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

Not set in stone yet, but my wife's family are in Ballina, and my family are in Ashbourne, so possibly somewhere like Carrick (close enough to get to dublin in under 2 hours, far away enough to be cheeeeap). Also looking at places in Meath. Need to sell/let our house here first though...

Wait, are you living in Meath now Mick?

Almost! Omeath, Co. Louth, about 20 mins up the coast from Dundalk

Great will have a go, car isn't going to do many regular miles which never helps.
Volvo still getting rebuilt, that thing can sit for months on end and doesn't seem to have any issues with starting etc.

Ah just nearby Rostrevor! LFGSS mountain biking trip might have to be on the cards!

Definitely! I've yet to get over there myself (haven't been on a bike since I moved over in June), but definitely need to get around to it!

beauty. cheers dude.

but car plans taken out of my hands for a little while, particularly during our sorting of house move. the little fiat still getting plenty of love. and am kicking myself for the poor timing which meant I had to stay out of getting involved in the bidding on this rare beauty:

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and as it goes am looking after a fellow forumengers 2003 BMW 3 series estate for a few months - which will help with house stuff.

and not kidding but looks like we will be looking after the extended family's Honda Jazz for a while. can't argue with free cars.

So is lending you a jazz trolling you ;)

Anyone want a cheap 54 fiat Duplo van? Located in wood green area.

How cheap, what mileage etc?

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I am leaning heavily towards getting a mitsubishi outlander phev. It's some kind of leasing deal, fully speced car with blinky screens, things that go beep and cameras everywhere. Am I an idiot? Not interested in owning a car again, the last two have been money pits and by my calculations this won't be much more expensive than fixing/maintaining an older car that'll rot and depreciate no matter what.

Just returned one of these after a 3 year lease.
They are either brilliant or useless depending on the type of driving your do. If you do lots of short journeys (less than 20 miles) and can plug it in, they are great, you can get everywhere on the electric and life is good. If you do mainly long journeys then after 20 miles you are left with a thirsty heavy (lots of batteries!) petrol engine with quite a small fuel tank.
Traded in for the l200 pickup which has all the same gadgets, and they re useful.

Good to hear!

lots of short journeys

Yes. Groceries, kids to & fro, etc etc

can plug it in

Yes.

long journeys

Seldom.

Need the size & a towhook, otherwise I'd get something smaller and preferably all electrical. But leasing a small car costs almost as much as a big one, no point for us atm.

My wife’s parents have one... They never plug it in.
It’s a nice car but not particularly capacious or spacious for the size and as mentioned above, heavy and thirsty once on pure petrol.

This is wild! I want one.

I had another 4 letter word in mind...

Does it come in orange? I reckon that would look better in orange.

They might say irony.

We might say meme.

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I absolutely want one.
500 mile range.
0-60 in 2.9s.
6.3 tonne towing capacity.
Seats six.
Looks like a cross between three Judge Dredd vehicles and a seventies concept car.

...Invisibe to radar. 😎

is that musk?

bleurgh.

Spotted on a wet winters day during a fuel stop on the A30 Cornwall

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How has that passed pedestrian safety stuff?

EDIT: Ah there are exceptions for trucks in the US.