your car says a lot about you?

[retired_member32]

my first car was a mk3 escort 1.1,they only made the 1.1 for a limited time and it was a horrid drive,forever changing gear because there were no torque,the worst car i have ever driven was a 1.4 meriva it won't go up a slight incline,awful second hand buy especially with the petrol versions.

believe it or not i passed my test in 1991 in a kia pride,i have now just bought one whilst i am waiting delivery of new car,2000 v reg it is exactly the same car instrument panel and body shape when i passed my test in one,they don't like changing shape to often do they!!!

 

[curt_LFC]

Im driving a laguna mk2 I set a target a year ago to have a porsche by the time im 30 so i got a lot of money to make between now and september unless i get a cheapy one off autotrader about 20 years old!

 

[retired_member32]

Im driving a laguna mk2 I set a target a year ago to have a porsche by the time im 30 so i got a lot of money to make between now and september unless i get a cheapy one off autotrader about 20 years old!

buy a knackered mkI vw karman ghia,restore it and you be guaranteed to make tenfold of your investment,the best looking car on the road,my mate has two and he does weddings in them and he makes a fortune,i wouldn't mind but they are two seater coupe....

 

[paul]

wow things have changed, my first car (customised Ford Escort MK1)

Same here, those were the days

 

[ELIFE-MZ]

O-60: never managed to find out

hubcaps: genuine Nissan - purchased only last week for £35

:mrgreen:

 

[mat]

buy a knackered mkI vw karman ghia,restore it and you be guaranteed to make tenfold of your investment,the best looking car on the road,my mate has two and he does weddings in them and he makes a fortune,i wouldn't mind but they are two seater coupe....

I agree. Or find a nice 2 door mk2 escort in some grannys garage

My first cars were mk2 golfs. I miss them bad. Cant ever see myself getting anything but German cars

 

[curt_LFC]

theres a karman on autotrader for just over 5k is that a good deal?

http://search.autotrader.co.uk/es-u...EN&model=KARMANN&min_pr=&max_pr=&max_mileage=

 

[kennyboy]

My Tank. 1992 Pajero

 

[FC Domains]

I've been cured of cars.
I now buy houses instead.

 

[retired_member32]

I've been cured of cars.
I now buy houses instead.

long gone are the days where you buy a house and sit on it then sell for a profit,all houses are are over priced by by about 35-40% and buy to let will be non existent in a few months time especially top end,there is a house in our village six months ago had there house up for sale at 1.2 million,she is now down to £999,500 and still for sale,good old labour are still claiming everything is rosy in the garden.

 

[retired_member32]

theres a karman on autotrader for just over 5k is that a good deal?

http://search.autotrader.co.uk/es-u...EN&model=KARMANN&min_pr=&max_pr=&max_mileage=

but you need to be paying a lot less if you would like to make money on it,these cars turn heads(babe magnet)

 

[smokin]

My Beema, not usually as clean as this

Might get the roof down this year after 2007's washout summer !

 

[FC Domains]

long gone are the days where you buy a house and sit on it then sell for a profit,all houses are are over priced by by about 35-40% .

It doesn't actually matter how much a house is worth. In ten years time it will be worth 'one house'.
Whereas a car will be of little if any value.

 

[smokin]

It does actually (but i knw what you are saying), for several reasons eg: if you were moving abroad; UK house values are rising at a greater proportion than many other countries hence in world asset values as opposed to UK values you are and will be 'worth more'..

 

[retired_member32]

It doesn't actually matter how much a house is worth. In ten years time it will be worth 'one house'.
Whereas a car will be of little if any value.

well i used to put money into classic cars which buck the trend,but saying that i have sold thousands of cars and only lost on a handful,when the economy has a down turn then we all suffer,what is frightening is buying a house now for £300k and having a 100% mortgage and selling it ten years down the line at £200k,as i speak my missus is lecturing on economics at the local uni about the same subject!!,there is hundreds of thousands of houses in this country without nobody living in them(bbc documentary),and thousands more with single occupancy usually council owned and we are all running around like headless chickens trying to snap up the last of the houses,the country has gone mad

 

[retired_member32]

It does actually (but i knw what you are saying), for several reasons eg: if you were moving abroad; UK house values are rising at a greater proportion than many other countries hence in world asset values as opposed to UK values you are and will be 'worth more'..

did you hear that on the news about german house prices are the same today as they were ten years ago.

 

[stevebrowne]

Germany and other parts of mainland Europe are different in that a MUCH larger proportion of the population rents instead of buys. I lived in Belgium for a bit and no one bought property apart from professional landlords. That means the price doesn't go mental like over here.

Of course, I just like to live in a house I like, rather than a house that is there for the profit. That means I don't really care what the house prices do until we want to move.

 

[retired_member32]

My Tank. 1992 Pajero

they are a cracking drive mitsu pajero,the new ones are made of tissue paper,with plastic wings.

 

[ratboy]

Got a mate with 3 evo's in his shed, rare as hens toenails.

Would have entered this thread earlier but i'm car less at the moment. Sold my Bora V6 and thats it. Saving for a new shape Disco. But, i've also got the 106 rally car sat on a trailer with nothing to pull it. A sad sad state indeed!!!

 

[aquanuke]

My Beema, not usually as clean as this

Might get the roof down this year after 2007's washout summer !

That looks exactly like my last Beemer, yours a 330 ?