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Re: Mistaken automotive beliefs

Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2021 8:01 am
by paulplom
Whatever money you plow into a car, you're guaranteed to get it back when you sell it.
It's better than money in the bank.

Re: Mistaken automotive beliefs

Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2021 10:39 am
by mercrocker
paulplom wrote: Mon Feb 22, 2021 8:01 am Whatever money you plow into a car, you're guaranteed to get it back when you sell it.
It's better than money in the bank.
In similar vein - a reliable investment guide is "Howmanyleft?"

Re: Mistaken automotive beliefs

Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2021 11:12 am
by Bazfr69
“I bought a diesel for the fuel economy”

Usually said to me by someone who lives 5 minutes away from work and seldom goes anywhere else.

Re: Mistaken automotive beliefs

Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2021 11:15 am
by Hooli
I need a 4x4 for my kids to be safe on the school run.

Re: Mistaken automotive beliefs

Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2021 11:25 am
by AMCrebel
Bazfr69 wrote: Mon Feb 22, 2021 11:12 am “I bought a diesel for the fuel economy”

Usually said to me by someone who lives 5 minutes away from work and seldom goes anywhere else.
Like my old boss who'd drive miles endways to save a penny a litre on fuel.

Re: Mistaken automotive beliefs

Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2021 12:35 pm
by Guest
The MOT test is only to get money out of you

Re: Mistaken automotive beliefs

Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2021 1:06 pm
by mercrocker
Yes but they are excellent value, offering as they do a cast-iron guarantee of servicing, mechanical longevity and careful ownership.

Re: Mistaken automotive beliefs

Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2021 1:06 pm
by Hooli
The majority of speed limits are for safety.

Re: Mistaken automotive beliefs

Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2021 2:54 pm
by AMCrebel
Hooli wrote: Mon Feb 22, 2021 1:06 pm The majority of speed limits are for safety.
And speeding is automatically unsafe, and staying below the limit is automatically safe in all circumstances. This was fabulously illustrated in one of Eddie's Crash Bang Wallop posts where some twatish bellend has smashed up his fancy Mercedes by not noticing the presence of frozen run-off water at the exit from a tunnel (or somehow thinking his car would "deal with it").
The Police suggested he shouldn't have been in a quite such a rush - and a load of fellow bellends tweeted that they were "just jealous of his nice car" and he "wasn't speeding" entirely missing the point that the crash was entirely avoidable by proper driving.

Re: Mistaken automotive beliefs

Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2021 3:19 pm
by paulplom
AMCrebel wrote: Mon Feb 22, 2021 11:25 am
Bazfr69 wrote: Mon Feb 22, 2021 11:12 am “I bought a diesel for the fuel economy”

Usually said to me by someone who lives 5 minutes away from work and seldom goes anywhere else.
Like my old boss who'd drive miles endways to save a penny a litre on fuel.
But over a full tank that could be a saving of 60p.