Just ordered one of these for "08" plate delivery

Rotty · 16 Mar 2008 at 17:52

kitten_caboodle said:
which if I'm right is where people get stung - if it's coming towards the latter part of a lease then the car is probably worth a fair bit less to the insurer that it will be to replace it - so they have to fill the gap between that and the price they get on settlement from the insurance company?

Or else they get gap insurance which does it for them.

I took gap insurance , got it for 50 quid

Rotty · 8 Mar 2010 at 01:27

It goes back tomorrow \o/

Scania · 8 Mar 2010 at 03:47

Rotty said:
It goes back tomorrow \o/

Well worth the - near - 2 year bump to read that!

West · 8 Mar 2010 at 03:55

R420LA6X2/4MNA said:
Well worth the - near - 2 year bump to read that!

We do seem to be reviving a few old threads this evening!

zetec452 · 8 Mar 2010 at 04:01

You'll miss it.... like a hole in the head.

roid · 8 Mar 2010 at 07:58

Lol I read all the thread without looking at the date :rolleyes:

xb8browney · 8 Mar 2010 at 08:22

roid said:
Lol I read all the thread without looking at the date

So did I. lol

Rotty · 8 Mar 2010 at 10:35

Just thought we needed a celebration of it's demise

MikeHiow · 8 Mar 2010 at 10:41

So honestly, how was it?

K.C. Leblanc · 8 Mar 2010 at 11:02

Rotty said:
It goes back tomorrow \o/

You only have 24 hours left to do the decent thing and destroy it, and on that time frame there's only one man for the job.

Some say he was concieved in an Austin Meastro and that he has no toes. All we know is, he's called Phate.

Have you got a replacment in the pipeline?

Rotty · 8 Mar 2010 at 12:41

MikeHiow said:
So honestly, how was it?

Gutless with stupidly light steering

on good side it was well built and faultlessly reliable

not exciting or interesting at all but was competent transport

Rotty · 8 Mar 2010 at 12:41

K.C. Leblanc said:
You only have 24 hours left to do the decent thing and destroy it, and on that time frame there's only one man for the job.

Some say he was concieved in an Austin Meastro and that he has no toes. All we know is, he's called Phate.

Have you got a replacment in the pipeline?

Too late it's gone

Already replaced it with a TT ( it was the missus' car )

platypus · 8 Mar 2010 at 14:40

What is it?

Oh right, 2 years old.

MikeHiow · 8 Mar 2010 at 14:50

Rotty said:
Gutless with stupidly light steering

on good side it was well built and faultlessly reliable

not exciting or interesting at all but was competent transport

So all in all, it wasn't the absolutely terrible car (given its purpose) that the usual 'we know everything about every car' brigade made it out to be?

My Grandmother has a five door one (1.6 too), and whilst its not going to be winning any drag races, I find it has enough power to get around with if you're not a speed freak, and in the six years she has owned it, the only thing that has gone wrong with it is the wiper stalk snapping at the beginning of this year, which was a £16 and 10 minute fix

Everything else is solid, and the car is actually pretty comfortable for a larger hatchback on our terrible roads.

Not bad for a "rubbish" car, considering what they cost.