Soldato
Currently on paid garden leave as i'm moving jobs to a competitor (Sigma-Aldrich - if you're in science you'll know them).
Anyways, was told by my present employer if i hand my car and fuel card back, i'll be over £500 a month better off - and i'm off for another 2 1/2 months!
Soooo, scoured around for a rusty old nail for little money, but wanted MOT and TAX. Everything coming up was 12 - 20 years old, small beat up runabouts...
When i thought outside of the box a little and went bigger, slighly more crazy!
Cue my Rover 620Ti - 2.0 turbo 207BHP, 0-60 in 7s! And how much you ask? £300! MOT til October, and i paid £96 tax for 6 months - so £400 all in for a rapid 6 months driving!
Its awesome, fully electric (windows, sunroof, mirrors) air con (regassed) service history, half leather and so on - its heavily based on the Honda Accord, so in essence a LOT of japanese in it.
It drives VERY well, needed to replace the front pads, and its got a slight exhaust manifold mounting leak, but otherwise a very good car for the money/age - and it goes like stink, and handles brilliantly. Only downer is the fuel economy when its driven hard - eek! It does have a few rust spots, and the alloys have seen better days - but it is 14 years old.
Piccies:
(ignore the cables, thats me experimenting!)
Anyways, was told by my present employer if i hand my car and fuel card back, i'll be over £500 a month better off - and i'm off for another 2 1/2 months!
Soooo, scoured around for a rusty old nail for little money, but wanted MOT and TAX. Everything coming up was 12 - 20 years old, small beat up runabouts...
When i thought outside of the box a little and went bigger, slighly more crazy!
Cue my Rover 620Ti - 2.0 turbo 207BHP, 0-60 in 7s! And how much you ask? £300! MOT til October, and i paid £96 tax for 6 months - so £400 all in for a rapid 6 months driving!
Its awesome, fully electric (windows, sunroof, mirrors) air con (regassed) service history, half leather and so on - its heavily based on the Honda Accord, so in essence a LOT of japanese in it.
It drives VERY well, needed to replace the front pads, and its got a slight exhaust manifold mounting leak, but otherwise a very good car for the money/age - and it goes like stink, and handles brilliantly. Only downer is the fuel economy when its driven hard - eek! It does have a few rust spots, and the alloys have seen better days - but it is 14 years old.
Piccies:
(ignore the cables, thats me experimenting!)
