Tales from a grumpy imigrant part 2

[sasguru]

All this excitement about bloke crosses channel and car breaks down.

It's all this New Labour touchy-feely, wear-your-heart-on-your-sleeve, namby-pamby, molly-coddling, adult-infantilising culture that has sadly taken root, making adults behave like completely witless children.

[DimPrawn]

It's all this New Labour touchy-feely, wear-your-heart-on-your-sleeve, namby-pamby, molly-coddling, adult-infantilising culture that has sadly taken root, making adults behave like completely witless children.

Yep.

Fook 'im.

[suityou01]

Overheated engine usually means:

Blown gasket
Warped head
Stretched cylinder head bolts

So that's a machine shop job on the head, new bolts and gaskets, coolant and sundries.

Bill is going to get expensive.

A 1997 318i can be had for £900.

Why bother repairing this one?

I know where I can get one for €700

I just spend £440 getting it through it's MOT and having all the brakes done. It's not pleasant, but if I let her go now for the sake of £600 then that's £440 down the swanny in my eyes.

[doodab]

I know where I can get one for €700

I just spend £440 getting it through it's MOT and having all the brakes done. It's not pleasant, but if I let her go now for the sake of £600 then that's £440 down the swanny in my eyes.

Sunk costs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[chef]

ummm imagine if your stocks were going down and down and down, you've lost £440 are you telling me that rather than cut your losses and survive your instead thinking of sinking more money into the investment, by more money i'm talking another £600-£900, which btw is more than your £440 investment thus far, possibly more than twice as much depending on the unknown

however, I have the feeling that im preaching to the non-converted in that you've already told the mechanic to go ahead and do the work and are now trying to justify your decision??

EDIT: or just read doodab's link above

[suityou01]

ummm imagine if your stocks were going down and down and down, you've lost £440 are you telling me that rather than cut your losses and survive your instead thinking of sinking more money into the investment, by more money i'm talking another £600-£900, which btw is more than your £440 investment thus far, possibly more than twice as much depending on the unknown

however, I have the feeling that im preaching to the non-converted in that you've already told the mechanic to go ahead and do the work and are now trying to justify your decision??

EDIT: or just read doodab's link above

The only authorisation the mechanic has is to remove the head and investigate. You are not preaching, not am I unconverted. I understand what is logical, good money after bad etc etc.

There are however a couple of things I would like to add :

a) It is a gamble spending €700. I accept this. From where I sit this is my cheapest (not necessarily best) option here. If it goes wrong I promise not to come crying on here about it.
b) I absolutely love the car. I'm a big softy at heart, and I have grown very fond of her. At her last MOT the garage said it was unfortunate the brakes all needed doing but apart from that she was absolutely solid underneath. Not a spot of rust. "A keeper".
c) It's not the cars fault that I drove her 500 miles without first checking the health of the ancillaries. It was a bad move, my fault.
d) Never leave a man behind. I came to Germany with her, so she should come home to a hero's welcome.

Clearly sentiment clouds my judgement, I am a fool and a lost cause. And none of you get attached to cars so cannot understand what I am saying.

[MaryPoppins]

The only authorisation the mechanic has is to remove the head and investigate. You are not preaching, not am I unconverted. I understand what is logical, good money after bad etc etc.

There are however a couple of things I would like to add :

a) It is a gamble spending €700. I accept this. From where I sit this is my cheapest (not necessarily best) option here. If it goes wrong I promise not to come crying on here about it.
b) I absolutely love the car. I'm a big softy at heart, and I have grown very fond of her. At her last MOT the garage said it was unfortunate the brakes all needed doing but apart from that she was absolutely solid underneath. Not a spot of rust. "A keeper".
c) It's not the cars fault that I drove her 500 miles without first checking the health of the ancillaries. It was a bad move, my fault.
d) Never leave a man behind. I came to Germany with her, so she should come home to a hero's welcome.

Clearly sentiment clouds my judgement, I am a fool and a lost cause. And none of you get attached to cars so cannot understand what I am saying.

But, but, you said you've spent hundreds on it already?

If you're in the poop financially, and need a car, you probably are doing the only thing you can so good luck.

[suityou01]

But, but, you said you've spent hundreds on it already?

If you're in the poop financially, and need a car, you probably are doing the only thing you can so good luck.

A hole in one.

Bought her for £500 and ran for a year without problems. Last MOT was £440 (inc VAT and MOT Cost).

When I saw your post in the thread heading on the main grid I thought oh she's going to rip me a new one.

A very big apology for thinking that, you're a good old stick really

[doodab]

The only authorisation the mechanic has is to remove the head and investigate. You are not preaching, not am I unconverted. I understand what is logical, good money after bad etc etc.

There are however a couple of things I would like to add :

a) It is a gamble spending €700. I accept this. From where I sit this is my cheapest (not necessarily best) option here. If it goes wrong I promise not to come crying on here about it.
b) I absolutely love the car. I'm a big softy at heart, and I have grown very fond of her. At her last MOT the garage said it was unfortunate the brakes all needed doing but apart from that she was absolutely solid underneath. Not a spot of rust. "A keeper".
c) It's not the cars fault that I drove her 500 miles without first checking the health of the ancillaries. It was a bad move, my fault.
d) Never leave a man behind. I came to Germany with her, so she should come home to a hero's welcome.

Clearly sentiment clouds my judgement, I am a fool and a lost cause. And none of you get attached to cars so cannot understand what I am saying.

Your car is like a beautiful woman.


















Expensive with problems in the head.

[stek]

Tales from a grumpy imigrant part 2

Don't get attached to cars! I have in the past, but they were Alfas, so that's understandable.

Get rid.