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What are you driving?

Just bought a Nissan Juke. Love it, but need to sell it or swap for a qashqai for the extra space.

 
Rogerborg said:
Micra on stilts.

Surprisingly unroomy.

They look great, but it's all show and no stow.
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To be fair there is a deep boot, but it’s thin front to back, and not enough space to put the dogs in. Otherwise I love it, it drives beautiful.

Cant sit in the back if you’re a grown adult for safety though, not sure how it pass safety testing - the roof slants down low so that anyone over 5’11” will get their neck broken if the car is rear ended, as there’s up to a foot of empty distance between your head and the headrest.

It has split seats so I was planning to remove the single seat in the back for extra space, but it’s actually 60/40 split seatBACKs, with a single bench-like seat all across.

 
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I’m one of those people who genuinely couldn’t give a fornication a car’s speed/performance/color/look/etc all I want is five doors cheap to run and ain’t gona break the bank to run .

SO I recently bought a bog standard Dacia sandero (not even a stepaway) cost peanuts on the road and it has a mahoosive boot space due to its ‘boxy’ arse end .?

 
Druid799 said:
I’m one of those people who genuinely couldn’t give a fornication a car’s speed/performance/color/look/etc all I want is five doors cheap to run and ain’t gona break the bank to run .

SO I recently bought a bog standard Dacia sandero (not even a stepaway) cost peanuts on the road and it has a mahoosive boot space due to its ‘boxy’ arse end .?
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Ergh! One of those people huh. Well i suppose no one can be perfect.?

 
Prisce said:
Ergh! One of those people huh. Well i suppose no one can be perfect.?
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Yup and proud of it , just the other face of the coin to the people who spend huge amounts on cars that can do a gazillion miles per hr , respond quicker than a blink of the eye but never have and never will spend any track time with it so there drive around on the same roads and at close to the same speeds as me in my bog standard kit box on wheels ! ?

??

 
@Druid799 the sandero is not a bad car, i have a 06 renault scenic my self its not all about flashyness as long asit gets you a to b and then back to a 

 
me, 56 plate Mitsubishi L200 Trojan, owned from new & just keeps going with very little outlay, so cant see any point in changing it yet.

got a bike (xt600e) & a Renault rx4 but their sorn at the moment as not currently needed.

 
Mad Rag said:
@Druid799 the sandero is not a bad car, i have a 06 renault scenic my self its not all about flashyness as long asit gets you a to b and then back to a 
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Spot on bud ?

now if it only had two wheels ? Different story ! ?‍♂️

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Off topic, but I'm playing my Friday night joker.

Many years ago,  when I was too young and dumb to know what couldn't be done, I cobbled together a T&J Locust Lotus 7 replica kit car.

it consisted of a poorly welded ladderframe angle-iron chassis, an aluminium skinned plywood (yes, wood) body tub, and various random Mk II Escort, Cortina and Triumph Sprint and Dolomite parts.   I shudder to recall the bodges that I did to get it running, but my God you knew you were driving it.

Something like this, although mine never looked that complete.

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I ended up literally giving it away between breakdowns because my conscience couldn't stomach taking money from someone in return for that absolute death trap (the seatbelts were bolted into the wooden body tub...).  I fully expected it to be in a ditch / in pieces / on fire, or some combination of the three within months.

Tonight, out of sheer random curiosity, I just bashed the registration into https://vehicleenquiry.service.gov.uk and love a duck...

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An actual thing that I made with my own two hands a quarter of a century ago is still on the road, MOT'd, taxed and insured, and according to the MOT record is racking up a couple of hundred miles a year, every year.

Just... wow.  I am in equal[*] parts horrified and delighted.

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[*]90% delighted.

 
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'12 Jaguar XF-S here. I walk to work now so it's just a weekend car and does very little mileage. Not something I would drive if I did a lot of mileage.

Sold my last motorbike soon after our youngest was born and my wife almost misses it more than I do which means there will be another bike in the not too distant future.

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Used to own a few vintage Triumphs and other decaying money-pits-on-wheels (loved 'em though).

Then had kids and bought a more sensible KIA Ceed which never seems to require any work doing to it. Phenomenally reliable car. Although I have undoubtedly just jinxed it and will probably arrive home to find it in flames on the driveway.

For my daily commute I cycle... 20 mile round trip each day, all weathers... which helps to keep the pies and pints off my waistline. A bit.

 
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