Embarrased in a 16v

[gibby]

lol - Sounds like your wife is someone to not be a passenger with then. 

Cool, sounds like an 8v mk3 is fine and dandy and will have everything you want out of it.  Good luck in your search and keep us posted. 

[jaygee]

Well I'm sorry to say i have been unable to convince the wife a mk 3 gti is the way to go,she is adamant shes not having one and seeing as it is her money I have to obey..My son has buggered off with the 16v and I have been searching round for another car..No way can I convince the wife to have a mk 3 ,the main problem is that she is a number plate snob "I'm not driving around in an R reg ".To be honest I would be worried about her driving home from work as she works 10 miles away and it takes up to an hour to get home .Woe betide me if her car was to pack up in thre middle of traffic..

I have reluctantly settled on a Nissan Almera 1.8 sport Y reg..36000 miles all the extras you could want F.S.H all for 3 grand..I know it wont be a spot on a VW but the wife likes it and doesn't realise its a SPORT and 120bhp (allegedly )..IT'll be good to compare it with the 16v..It's less than half the price of a mk 4 gti so we are all happy ...

On the way home down the A1 my boy texted me to say" this car goes like sh!t"..Later on he phoned me to ask if a speed camera has to flash..I told him the cameras on the A1 in bedford are the digital ones and dont flash .He wouldn't tell me how fast he passed one at but as the car was still in my name it'll be me who gets the ticket..The wife only thinks I'm gonna take the rap..

I'm supposed to be picking the Almera up tomorrow so I'll let y'all know how it goes...

The last words I said to my boy before he left in the 16v was "can't you see what a prick you look driving with the seat so low "

Went to Skegness at the weekend and sat on a seat near the seafront.Me and the wife had a good laugh watching all the boy racers with the noisy exhausts roaring up and down the seafront..you know the types ,novas ,saxos,old astras loud music,baseball caps and trying to look hard normally with a spotty schoolgirl by their side...I would bet one in ten cars in Skegness on a sunday is a boy racer,still they aint doing any harm,but why sit so low..It's the same as school kids ,they all carry their back packs with both straps or just one strap depending on the area.Still why do all old men wear flat caps and take the pee........

[Rhyso]

a number plate snob? 

get her a private plate and be done with it!!!

[Overseer]

i'd divorce her now the kids have gone n get a vr6 

[gibby]

Oh well jaygee, at least you tried....but an Almera ! How dull are they ! 

You need to stick around though as I've enjoyed this little story  and you could always pinch the valver back off your son. 

[jaygee]

Am I peed off or what..........Got up this morning to go and get the Almera,you all know what it's like, can't wait to drive it read all the road tests etc Told all the family what a bargain it is..Over excited even at my age.

The guy who I was buying it from seemed a genuine chap and assured me everything was fine with the car and it was mint.(I hadn't seen it as he's 100 odd miles away.
I had changed my insurance and was raring to go..I said to the wife I'm just gonna check this car to make sure it's paid for (having had a narrow escape once before)..I ran an HPI check and the bloody thing has only  been an insurance write off and repaired..I rang the guy and told him what I thought .He swore he had no idea and had used the car for two years..He said he was going to take the car back to where he got it from,I just slammed the phone down.Apparently it's not illegal to sell these cars as long as they are repaired to a certain standard...

Anyway i thought sod it and decided that as I wont be driving the car that much and its mainly for the wife to get back and forth to work I'll get her a standard Almera from a Nissan Dealer which is what I've now done..Its a 1.5s and she'll be pleased its a 53 plate..can you believe I paid 5500 quid for it..it is shiny though..I'm gonna pick it up after the first of november so I wont waste a month on the new road tax. And yes you are right lads it is a very dull car but cheaper than most and more reliable made in Sunderland,hope it's better than their football team.And it's got a 53 plate....

[Len]

Oh Dear!  Bloody Women eh!

I just hope your Son appreciates the 16v

Keep us up to date on the Almera - coz I'm sure it will go wrong soon!

[gibby]

No jaygee, dont do it ! For £5500 you could probably pick up a decent mk4 for that, not even a GTI, maybe a nice little 1.6 run around on a newish plate ! 

The Almera will be reliable I'm sure, but they are dull and they don't even look nice ! You're missus wouldn't wear shoes if she didn't like the look of them would she, so the same principle should apply to a car. 

Lucky escape with the sport one though, good job you checked it out. Phew ! 

[topher]

you can get an early 1.8T mk4 GTI for that money, christ for a few hundred quid more you can buy mine.. and it blows mk3 16valvers into the weeds.. well over 200bhp on tap, with a switch to put it down to 165 for when the lady drives it

[Overseer]

^ a mk4 is still too old dude...