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[Doctor Gollum]

Vegan? Yes. Gay? No...

[henryd]

Ah but TB, I thought you already had an 'alternative fuel' vehicle, you seem to mention charging one regularly 

If ever it stops phishing down, I'd fill it up again (new charger not waterproof).  Needs a top up before its little visit to Nottingham next week.


I guess this is what its like owning EVs. Gay.

No.the EV's are probably much faster

And spend less time plugged in!

 

[TheBoy]

Ah but TB, I thought you already had an 'alternative fuel' vehicle, you seem to mention charging one regularly 

If ever it stops phishing down, I'd fill it up again (new charger not waterproof).  Needs a top up before its little visit to Nottingham next week.


I guess this is what its like owning EVs. Gay.

No.the EV's are probably much faster

The old dear down the road zimmer frame is faster

[Viral_Jim]

I thought I would redirect this one last time as we have now brought this saga to its conclusion.

Yesterday I signed the transfer documents and the car officially belongs to Rybrook Worcester now. We settled on a full refund less a charge of 14p/mile for my "enjoyment" of the vehicle.  Insurance, GAP insurance and other direct costs are being repaid to me by a separate payment from the finance company.

All in all I've lost £700 running the car for 4 months and 5000 miles. So not bad overall. On balance though, I still would have preferred to have a working non-lethal conveyance. 

[STEMO]

I thought I would redirect this one last time as we have now brought this saga to its conclusion.

Yesterday I signed the transfer documents and the car officially belongs to Rybrook Worcester now. We settled on a full refund less a charge of 14p/mile for my "enjoyment" of the vehicle.  Insurance, GAP insurance and other direct costs are being repaid to me by a separate payment from the finance company.

All in all I've lost £700 running the car for 4 months and 5000 miles. So not bad overall. On balance though, I still would have preferred to have a working non-lethal conveyance. 

Right...time for a 30 page thread on your search for a replacement. Let Opti be your guiding light.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

I thought I would redirect this one last time as we have now brought this saga to its conclusion.

Yesterday I signed the transfer documents and the car officially belongs to Rybrook Worcester now. We settled on a full refund less a charge of 14p/mile for my "enjoyment" of the vehicle.  Insurance, GAP insurance and other direct costs are being repaid to me by a separate payment from the finance company.

All in all I've lost £700 running the car for 4 months and 5000 miles. So not bad overall. On balance though, I still would have preferred to have a working non-lethal conveyance. 

Right...time for a 30 page thread on your search for a replacement. Let Opti be your guiding light.

My choice will be impractical but exciting.

I shall leave the choice of dull cars to you.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

What is your budget, Jimmy?

[Ever Ready]

Glad to hear you got it sorted in the end.

[Viral_Jim]

What is your budget, Jimmy?

Flexible up to about £40k (financed). However all decisions will have to wait. I have a second interview on Tuesday which, if successful would necessitate a company car (probably around 35-40k miles/yr). That being the case I would look at a hybrid of some sort for BIK reasons.

Given my recent experiences I have a different perspective on reliability of cars. So a big part of me just wants to plump for a Range Rover. The 5.0 seems to be available for around £20k with low mileage, seems to make more sense than the 4.4 tdv8

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

What is your budget, Jimmy?

Flexible up to about £40k (financed). However all decisions will have to wait. I have a second interview on Tuesday which, if successful would necessitate a company car (probably around 35-40k miles/yr). That being the case I would look at a hybrid of some sort for BIK reasons.

Given my recent experiences I have a different perspective on reliability of cars. So a big part of me just wants to plump for a Range Rover. The 5.0 seems to be available for around £20k with low mileage, seems to make more sense than the 4.4 tdv8

That's like giving up on life.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

What is your budget, Jimmy?

Flexible up to about £40k (financed). However all decisions will have to wait. I have a second interview on Tuesday which, if successful would necessitate a company car (probably around 35-40k miles/yr). That being the case I would look at a hybrid of some sort for BIK reasons.

Given my recent experiences I have a different perspective on reliability of cars. So a big part of me just wants to plump for a Range Rover. The 5.0 seems to be available for around £20k with low mileage, seems to make more sense than the 4.4 tdv8

Not a big fan of the Range Rooney. It is essentially a glorified van with windows. Even with the 5.0 V8 it will still be glacially slow as it weighs about the same as an ocean going liner.

[Viral_Jim]

True, then again a don't think I ever really drive anywhere where more performance could be used.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Is there any need for the Range Rover to have such amazing off-road capabiliity? Wouldn't it be better to ditch the expensive and weighty 4 wheel drive gubbins?

As far as I'm aware Kensington high street and the school run are not that arduous.

[Viral_Jim]

Definitely not. But large load capacity is a must. Saloons are out I'm afraid

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Definitely not. But large load capacity is a must. Saloons are out I'm afraid

I don't believe RR's to be particularly capacious. Not for load capacity.