing the sunroof as I know no1 will probably touch it, if someone does, oh well..
-it's GREAT for converting in a van in just instant, can cary loads of stuff in it,and has loads of passanger space for a small car.
-You can just get in that thing, and you are in instant comfort (or at least out of the rain) , with great visibility all around and it's sooo easy to drive, no fancy designs,no fancy systems anywhere which can go wrong.
-People think you are poor, and cut you some slack all the time because they see you are driving such a car. Can't really overcharge someone driving an old jazz, When I take my company car/wifes car it's totally the opposite.
-if anything happens to it, it's a car that is worth 1-2months of lease payment on a new car.
I have been lured in to showrooms to go check some new cars, but when I look at all the brand new cars that will cost me £4-£5k a year in deprecation, or £3k a year lease costs and will need £200 dealer oil changes and I will need to watch how many miles I can do with it and worry everytime when I leave it in carpark I'm just happy I have it!
-still returns 50mpg from a petrol engine that just needs some cheapest oil I can get £12 (4litres) every now and than, I'm not sure if it needs it actually but It makes me feel better about doing something to it.
-have never visited a service with it since I have had it in 4years, have changed few consumables on it however (brakes pads on driveway in a couple of minutes which cost me £16 to do) has passed all it's MOT's first time with 0 advisories for it's lifetime.
-cheap tax/insurance
-I left it 3weeks in a busy parking lot while I was on holiday a month ago, somehow when I returned I realized I hadn't locked it, it wasn't touched..
-when I park it somewhere I don't even bother closing the sunroof as I know no1 will probably touch it, if someone does, oh well..
-it's GREAT for converting in a van in just instant, can cary loads of stuff in it,and has loads of passanger space for a small car.
-You can just get in that thing, and you are in instant comfort (or at least out of the rain) , with great visibility all around and it's sooo easy to drive, no fancy designs,no fancy systems anywhere which can go wrong.
-People think you are poor, and cut you some slack all the time because they see you are driving such a car. Can't really overcharge someone driving an old jazz, When I take my company car/wifes car it's totally the opposite.
-if anything happens to it, it's a car that is worth 1-2months of lease payment on a new car.
I have been lured in to showrooms to go check some new cars, but when I look at all the brand new cars that will cost me £4-£5k a year in deprecation, or £3k a year lease costs and will need £200 dealer oil changes and I will need to watch how many miles I can do with it and worry everytime when I leave it in carpark I'm just happy I have it!
lostkiwi said:
I bought this shed 6 months ago:
210k miles and £250. Flew through an MOT 2 months back with nothing other than braking imbalance as an advisory.
Gave it my daughter and bought this for myself (need an estate so had to do something):
115k miles E240 for £600.
Spent £50 on a crank sensor and £20 on a tailgate gas strut and its now pretty much perfect mechanically and just a few little dints cosmetically. Virtually no rust either!
that's one nice £250 shed!210k miles and £250. Flew through an MOT 2 months back with nothing other than braking imbalance as an advisory.
Gave it my daughter and bought this for myself (need an estate so had to do something):
115k miles E240 for £600.
Spent £50 on a crank sensor and £20 on a tailgate gas strut and its now pretty much perfect mechanically and just a few little dints cosmetically. Virtually no rust either!
Edited by lostkiwi on Monday 3rd October 10:36
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