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[Tenacious Sloth]

I had to take my wife up to collect her prescription . The chemist's were deep cleaning their shop as someone had been into the shop and one of their family has tested positive for the virus. After cleaning the place they were only letting people in one at a time wearing face masks.

To be on the safe side wipe your screen with disinfectant before reading this .

Damn! It isn’t until you get to the end that you find out you need to clean your screen before starting.

Did you have a job in the 1980s writing assembly instructions for MFI flat pack furniture?

 

[Speicher]

Depends on what it is, if it had a cambelt it needs changing

It could have a timing chain as some manufacturers reverted to using them .

If it is a garage you trust then that can ease your mind a bit . As for wear on parts it should be minimal, it is just about run in . You could check the reg number on the net to check previous MOT history or just ask the garage . It should look pristine inside with that mileage unless they took cattle to the market in it .
So the car has averaged just under 2,000 miles a year, so it has been used but not much. The battery if still the original will be coming to the end of it's life . The one on our Venga is 9 and will probably need replacing soon . As I said before the MOT history may say what parts have been replaced over the years due to perishing .
Good luck with whatever you decide.
Is it an Aston Martin ?

Thank you all for your replies. It is a 1.0L Ford Fiesta Titanium, (not an Aston Martin). It has a full service history.

Using logic, I think that as I am still recovering from serious illness, and we still have the Lockdown, I will not be going anywhere for at least a few months. I have enough to think about, without the added complication of changing vehicles.

One litre, strikes me as being a small engine. I have always thought that a car should have a large chunk of "oomph" in the acceleration department, to manoeuvre out of trouble, if necessary.

At least I now know the colour I would like, Nautical Blue.

 

[Rocky]

Thank you all for your replies. It is a 1.0L Ford Fiesta Titanium, (not an Aston Martin). It has a full service history.

Using logic, I think that as I am still recovering from serious illness, and we still have the Lockdown, I will not be going anywhere for at least a few months. I have enough to think about, without the added complication of changing vehicles.

One litre, strikes me as being a small engine. I have always thought that a car should have a large chunk of "oomph" in the acceleration department, to manoeuvre out of trouble, if necessary.

At least I now know the colour I would like, Nautical Blue.

Nautical blue......the same colour as @Drago ‘s jokes.

 

[Speicher]

It also seems that the Titanium is the top of the range with lots of bells and whistles that I may not need.

For a similar car in a more basic 2018 model, the price difference is comparatively small (aka £1,000). I think the older car would run up that amount in a short time, or when the next MOT is due.

 

[Speicher]

Nautical blue......the same colour as @Drago ‘s jokes.

I will avoid dark grey then!

 

[PeteXXX]

I spy your workman

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Thank you all for your replies. It is a 1.0L Ford Fiesta Titanium, (not an Aston Martin). It has a full service history.

I agree it's not the most logical time to be changing your car, prices seem to be high currently not sure on the future, the cambelt appears to be guaranteed for 10 years, but whether that is transferable to a 2nd/3rd owner not sure, i'm not a Ford lover, but that stems from childhood where my father had nothing but Fords & then when I started driving, 2 of my first cars were Fords, but then I went onto better cars.
https://www.motorreviewer.com/engine.php?engine_id=131

 

[Illaveago]

How to rub someone up the wrong way !




Just took my car down to the garage to sort out a few niggles!
Bonnet not shutting properly or sensor playing up .
Receptionist. If the problem isn't covered by the extended warranty I will be charged £147 plus vat for the privilege!
See my blood boil !
I've already had one sleepless night over it! I quietly listened to what was said and arranged to take it in next month whilst planning my next move .
When I got home I got straight on to Jaguar Customer Services. I told them that I liked the car but not the alarm going off and that I might have to pay for them to sort it out . I now have a reference number.
Perhaps someone might give the garage a quiet word .

 

[Speicher]

I agree it's not the most logical time to be changing your car, prices seem to be high currently not sure on the future, the cambelt appears to be guaranteed for 10 years, but whether that is transferable to a 2nd/3rd owner not sure, i'm not a Ford lover, but that stems from childhood where my father had nothing but Fords & then when I started driving, 2 of my first cars were Fords, but then I went onto better cars.
https://www.motorreviewer.com/engine.php?engine_id=131

Reading that review, it seems that a modern one litre engine with turbo would have good performance. I suppose I am used to the idea that you need at least 1.3 or 1.6 to get excellent acceleration.

Although my father was an engineer, he believed that girls do not need to know what goes on under the bonnet of a car.

 

[Illaveago]

Thank you all for your replies. It is a 1.0L Ford Fiesta Titanium, (not an Aston Martin). It has a full service history.

Using logic, I think that as I am still recovering from serious illness, and we still have the Lockdown, I will not be going anywhere for at least a few months. I have enough to think about, without the added complication of changing vehicles.

One litre, strikes me as being a small engine. I have always thought that a car should have a large chunk of "oomph" in the acceleration department, to manoeuvre out of trouble, if necessary.

At least I now know the colour I would like, Nautical Blue.

I think they are pretty reliable engines. The engine in my Jag is a Ford turbo.

 

[Speicher]

I cannot sit here all morning talking about colours of cars, Nautical Blue or Ruby Red, I have Things To Do.

 

[Gravity Aided]

I don't know, I'm kind of thinking about the Rivian R1s. I could ride a bicycle to the factory to pick it up.

 

[Gravity Aided]

 

[mybike]

Reading that review, it seems that a modern one litre engine with turbo would have good performance. I suppose I am used to the idea that you need at least 1.3 or 1.6 to get excellent acceleration.

Although my father was an engineer, he believed that girls do not need to know what goes on under the bonnet of a car.

I'd say that my C-Max with a 125HP 1l engine is at least as fast as the Focus with the 1.6l engine.

 

[fossyant]

Another lockdown win. After perfecting poached eggs during lockdown, another win this lunch. Omelette that came out of the pan whole, and not in bits as it stuck to the pan !