Re: Paging Pete M: What do you reckon?

Which is what a stationary Octavia will see anyway. I managed to burn a 12th of a tank in 1.5miles on Friday night (used about the same before that in the previous 70 miles). And my knee hurt badly. It's a plus minus thing. LPG will be cheaper than petrol (ish) but it will use more. My leg won't hurt and it will be comfy, but handle like a barge. Or a Volvo Auto 760/960 will be slowish and may blow a headgasket, but but chip fat will be cheaper, it won't be as comfy, but it won't be as barge like, my knee won't hurt. Merc diesel auto. Will be slow. Should be bombproof, will be comfy but not as wafty, might be back in barge territory, but it will be cheap on chip fat. or the Octavia that I'm devaluing as I add more miles still, rather than having hit rock bottom yet. Drinking petrol like it is going out of fashion when running stationary with no alternative available without large cash investment. And it aint that comfy. And my knee hurts.

can't see how you find the octi that bad! try a 2.8 straight 6 on petrol not LPG :)

It's more the comfort thing ATM. On a run, they are bit hard but OK. But in stop start traffic I might as well be sitting on a wooden bench. Tey feel that hard on my arse and lower back. And the lumbar support is either useless because it is too far in, or trying to break my lower ribs because once screwed out, it is too high up.

And the manual box in stop start traffic makes my knee hurt. Pain while driving is not good for making a note of what is happening when people are trying to make 2 lanes and a slip road into 6 lanes, and a ambulance wants to come through.

Remember my =A3300 Saab turbo. Passed two MOTs with just handbrake=20 adjustment. If it wasn't for the mystery oil leak I would have kept it. And I found where that was after I agreed a price with the new buyer. If=20 I hadn't have already agreed to sell it, and him being on his way with=20 the money on the train, I could have fixed that for =A310 worth of scrap=20 yard parts. My Favorit was =A390 and flew through an MOT. and My Estelle was =A380 and needed a little welding for the MOT, and some= =20 non structural stuff which I chose to do mid way between to make sure it=20 was solid.

Bargain bangers can be had. Even free cars aren't always shit.

--=20 Carl Robson Audio stream:

i know what you mean bout the manual thing. i'm luck enough that my commute is only about 12-14 miles each way (depending on which way i go) but if i get caught in a small jam it does start to ache the left leg! the MR2 Turbo was wose than the BM though as the clutch pedal was so heavy.

Same as the GT4 Plus in this job I have to wear shoes, instead of trainers like I could in my old job, which means, change at work and carry the other pair in the car, or catch too pedals at one, and slam on the brakes when shifting to second on a roundabout. Can't drive in my nice comfortable boots, and can only just do it in my ever so sensible but boring slip on shoes. sole are too wide and clip the other pedals. I either hit the brake or the dead pedal when I dip the clutch.

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My Golf GTi cost £350, I bought it with no MOT or Tax just taking a chance because the seller said there was a mystery fault with the dash wiring. After getting it home I took the £200 stereo out of the dash and moved the stereo earth connection from the dashboard illumination wire he'd connected it to back to the earth connection, replaced 3 or four fuses and took the Golf for an MOT which it passed with zero faults.

It's worth considerably more than £390 - which is what it cost after passing the MOT, has a full service history, upto date from a VW specialist, a fully rebuilt engine less than 1000 miles before I bought it by said specialist, was owned by the same family from '91 until I bought it, has every old MOT and tax disc, a reg plate that's worth decent money to the Golf freaks, it drives like a new one, every bush was replaced not long ago, it feels as quick as a good one should, is reliable, economical and appreciating in value.

Unfortunately it doesn't have a soft touch dash or damped grab handles, but the extent of work it has needed since I bought it has been to lubricate the heater fan because it was squeaking - a 2 minute job.

The only thing on the whole car that doesn't work is the rear wiper, and that's only because it's seized with lack of use.

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A W124 300 turbo diesel goes quite well, and you'd be amazed how cheaply you can get the C250 Turbodiesel for now - they go pretty well.

You have a seriously hard life, having to carry an entire other pair of shoes in a car capable of seating five...

(I go for socks/barefoot for any distance driving)

cheers, clive

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I hear everything you're saying here. So, tell me. What does this Golf have in common with an elderly Range Rover ?

(Don't get me wrong, I'm as tempted as the next man by the ole' V8 soundtrack etc. but it's not really the corrdect car for Carl, is it ?)

Whereas aside from the manual box, the Golf might be a nice idea (possibly with some seats from a newer Golf or something heh).

I have something with seats from a newer golf. And the engine from an older golf with newer management and the wheels/brakes/gearbox from a Golf. And the floorpan from a golf and a bit. Wrapped up in a bigger better equiped body/interior.

That is why I want something different, comfortable and interesting.

Ok, from a decent specced Golf. R32 seats rock, probably worth more than the GTi in question though.

Definatley worth more than the Octavia. And it doesn't solve the need for an Auto currently.

i thought only women have shoes for driving and shoes for other stuff. stop being a tart

what he needs is an old yank tank not a boring 4x4 :)

I need to wear shoes for work, not something that gives feedback. My boots are OK for wearing but not for driving. I have wide feet and shoes that fit me are generally too wide to drive in, unless they are more of a sports shoe cut. There are very few sports shoe cut shoes that look enough like formal shoes to hide it in the office.

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Maybe. But some of the roads I drive on only have narrow lanes. There is=20 a buick electra I've seen locally that is nice. But it is wider than my=20 side of the road that I need to drive on at work, once I'm off the=20 motorway. I would probably do a Clarkson, and find myself stuck at a=20 traffic calming measure, and be too long to do a 3 point turn.

--=20 Carl Robson Audio stream:

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I've bought Range Rovers for the money this one is at, and they've been pretty much ok. Not perfect, certainly, but they've been ok and they've been more than capable of doing exactly what Carl wants from a car.

TBH, the V8 soundtrack isn't that loud in a Rangey being driven normally, but the manual ones do sound better than the autos.

I'd take the chance with any decent, running, Rangey with LPG for that money - especially one with a decent amount of mot on.