BMW Free Zone

Janesy B · 29 Jul 2009 at 13:34

How time flies when Fox isn't here

[TW]Fox · 29 Jul 2009 at 13:37

I know

Its gone so fast

And been so awesome. But I'm sat at the departure lounge now awaiting my 24 hours of hell.

Matt82 · 29 Jul 2009 at 13:38

[TW]Fox;14572164 said:
I know Its gone so fast And been so awesome. But I'm sat at the departure lounge now awaiting my 24 hours of hell.

earplugs, alcohol and a car mag will sort that out. performance VW is great

Firestar_3x · 29 Jul 2009 at 13:39

Edition dedicated to Passats should do him fine, don't give him a BMW Mag he will spend all his time in the toilet....

Cuchulain · 29 Jul 2009 at 13:40

Janesy B said:
Why can't it be

8 Months of ownership
6,500 Miles
0 Breakdowns
£0 Spent in repairs

Better than any of your French toss *spits*

6.5k LOL

Fr0dders · 29 Jul 2009 at 13:42

[TW]Fox;14572164 said:
I know Its gone so fast And been so awesome. But I'm sat at the departure lounge now awaiting my 24 hours of hell.

24 hours of hell ?

you're with the wrong airline. Should have gone singapore airlines. Excellent food, and the trolley dolleys are always hot !

Janesy B · 29 Jul 2009 at 13:43

Cuchulain said:
6.5k LOL

Hello there my favourite motors troll. Most of those miles are town miles which you may or may not realise add substantially more wear and stress on a car than motorway miles. In case your brain has malfunctioned, the 6.5k is the milegeage I have done in the vehicle. It is now well on its way to 80k at the sombre old age of 11.

MagicBoy · 29 Jul 2009 at 13:43

Skoda = Win

Vigoro · 29 Jul 2009 at 13:44

Janesy B said:
Why can't it be

8 Months of ownership
6,500 Miles
0 Breakdowns
£0 Spent in repairs

Better than any of your French toss *spits*

Hmmm lets see

2 years of ownership

25k Miles
1 Breakdown
£250 spent on repairs.

[TW]Fox · 29 Jul 2009 at 13:44

MrLOL said:
24 hours of hell ?

you're with the wrong airline. Should have gone singapore airlines. Excellent food, and the trolley dolleys are always hot !

I'm with the right airline but it still doesnt make long haul a pleasure when its 24 hours and its 22:44 here so I've already been up all day (Hooning around in the Atherton Tablelands actually in my 280bhp Toyota

)

Housey · 29 Jul 2009 at 13:46

[TW]Fox;14572164 said:
I know Its gone so fast And been so awesome. But I'm sat at the departure lounge now awaiting my 24 hours of hell.

Don't worry, you'll have your own bed, cabin, bar and personal service, what's the problem? :cool:

"andy" · 29 Jul 2009 at 13:49

sleeping pills are the solution. to both owning a bmw and coping on a long haul flight

Janesy B · 29 Jul 2009 at 13:50

He's going to be sitting in a plane comparing how cheap the plastics feel in the plane compared to his '5.

Tan · 29 Jul 2009 at 13:51

I guess this wouldn't be a good time for a "spec me a bmw post" then.

Nick1881 · 29 Jul 2009 at 13:55

Saab f t w.

Just over 1 year of ownership, 16,000 miles, money spent in repairs so far = £0

Although potentially £200 coming up due to my power increase highlighting a possibly weak DI cassette.

[TW]Fox · 29 Jul 2009 at 13:57

I'd rather repair a good car than have a reliable bad one though.

Janesy B · 29 Jul 2009 at 14:00

Is it not possible to have, or is that too much to ask from something that costs tens of thousands of pounds.

Cuchulain · 29 Jul 2009 at 14:01

Janesy B said:
Hello there my favourite motors troll. Most of those miles are town miles which you may or may not realise add substantially more wear and stress on a car than motorway miles. In case your brain has malfunctioned, the 6.5k is the milegeage I have done in the vehicle. It is now well on its way to 80k at the sombre old age of 11.

Yet you still seem to think that's something to boast about ...

My wife (until she finally knackered the clutch) did >50k miles in her Derv 106 which is now at nearly 120k, all non-motorway, mostly urban. The biggest expense? A brand new clutch = £85 and is being fitted for nothing this week prior to it being sold. If you get the same reliability out of your Fiesta I'll eat my shoes, come back when you've done proper mileage and let us know.

Django x2 · 29 Jul 2009 at 14:03

Matt82 · 29 Jul 2009 at 14:10

[TW]Fox;14572332 said:
I'd rather repair a good car than have a reliable bad one though.

by good, you mean newer, right?