cycling to have new car

[kingrollo]

Despite billions of £'s spent on adverts, trying to convince me otherwise - Driving for the most part isn't fun, many people don't see this and remain convinced that driving would be fun if only they have latest version of their current car, - or the GLX instead of the shitty GL , The 3.0L instead of the 2.5L - and on it goes, in the fog of advertising they fail to see the fundamental problem, that however you dress it up, sitting in a lump of metal, four sizes of what is required - with loads of others doing the same thing can never be that much fun

 

[tom73]

You can't go wrong with either. We had a Yaris for 16 years. Would do 60 mpg if you stuck to 60mph, and 40 mpg round town in stop start. Between the two, keep the newest.

Fully agree it’s our 2rd Yaris the aygo is older but is a1 for its age and very low mileage and fully serviced I’m 2rd owner. The Yaris is 0% final payment due soon or upgrade again on 0%. I own aygo outright so we are keeping it and saving the monthly payments for better things.

 

[Smokin Joe]

Houses are all but guaranteed to increase in value.

Unfortunately, as it prices new buyers out of the market. I'm lucky in that I got on the ladder in 1982 and my house is long since paid for, but I've never had a job that would allow me to buy anything but a slum in a dodgy area at today's prices.

 

[Drago]

Despite billions of £'s spent on adverts, trying to convince me otherwise - Driving for the most part isn't fun, many people don't see this and remain convinced that driving would be fun if only they have latest version of there current car - or the GLX instead of the shitty GL , The 3.0L instead of the 2.5L - and on it goes in the fog of advertising the fail to see the fundamental problem, that however you dress it up sitting in a lump of metal, four sizes of what is required - with loads of others doing the same thing can never be that much fun

Funny you mention driving being perceived as fun by some folk. I flew through my driver training and passed my Class 1 first time around in 1999. I was a pretty good wheelman, reckoned to be one of the farce's top 3 in the day, but I never felt comfortable and certainly never found it enjoyable. Vehicle control I had down pat, but never felt I had the reactions, and as a result never felt at ease. I actually found it quite stressful and binned it after a few years and moved sideways to do some AI work for a spell.

Conversely, I've never been very good on a motorbike, but enjoy it masses more than driving.

 

[fossyant]

I fall off my pedal bikes and have been hit way more times on the bike. Not had an accident in the car for 30 years. That said, we all know which is more fun.

 

[screenman]

Houses are all but guaranteed to increase in value.

Cars are all but guaranteed to depreciate quicker than the average buyer can pay for them.

The majority of people buying cars or buying a months worth at a time do not think about depreciation.

 

[mustang1]

OP, lovely car and colour. Congrats!

 

[mustang1]

[QUOTE 5439173, member: 9609"]may be in all his excitement he got the wrong forum, having all them extra horses to control ...


I wonder what it is in the human psyche that makes cars so important, it is way beyond a transport thing, the small journeys that they are mostly used for can easily be done in much simpler vehicles but so many people seem to devote such a significant part of their wealth to having the latest and best that it really doesnt make any sense.[/QUOTE]

I think humans just love/want to travel. Maybe it's in our DNA and perhaps we have been sad ever since the agricultural revolution that eventually made us stop being foragers and into specialists that keeps us in one place all the time. IDK?

 

[screenman]

One thing we are seeing a lot of in the dealerships now is buyers remorse, grown woman and guys sometimes in tears trying to find a way to hand the car back.

 

[Drago]

The majority of people buying cars or buying a months worth at a time do not think about depreciation.

Indeedy. An entire sector of manufacturing and sales based almost entire upon credit. Then people wonder why the economy crashes now and again.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

The majority of people buying cars or buying a months worth at a time do not think about depreciation.

Almost as bad as people on phone contracts who MUST have the latest phone, complaining they don't have any money yet fork out £60+ a month to have the latest phone

 

[Andy in Germany]

I was a pretty good wheelman, reckoned to be one of the farce's top 3 in the day, but I never felt comfortable

I wonder if those two are linked? it bothers me how some drivers seem too relaxed at the wheel of a 1 tonne meapon, so they get out the cell phone as a distraction. I even saw one driver reading a novel once...

 

[Grant Fondo]

Unfortunately, as it prices new buyers out of the market. I'm lucky in that I got on the ladder in 1982 and my house is long since paid for, but I've never had a job that would allow me to buy anything but a slum in a dodgy area at today's prices.

I got on the ladder in the late 90s and have still got a mortgage? I blame totally unnecessary spending on cars and bikes. Oh well, you only live once

 

[Deleted member 26715]

I got on the ladder in the late 90s and have still got a mortgage? I blame totally unnecessary spending on cars and bikes.

I got on at the beginning of the 80's & only just paid it off, the first of many friends who are still paying, nothing to do with unnecessary spending, it's poor wages & too much month at the end of each wage

IOh well, you only live once

Never been proved

 

[Drago]

I got on the ladder in the 80's, and thanks to divorcing a wealthy woman who couldn't keep her favours to herself I lost any ties with a mortgage in 2005, and bought a small cottage for cash with the settlement. Well, not actual cash, it was a bank transfer. You know what I mean. I sold the 7 series she'd bought me, bought a modest Peugeot, and banked the change, which was quite considerable. I wasn't busting my nuts and spending my last coin running a big flash car that didn't get to to work any quicker, and which no one else gave two hoots about - If I'd gone down that road I'd still be working now. No thanks.