scott wrote:

> WTF! You spent 6000 of your hard earned cash without even bothering to 
> find out the price of new cars?!?!?!

Well nobody else in my family has ever been able to afford a new car. 
All the cars we've ever owned have been ancient wrecks. The car I have 
is actually about the nicest car anybody I know has ever had. [Well, 
until my sister bought a second-hand sports car a few months ago...]

It's not like I went to a shop and just purchased the first thing they 
offered me. I visited quite a number of places, looking at various cars. 

rubbish, so I declined. Similarly, I saw a rather nice Vaxhual Astra for 

how hard you boot it, it JUST WON'T MOVE! Huge 2 liter engine, and it 
goes slower than my old 1.1 L Ford... WTF?

> A brand new small car can be bought in the 7000-9000 pounds range (eg 
> Peugeot 107/207 type car).  For 25,000 you'd be able to get a pretty 
> fast luxury family car.

I doubt it - the "luxury cars" they show you on Top Gear all cost a damn 



perfectly reasonable price. In fact, he seemed to think it was a pretty 
damn good deal. And he's owned a hell of a lot of cars...

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