Currently driving
- sted
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Currently driving
A very well maintained 1995 BMW 525i.
After years driving the 'child friendly' Kia Sedona and Laguna estate, I went out yesterday and bought a blast from the past.
It drives and handles like a new car, and I went to work this morning with a great big smile on my gob.
After years driving the 'child friendly' Kia Sedona and Laguna estate, I went out yesterday and bought a blast from the past.
It drives and handles like a new car, and I went to work this morning with a great big smile on my gob.
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Re: Currently driving
Currently driving Mini 1.4 diesel. Low carbon footprint, economical and still fun to drive - feeling all the potholes though..... Use it for weekend trips with the kids (3 & 5) but it will be a squash soon. Got mainly for my commute (55 mile return) which used to be much lower until we had to move because my other half's job was relocated. Using public transport would take about 2.5hrs..... Mini takes 55 mins.....
Sted - I would love an old 3 Series. Have fun...
Sted - I would love an old 3 Series. Have fun...
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Just claimed for £570 fuel on my February expenses. Carbon what???
- tommymooney
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Re: Currently driving
Murf when to you get the time to drive? Do you post on FISO in transitmurf wrote:Just claimed for £570 fuel on my February expenses. Carbon what???
currently driving nothing. Carbon footprint low
Peugeot 308 was a better than expected hire car lately.
- unc.si
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Re: Currently driving
Still got the Land Rover Defender, although mileage this week so far is only 16 miles in the Landy compared to 58 miles on the bike, so my average fuel consumption is around 130 miles to the gallon at the moment
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SAAB 1.9TID 9-3 Sportwagon ... seems not to guzzle until the foot is pressed quite hard. Far better on MPG than me old 206 GTI.
I put in the more refined diesel plus (or whatever called) from Shell garage last week. Meant to make performance better. Unsure what MPG happens though. Anyone?
I put in the more refined diesel plus (or whatever called) from Shell garage last week. Meant to make performance better. Unsure what MPG happens though. Anyone?
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We have just bought an Audi A3 5 door thing - with the super efficient diesel engine - £35 yr road tax - 1,000 MPG or something quite high.
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That's more of a crater...murf wrote:Just claimed for £570 fuel on my February expenses. Carbon what???
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Couldn't you cycle instead?murf wrote:Just claimed for £570 fuel on my February expenses. Carbon what???
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I don't think my clients would be happy paying an unfit git like me to cycle 100s of miles on an hourly rates basisKnulpuk wrote:Couldn't you cycle instead?murf wrote:Just claimed for £570 fuel on my February expenses. Carbon what???
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Re: Currently driving
1980 mgb gt
Walk to work so the mg will do the occasional 10 minute drive to friends or family, hour and a half to pompey to see my bro every month or the occasional 30 minute drive to brighton
The battery has felt it this winter though
Walk to work so the mg will do the occasional 10 minute drive to friends or family, hour and a half to pompey to see my bro every month or the occasional 30 minute drive to brighton
The battery has felt it this winter though
- unc.si.
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Re: Currently driving
Finally replaced the Land Rover with an E class Merc.
Well I say replaced. It's still sitting on the drive as I'm struggling to actually part with it.
The merc is a phenomenal car though. Will do 60mpg (supposedly 73 mpg but actually averaging 49, with 60 on a motorway run). Almost silent on the motorway, parks itself and will do 0-60 in 7.7secs, which isn't too shabby for a big family saloon. Bit of a contrast from
the Defender
Well I say replaced. It's still sitting on the drive as I'm struggling to actually part with it.
The merc is a phenomenal car though. Will do 60mpg (supposedly 73 mpg but actually averaging 49, with 60 on a motorway run). Almost silent on the motorway, parks itself and will do 0-60 in 7.7secs, which isn't too shabby for a big family saloon. Bit of a contrast from
the Defender
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The planet will be pleased to hear I only did around 7000 miles last year. The joys of being retired/unemployed/a slackermurf wrote:Just claimed for £570 fuel on my February expenses. Carbon what???
- tommymooney
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Re: Currently driving
Now driving a Ford Fusion as my main car. Uggh, don't it's horrible. Had 3 Vauxhalls before that since this thread started!
- unc.si.
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thats just over 110,000 miles less than I did last year, although admittedly most of mine weren't in a car.murf wrote:The planet will be pleased to hear I only did around 7000 miles last year. The joys of being retired/unemployed/a slackermurf wrote:Just claimed for £570 fuel on my February expenses. Carbon what???
- Gaarg
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Re: Currently driving
I am currently driving Ford Fusion.
Last edited by Gaarg on 06 Mar 2019, 14:41, edited 2 times in total.
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Stop typing then!Gaarg wrote:I am currently driving Ford Fusion.
- tommymooney
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Re: Currently driving
Finally managed to palm off my Ford Fusion to an Aunt down in Cornwall.
Didn't like that thing!
Didn't like that thing!
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Is your Aunty called Gaarg ?tommymooney wrote: ↑07 Dec 2018, 12:55 Finally managed to palm off my Ford Fusion to an Aunt down in Cornwall.
Didn't like that thing!
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Re: Currently driving
Ha, that would be 'amusing'!
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