Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

That's a shame. I knew they'd capped the top end EVs, but didn't realize it was all of them.

Another plus of the Jazz, which is a bit harsh, is that old people tend to drive them so you can often get low mileage ones.

"P7 NBH" for a C55 Estate, 2007 vintage.

£1507 annual with black box 👎

Yeah looking at trademe constantly!

I have a hire car for a couple of weeks once i start work but after that we need to have bought our own, preferably relatively locally to Dunedin

Have a manual honda jazz as a 2nd runaround / work car - extremely reliable and economical although minus points on the cool wall

That's less than you'd pay for insuring a 1.0l Yaris or similar as a new driver in Ireland :(

honda civic / jazz.

i've owned 2 and they're indestructaburr.

Alfa Romeo 159 Sportwagon 3.2 V6.

I have the 2.4jtdm version and spent last week doing 2000+km in South of France with it and it was a joy!

Lets not forget it'll be coming back to Eire with me next year! Pre 08 2.5l forester is €1080 a year to tax. That's realistically my limit for tax.

In that case get a 2.4JTDM also... you'll pick up a really nice one for half your budget.

I can't really drive diesel for religious reasons...

£1507

Really? I'm pretty shocked it's that low. Is it the black box, your age, or because it's an estate I wonder(?).

Also on the Maglite D chat a while back this is the blub I switched to

http://thetorchsite.co.uk/TTS-3WCR30_CNC_Small_Head.html

was quite a long time ago, so there maybe better options at that price point. But it gives good range and hasn't rinsed the batteries (although it sees extremely infrequent use).

in that case .. BRM do you wan2 send me your registration number so I can run a quote?

@amey

My current car is my first car, I'm 37 and have had a licence since I was 18 but only bought it last year. 2004 Fiat Panda. Cost £2k with 24,000 miles. Insurance is about £400. Ulez exempt. Roof bars mean I've just fitted a rack and a Thule 561 for bike carrying duties. Might also get a narrow roof box as the boot is a bit small. I'm 6'2" and the driver seat is not all the way back. Regularly carry mini_com in her car seat. At Christmas, we drove to NI and back (1,000 miles total for the holiday) and it didn't miss a beat. The only things I've had to spend money on were a new battery (£50) and two new tyres (£50 each). I will drive it into the ground, but I feel like it's already paid me the £2k.

5 doors too, which is handy. I did throw £100 at a new stereo with BT and DAB as the novelty of the cassette deck wore of quick sharp

Will turn on a sixpence and you can park it nearly anywhere

Dealer’s choice: https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/bmw-armours-x5-bulletproof-protection-vr6

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Looks like the car that nearly flattened me recently in Mallorca. It was on Russian plates, so bulletproofing isn't entirely impossible.

First motorshow I went to as a kid in the 90s had a armoured A8 W12. From memory, it had one-way bulletproof glass you could shoot out of and gas canisters fitted to the wheels to reinflate them for something like 2hrs.

This is the sort of winning post I am after 😃

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Avoid 4 cyl diesels, and not to keen on 4 cyl petrols also shredding timing chains, go for six cylinder all day long petrol or diesel.
Except magnesium block N52 engine they are a pile of rubbish too :)

The laying on of hands has an early result:

To check system and investigate issues-£85+vat

1 x Virtus 402 midrange and separate tweeter-£399+vat

Labour to fit new front speakers, remount rear speakers and remount door mid/woofers-£255+vat

Labour to fit c/o subwoofer-£255+vat

This experiment in in-car audio is proving very expensive.

< insert some cliché about the flat 6 being the only audio you need >