Car Buying (a pearoast of my very first B3ta post)
(This was originally from the Impulse Buys question; I've cut the irrelevant bits hence the intro)

My latest stupid buy came a couple of months back...

Now a bit of back story.
I spend a massive amount of time driving (30-40'000 miles a year) and need to carry a boot full of equipment, so what I drive is pretty important to me. I'm probably in my car more than anywhere else except my bed, so when my last steed ticked past the 200'000 mile mark (yes really!), I decided it was about time to blow what little savings I had on a new chariot...

Hours turned to days then to weeks as I trawled the internet for second hand vehicles. I read reviews, checked common faults, and became an expert in the sub £5000 used car market.

'How big is the boot?'
'How much tax am I going to have to pay to the corrupt cunts that run our fair isle?'
'How many miles can I travel before suckling at the teat of texaco'
'Is it going to explode in a fireball leaving me a charred shell of flesh and bone gripping the mangled steering wheel?'
'Can it get Radio 2?'

Are just some of the myriad of questions I asked of the cheap suited 'salesmen' I met on my travels...

...So I bought a fucking Land Rover...

I saw a Freelander, decided I liked it, bought it.

A. FUCKING. LAND. FUCKING. ROVER!!!

Shit MPG
Shit handling
Shit reliability
Expensive to run

(Big boot though)


And turned out absolutely awesome in the snow...
( TheMattInAHat has a particular... odour..., Fri 23 Apr 2010, 11:18, Reply)