Charlottechicken Posted December 6, 2007 Share Posted December 6, 2007 Glad I bought this before I start the not buying anything new for a year, but technically it is second hand I have had it for about 9 weeks now. It is a 2 year old Rover 25 in Icelandic blue (which is a lovely pearlescent colour) one of the last ever built (and half the original price but only 10k on the clock ) It is a bit high tech, I only found the wipers recently, not sure what half the buttons do, but it does defrost its own windscreen in 60 seconds, which I was most impressed by, and had to use the other week, several times. There's a CD player somewhere too, haven't found that yet The windows are slightly tinted too which is nice The most impressive thing is the fuel consumption, it appears to be about twice as efficient as the Metro, which I am surprised by, even though the dealer tried to tell me things had advanced in car building since 1994 when the Metro was made I still have the Metro as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jules. Posted December 6, 2007 Share Posted December 6, 2007 Lovely car Claire We had a Rover 25 before we got the Picasso, in fact I drove it today as we sold it to my parents. My dad works afternoons & he had put me on his insurance, so if hubby needs our car for work I can borrow my dad's if he is not using it. I'm only small, & the other cars my dad has had he has not let me drive as they would have been "too big for me" He can't say anything about this one as it was originally mine...... & it is good of him to let me use it if needed- as long as I have it back by 1.30 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted December 6, 2007 Share Posted December 6, 2007 Cracking good value Claire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craftyhunnypie Posted December 6, 2007 Share Posted December 6, 2007 What a lovely car - love the colour! Well done - it's nice when you see something for your hard work & saving a bit here & there. Keep us informed of your latest bargains - you're an inspiration to us all!!!! Enjoy your new car! Emma.x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 6, 2007 Share Posted December 6, 2007 Well done Claire That is a lovely car Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlottechicken Posted December 6, 2007 Author Share Posted December 6, 2007 Thanks for your lovely comments! I'm still in shock as somehow I don't feel I deserve such a nice car, it's the newest thing I own, and apart from the house, the most expensive item I have ever bought. Managed to get change from £5k though I paid for it on my credit card (after saving for a couple of years) so now have some points to spend too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted December 6, 2007 Share Posted December 6, 2007 Looks fab! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 6, 2007 Share Posted December 6, 2007 Oh course you deserve it You have worked and saved hard for it Well done you Enjoy driving it around Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted December 6, 2007 Share Posted December 6, 2007 You're an example to us all with your saving Claire - lots of youngsters would do well to learn from you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Couperman Posted December 6, 2007 Share Posted December 6, 2007 Not long left now luv! Get all your spending in now as 2008 means, no more buying! for a whole entire year! How many pairs of shoes can you fit in that boot! Kev. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlottechicken Posted December 7, 2007 Author Share Posted December 7, 2007 How many pairs of shoes can you fit in that boot! Well Kev, I had a look at the capacity for the boot with the back seats down and it is almost 1000 litres. So if a pair of shoes fits in to approx 2 litres of space (and I have small feet ), I should be able to get just under 500 pairs of shoes in there Now if you are talking just the boot itself with the parcel shelf still on, I would have to guesstimate about 120 pairs of shoes as there aren't any cc measurements for just the boot bit in the paperwork That's just 10 pairs of shoes a month. They would all have to be work shoes of course Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
