sum up 2010

Berger said:
Jeeze at the Volvo/Honda damage.

You stopped and he didn't, whats the story and was it solved amicably?
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Yeah pretty much. He went round a blind bend to quickly not knowing that i had had to stop and pull into the lay-by due to oncoming traffic. He braked, wheels locked (no stability control on DC2's) and went into the back of me at about 25 ~30 mph. It was all sorted through insurance as he didn't want to pay the £1700 cost of fixing my car.
 
You sure it didn't bend the floor in the boot or anything? Seems a bit mad that the Integra would get smashed to pieces and yours suffered merely a bumper :/
 
Kenai said:
You sure it didn't bend the floor in the boot or anything? Seems a bit mad that the Integra would get smashed to pieces and yours suffered merely a bumper :/
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Nope. Got it all looked at and fixed properly through Volvo. It probably helped that I didn't have the handbrake on so it rolled forward quite a bit so then took away a lot of the force of the impact. 12 year old car vs a 1 year old car, the 12 year old one is going to come off worse in this situation, especially with it being a light weight coupé. This and the fact that the DC2 is a lot lower than my car as well so it sort of chipped under it a bit.
 
My 2010...

I had a couple of minor issues with the 4Mo; mostly self inflicted by my wife. But apart from a common brake pedal issue, it has generally been fantastically reliable again. I passed 50k miles in it this year (not bad for a 53 plate). I nearly swapped it for a mk5 R32 but the 4Mo just does everything I want and I couldn't justify the extra cost. I also don't fancy going back to insurance premiums of over £700 again (I'm paying half that for the 4Mo). Not to mention being back in a newish car which means depreciation again.

But my search for a weekend fun car continues. I've seen some sheds and turned down some relative minters. But it has been a learning experience and I'll get there shortly. I have one in mind if only the seller would let me see the thing (long story) :)
 
My 2010, had no car till october. Bought a mk3 mondeo 2.0. Its not great but the best i can afford at the mo. Crave 6cyls and rwd though :(
 
4 cylinders of reliableness, didn't let me down in 2009 and has not in 2010 either :p

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I have spent only £400~ on it in 2010 for new rear tyres, MOT, oil service.

Oh and the sidelight bulbs? Fixed! *folds arms*
 
I started the year with this;

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Replaced it with this;

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Which was rear-ended, repaired and then sold.

To be replaced with a 1.6 Focus and something else, which I'm still on the hunt for, but hopefully I'll find something before the year is out :)
 
Started 2010 with

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Decided that I didn't really use it enough to justify it so bought myself a Mini.

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Then bought myself lots of 2 wheeled things to play with.

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ubersonic said:
Started year in one of these:
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Sold it and bought one of these:
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Otherwise a pretty uneventful year.[/QUOTE]

Seems like a pretty unusual change, why did you do it and how did you find it?

I consider the Supra (even in NA form) to be an awesome car, but have never particularly rated the Prelude.
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Started the year not driving, I was saving up to pay off £8k of debt after splitting with my ex and moving back home, I was getting the bus all through that terrible weather last year.

Paid off the debts and saved up, got tired of saving and bought this "thing" I dont know what I was thinking, thought it would be cheap motoring but it really wasnt, it was pretty crap on fuel for how slow it was and the handling was terrible

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It took me ages to sell it but it went in July and a week later I picked up one of my favourite cars that ever owned, I dont have an actual pic of the car but here is one from google, same colour etc, we got off to a rocky start as some of you may remember but its all been perfect since, had it serviced and other than a sticking caliper its been fine

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Just been told i've secured a new job so its been a great year for me other than all the saving etc but its only getting better compared to the mess I was in this time last year
 
MikeHiow said:
Seems like a pretty unusual change, why did you do it and how did you find it?

I consider the Supra (even in NA form) to be an awesome car, but have never particularly rated the Prelude.
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My supra was a TT but although it was a lot of fun in the dry it was a bit dangerous in the wet if you got cocky. The Prelude on the other had is pretty much uncrashable in any conditions which is a good thing as my driving sucks in all conditions ^^. Both cars are/were semi auto as im not licensed to drive manuals due to my disability but heres a quick comparison:

Supra TT:
Faster in straight line.
More "modifiable".

Prelude SiR:
Better handling (4ws makes lane changing/cornering/parking easy and gives the turning circle of a car half the size).
More comfortable.
Better MPG.
The rear seats are large enough to accommodate a person above the ages of 6.
Better transmission (sequential shifter > button shifting).
Works in snow.
Nicer interior (obviously model specific).
Cheaper insurance.

All in all im happy with the change and I ade money out of it so win, with retrospect the Supe wasn't really the right car for me just a schoolboy dream due to myself and my friends being obsessed with the fast and the furious back in the day lol.
 
fonzee said:
good to hear your on the mend. :)
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Thanks :cool:

As for the Prelude, i've owned a UK spec red top and it was the best car I have ever owned, I massively regret selling it and have even practically begged the guy I sold it to sell it me back but with no joy, I like my current car its great but the Prelude just had something about it :(
 
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