Car options.....

[Mich the Tester]

ist das normal ?

Milan.

Yes, permies are supposed to be poor.

[d000hg]

How about a Mondeo... hardly flashy but you get a lot of car for your money. Even TopGear like it

[Pondlife]

Bensey, it's not just the cost.

35K miles/year is how many extra hours worked?

Ouch.

[Dearnla]

which means you are spending £500 a month just to get to work as a permie !!!

ist das normal ?

Milan.

Aren't they supposed to pay YOU to work for THEM??

[Mich the Tester]

How about a Mondeo...

I like driving in my car;
It's not quite a Jaguar.

Well it is actually, in a way.

[Paddy]

So buy a Benz that's a couple of years older; MB diesels should easily manage 500k miles, some have done more than a million. They seem expensive, but in the long run they're cheap. German and Dutch taxi drivers have good reasons for buying them.

I had three Mercs all excellent cars, I even bought a new one and picked it up from the factory in Sindelfingen however, the quality slipped badly in the 90s when the company was taken over by a USA manufacture. The cars even prematurely rusted. It is only in the past few years that they seem to have got back on track.

[Bunk]

I like doing my hours and having a life.

How's that working out for you?

[Wilmslow]

How's that working out for you?

Brllliantly well - gives me plenty of evening time to wind up my neurotic neighbour.

I even had a nice long chat with somebody doing work on her house yesterday - was very amusing seeing her curtain twitch clearly hacked off that somebody actually got on very well with me!

[Bunk]

Brllliantly well - gives me plenty of evening time to wind up my neurotic neighbour.

Yep, that's living alright

[MaryPoppins]

Yep, that's living alright

Wilmslow - I seem to recall squillions of other "I might get a new car maybe possibly...." threads from you.