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22nd April 2017, 22:58 | #1 |
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I am going to have to be an idiot
Due to various reasons
I have to leave the North east on Wednesday travel to Gosport Thursday travel into London then return to Gosport Friday travel to Peterborough and travel back home Monday A round trip of close to 850 miles - The original plan was to use a hire car but as less than a 3rd of this trip and the least mileage is down to work the 45ppm I will get simply wont cover anywhere near the costs of a hire car - and our bank account is already squealing from buying the car.. So with the wife also away in the reasonably priced car- and lets be fair the LR Series IIA is not an option, I got to use the ZT Only owned the car just over a week I have no chance of getting the cam belts /service done , getting it T4'd before I need to leave, even if I had an offer to get it in, I don't have the time to get it anywhere So today I did the checks I need to do before being an idiot Checked My AA full membership including relay and hire car is still valid ( luckily I get it free via work) Checked my accident cover is still in force ( same again free through work) Checked the ZTs oil,water, tyre pressures It goes against everything I know is right, taking an unknown car without doing the basics on a trip like this is stupid, but sometimes we simply don't have a choice- a week Tuesday I will either be announcing it passed the task - or offering bits of a ZT 190 to members
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22nd April 2017, 23:01 | #2 |
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It'll be fine bud, just enjoy the exhaust note........you wouldn't find that in a hire car
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22nd April 2017, 23:18 | #3 |
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I hope it will be, its just everything I say to people never do in a unknown second hand car- just goes against the grain a bit
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[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] GREYSCALE Born Monday, 14th July 2003 @ 12:51:51 9,940th ZT to run off the production line, out of 18,894 2,948th ZT 190 + to be made out of 4,023 1,042nd ZT in XPower Grey (code: LEF) to be made out of 3,143 XPower Grey ZTs Done: Cam belt and aux belts. Water pump, pulleys and tensioners, Hunter wheel alignment, New thermostat and housing, Plenum guard mod, refix undertray, Bonnet cable mod, upgraded Balance VIS motor, One empty bank account, one nervous breakdown.
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22nd April 2017, 23:49 | #4 |
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Where are you getting your car hire quotes from??
I just hired a VW polo for 4 days (I pick it up tuesday) for £145, and that includes the extra insurance to reduce the excess to zero. I know a polo might not be the ideal vehicle to travel nearly 900 miles in, I think the next step up (an Astra) was about £40 more. |
23rd April 2017, 00:02 | #5 |
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I have to use Enterprise - a weeks hire for a car carrying 5 folks reasonably ( the days at Peterborough are work days and I am the designated driver for us all) comes out at 241 + 200 pound deposit + fuel + £11 per day excess insurance which we have to take out on any car we hire on company business, OK I get the deposit back as long as I don't crash.. I only need the car for 3 days for work stuff, the other 3 days are personal ( a funeral) so down to me... with the personal days/ mileage I have to do which understandably the company doesn't cover its too big a hit on our bank account.
So your looking at £500 + fuel outlay - with about £150 coming back from my company mileage + the deposit- guess £130 for fuel being nice I even looked at a smaller car for the 3 days I need then upgrade but that goes down as a one way hire for both cars and only makes it more expensive
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[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] GREYSCALE Born Monday, 14th July 2003 @ 12:51:51 9,940th ZT to run off the production line, out of 18,894 2,948th ZT 190 + to be made out of 4,023 1,042nd ZT in XPower Grey (code: LEF) to be made out of 3,143 XPower Grey ZTs Done: Cam belt and aux belts. Water pump, pulleys and tensioners, Hunter wheel alignment, New thermostat and housing, Plenum guard mod, refix undertray, Bonnet cable mod, upgraded Balance VIS motor, One empty bank account, one nervous breakdown.
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23rd April 2017, 08:05 | #7 |
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Do you have business use insurance on you Rover? If not you could be in an awkward spot if you have a prang.
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You'll be fine. We made it to POL and back from Perth with a dodgy clutch just avoided hills and high revs....
Good luck to you!
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