Truckermal wrote: » Buddy of mine has a 93 Astra from 3 years old and it's still his daily driver!
Duke O Smiley wrote: » This one lives up the road from me, 1976 and 1 owner from new. Same gent is actually driving it since 1976
Ubbquittious wrote: » Is it a maroon coloured one on UK plates?
Nixonbot wrote: » There's another auld lad driving an orange one around Glasnevin, see it often.
CIP4 wrote: » Anyone else hear about these. Heard the story off a few people I heard they were bought as company cars and then the company went bust and owner died not sure how much truth there is to it though.https://www.carthrottle.com/post/11-unused-e34-bmw-5-series-have-been-unearthed-in-bulgaria/
Duke O Smiley wrote: » This rare 1300S Power Pack is near me too, has been in the one family since new but two owners I'll stop now!
bazz26 wrote: » I think the influx of higher spec UK cars on the used car market too over the last decade or so has given the average Irish car owner bit of a hunger for more than just the bare essentials these days. Regarding PCP, I think I read somewhere that manufacturers were pushing the higher spec models on PCP deals too as there wasn't too much difference in the monthly repayment costs between a base spec and mid/high spec model. For example VW were offering Highline Golfs with Tech packs and dealer incentives for not much more than a Baseline Golf. I wonder had that anything to do with better resale values which in turn meant more equity and eagerness for rolling over to the next PCP deal? I'd agree that Irish consumer habits have changed, I'd imagine the likes of a used baseline Golf would be difficult enough to sell these days with the healthy choice in Highline models on dealer forecourts.
CIP4 wrote: » I have to say the more I drive Autos the more I like them. The S-Tronic is just so quick effortless and smooth you especially notice it around town. I was always a big manual fanboy and while I still do enjoy driving a manual I think with newer autos you just can’t go wrong.
Autosport wrote: » So the 191 is an Auto
CIP4 wrote: » There will be no 191 I have to be good :pac: I only have the A4 12 months.
Tazzimus wrote: » Never drive a Megane auto so, horrendous gearbox.
fancy pigeon wrote: » Austin Metro 1.3 auto for misery Wonder if there was ever a Maestro diesel auto... :eek:
ELM327 wrote: » There wasn't, afaik anyway. You can however get an automatic Yema F12, a 21st century car built on the maestro.
ELM327 wrote: » I see, you're playing the long game, waiting for the deals for 192 reg :cool::pac:
jimgoose wrote: » The Jaaag died shortly before Christmas, of pulmonary ventricle ossification induced by a failed head-gasket, after giving me a troublesome and expensive few months. So I scrapped it and bought a clean, straight, black 2011 Ford Focus 1.6 Style TDCi 110 (I think I got that right) with 100,000 kosher miles on it for €5,800. I am delighted. It is solid, handsome, pleasant to drive and to live with generally, has sufficient poke to be going on with, runs on farts, and costs a mere €200 per year to tax. I think I should have joined the real world a couple of years ago. :pac:
bazz26 wrote: » I often wonder are some people born dumb or do they strive to become dumb as they age? Had to go into the local DIY place on the way home from work. Deliberately parked in a quick place away from the front door. Got what I had to get and come out only to find a cluster of cars parked around me despite plenty of wide open spaces (some closer to the door). Idiot just pulls into the space next to my driver's side, he gets out and only for he seen me approach did he gently but still struggle to get out without hitting off my door. Loads of empty spaces around without needing to have to squeeze out the door but still had to go into that space. Similar thing before Christmas, had to go into the shopping centre and parked well away from the front door only to come back and find this one squeezing her big Land Cruiser into the one free space next to me when there were easier and more spaces close by. Now, I don't expect people not to park in the space next to me but jesus these people seem hell bent on squeezing into difficult spaces when there is ample and way easier open spaces nearby.
punisher5112 wrote: » It's the using your car and the next one as a measuring aid. If they parked elsewhere these are the types that would take up to 4 parking spaces as their spacial awareness is diabolical.
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