I also thought White though the missus wasn't keen, the good thing is that I could wrap it and make it any colour I wanted.

American automobile in fucking useless at something non shocker.

I am currently doing online traffic school to avoid points on my license after being stopped doing 85 in a 70.

It is pretty much a good deterrent, actually.  The course, if you do it in a classroom, is 5 hours, and the courts mandate that you need 5 hours of training.  Which means every chapter is a webpage when you do it online, with a timer at the bottom.  You can't move on until it counts down, and they vary between 10 minutes and 30 minutes.

On the bright side, when I realised that the wording for the exam questions was taken from the web pages directly, I just stopped reading.  Open page, copy all, paste special (no format) into a Word doc.  Play 3DS until time runs out.  Click "take test."  Type a couple of words from each test question into Word's "find in document" field.  Click answer.  Move to next chapter.

2 more to do....

£190 for a tyre.

What the frack.

I need two of the conts.. Great.

Time for some diazepam..

False economy. Done it before and you end up replacing them earlier. What would you know, you condescending fiddler, etc etc etc

Budget ones start at 85. 18" continentals or dunlops are about 190 including fitting. Mid range start at 130 per tire.
They last longer for me from experience.
I used to pay 30 when I had a clio.
lol.

Fair enough - I may research a little more when I next have to buy tyres.  I always thought that you were paying extra for the shorter stopping distances, handling, grip etc more than for increased lifespan.

I'm only doing about 15k/year in the car at the moment but the only time I go on coaches generally is when I'm on tour and don't have a car with me.  It's the nature of being freelance.

Bit of everything. Safety for my kids and wife is worth more than 400 quid.

Lol, cant see of any concievable consequences.

Our FIAT 500 came with one remote locking key, and one spare without the remote lock.

Just rang FIAT to ask about a second one and, whilst I suspected it would be dear, I was not expecting £265.

fuck.off.

Motoring update:

After a decade of owning some ridiculously fun, expensive and impractical cars, last month I bought a 2001 Clio 1.5 DCi for £1000. It does 750 miles to a tank and it costs £30 a year to tax. That is all.

I'm actually thinking of doing something similar to be honest. I'm on a PPI deal that runs out next year and can't find anything for the same money that's as good as the current car. Considering therefore handing the car back, buying something cheap and cheerful, then putting down a big deposit on a dream car in a couple of years time.

Here's a visual history of my motoring:
Corsa 1.2 Sxi:



Punto GT:



Citroen C2 GT:



Focus RS (my actual car shown):



Clio 172 (Actual car shown - it didn't have the stupid fucking elf stickers on the mirrors when i had it though):



Elise 111s (actual car shown - I miss this one the most):



Golf GTI Mk5:



Current day - This beast:

I used to drive a clio. Excellent wee car.