embarrassed by your car??

fox_1973 · 17-02-2012 12:42am #1

ok just from getting likes for my post in another topic, id thought id start this... i drive a 95 automatic corolla, bought it after i rolled my last car, i was stuck, and a neighbour had it sitting in his garden. Got it for 400 euro 7 years ago and I meant to keep it until I could find something i wanted, ......well 7 years later im still driving it, just got a new nct for another year and i love it! but people look at me funny, the kids are embarressed at school and i get no respect on the road for driving an oldie, its the best car ive driven, (**** on petrol) but its mine and i love it, ive also got a 10 D focus to drive when OH has not got it...so whats your thoughts, should i just get rid of it, or enjoy it like i have done for years?

Avns1s · 17-02-2012 12:45am

I wouldn't care less what others think. If it works for you, keep driving it!

Alanstrainor · 17-02-2012 12:45am

Keep it!

Jimdagym · 17-02-2012 12:48am

Not embarrassed, I just don't love mine. Have it just over 6 years and it's time to change.

newmug · 17-02-2012 12:49am

Thats a classic! Why the hell would you be embarrassed by it?

17-02-2012 12:54am

I went from this
...............

to this

and didn't care what folks thought, that particular Rover was rough as a bear's arse tbh.

Stheno · 17-02-2012 12:58am

I've always driven old cars and don't give a monkeys what people think tbh?

SniperSight · 17-02-2012 1:01am

If it makes you fell good and happy when you see it and drive it, then no-one elses opion matters. Its your car, no-one elses. Hang on to it I say.

Ricardo G · 17-02-2012 1:07am

YES, one very similar to this, same faded red turned pink. The only car that i never had an ounce of bother with

I was even half tempted to put one of those 2ft black sunvisors on it so oncoming traffic would'nt recognise me

unkel · 17-02-2012 1:09am

fox_1973 wrote: »

Got it for 400 euro 7 years ago and I meant to keep it until I could find something i wanted, ......well 7 years later im still driving it, just got a new nct for another year and i love it!

You Sir, are the boss of bangernomics

Well done on your remarkable achievement of zero depreciation over 7 years of owning your car!

Dudess · 17-02-2012 1:09am

RoverJames wrote: »

I went from this
...............

to this

and didn't care what folks thought, that particular Rover was rough as a bear's arse tbh.

I love those Rovers. OP that's kinda silly - you're not a teenager. If you love it, simples.

17-02-2012 1:11am

.... you love rovers :eek: proper bird :cool:

Bruthal · 17-02-2012 1:14am

What type of cars do you like james:D

inagoodway · 17-02-2012 1:15am

i'm in the same boat as you op, i was away for a few years and when i got home they had let some scrap-man take away my 91 primera:mad:

well i didn't buy a new car but my sister moved away and left me her 00 corsa, at first i was like wtf, but now i love the little jammer, unfortunately you have to drive the ring out of it to make "reasonable progress", but you need all your skills to keep her on the road, i live and drive out the country and drive on backroads and bogroads, so u need to brake early for corners, feather the throttle going around corners etc etc

i am thinking of getting me a pair of those rally-driver ballet shoes:D

edit; ya sometimes i'm embarrassed getting into it but you can feel your arse on the road , like the old days

Bruthal · 17-02-2012 1:17am

Theres a lot to be said for a car that your not that bothered about, but it does the job.

Mar4ix · 17-02-2012 1:18am

Actually to drive Rover is pretty comfortable. I like them also... apart mechanics.

Senna · 17-02-2012 1:21am

The exhaust is blowing on my car and wont be fixed till Wednesday, so currently i am embarrassed by my car.

Jammy Donut · 17-02-2012 1:39am

Nissan Micra,
Hyundai Accent/ Original Coupe,
Daihatsu (any),
Ford Ka,
Opel Tigra, Late 90s Corsa,
Rover (Unless a Mini Cooper)
Any big MPV, Serena/Sharon

I'd rather walk.

But I love old Volvo 440 Estates, All Fiestas (Once it's a 3 door) And basically all Fords pre 2000, Cougar, Probe, Puma, Orion, Escort etc...

Strange.

Bruthal · 17-02-2012 1:43am

A 97 almera i have. Does me fine, although no driving for 2 months at the moment due to a mishap on the stairs:)

dgt · 17-02-2012 2:05am

OP theres nothing more satasfying than a cheap car that you enjoy driving. Hold onto it, would be a shame to see it in a scrapyard

fox_1973 · 17-02-2012 2:14am

cheers guys for the posts, ill get a pic up tomorrow of the old bird, i just think when people see a 95 wine corolla on the road, they think it must be a bangor and either driven by 'the people who live by the road' i dont want to upset any mod, or a 'person of a dark colour' who has bought it for pooey money! but this is actually a great car, mint one owner when i got it, original radio and all trim person, ....just have to get the kids to get in it now!

fox_1973 · 17-02-2012 2:18am

Jammy Donut wrote: »

Nissan Micra,
Hyundai Accent/ Original Coupe,
Daihatsu (any),
Ford Ka,
Opel Tigra, Late 90s Corsa,
Rover (Unless a Mini Cooper)
Any big MPV, Serena/Sharon

I'd rather walk.

But I love old Volvo 440 Estates, All Fiestas (Once it's a 3 door) And basically all Fords pre 2000, Cougar, Probe, Puma, Orion, Escort etc...

Strange.

that is actually the car I flipped, brand new, wrote it off

fox_1973 · 17-02-2012 2:24am

newmug wrote: »

Thats a classic! Why the hell would you be embarrassed by it?

its more the kids who are embarrassed by it, me in the school yard in my baby gives them grief! doesnt go well with the 17yr old, he wont even drive it

fox_1973 · 17-02-2012 2:32am

unkel wrote: »

You Sir, are the boss of bangernomics

Well done on your remarkable achievement of zero depreciation over 7 years of owning your car!

hate to tell you, but ive also earned nearly 1500 from two accidents when people reversed into me, i did repair the damage only cos i love the car but, for 7 years, id say it costs me nothing

I Was VB · 17-02-2012 2:40am

I'm still in my 94 Diesel jappo wagon, she's slow as anything but i love her to bits.

yourpics · 17-02-2012 2:44am

fox_1973 wrote: »

cheers guys for the posts, ill get a pic up tomorrow of the old bird, i just think when people see a 95 wine corolla on the road, they think it must be a bangor and either driven by 'the people who live by the road' i dont want to upset any mod, or a 'person of a dark colour' who has bought it for pooey money! but this is actually a great car, mint one owner when i got it, original radio and all trim person, ....just have to get the kids to get in it now!

Get the pics up, 95 Corolla is far more reliable than some of the modern junk, full of electrics waiting to go wrong

StonedRaider · 17-02-2012 2:45am

who gives a flying $%ck what people think
my first car cost me €900 and kept going for 5yrs.in that time,just the annual service,4tyres,1battery,1 set of wipers,€20 weld on exhaust and a set of rear brake shoes. It was a nissan(with a timing chain)

Buffman · 17-02-2012 2:50am

fox_1973 wrote: »

its more the kids who are embarrassed by it, me in the school yard in my baby gives them grief! doesnt go well with the 17yr old, he wont even drive it

Eh, who cares if they're embarrassed! Let them walk to school. As for your son not wanting to drive it, grand, sure you're saving petrol.:D Better for him to learn in a manual car anyway. Anyway, I'm sure he'll eventually learn that any car is better than no car.

I've had a 97 Almera for a few years and couldn't give two squirts about what people think!:D

fox_1973 · 17-02-2012 2:58am

yourpics wrote: »

Get the pics up, 95 Corolla is far more reliable than some of the modern junk, full of electrics waiting to go wrong

i agree, ive had no trouble with this, what can go wrong? starts every morning

Wedgie · 17-02-2012 6:20am

'95 Toyota Estima.

I think it's ugly, but I like it. It runs fine, it's comfortable, it's got lots of room, it's not too bad on diesel, I still think it's ugly though!

Nope, not embarrased at all.

Xcellor · 17-02-2012 6:51am

Avensis 2002 - Silver. 1.6 Petrol.

Plain but it has never let me down. 130,000 iles on clock got it at 69. Apart from oil change + new tires have spent nothing else on it. Still does 41mpg.

embarrassed by your car??

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