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New Car - What do I need?
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Me and my Dad have just went 50/50 on my new car. Y reg VW Golf 30,000 miles. Not bad for £3,000. So, I have to fork out £1,500 for the car, £800 for the insurance, new cd player. What else do I need? I am a little thick when it comes to this.
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well all of that goes without saying
it is silver.
Break down cover :yes:
GPS if you're feeling flashy.
Already have a TomTom Go 150 which my uncle bought me for my birthday. £350 but I have no idea how to use it yet.
It was bought from my Aunt and she had it from new.
I wouldn't bother then.
He knows what my sense of direction is like. And I am a very lucky niece
well make sure you don't leave the suction cup on display or anything loads of cars get broken into for those things including my friends car
I've got Tom Tom too but on a PDA didn't costa nywhere near as much as the proper unit though
i'm sure i have a single aunty around somewhere...
My sister has a tom tom or equivilent GPS device (uses it to plan routes for her driving lessons for learners as she can work out the quietest or busiest routes) and its the PDA one or portable one, really flashy
and something on the antenna, like a smiley face or a cactus
a bumper sticker that reads horn broken watch for finger
I shouted out at a guy at the supermarket cos I thought he'd left his handbrake off. He stopped .. got out of his car and I could see his wheels turning slowly, didn't realise it was just the rims!! Lucky he didn't hear me.
That is eaxactly how I am feeling at the moment. Everything is so expensive. Doubt I will be able to afford the petrol after everything else is paid for
Not the way it's bloody rising at the moment!
My biggest beef is with the maintenance though. My car doesn't often go wrong, but when it goes, it goes in style. It's currently in need of at least 2 tyres (ideally all 4) and a windscreen replacing. Not just one tyre, oh no. Needs to be the whole shebang.
:mad:
You generally shouldn't replace just one tyre anyhow. But yes, can be expensive.
I haven't replaced any of them (and they've needed doing for months), which is surely worse
I might just sell the bastarding thing and get a bike. Would have to be a cheap bike though, as would probably get about £200 for my car.
A driving license? :razz:
You need some proper rims with proper wheels, and you gotta dump those high profile 16's, if you get wider, low profile tyres, your Golf will handle better. The seating position in a normal Mk4 Golf is a bit shit, so if you can get some GTI seats, that would help.