TWers and their cars

[AggyWanderer]

My mum always used to say that green cars were unlucky and wasn't surprised when both of my brothers wrote their cars off which were green. Never did understand what difference the colour made when they were both at fault and driving like complete nobbers.

I have a BMW 325i sport, which is why I don't care about a cars so called image, if I did I wouldn't own a BMW. I bought it because I have found BMW's to have the best mix of quality, reliability, practicality and handling to suit what I want.

Batman, step away from the lurid yellow MX5!

That's a belting car mate - what plate?

Its on a 51 plate, covered about 75000 miles and is still in great nick. The 2.5 V6 is a superb engine.

[Winter Hill White]

Slightly off topic but not worth starting a new thread for, has anyone ever sold a car on eBay?

I'm picking up a new car in a couple of weeks and the one we have is pretty much only fit to be scrapped, but it has a good engine and a full leather interior, which people might want?

Any thoughts/advice welcome. I've sold a fair bit of stuff on eBay before so I'm not a novice, but never anything like a car!

Lad in our office sold one via e-Bay a few months ago, and was fleeced well and proper. He shouldn't have been so gullible, to be honest.

The meeting to view the car was arranged for a service station on the M6. The purchasers (East Europeans - don't know if there is anything to read into that) made no attempt to haggle on the price, nor did they examine the vehicle in any great depth. Johnny Smallbrain happily accepted their cheque, and surprise surprise - it bounced. Car was stopped a few days later down in London being driven by some lads who had just bought it. So it now gets complicated in terms of reclaiming it because it's been sold on.

[Bruce Rioja]

Slightly off topic but not worth starting a new thread for, has anyone ever sold a car on eBay?

I'm picking up a new car in a couple of weeks and the one we have is pretty much only fit to be scrapped, but it has a good engine and a full leather interior, which people might want?

Any thoughts/advice welcome. I've sold a fair bit of stuff on eBay before so I'm not a novice, but never anything like a car!

watch out for fraudsters. There's two very common types which catch lots of people selling cars - both rely on bum bankers drafts.

1. they give you a draft for more than the car's worth, you pay in to the bank and 3 days later you draw on it giving them the extra cash and your keys. a few days later the draft bounces as it's fraudulent, you've lost your motor and the extra cash.

2. They give you a draft, you hand over the keys thinking a draft is the same as cash. Turns out the draft if forged/stolen and therefore worthless (i.e. it's jsut a bit of paper as it's not been issued by the bank) and you've lost your motor.

If someone offers yo a draft as payment then don't hand over the key/docs until it's been confirmed as clear NOT "ok to withdraw against". They only way you'll know is to pay a few quid for "sepcial clearance", it'll go outside teh normal clearing systeme and be sent straight to the branch it's allegedly been drawn on. They confirm to your bank that it's kosher.

Otherwise get cash and check for forgeries.

Thanks - I've heard of those before. It'll be cash, paypal or a cleared cheque then!

Be sure to, Leonard. Commie's scenario No. 1 is exactly what happened when my ex-partner was trying to sell her car. It's only because a colleague became embroiled in a similar situation at work some months before that I recognised the pattern.

[Dave Sutton's barnet]

Sold a car on eBay for cash. Twas f*cked, hence the sale - for a grand total of £50. In hand.

To return to the main topic, I can't say I have a car 'cos I can't drive - although I'm learning (watch out London!). We do own a knackered old campervan (bought off eBay, as it happens) which we'll get round to improving if (a) I can pass me test before Mrs Barnet frets so much about driving a tank that we have to sell it and (b) we can afford it.

Here's the beast. Go, amateur psychologists, go.

[Montreal Wanderer]

Rocky Mountain traffic jam with son asleep.

Since I failed to add any specs as others have and since this beast may be unknown in England, it is a Chrysler Intrepid 2003, V6, 3.5 litre engine. It is great for the long trips I make in the summer and gets about 10ltrs per 100 kms smoothly at all kinds of (illegal) speeds - hard acceleration can give whiplash. Alas, it is not a good city car being hard to park in small spaces and the fuel economy goes up to about 15/100 (and since petrol is now around 40p a litre this is a concern).

[Dave Sutton's barnet]

Rocky Mountain traffic jam with son asleep.

Good lord, Monty's wearing his cloak of invisibility!!!

[Little Green Man]

Here's the beast. Go, amateur psychologists, go.

Vorsprung durch Beatnik?

[Dave Sutton's barnet]

Here's the beast. Go, amateur psychologists, go.

Vorsprung durch Beatnik?

It was fairly pragmatic too, kind of 'let's save money on holidays and catch some extra Saturday nights away with the kids under the stars if it's nice'. Cheers, British "summer".

[malcd1]

what do you make of this colour




would need to put 4 grand to my 206 in p/x

I think that car is great and I would certainly get one.

That's if I was a woman.

It's a birds car. It's not for men (Well not real men).





PS I have had my new Mondeo for 3 weeks now. (Bright red )

Not bad for a company car.

[Batman]

I agree the gold is shocking

test driving a nice silver one tomorra

woop woop

[Dujon]

[Monty] That's not a bad mileage for a donk that size. Your petrol's pretty cheap as well. Ours is varying between about AUD 1.30 and AUD 1.50 (around 60 to 70p) per litre at the moment, though the price bobbles around so much it's hard to keep track. I purchased my current vehicle five or six months ago and have been keeping tabs on consumption. Not having had an EFI system before I've found that modifying my driving habits has helped. The fact that the majority of my trips are very short (station and back to pick up one wife 1Km each way and to local shops 1Km total) doesn't help either. After said modification of habits I'm getting around 10l/100Km. The unit is a 2 litre 4 cylinder front wheel drive.

[others] Before anyone brands me a lazy bar steward - the trips to the shops often include carrying parcels to the post office for despatch to customers. For visiting to pick up a few litres of milk or a packet of fags I walk.

[Batman]

should think so

[Dujon]

[Commie] Thanks for the links and your trouble researching them. Interesting. The analysis by name made me chuckle.

[TANGODANCER]

what do you make of this colour




would need to put 4 grand to my 206 in p/x

I think that car is great and I would certainly get one.

That's if I was a woman.

It's a birds car. It's not for men (Well not real men).

PS I have had my new Mondeo for 3 weeks now. (Bright red )

Not bad for a company car.

"Whoever did that, to a car like that, should be prosecuted". Very loosely quoted from Andy Garicia (The Rookie/Clint Eastwood?) when he saw a lime-greeen Lamborghini.

[Montreal Wanderer]

[Monty] That's not a bad mileage for a donk that size. Your petrol's pretty cheap as well. Ours is varying between about AUD 1.30 and AUD 1.50 (around 60 to 70p) per litre at the moment, though the price bobbles around so much it's hard to keep track. I purchased my current vehicle five or six months ago and have been keeping tabs on consumption. Not having had an EFI system before I've found that modifying my driving habits has helped. The fact that the majority of my trips are very short (station and back to pick up one wife 1Km each way and to local shops 1Km total) doesn't help either. After said modification of habits I'm getting around 10l/100Km. The unit is a 2 litre 4 cylinder front wheel drive.
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Ours goes up and down in irritating fashion too, and varies from province to province. In Quebec it is $1.00 a litre plus or minus $0.10 at any particular time. I now find this is an average of £0.47 per litre. In newfound it was around $1.18, or £0.56 (the most expensive I've seen). Next door in Ontario it is around £0.41. So my off the cuff estimate was a little low. It is generally quite a bit cheaper in the US but, at this time of night, I don't think I can convert US dollars and US gallons (which differ from UK ones) to Canadian dollars and litres with any degree of accuracy. Again it varies from state to state but seems to average around US $2.50 per US gallon.

[Idiot Wind]

My mum always used to say that green cars were unlucky and wasn't surprised when both of my brothers wrote their cars off which were green. Never did understand what difference the colour made when they were both at fault and driving like complete nobbers.

I have a BMW 325i sport, which is why I don't care about a cars so called image, if I did I wouldn't own a BMW. I bought it because I have found BMW's to have the best mix of quality, reliability, practicality and handling to suit what I want.

Batman, step away from the lurid yellow MX5!

That's a belting car mate - what plate?

Its on a 51 plate, covered about 75000 miles and is still in great nick. The 2.5 V6 is a superb engine.

I bet it is. The 2.5L in mine is pretty special, a 0-60 time of 7.4 secs when purchased brand new. Funny when some chavs pull up next to me in their hatchbacks with ironing boards on the back - the race to the next lights is almost unfair!!

[AggyWanderer]

Idiot Wind, is your 323 a coupe? I had a V reg 323 coupe in metallic grey with leather interior before my 325 saloon and it was that car that got me hooked on beemers. It's essentially the same engine in both cars, the coupe was a smoother drive than my current sport which is a bit more responsive and has a much firmer ride.
My best mate has a 06 plate M5 and that is surreal, a large saloon car with supercar performance...

[Idiot Wind]

Idiot Wind, is your 323 a coupe? I had a V reg 323 coupe in metallic grey with leather interior before my 325 saloon and it was that car that got me hooked on beemers. It's essentially the same engine in both cars, the coupe was a smoother drive than my current sport which is a bit more responsive and has a much firmer ride.
My best mate has a 06 plate M5 and that is surreal, a large saloon car with supercar performance...

No my 323 is a saloon.
I've never driven an M3, M5 or M6 unfortunately.

I have driven a Vauxhall Monaro VXR though, give me a spare £30k for a car and that's what I'd buy!!!

[50sQuiff]

what do you make of this colour




would need to put 4 grand to my 206 in p/x

I think that car is great and I would certainly get one.

That's if I was a woman.

It's a birds car. It's not for men (Well not real men).





PS I have had my new Mondeo for 3 weeks now. (Bright red )

Not bad for a company car.

The war-cry of the sexually repressed Corporate Saloon driver. I bet you've got cup holders and everything! Keep on trucking, road warrior.

Batty, clearly the yellow will turn heads, but not always in a good way. I can't say I'm a fan. It's perhaps only worse than the turquoise ones you see around My second choice would've been Racing Green, but silver was a clear winner. Silver looks especially good on those rare occasions you actually drive it with the top up, as the picture of mine I posted should illustrate!

As Duj pointed out, get a 1.8 if you can. There is plenty of power there, for the car.

[malcd1]

The war-cry of the sexually repressed Corporate Saloon driver. I bet you've got cup holders and everything! Keep on trucking, road warrior.

Batty, clearly the yellow will turn heads, but not always in a good way. I can't say I'm a fan. It's perhaps only worse than the turquoise ones you see around My second choice would've been Racing Green, but silver was a clear winner. Silver looks especially good on those rare occasions you actually drive it with the top up, as the picture of mine I posted should illustrate!

As Duj pointed out, get a 1.8 if you can. There is plenty of power there, for the car.

Have you been talking to my wife?