Pimping your own ride?

Paul Rooney ( snipped-for-privacy@aol.com) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :

So they shouldn't be running a car.

Because you can't afford to. What if that unexpected bill is for brakes?

Wtf not?

They can - they *are* affording to.

Then they won't be able to carry on running it. Why does this mean they shouldn't be running a car? By your logic we shouldn't have anything we couldn't afford an expensive repair for.

So we thought we'd get you a nice 7er within budget...

We like V8s these parts. :)

Oh.

They always seemed to be fairly direct to me...

I'll give SnipURL a go tho'. :)

Mine does. But I want a big red rising sun on the roof.

Fraser

Paul Rooney ( snipped-for-privacy@aol.com) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :

More likely they WILL carry on running it, but without maintaining it to a proper standard.

Aye, an Audi would be my first choice too. Although, a new M5 would be right up there with it ! I've got no interest in Mercs, and even less for Jags :)

Gadzooks man, *never* recommend a Corsa !

Tell him to get a Yaris instead, because they're actually good.

This is just speculation. There's no reason whatever why relatively poor people shouldn't run a car.

You've at least got some sort of backup. It just frustrates me when someone says they can't afford a repair on their car, when it's a couple of hundred quid. Fair enough, we all have limited resources, but we also all have a brain, that should be able to work out how far those limited resources will go. Do these people expect a car *never* to go wrong? That's the gamble you take buying a used car without a decent warranty.

A while back a woman at work, who had a Vectra, asked if I knew any decent mechanics. Asked what the job was, as a fair few relatively basic jobs I can competently do myself. She said it needed 2 new rear wheel bearings, and she'd been quoted £150. I said that it sounded like a pretty good price. "Well it's a lot of money to me".

Peter

Agent doesn't. It's the posting news client.

"Waste" ???

I think my point is that I'm sick of hearing people whinge about servicing costs of cars/vans, when they clearly didn't bother to find out the whole picture of running costs to start with.

What's that got to do with its colour though? I think we ought to know.

It's related to the colour of the car via "replying to the wrong post like a complete muppet" syndrome.

Won't it get a bit hot?

Unless they can't afford it.

Yup. That's about the score of it.