Ask a car salesman anything...anything at all.

[techguyone]

smashy said:

Back in the day I as punting my Austin Maxi around the bomb sites of NW London....."is it maroon?" er "yes" "no thanks....." ,,,,but did they come in any other colour ?

My mum had one in a horrid yellowy puky light brown colour - maroon was probably better

[Dan W.]

techguyone said:

My mum had one in a horrid yellowy puky light brown colour - maroon was probably better

Sounds like a modern day hearing aid beige

[talksthetorque]

Dan W. said:

techguyone said:

My mum had one in a horrid yellowy puky light brown colour - maroon was probably better

Sounds like a modern day hearing aid beige

Harvest Gold I think:

[Dan W.]

talksthetorque said:

Harvest Gold I think:

Haha Stunning.

[HTP99]

Dan W. said:

talksthetorque said:

Harvest Gold I think:

Haha Stunning.

My dad had a white one of those, vinyl seats, summer and shorts; ouch!!

[Nickp82]

HTP99 said:

Dan W. said:

talksthetorque said:

Harvest Gold I think:

Haha Stunning.

My dad had a white one of those, vinyl seats, summer and shorts; ouch!!

Ha! that just transported me back to being 4 years old, we had a maroon one and another one in a colour I can't remember. That feeling of the underside of my legs burning on the back seat is one I won't forget.

[silentbrown]

Nickp82 said:

That feeling of the underside of my legs burning on the back seat is one I won't forget.

"leathercloth" (shudders)

[techguyone]

Yes harvest gold - with vinyl seats, so much fun in the 70's you youngsters don't know what you're missing

[StescoG66]

talksthetorque said:

Harvest Gold I think:

I think that colour was called Sandglow. Could be wrong.

[talksthetorque]

StescoG66 said:

talksthetorque said:

Harvest Gold I think:

I think that colour was called Sandglow. Could be wrong.

You might be right, this is advertised as Harvest Gold.


Damn you 1970s BL and your instagram filters

[paulst78]

Hi guys, just been to test drive a 2014 vaux astra sports tourer(estate ??) 1.6 cdti with a load of options on it 46k £6500 lovely to drive and pulls well, from days ford group Wales but they don't have the service book but they do have a printout of all service work done, deal breaker or not?

Edited by paulst78 on Monday 15th January 18:37

[itcaptainslow]

paulst78 said:

Hi guys, just been to test drive a 2014 vaux astra sports tourer(estate ??) 1.6 cdti with a load of options on it 46k £6500 lovely to drive and pulls well, from days ford group Wales but they don't have the service book but they do have a printout of all service work done, deal breaker or not?

Edited by paulst78 on Monday 15th January 18:37

If it’s an ex Motab or fleet (e.g Hitachi) car then the history printout is better in my opinion.

[Butter Face]

itcaptainslow said:

paulst78 said:

Hi guys, just been to test drive a 2014 vaux astra sports tourer(estate ??) 1.6 cdti with a load of options on it 46k £6500 lovely to drive and pulls well, from days ford group Wales but they don't have the service book but they do have a printout of all service work done, deal breaker or not?

Edited by paulst78 on Monday 15th January 18:37

If it’s an ex Motab or fleet (e.g Hitachi) car then the history printout is better in my opinion.

Agreed. A printout you can verify is as good as a service book.

[paulst78]

Thanks guys, if I buy that 2morrow, anyone know when the timing belt needs changing and if soon should I try to get the garage to change it in the price?

[Eyersey1234]

paulst78 said:

Thanks guys, if I buy that 2morrow, anyone know when the timing belt needs changing and if soon should I try to get the garage to change it in the price?

6 years or 100k miles AFAIK

[Eyersey1234]

paulst78 said:

Thanks guys, if I buy that 2morrow, anyone know when the timing belt needs changing and if soon should I try to get the garage to change it in the price?

6 years or 100k miles AFAIK

[paulst78]

Cheers fella

[Eyersey1234]

No worries

[CoolHands]

Sales people, is tootle a good site (read: easy) to flog a 3k motor on?

[JimmyConwayNW]

Would rather a print out for history any day of the week than a stamped book. Usually breaks down exactly what has been done.