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To ask what car you drive?

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franceslucia · 26/05/2024 14:20

What did it cost? Is it being financed? Did you buy one brand new or is it used?

I'll start: I drive a brand new Mercedes-Benz B200.

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FieldInWhichFucksAreGrownIsBarren · 15/06/2024 15:32

franceslucia · 26/05/2024 14:20

What did it cost? Is it being financed? Did you buy one brand new or is it used?

I'll start: I drive a brand new Mercedes-Benz B200.

G Wagon, you bought the wrong Merc 🫢

Pippippip2024 · 15/06/2024 15:00

I don’t drive, prefer to walk. I don’t no how people afford all these big expensive cars we are seeing everywhere . I also just don’t understand how it’s a good idea to have these ridiculous huge 4x4s when we are trying to do better things for the environment. It’s a very odd/selfish trend.

franceslucia · 15/06/2024 14:56

Ilovemyshed · 10/06/2024 12:48

My day to day car is a Bentley SUV, for round town I have a nippy little Alfa Stelvio and for my weekends an Aston Martin Volante. Plus three different motorbikes and a speedboat for the sunny days on the water.

Oh wow

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BuggeryBumFlaps · 10/06/2024 12:53

Ilovemyshed · 10/06/2024 12:48

My day to day car is a Bentley SUV, for round town I have a nippy little Alfa Stelvio and for my weekends an Aston Martin Volante. Plus three different motorbikes and a speedboat for the sunny days on the water.

Did you win that on bullseye Grin

Ilovemyshed · 10/06/2024 12:48

My day to day car is a Bentley SUV, for round town I have a nippy little Alfa Stelvio and for my weekends an Aston Martin Volante. Plus three different motorbikes and a speedboat for the sunny days on the water.

Meggie2008 · 08/06/2024 09:21

A 68 plate BMW 2 series, got it in December.
Partner has a 70 plate Audi A4, also got in December because he cant see shit go by him with me getting mine 😂

PumpkinPie2016 · 08/06/2024 09:20

I drive a Fiat Panda 4x4 2015 plate.

I bought it off dh elderly aunt. She had had it 4 years (from brand new) and was no longer driving so it was just in her garage.

Paid 3k cash for it. I wanted to give her more but she was adamant that was all she would accept. Very intelligent lady of sound mind - she just recognised that she wasn't making use of it and I was looking for a new car. Did us both a favour.

I love it - cheap to run, cheap to insure, great in snow and gets me from A to B.

DH drives a VW Toureag V8. Bought at 3 years old, 30k, again, we paid cash so no finance. I realise we are very lucky to be able to put money aside for a car.

To be honest, I'm not hugely bothered about what I drive as long as it is reliable and fairly cheap to run.

Londonrach1 · 08/06/2024 09:12

20 year old skoda fabia bought out right new..7 k. Best car ever driven. Not cost much to run and tbh very little gone wrong with it and starts every time. Sadly now 20 years I know he is in his twilight years. All the modern cars are rubbish. Will probably replace with another skoda fabia. Can't beat perfection!

BuggeryBumFlaps · 08/06/2024 09:08

Mini John Cooper Works, it was a milestone birthday gift, from me to me and I adore it.
£28000, no finance. To me it's worth every penny and makes me smile every time I drive it..
Bought it when it was 18 months old with 11000 miles

Anononony · 08/06/2024 08:48

2013 scenic, bought outright for 5k but with money borrowed from family (interest free)

Shade17 · 08/06/2024 08:37

franceslucia · 07/06/2024 22:45

Jealous? Grin

😂I wouldn’t drive it if it was given to me for free.

franceslucia · 07/06/2024 22:45

Shade17 · 28/05/2024 08:51

Not sure why you’d want to boast about a near bottom of the range Merc with the engine out of a Renault van. Properly shit!

Jealous? Grin

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FoleyHuck · 28/05/2024 08:54

A 10 year old Fiesta bought last year for about £8k iirc and paid outright with part-exchange of our previous car. One car family, DH has a moped and a pushbike for his shorter commute.

Shade17 · 28/05/2024 08:51

missmollygreen · 26/05/2024 14:28

So the OP can be smug and show off that they have a new car

Not sure why you’d want to boast about a near bottom of the range Merc with the engine out of a Renault van. Properly shit!

LegArmpits · 28/05/2024 08:39

A DeLorean.
It's a bit of a shit hole and you have to be careful in storms, but the doors are fun.

Clevs · 28/05/2024 08:34

@OhFensa I've only had it six weeks but so far so good. I have the seven seater and with the back row of seats folded down (we only use them occasionally) the boot is fairly spacious. I'd probably say yes to the greyhounds if you don't have the back seats up.

To ask what car you drive?
Bjorkdidit · 27/05/2024 09:52

Yeah, my top spec Octavias cost less than the mid spec Audi A3s that a couple of people had, which were also a bit small for the kit we have to carry around and for those who had teen DC to transport.

I also had a couple of VRS models that I think finally convinced my younger male colleagues especially that I was onto something Grin.

Coastalcreeksider · 27/05/2024 08:49

Bjorkdidit · 27/05/2024 04:38

I had the opposite of that when I had a black Skoda Octavia as a company car some years ago when the brand was still a bit of a joke to the less enlightened.

I was sitting in a car park having lunch between jobs when I became aware of two blokes shuffling around behind the car.

I locked the doors and prepared to drive off, fearing that I was about to be robbed, when I heard one of them exclaim to the other 'it's a Skoda but it's really nice' Grin.

That was the first of about half a dozen Skodas I've had over the last 20 years, most of them being company cars and all of them being great.

I now have a 5 YO Citigo that I bought with cash 3 years ago and intend to keep until it falls apart, at which time I hope it will have scrappage scheme value for an electric car.

My brother opted for a Skoda estate type as a company car when they were not that popular some years ago. The other blokes he worked with kept laughing as they opted for Audis and BMWs and other more popular brands.

His had all the extras in it, theirs were the bottom end of the brands they had chosen with no refinements at all.

Guess who changed their minds when the next round of company cars came up? 😁

My cousin has a 1 year old Skoda Kodiak and it's lovely, he's really pleased with it.

KimberleyClark · 27/05/2024 07:34

I drive a ten year old Audi A3 TFSI. Bought it used seven years ago and own it outright. Will drive it into the ground probably.

Marellaspirit · 27/05/2024 07:30

I drive a 21 year old Nissan Micra, bought for £3500 in 2008. It's just passed 100k miles on the clock and is an absolute dream to drive. For a small car it has a lot of power and handles well. I could change it for something new but while it's still really reliable I don't see the point.

TheRussiansAreComing · 27/05/2024 07:27

OP must be Sheila Bloom, AKA Bitch-face, from Friday night dinner.

fieldsofbutterflies · 27/05/2024 07:20

Second hand Hyundai i10 that cost me 4k outright. I bought it with an insurance payoff after my last car was totalled by a Royal Mail van.

Bagwyllydiart · 27/05/2024 07:18

2 year old Aerial Atom. Bought outright.

GymBergerac · 27/05/2024 06:23

14 year old Fiat Punto
Bought cash eight years ago
It has to last for another 14 years as I can't replace it
Hope op feels nice and smugly superior now.... 🙄

Bjorkdidit · 27/05/2024 04:38

AgMaggy · 26/05/2024 22:42

A B200 is not a brag, they’re ugly as fuck. It’s the Merc badge catches the eye until people see the rest of it.

I had the opposite of that when I had a black Skoda Octavia as a company car some years ago when the brand was still a bit of a joke to the less enlightened.

I was sitting in a car park having lunch between jobs when I became aware of two blokes shuffling around behind the car.

I locked the doors and prepared to drive off, fearing that I was about to be robbed, when I heard one of them exclaim to the other 'it's a Skoda but it's really nice' Grin.

That was the first of about half a dozen Skodas I've had over the last 20 years, most of them being company cars and all of them being great.

I now have a 5 YO Citigo that I bought with cash 3 years ago and intend to keep until it falls apart, at which time I hope it will have scrappage scheme value for an electric car.

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