Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Best of British
My extensive research on Ebay this evening has led me to the conclusion that the only make of car that it will be possible to get for around a hundred bucks is a Rover 400.
This is no bad thing, combining as it does middle-management semi-luxury, a sense of patriotism and just the right amount of - well - shitness to satisfy the 'banger aspect' of the rally. I am keen to find a car that needs work to get it ready for the trip - much to my team mate's chagrin. Our discussions descended into the 'heated' category this evening, largely focussing on the perceived inabilty of me to learn a camshaft from a seatbelt in order to fix a 'spare or repair' up to meet the challenges that lie ahead. My theory, on the other hand, is that as long as the chassis is sound, fixing the car before we go will force me to learn how the bloody thing works, and that can only be a good thing if we break down on the road. The alternative is luck out on buying a car that seems to work fine, not learn anything more than the basics of car maintenance, and then have the thing grind to a halt somewhere in the Ukraine with me unable to work out why. Given the options, I think we can safely mark up the outcome of the first debate as a victory for me.
On my head be it.
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There's bound to be a local college doing a car maintenance class no? Belfast Met does a 10 week course for about £50 and you bring your own car to work on. Not that Belfast Met is convenient to you but that is just an example doncha know.
ReplyDeleteGlad you included a pic as my car knowledge is woeful. I like it. Especially if you can bag the British racing green model :)
Yeah, looked into that but my plan, such as it is, is to store the car at my sister's so I don't need to buy too much tax etc - also gives me somewhere to work on it. And, conveniently, one of her mates works for the aa and has offered to give us a crash course in maintenance for free! Woot! Ps - I didn't know anything about cars either apart from that rover's are a bit dull and shit :) Keep the feedback coming though! Love it! Pps have a bid on the pictured car and one other rover at the moment - keep you posted!
ReplyDeleteCool - keep us posted indeed! :)
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