George J
Herefordshire member
I have caved in and admitted that I cannot manage without an ICE powered car. I cannot afford an EV, much though I would prefer that.
I have had an offer of £450 accepted for a sixteen year old base model two door Aygo, which I know runs well. I drove it to Norfolk and back [440 mile round trip] last summer, and it is a delightful little car. Light and the steering is direct and not prone to wandering on the motorway tramlines. Just about the slowest car I have driven: Zero to sixty is pretty much make an appointment, and we'll see when it can be arranged! I like that, finding sixty a fairly unpleasant speed on most roads these days. Not much torque but once wound up to a sensible cruising speed of fifty five to sixty miles per hour, it bowls along well enough.
A sewing machine of a one litre three cylinder engine, and I do like a three cylinder. Next to my favourite straight six configuration though flat twos are good as well, like classic BMW motorbikes and 2CVs.
I have never liked V configurations. V8s sound like a bag of nails to me with their uneven exhaust warble.
Anyway, I have enquired about insurance and fully comprehensive with commuting is less than three hundred pounds. And sixty miles per gallon - so quite a budget economy car.
Wish me luck. Should get it next week as I fix insurance, VED and actually buying it.
Our society is based on moving about and so a car becomes a necessary evil [though I do enjoy their mechanical nature, especially a manual gearbox] once one leaves contracted PAYE employment for freelance self-employment as I have in the last six weeks ... that is another story, but, as a fifty nine year old, I swear I will never be beholden to a single entity employer again, if it kills me.
Best wishes from George
I have had an offer of £450 accepted for a sixteen year old base model two door Aygo, which I know runs well. I drove it to Norfolk and back [440 mile round trip] last summer, and it is a delightful little car. Light and the steering is direct and not prone to wandering on the motorway tramlines. Just about the slowest car I have driven: Zero to sixty is pretty much make an appointment, and we'll see when it can be arranged! I like that, finding sixty a fairly unpleasant speed on most roads these days. Not much torque but once wound up to a sensible cruising speed of fifty five to sixty miles per hour, it bowls along well enough.
A sewing machine of a one litre three cylinder engine, and I do like a three cylinder. Next to my favourite straight six configuration though flat twos are good as well, like classic BMW motorbikes and 2CVs.
I have never liked V configurations. V8s sound like a bag of nails to me with their uneven exhaust warble.
Anyway, I have enquired about insurance and fully comprehensive with commuting is less than three hundred pounds. And sixty miles per gallon - so quite a budget economy car.
Wish me luck. Should get it next week as I fix insurance, VED and actually buying it.
Our society is based on moving about and so a car becomes a necessary evil [though I do enjoy their mechanical nature, especially a manual gearbox] once one leaves contracted PAYE employment for freelance self-employment as I have in the last six weeks ... that is another story, but, as a fifty nine year old, I swear I will never be beholden to a single entity employer again, if it kills me.
Best wishes from George