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Non turbo petrol is hard to find without going back a long way it seems! (I agree about best for reliability) so the civic is 07 and 215k. I’ve owned it nearly 3 years and done 12k. Brakes are knackered, clutch is proper knackered, but worst of all the ac has died. I’ve basically owned bangers forever, and now with a family and so little time of my own anyway, I just need something that works and is comfortable and doesn’t have bits falling off! Oh and fits all the bikes in/on I guess I need to find the sweet spot of new enough to not have age related issues, old enough not to waste money on year, and low enough miles to not fall foul of planned part failures. I guess if I ran this car for 10y I’d only add 40k miles! Newer civic estates are looking a decent option at the mo.

so some people who’ve had two jabs will still get seriously ill. And more who’ve had one, and lots more who haven’t had any. The shear numbers of people we are allowing to be infected at the moment are making the numbers rise sharply. There are still millions of people who haven’t had a jab at all. In the grand scheme it’s a small percentage dying or seriously ill for a long time but not sure that makes it ok. On the plus side on the projection the numbers tail off rapidly after the large peak.

I find Worldometer and the projections pretty good for bare stats and info worrying projection - more beds in icu will be needed for this wave…

Given this (which I agree with) would you buy say a 66 plate with 100k on the clock or a 61 plate with say 60k on the clock?

Get ready for lockdown 4.0 (or whatever we are up to) everyone … cases here are going bananas and hospital admissions are doubling week on week. it’s depressing watching the same shitshow over and over again.

Booo hooo verstappen… https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMdsBg2P2/

I have considered it, but would prefer length over girth…

Wtf

Is it wrong to want this ? https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202107094821518?advertising-location=at_cars&year-from=2011&price-to=10000&postcode=Bs79pr&body-type=Estate&page=1&make=MERCEDES-BENZ&fuel-type=Petrol&include-delivery-option=on seems a c class is a similar price to a mondeo

Economy is not a huge concern as the number of miles we do is fairly inconsequential compared to the outlay of car/insurance/tax/servicing. I’ve looked at bimmers but am unsure about them, I guess I have a hangup in my head that parts/servicing cost might be high? Edit:something like this https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202104221677060?advertising-location=at_cars&price-to=10000&postcode=Bs79pr&body-type=Estate&page=4&make=BMW&fuel-type=Petrol&include-delivery-option=on still 10 years old though im hoping the budget to be fairly grown up 5-10. I’ve come to realise something in my life has to give, and there are some things I will just have to spend on and remove effort. wish list… not super old reliable, can be run for a significant number of miles/years with minimal ball ache and cost estate, big ish. petrol cruise and 6th Not a slug. Can fit roof bars.

If you wanted an estate that size but couldn’t have diesel because of the Bristol caz, what would one buy? Mondeo? Pretty much everything I’ve seen in estate is diesel.

It is interesting how consistently badly we do at major tournaments compared to how often our domestic teams win in Europe. I enjoyed the tournament, was disappointed by a lot of the team selections, and pretty disappointed we lost on pens again. But it’s not like we were the better team. It’s nowhere near the hurt of ‘96

Phew, for a while there I thought we might need to find a new song to sing at football tournaments.

Quick question - floor finishes - I was going to use wax again but figured a varnish might be harder wearing (it’s outside after all and hopefully a workshop) anyone have any experience of the industrial type 2-part ones, and whether or not it’s worth doing, or whether something like the bona mega varnish might be good enough?

That blows. Bit of a swizz, if they take the money in advance - you may as well just take a smaller mortgage

As in they didn’t do what they said they did or it didn’t make any difference?

Yes and no. For a lot of people it’s the only way in to buy, so there is usually a big queue to get in on it, which generally means they are hideously overpriced. Cheap cheap rent on the bit you don’t own makes it sort of affordable to buy, but gotta be careful of the management fees / charges as some can be crazy money, and usually run by big companies who don’t always do the best job. nought wrong with flats/apartments though. Just the hassle/extra cost of management fees, but if done properly takes away the cost of building maintenance.

taking my time this time round, also turns out the blocks need slightly more prep.

I wonder if it’s possible to calculate the theoretical maximum speed in relation to wind speed? it’s a bit of a mind melt.

Front wheel was useful for more than just bashing into stuff.

Don’t they have to work pretty hard to take your deposit? I thought all the rule changes meant that they had to prove actual damage or a total lack of cleaning? edit: either way you should fight them to the end if they do try!

Not sure if I’ve read this wrong, but you pay mortgage at the end of the first full month, so you shouldn’t be in too bad a state? Also that sweet sweet deposit money coming back in helps!

Classic tradesmen…. my usual electrician didn’t do this job it was one of his guys though… Measure twice… I guess partly my fault as I thought the armoured cable could go rear entry, but still they cut that hole so close to the socket it wouldn’t have stayed in the wall. luckily that’s where they left it for the day so I changed the board. It would have been a complete pig to repair after they finished. It took 10 minutes…

Treated to myself to some of the new Sony in-ears and they are pretty good. The start talking to get ambient sound pumped in is pretty awesome.