The Car Thread

[EpsomWolf]

A wonderful assessment here from Harry Metcalfe delivered without any of the usual point-scoring hyperbole. Covers a lot of the points debated on here and the reasons we’ve all got significant changes to our car ownership, costs and the way we drive irrespective of any side we might sit on. He focuses a bit on performance cars but the big tech problems discussed are relevant to us all and really beginning to hurt.

Thought it interesting more people are choosing to control costs maintain driving pleasure by ditching new cars and going backwards as a means of going forwards, as the general forward direction is only one of frightening costs and tightening control.

Looks like the petrolheads with a bit of cash will be fine, likewise the ambivalent ‘it’s a means of transport’ drivers with the resources to renew every 3 years, but everyone else in between has got some real problems on their hands.

Anyway, Harry says it much better:

 

[sycophantia]

How the other half live eh.
He does raise some interesting points about depreciation though.
On his bike points, he's completely wrong, modern bikes are chock full of tech, not sure about lane assist I'll have to check but I think it's there. Quite a few already have front and rear radar to help the cruise control and will slow or raise your speed according to other vehicles around you.
Quite a few main dealers have gone to the wall over the last couple of years with 3 or 4 in the last couple of months, theyre all becoming far too expensive.

 

[ROVERT47]

Think I’m gonna fuck my Sportage off, they definitely have problems with the exhaust regeneration filter, Kia aren’t interested.
Anyway I’m off to Birmingham in the morning to look at nearly new Focus, I had one for 7yrs before I got the Sportage.

 

[Keef]

Is the focus an ecoboom engine with the wet belt? around £1-2k to change depending where you go, they can do between 25-80,000 miles before they need changing, using the wrong grade oil screws them quickly and gets you the engine death rattle because all the belt fibres have clogged the oil pick up in the sump, using the right oil gives you longer before the fibres clog the pick up

 

[ROVERT47]

Is the focus an ecoboom engine with the wet belt? around £1-2k to change depending where you go

Fuck me I know fuck all about cars, I would imagine I’ll have got rid of it by the time that needs doing.