New Car
Posted: Wed Feb 19, 2025 3:26 pm
New car arrived in the fleet last week...I cant be fucked with the guessing game so here it is.
The Boys Sandero met a nasty end after he was rear ended when stationary (Boy ok - nobody seriously hurt). Coming to a co-part auction near you soon.
After dealing with the insurance (admiral - which was utterly painless) and agreeing a decent settlement - which was more than i paid for the Sandy we had to find a replacement.
Budget of circa £4500.
He didn't want another Dacia but we were still hamstrung with insurance costs. Ford Ecoboosts were in budget but fuck that. He decided he wanted a Corsa.
This lead us into the world of private sales and FB marketplace. A place where many people advertise cars and seemingly forget that they had been in a sizable accident in the not too distant past. Messaged about a few cars locally. One looked decent. Run history check (Brothers work is handy for this) Cat S Nov 2024. Dick.
Found another 66 plate non cat marker 65k on the clock sounded decent. Run history check and it had been through a salvage auction.
Giving the benefit of the doubt as the sandy had been sold through copart but was immaculate - Sold as non runner due to an ECU fault - Arranged viewing. Turned up at the postcode...It was a fucking Lidl car park. Said to the boy i was definately not buying a car from a random in a lidl car park. had a look round the car regardless. Rough as a badger. Ad said FSH. Last service in the book was 20k and the service light was on. Interior was filthy and stinking. rear seatbelt buckles all broken external bodywork with damage. Nope. Left.
Back on the search. Found a 15 plate SRi 1.4 with only 40k on the clock FSH and in budget. Spoke to the seller who sounded genuine. This was a saturday morning so i asked if i could view it. She said no as the car was in for an MOT. This all checked out. It was indeed in for an MOT which it passed. She said the car was nearly immaculate bar one tiny scratch on the door so arranged to view it on the monday.
Slightly concerned at the fact it was an SRi and was 3 insurance groups higher than the sandy i did a quote on the boys insurance to change to the corsa...£550...Less...OH...HTF does that work!
Car was indeed as described. Drove spot on so we bought it.
Decent spec on these. AC, Cruise control, Bluetooth, Auto lights & Wipers, heated screen, Front Fogs.
The Boys Sandero met a nasty end after he was rear ended when stationary (Boy ok - nobody seriously hurt). Coming to a co-part auction near you soon.
After dealing with the insurance (admiral - which was utterly painless) and agreeing a decent settlement - which was more than i paid for the Sandy we had to find a replacement.
Budget of circa £4500.
He didn't want another Dacia but we were still hamstrung with insurance costs. Ford Ecoboosts were in budget but fuck that. He decided he wanted a Corsa.
This lead us into the world of private sales and FB marketplace. A place where many people advertise cars and seemingly forget that they had been in a sizable accident in the not too distant past. Messaged about a few cars locally. One looked decent. Run history check (Brothers work is handy for this) Cat S Nov 2024. Dick.
Found another 66 plate non cat marker 65k on the clock sounded decent. Run history check and it had been through a salvage auction.
Giving the benefit of the doubt as the sandy had been sold through copart but was immaculate - Sold as non runner due to an ECU fault - Arranged viewing. Turned up at the postcode...It was a fucking Lidl car park. Said to the boy i was definately not buying a car from a random in a lidl car park. had a look round the car regardless. Rough as a badger. Ad said FSH. Last service in the book was 20k and the service light was on. Interior was filthy and stinking. rear seatbelt buckles all broken external bodywork with damage. Nope. Left.
Back on the search. Found a 15 plate SRi 1.4 with only 40k on the clock FSH and in budget. Spoke to the seller who sounded genuine. This was a saturday morning so i asked if i could view it. She said no as the car was in for an MOT. This all checked out. It was indeed in for an MOT which it passed. She said the car was nearly immaculate bar one tiny scratch on the door so arranged to view it on the monday.
Slightly concerned at the fact it was an SRi and was 3 insurance groups higher than the sandy i did a quote on the boys insurance to change to the corsa...£550...Less...OH...HTF does that work!
Car was indeed as described. Drove spot on so we bought it.
Decent spec on these. AC, Cruise control, Bluetooth, Auto lights & Wipers, heated screen, Front Fogs.
I have similar feelings to that as you to to wet belt engines.
was your son the one going backwards?