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ProfessorF
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:56 pm Posts: 12030
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Yeah, you're probably right. I'm not specifically using it as a measure of torque and power, just as being where you want the torque and power to be usefully available and being more use than absolute top speed.
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Linux_User
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Tue May 05, 2009 3:29 pm Posts: 7173
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I like the look of the Toyota Auris and the Skoda Octavia (mk II), but then I'm a horrendously boring individual. The new Astra is very nice too (three door version in black).
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Wed May 16, 2012 10:08 pm |
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l3v1ck
What's a life?
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 10:21 am Posts: 12700 Location: The Right Side of the Pennines (metaphorically & geographically)
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Have you looked inside the Auris? It's scratchy horrible plastic. I've got an older Corolla, but I'd never replace it with the current Auris. Let's just hope the new model next year has a better interior.
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Thu May 17, 2012 6:59 am |
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veato
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 7:17 am Posts: 5550 Location: Nottingham
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I had to drive a Hyundai i30 for work the other week. It made me want to take up walking.
I suspect my next car will have a large boot. Two kids 'n all.
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Thu May 17, 2012 8:12 am |
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paulzolo
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:27 pm Posts: 12251
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Not planning a Next Car, but I’d like a Morris Minor (preferably a Traveller) as a second car - if I could afford it and there was somewhere to park it.
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Thu May 17, 2012 8:43 am |
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leeds_manc
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:19 pm Posts: 5071 Location: Manchester
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So did you subtract what you'd be able to sell the car for?
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Thu May 17, 2012 11:02 am |
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Fogmeister
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:35 pm Posts: 6580 Location: Getting there
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Looking at it that way... Contract Hire for 3 years... 36 * £450 = 16200 2 years road tax = 300 Total outlay after 3 years = 16500 Buying with a loan and then selling after 3 years... (based on a 5 year loan for 27000 at 12% APR) 36 * £600 = 21600 Remainder of loan = 12700 Road Tax for 3 years = £450 Car Resale Value after 3 years = Maybe 12700 (just guessing and made it easier by making the same as remainder of loan) Total outlay after 3 years = 22050 after selling the car and using it to pay off the remainder of the loan. If there are any figure that are completely out let me know  The car would have to have a resale value of 20000 after 3 years for purchase/sale to be the same as contract hire.
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Thu May 17, 2012 11:54 am |
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james016
Doesn't have much of a life
Joined: Tue May 05, 2009 5:52 pm Posts: 1899
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They won't distract you if they are in the boot I drove an auto once when I had a courtesy car. Bloody thing was possessed.
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Thu May 17, 2012 12:28 pm |
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soddit112
Spends far too much time on here
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:12 pm Posts: 2020 Location: Mute City
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I can't drive 
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Thu May 17, 2012 1:55 pm |
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E. F. Benson
Doesn't have much of a life
Joined: Wed Sep 16, 2009 8:42 am Posts: 798 Location: land of the free, Bexhill-on-Sea
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I'd quite like Saga Noren's Porsche. Or at least one in that colour.
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Thu May 17, 2012 3:24 pm |
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paulzolo
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Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:27 pm Posts: 12251
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I do too, though they have desaturated the colour so much it’s probably a bite more vibrant than you’d expect.
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Thu May 17, 2012 3:37 pm |
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rustybucket
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Jun 18, 2009 5:10 pm Posts: 5836
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From recent hirings:
Vauxhall Insignia Auto = Turd Vauxhall Insignia Manual = Choleric loose-stool water Vauxhall Corsa = Turd Ford Focus = Not bad
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Thu May 17, 2012 3:38 pm |
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E. F. Benson
Doesn't have much of a life
Joined: Wed Sep 16, 2009 8:42 am Posts: 798 Location: land of the free, Bexhill-on-Sea
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What do you think it is Paul, a 912 or later?
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Thu May 17, 2012 4:06 pm |
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paulzolo
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:27 pm Posts: 12251
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Dunno. I'm not a Porsche connoisseur, but wisdom on the internet says it's 911or a 912, possibly from the 1980s.
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Thu May 17, 2012 7:05 pm |
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JohnSheridan
Doesn't have much of a life
Joined: Mon Apr 27, 2009 9:10 pm Posts: 1057
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