eBay watch!

[jamesy12345]

What about this one then (Jim)? 350 quid is a bit more like it....

http://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-moto ... 1023776615

[glasgowjim]

It should have a colour coded front bumper .

still for £350 is well worth a punt and its only Cardiff only 2 trains away from Glasgow.

[chriskay]

It should have a colour coded front bumper .

still for £350 is well worth a punt and its only Cardiff only 2 trains away from Glasgow.

Yes, Jim, change at Crewe; 5 hours 38 minutes and £141.
Still, a good price. I have to say I'm not fond of the stickers and there doesn't seem to be hard evidence of the cambelt change. Do you think the bumper has been painted black simply because the owner preferred It?

[glasgowjim]

hi Chris its only £57 crazy I know but if you book a single Glasgow to Cardiff (changing at Crewe) it is £141 but and this is the crazy bit for the same trains buy a ticket to Crewe then a seaparate ticket to Cardiff and its way cheaper. Sometimes you have to go Glasgow to Birmingham new street or Manchester Picadilly then a ticket from there to cardiff and its only £57 if you pick the trains wisely and book a day or so ahead of time.
The national rail enquiries website is an absolute must for cheap train travel iespecially f you are prepared to go at odd hours. Although sometimes the trains can be very expensive. The last journey down south for a 480 was to Milton Keynes and it was sooo much cheaper to go Glasgow to Manchester by megabus and then Manchester piccadilly to MK by train. Had to spend 3 or so hours in Manchester which is no great hardship

Just booked a rail ticket Glasgow to Thurso right at the top end of Scotland cost for 2 singles ( 1 out & 1 back)£15.71p each way cost of a return ticket same trains same seats £121 (compares to £35.42p).

total madness

considering the number of times I have travelled south to pick up a car I have gotten to be quite good at finding cheap travel. If I have to travel via London then it has to be megabus as there are no cheap trains to London. The only downside to megabus is that it takes a long time to get to London. Sp you have to pick your seat wisely to get good leg room + I can sleep on the edge of a razor / anywhere anytime so its not a big deal for me. The bit I hate is the long night drive up the M6 its sooo boring at night.

longest drive was from 10 miles from the English Channel to Glasgow in a 1.4 ltr 340 with no overdrive/5th gear.

[chriskay]

That's a good saving, Jim. I am familiar with split ticketing although I rarely need to use it myself.
The good deal I use sometimes is a Saveaway day ticket on Merseytravel: £4.60 gets me all the trains on the system, all the buses and the Mersey Ferry, which alone costs £6 return (& that's for an old fart like me).

[AcidicDavey]

You've got a problem Jamesy mate, at least it's not another blue one!

[jamesy12345]

In my defence.... I sold one!

Plus I probably won't buy the Geordie one, just like looking on the net, grass is greener ( ) and all that....although if you actually go and see them it's hard to walk away without keys in hand and the bank manager on the phone

AND there is the matter of the M-reg manual turbo with fancy alloys to be resolved . The word is it will go for an MOT soon...so then hopefully I'll be the one working out how to get to Glasgow on planes, trains and automobiles.....

[doingitsideways]

Can you even remember how to use a clutch James??!!

Lol

Steve

[jamesy12345]

LOL I was worrying about that. Last manual car I owned was years ago.......

Just to prove I am worthy of a 'non-automatic' turbo, here is a list of some manual stuff I can remember driving (badly):

Ford Focus
Audi A6
Volvo 460 LHD
Renault 5's mark 1s and mark 2s
Citreon C5
Land Rover Defender
Ford P100
Austin Montego Countryman
Nissan Micra
Vauxhaull Viva

[glasgowjim]

A vauxhall viva wowser!

[doingitsideways]

I had a Chevette...

1256cc's of awesomeness!!

[jamesy12345]

[jamesy12345]

I thought this was yours for a minute Davey

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1995-VOLVO-48 ... 0931570337

[glasgowjim]

James you have a pm

[jamesy12345]

Replied matey

[AcidicDavey]

I thought this was yours for a minute Davey

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1995-VOLVO-48 ... 0931570337

Mine's smarter than that

Will be listing it this evening on here!

[jamesy12345]

I thought this was yours for a minute Davey

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1995-VOLVO-48 ... 0931570337

Mine's smarter than that

yes that took me about a minute to work out, not many 480's as clean as yours!

Good luck with the sale fella shame to do it but can't keep them forever

[doingitsideways]

Good luck with the sale fella shame to do it but can't keep them forever

I'm gonna be buried in mine...

Either that or expire in a fireball, sideways through the gates of hell!!

Steve

[jamesy12345]

Sounds like a Meatloaf song...you can't be buried in all of them unless you are bits!

[doingitsideways]

Feckin' Malt Loaf!!

Ah, but unlike you James, I only have one 480.

Many Volvos, but only one 480... So far!!

Steve