Expensive cars

[VectraMan]

You know there is something wrong FFS when the watch you've got on your wrist cost's more than 5 times the car
you driving........

I wear a digital watch I was given as a 13th birthday present, in 1984.

So no, I don't have that issue.

[Peoplesoft bloke]

maybe we need an expensive watches poll?

[oracleslave]

maybe we need an expensive watches poll?

Does using your phone count?

[roadster198]

I wear a digital watch I was given as a 13th birthday present, in 1984.

So no, I don't have that issue.

Bet it's cost you the same as my watch in batteries though over the years

[Cheshire Cat]

ford ka. runabout for shopping. 02 reg bought 3 years ago (when just out of manuf warranty) with 6k miles on clock.
3 MOT's passed without fault. Bought 2 new tyres and a new windscreen wiper blade.
It's like a go-cart so I can service it myself.
bought for just under 4k, now worth just under 2k.
Wife was recently thinking about getting shut for a C180 Kompressor, until I politely explained this would be an anchor around our necks.
We'll probably buy a feista for the bigger boot.
Glam eh?

[Churchill]

I drive a company car and pay a small fortune in BIK!!!

But at weekends!!!

[hyperD]

Spot on there! When I first took a car over to Denmark I parked up and all of a sudden loads of youngsters appeared like from nowhere. I was, like, sheet gotta get the car out of here sharpish, when the kids started asking questions like what do I do, what did I study hardest at school, stuff like that. Freaked me out for a moment 'coz knee-jerk reaction was they were taking the p1ss.

But they weren't, they appreciated a car like that takes an awful lot of work over an extended period, quite an eye-opener for what the UK had become I can tell you.

Agree - quite a difference cross the waters. I love driving in Europe - even in Romania mixing it with loonies leaning out of customised trabants.

Been quite lucky with this TVR - only broke down once when the clutch plate disintegrated in the New Forest and when I left my lights on. Did fail the MOT this year as the handbrake needed adjusting and a blub had gone although I no longer use it everyday for work like I did many years ago.

The Griff was far more unreliable - always overheating, various electrical problems and buttons kept popping off. Made a nice noise in tunnels though - can't beat a 5.0 litre V8 pumping 320bhp through a de-baffled sports exhaust. Woof woof!