Thanks for all the advice guys
The Renault Ballet is in my YouTube favourites - brilliant ad, never seen it on UK TV though
Well - KP - I have a bone to pick with you. Dropped the Chevy Spark off and got my next courtesy car........ A Skoda Superb TDi!!!
It's a VAG car
and it's diesel. It's the 2011 one, which looks slightly better from the outside but still feels classic taxi driver - it even has the wiring for the thing on the roof!! I hate it that much that I'm actually just going to give it back on Monday and drive stuff that I have around. It's a brilliant reminder of crap diesels sound and feel - the rubbish start up noise, the constant vibration through the clutch.
I Hate Diesel even more now! I honestly preferred the Spark.
The Insurers were pretty good about the settlement figure. I think they expected a refusal. I had to trawl through the net and find Meggys with the same mileage and age for sale. It seems £2000- 2200 is the going rate for 03s with around 90k. Hopefully they'll adjust the figure accordingly.
Meanwhile I popped down the body shop where the Meggy is yesterday to see what they were doing about the damage. They seemed completely surprised by the fact that I'm having the car back. I have a feeling they may have fixed the engineers report so that the car was written off and they wouldn't have to pay to put right what happened in their hands. I got a "Oh, we'll have to speak to the manage about this". I'm never usually rude, but I made an exception. Why should I have to spend a further £500+ putting right their mistakes???
Now comes to the part I
should love doing, but it's proving a dilemma already. Shopping! I have three options:
Mégane: Another 2.0 VVT. 5 Door this time perhaps, but all depends on the spec - I want EVERY box ticked this time.
Avantime: A 2.0 T manual could be found for this money!
Vel Satis: 2.0 T auto, probably the cheapest option - leaving a little money for a Laguna V6 too
To be honest, I'm leaning towards the Mégane. It's honestly the best all rounder I have ever, ever come across. Such brilliant cars to live with, so good looking, all the gadgets, and it was my first love after all. It's trying to find the right spec that will prove really difficult, it's a waiting game more than anything. If this had a few more options it
would have been perfect.
I love the idea of driving an Avantime every day, which I just can't with the V6. The 2.0 has to be bought in Dynamique spec which lacks quite a few luxuries I've become used to. Not sure I could manage turning my wipers on and using a key
Now the Vel Satis. It's been over a year since I've had one. Never had one which runs on the right fuel, and it's probably the most ideal candidate for munching up the 15k miles I seem to do every year.
HELP
