Fiat Bravo 2.0 165 multijet (and car I swapped it for)
Discussion
So to start with I bought a 2010 Ford Focus 1.6TDCI with 7.5k on the clock for around £11,000 at 3 months old. Apparently the RRP was £21k! 
In the 2 and half years I've owned it I've taken it up to 55.5k miles! Woopsies. I did a courier job for a few months and piled on mega milage.
I have now been desperate to get a different car as if I had to pay for the cambelt I would have kept the car which IMO was too slow for safe overtakes (and general use
)
I have started a few threads about cars and failed miserably over the last few months.
In the end I've bought a car I thought I'd never buy in a million years but as the colour stands out and the way it drives is adequate enough for me I did
So here it is with just 23k on the clock
(more pics to follow when I pick up on Wednesday)
In the 2 and half years I've owned it I've taken it up to 55.5k miles! Woopsies. I did a courier job for a few months and piled on mega milage.
I have now been desperate to get a different car as if I had to pay for the cambelt I would have kept the car which IMO was too slow for safe overtakes (and general use
)I have started a few threads about cars and failed miserably over the last few months.
In the end I've bought a car I thought I'd never buy in a million years but as the colour stands out and the way it drives is adequate enough for me I did
So here it is with just 23k on the clock
(more pics to follow when I pick up on Wednesday)Edited by smiffy180 on Monday 20th May 13:58
smiffy180 said:
I would have kept the car which IMO was too slow for safe overtakes (and general use )
Those Ford Focus 1.6RDCi's definitely aren't too slow for overtaking. I know because I did my work driving course in one, and three up it would overtake most road users who weren't pressing on with little effort. Planning is key there. I'll admit, they are too slow for some bad overtakes, and you'll miss some opportunities because of the relative lack of power but they've definitely got enough on tap for day to day use. Not a bad little steer, those. )Baryonyx said:
Those Ford Focus 1.6RDCi's definitely aren't too slow for overtaking. I know because I did my work driving course in one, and three up it would overtake most road users who weren't pressing on with little effort. Planning is key there. I'll admit, they are too slow for some bad overtakes, and you'll miss some opportunities because of the relative lack of power but they've definitely got enough on tap for day to day use. Not a bad little steer, those.
Oh yeh but often in Brid for example, there's not enough power to overtake a slower vehicle when oncoming traffic is there.
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