Just a head's up, it's looking likely that we're moving up in size. Mum's now looking at a either a B-Max, or a Skoda Yeti. (Don't ask me why, I've repeatedly told them that I'm going to be learning to drive in whatever car they purchase, meaning it should ideally be small. Ignored.)
dombooth wrote:They sound very picky..
I mean the multipla was IMO the ugliest car Fiat made,
But nowadays Fiat is an awesome brand. Talk 'em into it.
Where in the country are you?
Dom
They can be.
It
is the ugliest car Fiat made!
I'm in West Berkshire
Gareth wrote:TheInsanity1234 wrote:No way in hell they'll let me drive the car so often that I'll become the main driver.
You said that once you pass the test, the school run will drop from 60 miles a day to 30. The clear implication is that you'll be driving 30 miles a day.
The UK school year appears to have 190 teaching days which suggests you'll be driving a minimum of 5700 miles a year, probably more as it's doubtful you'll be using the car solely for the school run.
While the car is parked at the school neither of your parents will be able to use it. It very much looks like you'll be the main driver whether your parents like it or not.
That was before I spoke to my parents about the insurance issue.
Also, my mum has gotten a job offer as a member of bank-staff at a school very close to mine, meaning we will share the car there and back, and her job will supposedly start some-time in March, which is when I hope to pass my test.
watts93 wrote:You might want to look at the equivalent VW Polo. When we were looking for cars for my younger brother we found that the polo was cheaper to insure than the fabia as the polo comes with ESP standard, this might have changed though.
We were going to look at the Polo, but it has been turned down by my sister, as she is very short, and she tried driving a Polo once as a learner, and the chair doesn't go far enough forwards for her to reach the pedals. (She's 5' if that helps anyone suggest cars).
jameslb101 wrote:What's the reason you (or your parents) want to change cars? The Clio diesel must surely be one of the cheapest to run vehicles on the road in terms of TCO.
In case you didn't read what I'd posted, it's 7 years old, has 120,000+ miles on the clock, and is pretty much falling apart.
- Gearbox is not working well, and gets stuck in 1st, 2nd, 3rd occasionally.
- The clutch is starting to cause issues, and it's probably just worn (but the parents want to use this as an excuse).
- It's a truly terrible car to live with, as a lot of things are not exactly standard. For example, the headlight clusters are actually inaccessible without specialised tools, meaning we have to take it to the garage and pay every time we need a headlight bulb changed (and for some reason, the headlight bulbs seem to break every 5 minutes.)
- The fan blowers are starting to go wonky, and you need to bash the dashboard with a fist to get the fans running.
- The AC system is broken, and it's going to cost quite a bit to repair it.
- The footwell lining in the back has come loose, and now moves about and to get it fixed again, we'd have to get the garage to look at taking the plastics in the back off, mounting the floor lining again, and putting the plastics on again.
- Lots, and I repeat, lots, of rattling noises coming from various places, especially the air vents.
- The plastic on the inside of the front left wheel-arch has cracked, and is hanging off a bit, and it seems to be getting slightly worse now.
- There is a horrible grating noise coming from the steering whenever we're turning at full lock, we suspect it's to do with either the broken plastic, or the steering pump on it's last legs.
You see why we want to replace the poor car now?