R.I.P car

[cyberlite]

So, as mentioned by attack_monkey, the Leninmobile (his first car which he extremely kindly donated to me to be my first car too) is now no longer, after I stupidly ran it into an Audi A3 in London last Sunday.

So thank you Tim for the freedom you gave me with an ace car, and thank you car for the 18000 miles you did with me.

Comments

[nigelmouse]

eek, I hope you're okay.

[cyberlite]

Yup, fine thanks. Just really gutted that I wrote my car off, especially since I'd just cleaned it out, washed and waxed it and got it fully working..

Do you think I'd be foolish to get the same car again?! I've come across one in the midlands - same colour, year and style, with only 25k mileage and a years' MOT and 2 months tax and for £220. Or should I try find something better but with higher mileage? Or get it so I have wheels and can change it at a later date?!

[nigelmouse]

£220 for a car with only 25k mileage sounds pretty good to me. I guess age will be against it more than wear and tear, and the good old british weather can cause plenty of rust and stuff.

I wouldn't think you'd be foolish if you went for it, especially as it'll get you going again quickly. If you do fancy a change of car/style shortly after that then there's no great loss even if you sell it on for £100-ish.

[cyberlite]

Hmm, that's what I reckoned too. I guess I've just got doubts because of all the people tellng me I should be looking at non-Skoda things. I have nothing against them at all - they're pretty good for a no frills car, and everything else out there seems to be either really high mileage or way more expensive..

[nigelmouse]

The main problem I find is it's much more inconvenient to go car shopping when you don't have any transport. It's always a lot of hassle to get somewhere to look at a potential purchase without already having a set of wheels to get there.

This would at least give you that, and then let you have a bit of time to think about if you do want a change or not.

[cyberlite]

Well, I'd been wanting something a little better - either a little more powerful or with power steering.. (although obviously my insurance will be more now too.)

But I definately always imagined I'd be able to shop for my next car with transport to go see them!

Just a bit of a bother since I'm working still for the next week and can't go see anything. I saw a Felicia 1.6 advertised near Reading too - but it hasn't got power steering and has 106k miles on it, for about £500 (no lower though). I'm put off a bit by the higher mileage though.

Gotta think about this hard and quickly I guess!