cars and driving

For anyone interested in Morgans, Wheeler Dealers on Quest yesterday was about a complete re-build of a Morgan with a rotten chassis.

When I was working we could get a car loan because a car was essential for us. Husband once found a Morgan, we had both set our hearts on it, but the Council refused to give a grant for it .
I did have an Alpha Romeo Spider for a while though (white, soft top)- but the gear box packed in and too expensive to replace. So after that only sensible cars.
All I want now is something small and easy to park. Like my poor little Renault Modus which I wrote off in March .
millymouge - I don't like to drive husbands Peugeot 308 for the same reason as you - parking.

Oh for an edit button! Predictive text!

I currently drive a Renault Captur....love it. It's high enough without being a small tank and as its a diesel it's very economical. Not too keen on its media/phone/sat navnsystem but that's my only grumble. DH has a BMW X1 which apparently is him downsizing from an X3!! Can't see much difference apparently apart from it being a bit lower. He has all the bells and whistles in his, he's always been a car freak. Also his his 'baby' - an MGB GT which is a classic and only comes out on good days in the summer. In fact, come to think of it, my whole family are car freaks!

Another Yaris driver here - so cheap to run and as I only want it to get me from A to B I don't worry about all its bumps and scrapes (strange how the garage walls leap out at me sometimes). I always buy second hand and when I had a pony my first criteria when looking for a replacement was whether I could get 2 bales of hay in the back. Replacements are sought when the present car gets to about 100,000 miles so on my mileage at the moment the Yaris will be with me for quite a few years yet !

Candelle - can I ask what sort of bike carrier you have for your Yaris ?

I've been driving for 30 years but since we retired hubby says he worries
about me driving the car alone, he comes with me giving advice and I feel as if I'm
taking a driving test..!!

Just a note to thank everyone for their input as to which car I should buy!

All the comments were interesting and overall, if I can put two cycles end-up on the rear seats of a Morgan Plus 4, I think that's the way to go...... (or not)!.

Cherrytree my brother's partner has two Morgan's and an old run a round. Brother and her are members of the local Morgan owners club.
Greedy woman

A to B, but a good colour. DBIL once had a mud brown car and part of its registration was KAK. I couldn't have settled for that!

I have seen a couple of documentaries about Morgan, as you sa a great tradition car company.

Wobbly and Cherry if you get a chance book a tour round the Morgan factory, it is brilliant watching the craftsmanship and feeling the atmosphere of those who work there. Apparently many of them come from families who have all worked there. I am not interested in cars but I went and loved it.

My Citroen C3 came already battle scarred from it's last owner, with scrapes down both ends of the front bumper. I was pleased because it means I don't have to worry about scratching it myself. I'm doing quite well so far and it isn't getting too scruffy

Well, as long as your DH doesn't choose which political party you vote for, obieone...

I like driving, always have. So long as the distance isnt too long.
DH chooses the car for me. He knows what I like, so he chooses everything from that. The current one, he gave me 3 choices of used cars. I picked one. He went and bought it. I never test drived it or even saw it for real. The only thing I didnt like much when he came back with it was the inside colour. A bit dark. I hadnt spotted that from the internet. But you cant have everything and I have got used to it.

I know someone with a Quasqai who loves it. Perhaps it is a love or hate it kind of car.

Tough choice, but if it were the bike I would have to be the rider, not pylon.

No WB had thought of hiring one for a weekend.
Ride on a Bonnie motorbike not sure. If that would compare.

Have you ridden in a Morgan ? You need a good back, the suspension is almost non existent. But, what a gorgeous car.

I still haven't come to terms with only having one car since DH retired in April. (He had company car)

We traded my little KA for a Dacia Duster
criteria being we could get 2 child car seats and 3rd person in back.
But I don't like sharing!
All I want in a car is to put the key in and it starts, whatever the weather!

My dream car is a Morgan with a little leather suit case strapped to the back...
And then she woke up!

Now, I would love a Ferrari, a friend of mine has one. BUT, IF, I could get in, I would never get out again.

I've just been out with a friend who is driving a little Mazda convertible sports car. Love the look of it and the romantic notion of spinning along with the wind in my hair......BUT had problems heaving myself out of it, there is no room for grandchildren and dog and we rarely get the weather to open it up.

So...I have a much loved, 6 year old, reliable VW Golf with quite a few electronic gizmos that make driving more of a pleasure, even though the parking assist freaks me out!

I love the freedom of having my own car, being able to take myself out and about whenever I want. My life would shrink without it.

Candelle, I bought a Skoda Yeti two years ago. Love it, it's high but not huge, economical and is everything I would want from a car and highly recommended. She is called Betty, named by my DD.

Before that I had a diesel Vectra (ex company car) for 15 years, she had done over 230 thousand miles before one morning she refused to start and never did again. I cried when she went, we had been to so many places together and she never let me down, but for some reason I never gave her a name.

I have a dear little red Matiz, easy to drive and you can park it on a penny. DH has a Peugeor 308, awlful to park. We need a big car when we take the dogs out, but I don't really enjoy driving it.

13 years ago I decided it was silly to be driving a family sized 4 door car so went out and bought myself a convertible. I still have it and it is so low mileage the MOT garage want to buy it.

We buy a car so rarely and have so little interest that it becomes hard work. 3 years ago we went to buy a new family car and I think eventually ordered one because we were getting fed up with looking. Yes, we did buy new because the secondhand ones were almost the same price, only about £1000 cheaper, probably because there was a long wait for a new one. DH still says he needs a 'co-driver' to work all the gizmos which hadn't been invented in his previous car which he had for 12 years.

We really don't need 2 cars as it is rare for us both to be out in a car at the same time but it seems daft to get rid of mine when it must be worth almost nothing.

If I didn't love cars I wouldn't have met DH let alone married him. We both belonged to the MG car club on the Isle of Wight during the sixties. He used to hold a Sunday morning 'clinic' outside the pub where he lodged, tuning engines and sorting out various problems. It became a meeting place for petrol heads so I used to go with my then boyfriend who had an MGA.

Boyfriend became a thing of the past. I didn't miss him but I loved his car!!

I used to have an MX-5 which I loved, but it was too expensive to bring it back to the UK. I love driving. I love the feeling that I have driven well, I have anticipated problems, I have selected the right gear for the road conditions, I have driven smoothly. I loathe automatics - we had one when we lived in the States. It's lazy driving unless needed because of physical problems.