durbster wrote:I was after a Defender but their prices are extortionate here, so I looked at Discos too. The fuel economy and overall reliability swung it over to the Daihatsu in the end.
Economics entering the decision making process does not bode well for Manliness... See nobody I have ever met actually needs a V8... nor are they very practical. So men buy them.
Quite right, but money in the bank is worth a hell of a lot more than man points in my ego.
Have you ever tried going on holiday with man points? The exchange rate is awful.
durbster wrote:I was after a Defender but their prices are extortionate here, so I looked at Discos too. The fuel economy and overall reliability swung it over to the Daihatsu in the end.
Economics entering the decision making process does not bode well for Manliness... See nobody I have ever met actually needs a V8... nor are they very practical. So men buy them.
Quite right, but money in the bank is worth a hell of a lot more than man points in my ego.
Have you ever tried going on holiday with man points? The exchange rate is awful.
But you only get to have a holiday every so often, where as a V8 man car bought with man credits is every single day of your life...
They say, any day you wake up not dead is the start of a better day than it could be...
You don't need a parachute to skydive, you only need a parachute to skydive twice...
You're never too old to learn something stupid....
Big Kev wrote:I used to have a Ford Puma. That's a cracker of a car. Just watch for rust on the rear wheel arches.
I do like Pumas but they're not practical enough really and even when I looked a few years ago, it was incredibly difficult to find a good one. Having said that, I certainly wouldn't rule them out
durbster wrote:I keep wondering about the hot Clios too - they're superb to drive, great fun to throw around and relatively cheap to run. The 182s can be bought for peanuts here but I'd imagine there aren't that many over there. I don't recall seeing much French metal on the roads at all.
Over here they're not quite so cheep to run! Mainly parts costs. There's four 182s up for sale in the whole country on our major car sales website and they're about $15k a pop!
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