Passed!

James07 · 31 Dec 2006 at 01:12

paradigm said:
Dude, just to the obvious thing and get a dog.

At least that way your children won't get picked on

But the poor dog will...

triggerthat · 31 Dec 2006 at 01:17

The theory is easy, its just the hazard perception can be bent. Managed to get 60 I believe before I passed

James07 · 31 Dec 2006 at 01:45

Nice, my dad was telling me about how he only had like 5 Q's at the end of his practicle... lucky eh...

agw_01 · 31 Dec 2006 at 01:55

James07 said:
But the poor dog will...

LOL

Ask me about electrical gear, and I can't stand cheap brands. I just won't have a no-brand piece of hi-fi gear. I hate them.

In my bedroom I have kit from Yamaha, Pioneer, B&W, NAD... the list goes on (not wanting to sound like I'm bragging here

), but when it comes to my car, why pay £10,000 on a car, when you can have something equally as good for a fraction of the cost, and that people think is gash yet you know completely different. It's all part of the fun.

I'm on my 3rd Rover. I've owned this one since March and so far, have spent several hundred pounds modifying it. It's a bit rusty and leaks a bit of oil but it flew straight through its recent MOT after having a new CV joint, but that's all I've had to spend on it since I bought it.

Similar thing with my other two... apart from having to replace a gearbox that I blew up on my last car, they've never needed anything other than service items... and I drive my cars hard.

My Dad owns a Rover 820, P reg. It's done 276,000 miles on its original engine and headgasket. He's owned several Rovers and none of them have ever let them down.

Tbh, I don't give a toss what anyone here thinks or says about my car. It's me who has to drive it and I'm the one who has to put up with the stigma of owning it. So bloody what

I've shown up a handful of 'much better' cars and have had great fun doing so.

Sure, people think I'm some sort of loser for praising cars from a manufacturer who've had their fair share of problems. I just think it's sad that people jump on the same "OMGHGF" bandwagon just because a certain engine design had its problems.

You can't tell me Rover are the only manufacturer to EVER release a car with problems?

As far as I'm concerned, I'll carry on driving whatever car I want. Whether that's a £300 Rover or a £30,000 Subaru Impreza (hey, I can dream

) then so be it. I'll drive my car with pride.

paradigm · 31 Dec 2006 at 02:06

agw_01 said:
but when it comes to my car, why pay £10,000 on a car, when you can have something equally as good for a fraction of the cost

Whoa, whoa, whoa. It may be "as quick", or may "handle" as well, but that will not make it "equally as good" as a £10k car. It will NEVER feel like a £10K car, and certainly will never look it.

agw_01 said:
and that people think is gash yet you know completely different. It's all part of the fun.

Surely that depends on people's perception of gash? You know I think you're a decent guy Andy, but in its present state of repair, it does look gash, and there is no way you can know any different. Perhaps it won't be in time, but right here right now, even you admit it needs work.

agw_01 said:
My Dad owns a Rover 820, P reg. It's done 276,000 miles on its original engine and headgasket. He's owned several Rovers and none of them have ever let them down.

And my father on the contrary has owned ONE rover in his life, an L-reg 800 series. It died after less than 20,000 miles (and had so many stupid problems inbetween), he vowed never to have another.

[TW]Fox · 31 Dec 2006 at 02:06

agw_01 said:
why pay £10,000 on a car, when you can have something equally as good for a fraction of the cost,

If that was the case, I would agree with you.

However, I would disagree strongly that your Rover is 'equally as good' as some of the cars available for near £10k

agw_01 · 31 Dec 2006 at 02:16

paradigm said:
Whoa, whoa, whoa. It may be "as quick", or may "handle" as well, but that will not make it "equally as good" as a £10k car. It will NEVER feel like a £10K car, and certainly will never look it.

May I draw your attention to the likes of the Vauxhall Corsa 1.2?

Surely that depends on people's perception of gash? You know I think you're a decent guy Andy, but in its present state of repair, it does look gash, and there is no way you can know any different. Perhaps it won't be in time, but right here right now, even you admit it needs work.

Oh, don't get me wrong, it needs a lot of work until I'm happy with how it looks... but next time you see it in person, you'll agree that it now looks a hell of a lot better than it did a few months ago.

And my father on the contrary has owned ONE rover in his life, an L-reg 800 series. It died after less than 20,000 miles (and had so many stupid problems inbetween), he vowed never to have another.

He had a bad experience, which I agree, would put anyone off the cars. But to vow to never buy another Rover due to one major failure... hell, he could have bought a good'un and never had another hint of trouble.

Fox, see the bit above about the Corsa.

(edit... Noticed you said 'some'. I agree with you)

Anyway guys, I don't want to derail another thread, was just trying to explain to James what I like about my car. We've had this conversation enough times. You have your views and I respect that. If I want to drive a £300 banger, then so be it.

Kudos to you two though for having the balls to spend so much money on great cars at your age.

loltim · 31 Dec 2006 at 02:41

agw_01 said:
Kudos to you two though for having the balls to spend so much money on great cars at your age.

You don't need balls to splash out on a car in your early 20's, what else is there to buy, a house? nah they're boring

I've done it with my car but I saved every penny, no loan/finance etc. pretty rewarding actually, probably similarly rewarding to buying a £300 car and making it look mint, personal preference

Edit- actually if I was handy with a spanner and had the space to work I'd probably have done something similar to you.

@OP: well done matey!