New Top Gear (2011) BBC 2 8PM!

[TW]Fox · 10 Jul 2011 at 23:42

Raymond Lin said:
Buy one at £7k, put that spare £153,000 for repair bills. I highly doubt it will cost £150,000 to run that thing over say 9 years.

If you are in a position where a £160,000 car is easily affordable, then you've no real reason to mess about with a 10 year old CL.

This is why these cars spiral into no-mans-land.

GarethSouthgate · 10 Jul 2011 at 23:43

Vita said:
Then why are you ?

Because we're going round in circles?

Raymond Lin · 10 Jul 2011 at 23:44

[TW]Fox;19557484 said:
If you are in a position where a £160,000 car is easily affordable, then you've no real reason to mess about with a 10 year old CL.

This is why these cars spiral into no-mans-land.

But who's to say there isn't a guy who has the money to buy a £160k car but still want to save some pennies. There are some funny people in the world you know

[TW]Fox · 10 Jul 2011 at 23:45

Raymond Lin said:
But who's to say there isn't a guy who has the money to buy a £160k car but still want to save some pennies. There are some funny people in the world you know

People who want to save some pennies don't buy V12 Mercs.

Raymond Lin · 10 Jul 2011 at 23:47

[TW]Fox;19557497 said:
People who want to save some pennies don't buy V12 Mercs.

You taken a poll of all car buyers have you? :confused:

ubersonic · 10 Jul 2011 at 23:47

Im not for one minute trying to say that the Pixo is better value for money than the BMW/Merc or a better car but it does have a 3 year warranty, if you bought the BMW/Merc and the gearbox went a month later you'd be s.o.o.l

[TW]Fox · 10 Jul 2011 at 23:48

GarethSouthgate · 10 Jul 2011 at 23:48

Raymond Lin said:
You taken a poll of all car buyers have you?

No but he probably has some common sense.

Glaucus · 10 Jul 2011 at 23:52

Or just service yourself and stuff the resale value. Although parts would still be astronomical.

insane200 · 10 Jul 2011 at 23:56

So the Tata Nano ended up as a Nissan, at least getting parts will be cheap, that was a great EP of TopGear.

GarethSouthgate · 11 Jul 2011 at 00:01

AcidHell2 said:
Or just service yourself and stuff the resale value. Although parts would still be astronomical.

I'd imagine it'd have millions of sensors and the need for computers to be plugged in.

[TW]Fox · 11 Jul 2011 at 00:03

AcidHell2 said:
Or just service yourself and stuff the resale value. Although parts would still be astronomical.

The biggest concern with them is the suspension. ABC costs literally thousands to repair.

Liampope · 11 Jul 2011 at 00:03

[TW]Fox;19557484 said:
This is why these cars spiral into no-mans-land.

Or into the land of people who can fix cars themselves

. Or for people who dont spend all they can afford on the purchase price so can afford garage bills if they crop up. I'm going to find it hard to resist an old S-class or 7-series when I finally decide to move on from the Vauxhall barge.

GarethSouthgate · 11 Jul 2011 at 00:10

Liampope said:
Or into the land of people who can fix cars themselves . Or for people who dont spend all they can afford on the purchase price so can afford garage bills if they crop up. I'm going to find it hard to resist an old S-class or 7-series when I finally decide to move on from the Vauxhall barge.

You're talking a relatively small number of people there, hence the no-mans-land comment.

Will be interesting to see how the TG guys get on.

Did anyone else wonder why James was not in that scene?

Dr. Pain · 11 Jul 2011 at 00:12

The gay bickering about the running costs of the two sub £7K cars can stop guys.

They already said they actually bought them, and would be running them to see what happens. You cant really say fairer than that. Im sure that if things start breaking, then the viewers will be informed and they would do another short piece on it.

Dont forget James said he bet his hair that either one of them would go bang within two weeks.

I dont know why people seem to be under the utterly moronic impression that the Mercedes would still have the running costs of "a £160K car". When you have spent so little on its purchase price, you are hardly going to take it to a Main Dealer, and use Main Dealer parts/prices. You would like any NORMAL human being, try and find the absolute cheapest way to keep it on the road. Nothing wrong with sourcing second hand parts for a £6K car.

Some people have some strange ideas about car maintenance. Perhaps they are the sort that get scared by replacing windscreen wipers or go to the main dealer to change their floor mats.... lol.

Dr. Pain · 11 Jul 2011 at 00:14

sigma said:
Did anyone else wonder why James was not in that scene?

Perhaps he was off filming one of his ever increasing amount of other TV programmes?!

GarethSouthgate · 11 Jul 2011 at 00:16

Dr. Pain said:
The gay bickering about the running costs of the two sub £7K cars can stop guys.

Yet you carried on the gay bickering?

scousegit · 11 Jul 2011 at 00:37

do all the CL mercs of this era have ABC or was it an optional extra? probably standard on that CL600?

peterattheboro · 11 Jul 2011 at 00:37

sigma said:
Did anyone else wonder why James was not in that scene?

He did the Evoque piece.

GarethSouthgate · 11 Jul 2011 at 00:42

They always do challenges together though? Seemed a bit lacking with 2 cars.