Clancy Moped
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NSFW foul language.
You're too old.
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mjcoon
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Yore not too old? (Yore = old times). Yaw not too old? You're not too old?
NormanS
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Pleased to see that the heading has now been made intelligible. ?
Daydream believer
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Well the govt wants us to adopt electric cars, so what does one expect. Not all of us pensioners can afford 40 ft yachts AND a Tesla
Something has to give & i know what I would prefer ?
Something has to give & i know what I would prefer ?
Praxinoscope
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^^ #4 A lot of us pensioners can’t afford a 40’ yacht or a Tesla, let alone both, , I struggle to keep my 25’ yacht and ageing diesel Fiesta going and I’m sure there are plenty more who do the same.
Daydream believer
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Quote[ #4 A lot of us pensioners can’t afford a 40’ yacht or a Tesla, let alone both, , I struggle to keep my 25’ yacht and ageing diesel Fiesta going and I’m sure there are plenty more who do the same.]
Sorry my friend but you are going to have a choice soon.
Peg it
Walk, or bus it
Get a bike
care home
Get an electric car
Sorry my friend but you are going to have a choice soon.
Peg it
Walk, or bus it
Get a bike
care home
Get an electric car
Clancy Moped
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Are you suggesting he should be pegged?Quote[ #4 A lot of us pensioners can’t afford a 40’ yacht or a Tesla, let alone both, , I struggle to keep my 25’ yacht and ageing diesel Fiesta going and I’m sure there are plenty more who do the same.]
Sorry my friend but you are going to have a choice soon.
Peg it
Walk, or bus it
Get a bike
care home
Get an electric car
Daydream believer
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I just gave him the options. He can choose.
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Praxinoscope
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#6 I just don’t have the enthusiasm to compose a fitting answer to such a ‘Snotty’ set of options so won’t bother with this thread any more.
newtothis
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To paraphrase George Best, "I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and boats. The rest I just squandered."I just gave him the options. He can choose.
Of course he will have to find a suitable mistress willing to perform the necessary act, if that is what he desires.
A 40 ft yacht might be the cheaper option in the long run -- As some forumites might confirm
Daydream believer
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Some people are naturally jolly, whilst some... Well others can decide
James_Calvert
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Why shouldn't his Fiesta last another 20 years or so?Quote[ #4 A lot of us pensioners can’t afford a 40’ yacht or a Tesla, let alone both, , I struggle to keep my 25’ yacht and ageing diesel Fiesta going and I’m sure there are plenty more who do the same.]
Sorry my friend but you are going to have a choice soon.
Peg it
Walk, or bus it
Get a bike
care home
Get an electric car
Old cars just need maintenance these days, they don't rust like they used to.
Daydream believer
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How many elderly keep old cars running by working on them themselves. Once arthritic hands & bad backs set in
Younger people work on old cars as a hobby, but pensioners tend to lose the will to do so.
Has he got someone reliable to do this for him, without delay, everytime there is an issue
The emissions rules will probably kill it for starters. It is old already.
Towns will ban it from entering.
Once it fails to start on a cold frosty morning, when he needs to get to the docs, that will be it.
That is why my daughter scrapped her Seat after 22 years from new.
mjcoon
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I had just replaced brake pads on my MGB GT (decades ago). There was this clanking noise from the front. Turned out I had forgotten to tighten the calliper retaining bolts. The thought that they could have dropped out causing any use of the brakes to wrench the calliper off the hose and thus total loss of the fluid and all braking was mind-bending...How many elderly keep old cars running by working on them themselves. Once arthritic hands & bad backs set in
Younger people work on old cars as a hobby, but pensioners tend to lose the will to do so.
Has he got someone reliable to do this for him, without delay, everytime there is an issue
The emissions rules will probably kill it for starters. It is old already.
Towns will ban it from entering.
Once it fails to start on a cold frosty morning, when he needs to get to the docs, that will be it.
That is why my daughter scrapped her Seat after 22 years from new.
Kukri
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I’m on my last car. It’s a diesel.
Neeves
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We might be on our last boat - its a diesel as well
Jonathan
Jonathan
James_Calvert
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Scra
Got very tatty inside, headlining falling down. Mechanicals ok except I now suspect a head gasket overpressurising the coolant for the last 15 years or so. And a dodgy handbrake.
Possibly a mistake getting rid, it was petrol.
Traded in my last car at 26 years old and 300,000 miles. Had it from nearly new.How many elderly keep old cars running by working on them themselves. Once arthritic hands & bad backs set in
Younger people work on old cars as a hobby, but pensioners tend to lose the will to do so.
Has he got someone reliable to do this for him, without delay, everytime there is an issue
The emissions rules will probably kill it for starters. It is old already.
Towns will ban it from entering.
Once it fails to start on a cold frosty morning, when he needs to get to the docs, that will be it.
That is why my daughter scrapped her Seat after 22 years from new.
Got very tatty inside, headlining falling down. Mechanicals ok except I now suspect a head gasket overpressurising the coolant for the last 15 years or so. And a dodgy handbrake.
Possibly a mistake getting rid, it was petrol.
Daydream believer
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But that is what happens when one gets older. You used to know perfectly well what to do, but do not do it.
I have been sailing for years & now have begun to make the most stupid mistakes. Simply because I think I know it all, or because my mind is shot & the stuff just drops out the bottom of the data bank, as it fills up at the top
Then other times I just cannot be a..sed. How often do you see that comment on this forum? I bet it comes from the older members.
Daydream believer
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& you are expecting to get ANOTHER 20 years out of your already ageing Fiesta, when you could not maintain the last one properly
The Q
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Old cars only have to pass the emission test of the time it was built.. Which is good for my 38 year old landrover as I need it to tow the sailing boat...
The sailing boat will be the last, I designed it and built it. It has a nice comfy seat to sail from, as long as I can get out of it , it will stay..
The car is about to be changed, to probably our last petrol.. I expect an electric will have to follow...
The motor boat is the only one we'll have, it's not a necessity, as long as we're mobile, we'll keep it as a support boat for sailing..
The sailing boat will be the last, I designed it and built it. It has a nice comfy seat to sail from, as long as I can get out of it , it will stay..
The car is about to be changed, to probably our last petrol.. I expect an electric will have to follow...
The motor boat is the only one we'll have, it's not a necessity, as long as we're mobile, we'll keep it as a support boat for sailing..
