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Yeah!!! My Car is Paid Off...

My bike is in getting done this week. I always buy second hand and use my own money. Couldn't care if it looks like crap as long as it goes, and the money saved on the purchase keeps it on the road for a good two or three years.

There are times when I see someone else's bike and think I should get a much better one, but it would only get stolen or trashed by another driver knocking it over, so what's the point?
 
Well my car has just cost £210 to get through her MOT and may cost up to £555 for a service!!
:( :( :(

There goes my Canon 400D:rolleyes: :(
 
I paid for my Toyota SUV in cash a couple years back. But it took 5 years of saving up and taking the loser cruiser when possible. :)

Leasing makes sense if you own a business and can write it off, otherwise, I try my darndest to avoid paying interest.

I swear by Toyota, after having trouble-free operation, AND having pervious terrible experiences with North American cars.
 
bartelby said:
Well my car has just cost £210 to get through her MOT and may cost up to £555 for a service!!
:( :( :(

There goes my Canon 400D:rolleyes: :(
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If the garage tell's me it'll cost that much to pass the MOT on Saturday, I think the car can stay there!


ReanimationLP said:
Paying for car repairs sucks. :(

Our car is still broken. It's driving me nuts.
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Well, despite being broken, at least it still 'driving' ;)
 
cars? Man. What a bad bad idea. They're like a cocaine habit.

I have five more years to go on my Range Rover - but I love that car
 
welshandrew said:
If the garage tell's me it'll cost that much to pass the MOT on Saturday, I think the car can stay there!
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£210 minus the £50 MOT fee. £160
£160 minus £50 for a tyre £110

£110 for a front suspension arm to be bought and fitted ain't so bad really.


I also have a feeling the cam-belt has been changed in the last 30,000 miles so shouldn't be necessary again, thus saving £355 for the service!
:)
 
I have just three payents to go before I own mine...

So far I've spent $800 on two sets of tires and $180 on a wheel (hit a pothole and bent the damn thing). But a clutch job is coming up in maybe the next year or so...

I love working on cars, but I really haven't had much to do with this one. 112k miles and it's still driving like a new car (other than the scrapes and dents incurred by driving in a city).
 
Result!!

My bike just passed its MOT and was serviced too for £240 :)

I'd budgeted £500 for it just in case, so I now have money to spend!!

:)
 
spicyapple said:
I swear by Toyota, after having trouble-free operation, AND having pervious terrible experiences with North American cars.
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I may have to agree with that- my Prius has been phenominal over the past year. Unfortunately, it'll be a few years before its paid off though. :(

My car before that was a 98 Mazda Protege- bought it my last year of high school, new, and paid it off within 2 years. That baby didn't give me once ounce of trouble in the 7 years I had it.
 
bartelby said:
:rolleyes:

Anything else?

Don't tell me, you were given the bike brand new and full of fuel.


What kind of bike is it?
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No I did have to buy it, but I got it really cheap.....then had to spend nearly £1000 getting it right ;). Since then it's been knocked over three times by car drivers not paying attention whilst parking so it's looking a bit battered, but it still has enough acceleration to put a big grin on my face when the roads are dry and the weather good :cool:

It's a Kawasaki ZZR600 E6, which is a 1998 sports tourer model if you don't know. 600s are perfect for city life, since they have plenty of power when you need it but without suffering over time like the bigger engined bikes do when you can't get out of town to give them a good blast. The Kawasaki handles well enough, is comfortable when I'm on it for a couple of hours or more, cheap to insure and can fit through the gaps in the London traffic.

The only downside is since Carnell went bankrupt, it's difficult finding a Kawasaki service centre near me. I have to go out to Heathrow to get the servicing done.
 
Abstract said:
Wow, one painless maintenance check later, and the car just drives noticeably better. I think even the breaks work better! :)
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Does it feel snappier?

iGary said:
Yeah!!! My Car is Paid Off...
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*lobs iGary's old 2.7GHz PowerMac through the window of his newly paid-off car*

Ooh!

*moves in next door to iGary, installs talking alarm on own car, parks under trees*
 
iGary said:
The thing that pisses me off is that the car has been immaculately maintained. Every factory service, the works.

I think the three years in Washington DC roached the suspension, though, hence the shocks and broken control arms. :rolleyes:
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DC and NoVA have terrible, awful, shamefully bad roads. I can't believe the amount of auto tax I pay for the privilege of driving on such shoddy streets.

But it's like that in most of the big cities I've lived in or visited. Philly also has embarassingly bad roads. NYC roads are pretty bad in many places. I grew up in Atlanta, where the roads aren't great, but at least they put steel plates over the potholes. I used to think the steel plates were quite annoying, until I realized other cities don't even use plates. I guess actually repairing the roads is to much to ask of any big city.
 
bartelby said:
1) I'd look stupid on a bike
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Nobody looks stupid on a bike. You just buy leathers with padding in the right places, and you get a whole new body shape :)

2) I'd kill myself on the 1st day
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This I understand. I once test-rode a Fireblade. Came back to the dealership with a huge grin on my face. The dealer was all convinced he had a sale, but I handed him back the keys and said no. Some bikes encourage you to take chances, and I knew the Fireblade would see me either in court or in my grave within six months.

3) I'd want a Ducati 998 (actually I'd like the Desmosedici)
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Nice, but see my comment above about Fireblades :D
 
savar said:
DC and NoVA have terrible, awful, shamefully bad roads. I can't believe the amount of auto tax I pay for the privilege of driving on such shoddy streets.

But it's like that in most of the big cities I've lived in or visited. Philly also has embarassingly bad roads. NYC roads are pretty bad in many places. I grew up in Atlanta, where the roads aren't great, but at least they put steel plates over the potholes. I used to think the steel plates were quite annoying, until I realized other cities don't even use plates. I guess actually repairing the roads is to much to ask of any big city.
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Amen to that! We drove around downtown Baltimore a couple of weeks ago and were unpleasantly reminded of how bad big (or bigger) city roads can be. Your car's life is seriously at risk on those things.

iGary, congrats on paying the car off even if maintenance is a pain. :)
 
savar said:
DC and NoVA have terrible, awful, shamefully bad roads. I can't believe the amount of auto tax I pay for the privilege of driving on such shoddy streets.
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You are absolutely right. Even here in Annapolis (small city) the roads are just horrible. There is one section of road right next to our development where it looks like they have just thrown asphaly ito the holes there like 50 times instead of actually permanently repairing it.

That's one thing that is irritating considering tax dollars. And yes, I know this is not a perfect world. :p
 
iGary said:
You are absolutely right. Even here in Annapolis (small city) the roads are just horrible. There is one section of road right next to our development where it looks like they have just thrown asphaly ito the holes there like 50 times instead of actually permanently repairing it.

That's one thing that is irritating considering tax dollars. And yes, I know this is not a perfect world. :p
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Yep, same thing happens in my parent's hometown. Unless the road comes under the Federal Government's "Road to Recovery" scheme the RTA (State Government) won't pony up the cash to get anything fixed so the local council do what we call the "spray and sprinkle" where they spray tar into the cracks and holes then sprinkle gravel over the top.

It wrecks the cars by way of flying stones and once the stones have stopped flying the cracks have reopened. After 8 years of seemingly endless drought those cracks are getting mighty big....
 
I used to live in Cleveland, Ohio USA until last summer...the yearly freeze/thaw cycle devastated the roads. Potholes 8 or 10 inches deep would appear virtually overnight, and the salt they put down rusts cars like crazy.

Right now I'm living in Michigan, and the local road crews use sand instead of salt, which is nice for the cars.
 
Yah I got my '02 Cougar paid off in December. Wonderful feeling. :DI'm thanking God that I got the extended warrantee. At 60,000 the trans died. Cost me $50 for the deductible to repair. At 38,000 the fuel pump croaked...$50 there as well.
Ordered a Toyota Prius in January. Finalized the paperwork Sept 29th so I could get the full $3,150 tax credit. Received the car October 5th. With the trade in on my Cougar and the cash down I've already paid off half of the Prius driving it out of the lot. Life is, generally, good. :cool:
 
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