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

Buying a car that is priced roughly around what it would cost to put a set of tyres on it can be fun- but I think you would need to accept a certain amount of unplanned roadside contemplation as being part of the deal.

Yes, that's not a situtation I particularly want.
Routinely, I end up hiring a car for some period of time in the summer and it makes me wince.
Ideally, I'd like to buy a car that works and can get me to and from my destination of caravan/camp site and then continues to work as a car to get me to and from lewisham on a near daily basis.

I saw Eubank up to the gate at 10 Downing Street a few years back. Fuck knows what he was doing.

Anyone remember Binky? The Mini project that's, presumably, been abandoned somewhere along the line.

Richard from BOM has apparently been busy with something else recently:

https://croydonconstitutionalists.uk/richard-brunning-sdp/

His ability to deliver Binky on time and on budget makes him a shoo-in for political office.

How much is the ved per year?

Google the symptoms as see what the problem could be. But if you aren't doing it yourself it will be expensive.

Finding a car, in London at that price bracket will be difficult due to the ulez vehicle purchase

Billy Bragg's From a Vauxhall Velox is slightly more nuanced:

Just a little ...

Curiously dated though - 1984 track, with the latest Veloxes being early 60s. Ah well

If someone could tell me the best roof-mounted system for a Polestar 2 for 3 MTBs and the cheapest place to buy it, including roof bars, that would be great.

The best would be Polestar's load bars for the PS2, or Thule do a decent mounting system too. Thule via eBay is probably your cheapest place to buy that (plus the MTB kit).

But the very cheapest would be any rear mounted setup, halfords style...

Use the search filters then choose the cheapest: https://www.roofbox.co.uk/

They're a great company.

If there isn't an option then buy the OEM one with Thule bars.

OBD scanners, will any old thing do the trick? I'm looking at cheapo $14 jobs on Temu.

Or what's the best Bluetooth app that can clear fault codes? Is that even a thing? I've got Car Scanner in demo mode, will the paid for version do that?

I used Torque Pro in the past, which definitely could clear faults on a Ford. I think it had a specific OBD2 device from Amazon, but wasn't expensive.

I've got this in the boot of my car now that clears faults, £20 from amazon:

https://amzn.eu/d/05SSrDD3

Thanks, ordered!

Yeah, IMLE if you just want to read the codes, Google what they are then clear them, cheap and cheerful is fine. If you're actually going to do anything about the codes yourself and not just take it to a mechanic (my use case), then you might want more bells and whistles.

no code reader required

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Settle down, grandad.

Lovely motor, that. That colour!

Heehee yeah. Colour is epic.

Woof.

That’s gorgeous. Please tell me it’s yours

Das ist zehr gut👍

No I wish dude. Think it was for sale mind. Garage in Hamburg

estate? If so I may be interested

Whoops.
A write off obviously (albeit for about the cheapest car that exists), anyone know what the likely effect on NCB/premiums will be? It’s on a multi car policy with two sets of NCB…

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Is the 500 the only car Fiat makes for the UK market now? I don't recall seeing anything with a 21/22+ plate.

They still make the Panda and they announced a 600 recently (small segment SUV).