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Re: Car Thread II

Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2021 12:20 pm
by jiggles
And now it’s pushed back to February. This is excruciating.

Re: Car Thread II

Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2021 3:41 pm
by andretmzt
Hopefully my girlfriend will have her new Toyota Corolla Suzuki Swace by then! The front vaguely reminds me of an S14.

Re: Car Thread II

Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2021 11:56 pm
by Peter Crisp
Motorbikes are officially now dead.

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-59065674

The future is now!

Re: Car Thread II

Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2021 12:03 am
by rinks
How many inches off the ground does it hover, and how the bollocks does it stop in an emergency?

Re: Car Thread II

Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2021 12:10 am
by Peter Crisp
rinks wrote:How many inches off the ground does it hover, and how the bollocks does it stop in an emergency?


It says it can fly for 40 minutes at 100kph so 20 minutes straight up and 20 down again I imagine.
20km high sounds like a nice round number.

Re: Car Thread II

Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2021 12:16 am
by rinks
Peter Crisp wrote:
rinks wrote:How many inches off the ground does it hover, and how the bollocks does it stop in an emergency?


It says it can fly for 40 minutes at 100kph so 20 minutes straight up and 20 down again I imagine.
20km high sounds like a nice round number.


Maths isn’t your strong point, is it, Peter?

Re: Car Thread II

Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2021 12:18 am
by Peter Crisp
rinks wrote:Maths isn’t your strong point, is it, Peter?


Nope, but in my defence, they didn't specify a direction when they said it goes 100hph and up is a valid direction for this thing.
Lastly levelling off at 20km seems like a good place from a safety perspective. Falling from more than 20km would hurt.

Re: Car Thread II

Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2021 1:20 am
by Kezzer
Peter Crisp wrote:
rinks wrote:Maths isn’t your strong point, is it, Peter?


Nope, but in my defence, they didn't specify a direction when they said it goes 100hph and up is a valid direction for this thing.
Lastly levelling off at 20km seems like a good place from a safety perspective. Falling from more than 20km would hurt.


I agree, don't want to accidentally fly into the mesosphere.

Better take along your pressure suit and an oxygen tank though.

Re: Car Thread II

Posted: Mon Nov 01, 2021 7:42 pm
by Robbo-92
Civic’s in for its MOT on Friday :dread:

Likely to fail as I know it needs yet another wheel speed sensor replacing, unless they shock me and replace this first of course, it’ll probably still fail though :lol:

Re: Car Thread II

Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2021 11:27 am
by LewisD
I know the value of 2nd hand cars has gone up recently, but this place near me is taking the piss :lol:

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:datass:

Re: Car Thread II

Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2021 3:11 pm
by Robbo-92
In hindsight I wish I’d got a new car before Covid, used car prices are ridiculously high now compared to what they were. Civic passed its MOT as well :datass:

Re: Car Thread II

Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2021 3:49 pm
by jiggles
The value of my Tucson went from £9.5k to £20k in the space of 7 months. I’m dying to sell it but the Q4’s now pushed back to April so I’m starting to worry the price won’t hold.

Re: Car Thread II

Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2021 4:01 pm
by LewisD
jiggles wrote:The value of my Tucson went from £9.5k to £20k in the space of 7 months. I’m dying to sell it but the Q4’s now pushed back to April so I’m starting to worry the price won’t hold.


Sell it, buy a £5000 temporary 2nd hand to tide you over until April and pocket the £15000 :nod:

Re: Car Thread II

Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2021 4:20 pm
by jiggles
Problem is that would mean I’m driving a £5K gooseberry fool heap (because that’s what gooseberry fool heaps go for now) for almost 6 months

Re: Car Thread II

Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2021 4:27 pm
by Robbo-92
I think if I put a little bit of money into my car (just to make the paintwork a little nicer and getting the air on sorted) it’d be worth about £2000 if I sold it myself, I paid £5000 for it back in May 2014, obviously I’m still at a loss of £3000 but that’s nowhere near as much as I’d have thought, not that I’ll be selling it mind, probably just run it into the grave now :lol:

Re: Car Thread II

Posted: Wed Nov 10, 2021 8:30 pm
by Grumpy David

Re: Car Thread II

Posted: Wed Nov 10, 2021 8:36 pm
by jiggles
Shame he ended up going into that parked car, would have loved to hear what she was saying

Re: Car Thread II

Posted: Fri Nov 12, 2021 10:55 am
by jiggles
jiggles wrote:The value of my Tucson went from £9.5k to £20k in the space of 7 months. I’m dying to sell it but the Q4’s now pushed back to April so I’m starting to worry the price won’t hold.


Lmao now June. What is the world is going on with VW group?

Re: Car Thread II

Posted: Fri Nov 12, 2021 10:59 am
by Sprouty
jiggles wrote:Shame he ended up going into that parked car, would have loved to hear what she was saying


'I'm sorry for not spotting the give way sign. Are you ok? Here is my insurance details.'

Re: Car Thread II

Posted: Fri Nov 12, 2021 9:50 pm
by Roonmastor
That wait sounds painful jiggles. My colleague has had the Q4 for a while and loves it. Looks quite the beast parked next to my e208. In hindsight, we got very lucky picking our cars up early 2020.

I got a great deal for the other half on a 2017 Zoe just before the secondhand market exploded this year too.