What is this Richard and Judy's book club?
I need a new car, I'm thinking, Golf, Focus or Civic like the the dead inside drone that I am.

Tell me a story about your first/best/worst car?

ALT: Cottage Pie or Shepherd's pie?

ALT ALT: Cottaging or Shepherding?
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 28 Feb 2011, 15:49, 35 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

First Car
Mazda 323 - did 130,000 miles in it. Great but underpowered. Also no discernable ventilation system meant after a 300 mile drive, you had to be peeled from the seats

Second Car - Mazda RX-8. Fucking amazing to drive and immense fun. Problems with starting it up though. If you moved it from the drive and stopped it, you couldn't restart it as the engine was flooded. Pain in the arse for this reason!

Current car (3rd) - BMW 318. Nice to drive, comfy, boring.....

Either pie is fine for me, ta
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 28 Feb 2011, 15:51, Reply)

I had "pulled beef" cottage pie the other day
So good, proper tasty bits of meat.
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 28 Feb 2011, 15:53, Reply)

This sounds good!

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 28 Feb 2011, 15:55, Reply)

did the RX-8 drink oil by the bucketful?

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 28 Feb 2011, 16:01, Reply)

Not all that much, no
Probably £10 per two tank fulls. I just got used to buying oil and petrol
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 28 Feb 2011, 16:02, Reply)

that is quite a lot

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 28 Feb 2011, 16:03, Reply)

Not compared to 300 miles per tank of petrol
You don't buy a car like that then complain about mpg, etc. You just go fast - EVERYWHERE!
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 28 Feb 2011, 16:04, Reply)

fair enough

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 28 Feb 2011, 16:06, Reply)

I've driven a diesel mk2 Focus
dullest fucking car ever made. Gutless, characterless, soulless. The perfect car for the dead inside drone that you are.

I drive an Audi because I'm an aggressive tailgating cunt.
( Kroney, Mon 28 Feb 2011, 15:58, Reply)

I would like to point out my BMW comes with indicators ..... THAT WORK!

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 28 Feb 2011, 16:00, Reply)

I think they ought to reverse the position of the parking sensors on BMs
so that they're mounted int he front bumper. That way you boys could safely get even closer thanks to the handy distance warning.
( Kroney, Mon 28 Feb 2011, 16:02, Reply)

hehe!
I like your thinking! Mrs Cow used a convenient rock to determine the distance when reversing my car a while ago.
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 28 Feb 2011, 16:03, Reply)

I used a pallet for much the same job the other week
the twat was just too low for me to see it.
( Kroney, Mon 28 Feb 2011, 16:06, Reply)

I did use a very nice iron staircase to check distance in the 323 many years ago

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 28 Feb 2011, 16:07, Reply)

no this
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-12596872
(PsychoChomp, Mon 28 Feb 2011, 16:01, Reply)

hahahaha

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 28 Feb 2011, 16:03, Reply)

learned to drive a 79 Aspen, nothing special about it but I was severly sad when my dad sold it
alt: haven't had either

alt alt: both
( Lisette von Falcon, Mon 28 Feb 2011, 16:02, Reply)

I've never owned a car
Alt: Either is fine
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Mon 28 Feb 2011, 16:03, Reply)

get the Golf
much better to drive, less stupidly laid out inside

I've had one of the old burgundy square VW Polos. Which was great, but underpowered, a mid-80s 205, which was a great little motor, a 206, which was fucking crap, and my current Seat Toledo which was great until it started going wrong all the fucking time.

I am currently researching for my purchase of a VW T5 van sometime shortly after I get married.

edit: I have driven pretty much every small to medium hatchback going recently, due to hire cars and stuff, and I can boldly say, never buy a:
Vauxhall
Fiat (except 500 or Panda 4x4)
anything French
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 28 Feb 2011, 16:03, Reply)

French hatchbacks are made out of biscuit tins.
Had a ride in a 106 a while back. Fucking terrifying.
( Kroney, Mon 28 Feb 2011, 16:07, Reply)

my old 205 was brilliant
partly because it cost me £200, partly because it was really quick and like a go-kart, but all of the new ones are fucking dreadful.

Same as the Vauxhalls, cars have tripled in weight, engines have stayed the same size. I object to having to change down to 3rd gear to continute doing 40mph up a bit of a hill in a 1.8 Astra.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 28 Feb 2011, 16:10, Reply)

My A3, for all its faults
the main one being an elusive gremlin in the engine, is a really quick car. It does the sprint in under 8 seconds, which is plenty fast enough for day to day driving. I'd love an S3, though.
( Kroney, Mon 28 Feb 2011, 16:17, Reply)

My bro's got an R8, the flash cunt.
It is so utterly excellent, after my first ride in it I told him I wanted to have sex with it.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Mon 28 Feb 2011, 16:24, Reply)

The only guy I know with an R8 is a prize penis
and I'm afraid that's coloured my opinion of them.
( Kroney, Mon 28 Feb 2011, 16:31, Reply)

To be honest anything will be better than the 1l polo I rock at the moment
power steering? No way, central locking? Not a chance, Power? none. 0-60 around 25 seconds at least
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 28 Feb 2011, 16:09, Reply)

I had a brand new Corsa last week
literally the only good thing about is were the heated seats and heated steering wheel.

I have a bright white Punto this week. That doesn't have a single redeeming feature.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 28 Feb 2011, 16:12, Reply)

You only have it for the week?

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 28 Feb 2011, 16:13, Reply)

hire car
monday to thursday, different one each week.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 28 Feb 2011, 16:33, Reply)

I meant this was a good point for the car

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 28 Feb 2011, 16:34, Reply)

ah I see

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 28 Feb 2011, 16:37, Reply)

I have recently purchased
an old C Class, less than 2 grand and it has all the bells and whistles that a man could desire.
(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Mon 28 Feb 2011, 16:15, Reply)

Is your car in fact a morris dancer?

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Mon 28 Feb 2011, 16:28, Reply)

I like this!
and have clicked accordingly
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 28 Feb 2011, 16:30, Reply)

It most certainly is
With a hey nonny nonny.
(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Mon 28 Feb 2011, 17:08, Reply)

I've got a Mazda 3
It's based on the Focus chassis but a far superior car. There's hardly any of them about, so it has a bit of novelty value about them. Mine's is the Sport version, which is 2 litre, and is pretty quick off the mark - 0-60 in about 9 secs.

Had it for 4 years, and still love it.
(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Mon 28 Feb 2011, 17:17, Reply)