So what car do you drive?

[Ginny]

Has Philly branched out into shittoos?

Does Anyone else miss Phily?

[SammyAftershave]

Does Anyone else miss Phily?

 

Alberto Moreno and the few patches of unadorned skin he has left?

[Rico1304]

Does Anyone else miss Phily?

Not when I'm playing pool

[General Dryness]

Does Anyone else miss Phily?

 

Mac4 still cries into his ovaltine every time he thinks of how he was internet bested by Philly.

[Oh Buoy]

Speeding fines revised.

 

Seems they can now dock half a week's wage if you're throwing out 31mph in a 30.

[Guest Pistonbroke]

Speeding fines revised.

 

Seems they can now dock half a week's wage if you're throwing out 31mph in a 30.

 

Not quite that bad, but here is a link which covers/explains the new revised fines/points/bans. 

 

http://www.evo.co.uk/news/18773/speeding-fines-all-you-need-to-know-about-the-new-stricter-speeding-penalties

[General Dryness]

What buoy said is accurate though mate.

 

For example according to those tables band A is 21-30 in a 20 zone. The starting point for band A is 50% of the offenders weekly wage, but the range is anywhere from 25% to 75%.

 

Unless I'm reading it wrong?

[Guest Pistonbroke]

He mentioned 31 in a 30 though.

[General Dryness]

Nitpicker!

[cochyn]

Speeding fines revised.

 

Seems they can now dock half a week's wage if you're throwing out 31mph in a 30.

 

Just tell them you're a paperboy.

[Chairman Meow]

I'm only in my 3rd year of self employment and things are pretty tight, although I'm managing to pay the bills I'm making a loss a lot of the time. 

 

They'll end up owing me money!

[Captain Turdseye]

Driving a Renault Scenc at the minute. It's exactly the same as a Scenic but the 'i' has fallen off the back.

[Rico1304]

I've got my first stupid test drive this weekend, Audi A5 Coupe Quattro. Will have to try not to wrap it round a lamppost.

[neko]

I've never really cared much about the car I drive. I like cheap, easy to maintain and reliable. Don't think I'll ever buy a car new.

 

In the last 25 years I've had my dad's old 1985 Audi 5000, a 1992 VW Jetta, and a 2004 VW Golf. The Audi was expense to maintain, the Jetta was great, but got old and senile. The Golf was Brazil/Mexico made crap.

 

Last week we decided to sell the Golf and upgrade to a 2006 Subaru Outback. I like the idea of having something that can climb mountains, rip through snow and carry a decent payload of cats.

 

It's the first car I've owned that is worth more than my bicycles, and I'm very proud. Feel like an adult now.

 

 

 

 

 

[TheHowieLama]

Good ride there, I had one when I lived in the Northeast - as you said it's great in snow. Git ya some crossbars for the roof rack and put the bikes on top.

[easytoslip]

A Humber Snipe. 

[VladimirIlyich]

4 hours ago, easytoslip said:

A Humber Snipe. 

You rode on the back of a North Eastern wading bird?

[easytoslip]

1 hour ago, VladimirIlyich said:

You rode on the back of a North Eastern wading bird?

Ha, watch Cyril Cusack in Pinters Birthday Party, he drives one. a taxi service for men of affairs.

Him and Paul Rodgers, brilliant. 

[Total Longo]

Recently bought a Grandland X, it's like driving a van. In the sense of how high the driving position is, compared to our old car. 

[redinblack]

I got a second hand Audi SQ5 last week. I like it a lot, the high driving position, very comfortable and a nice cruiser. I'll have to watch that right foot though, it gets to illegal speeds rather quickly.

[Total Longo]

1 minute ago, redinblack said:

I got a second hand Audi SQ5 last week. I like it a lot, the high driving position, very comfortable and a nice cruiser. I'll have to watch that right foot though, it gets to illegal speeds rather quickly.

I wanted a Merc but i bowed to the Mrs and her logic of getting one with a "big boot space for the dogs" - I also value comfort more now, as a 51 year old man. And it was well cheaper. 

[redinblack]

3 minutes ago, Total Longo said:

I wanted a Merc but i bowed to the Mrs and her logic of getting one with a "big boot space for the dogs" - I also value comfort more now, as a 51 year old man. And it was well cheaper. 

Ive moved from an A4 which was a lovely car, but low, and getting down into a car was becoming more problematic as my back becomes less flexible, so yes the comfort aspect matters more now. I look at a McLaren or a Lamborghini now and I dont think "wow" I think "I've got no fucking chance of getting in or out of that"

 

As for Mercs I had an old C180, still one of the nicest cars I ever had in good weather, but all over the shop in the wet or ice, I was like Paddy Hopkirk doing rally cross in it then.

[sir roger]

We have a Qashqai which is probably considered boring, but does everything well and is good on fuel. For a bit more excitement we have an old (08) MX5 which handles really well , bit of a pain with the canvas roof like.

[VladimirIlyich]

32 minutes ago, redinblack said:

I got a second hand Audi SQ5 last week. I like it a lot, the high driving position, very comfortable and a nice cruiser. I'll have to watch that right foot though, it gets to illegal speeds rather quickly.

I drove an Audi A4 once about 20 years ago and have only driven average road cars before and since.I can vouch for those speeds coming from nowhere.

[rb14]

13 minutes ago, sir roger said:

We have a Qashqai which is probably considered boring, but does everything well and is good on fuel. For a bit more excitement we have an old (08) MX5 which handles really well , bit of a pain with the canvas roof like.

The MX5. What. A. Car. Yours will be the third gen NC? I preferred the NA and NB but it's still a heart and soul MX5, despite Ford's best endeavours. Not that you should, but you can chuck a set of track tyres on that car and it'll be a revelation on a race circuit.