iAcorn Posted August 29, 2012 Posted August 29, 2012 Just thought I would create a random thread to see what everybody drives these days. I know some of you will be too young to even start learning to drive yet so until you have your first lesson and whatnot, just enjoy the pictures I drive a 2004 Seat Ibiza, 1.2L. I've had two Fiat Puntos in the past and I must say this is a huge improvement over them. Basically a VW Polo under the hood. And compared to my mothers Citroen Picasso that I've been driving there is no contest. Very nippy and great for what I need (typical English rain) My next car will probably be a Seat Leon, because I have always loved the newer ones. I need to save up the monies for a few years though So what are you guys driving?
Supporters Airsoft-Ed Posted August 29, 2012 Supporters Posted August 29, 2012 Myself. To the brink of insanity by looking at insurance quotes... Fiat Seicento from 2002, worth £350 according to one of those text valuation things - Fully comp = £3.5k Who needs a car anyway? Think I might get a motorbike instead. Or maybe a van, I've heard they're cheaper to insure.
iAcorn Posted August 29, 2012 Author Posted August 29, 2012 Are you kidding? 3.5k to insure? Thats not right. My first car was a 1999 fiat punto worth £500. I was 17 and it still came to about £1000 to insure. I crashed that after a year though. Then I got another one. 2001 Fiat Punto, cost me £1200ish to insure. Maybe you should look at direct line? My insurance now is down to about £500
geoffreym Posted August 29, 2012 Posted August 29, 2012 Mitsubishi L200 2001, double cab turbo diesel car £1100 insurance (fully comped) £947 it should last another 3-4 years, and then i'm hoping to go to a Nissan Navara. Pick-Up Trucks For The Win coke 1
Supporters Liam Porter Posted August 29, 2012 Supporters Posted August 29, 2012 2005 Ford Mondeo 1.8 LX. First car, cost me £1000, £1400 insurance, and I'm 18.
Supporters M_P Posted August 29, 2012 Supporters Posted August 29, 2012 Still need to do my test but will be an 09 (i think) fiesta
Supporters TPI Posted August 29, 2012 Supporters Posted August 29, 2012 Well their are so many But i just Bought me a 70's Herbie And Dharma Van to Fix Up otherwise a Focus or a MG ZX still need to pass my Test aswell as sit still long enough to do my Theory....
Tariq Posted August 29, 2012 Posted August 29, 2012 Honda CBR125R Did drive a Rover 216 until that exploded. Then a Rover 25 for a year then could no longer afford insurance to drive
Supporters TPI Posted August 29, 2012 Supporters Posted August 29, 2012 Yea I'd love a Bike be Better on the Insurance and all but i'd be unable to go Airsofting unless i relied on other's which i hate doing...
Tariq Posted August 29, 2012 Posted August 29, 2012 You say that. I carried a large gun bag, laden with 3 guns and gear, and a large daysack. 85 miles in the cold and rain (south Wiltshire to Coventry). Although i would say it wasn't a pleasant trip
bigshep Posted August 30, 2012 Posted August 30, 2012 I have a vectra 1.8 for work and towing stuff around the country, I have the wife's astra for when I run out of fuel, and I have a triumph 900 Thruxton for when its nice (so does not get used much) As for insurance. When I insured my 400cc Honda Superdream back in 1990, after I passed my test, it cost me £800, and I was earning £1.75 per hour at the time!
Supporters Airsoft-Ed Posted August 30, 2012 Supporters Posted August 30, 2012 Holy bajesus. Worth the investment of time? I still need to take my test, but as a student, living at home with no fixed income, I just have no motivation to take it when I know I won't be able to afford a car until I'm about 800 years old... Might never bother to pass tbh, fuel's just going to get more and more expensive and they say it'll run out just shy of my life time, so I might as well just get used to walking everywhere. Or, more used to, I ought to say. Bikes will be the order of the day once I get money enough to buy one, I think.
Supporters Rock-climby-Dave Posted August 30, 2012 Supporters Posted August 30, 2012 One of these mo'fo's It has been named (probably a bit optimistically) by collegues 'the shaggin wagon'
Supporters Rayzor_nippler Posted August 30, 2012 Supporters Posted August 30, 2012 One of these mo'fo's It has been named (probably a bit optimistically) by collegues 'the shaggin wagon' is that the beast richard hammond rolled when he tried a 'Scandinavian flick'?
Supporters Rock-climby-Dave Posted August 30, 2012 Supporters Posted August 30, 2012 It's the cheaper and easier to find version of the one hammond rolled. and not a dwarf fetishist. I just like to have cheap insurance - it was my Co-workers that named it. maybe it's them that has the dwarf fetish!
iAcorn Posted August 30, 2012 Author Posted August 30, 2012 Its pretty fun to see the variety of things people have. From legs, to shaggin wagons... I am curious as to people carry all their stuff around on a bike though. I'd be wobbling all over the place. Plus I like to know theres a bit more of a buffer zone between me and the floor, other than a layer of cow, if I have a serious accident.
AF-UK Founding Member Deva Posted August 30, 2012 AF-UK Founding Member Posted August 30, 2012 Here's mine (guess the location )
Supporters Rock-climby-Dave Posted August 30, 2012 Supporters Posted August 30, 2012 The carousel at the Nurburgring? How fast did ya get round it?
AF-UK Founding Member Deva Posted August 30, 2012 AF-UK Founding Member Posted August 30, 2012 11.23 was the better of my two laps. I only have 75bhp so not too shabby
Supporters Nutster Posted August 31, 2012 Supporters Posted August 31, 2012 Now hands up who wants to see another photo of dev's car, from shortly after he got back from Europe
AF-UK Founding Member Deva Posted August 31, 2012 AF-UK Founding Member Posted August 31, 2012 No one I'd rather not see those certain images up in public as I don't want the high ranking navy officer to see them.
Supporters TPI Posted August 31, 2012 Supporters Posted August 31, 2012 So no Condom's everywhere in the back then?
craig Posted August 31, 2012 Posted August 31, 2012 i always believed that dev just showed up when he was needed or you just said his name three times and there he is
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