The Car Thread: Mark III

[Colin]

Split opinion then.

[Jamie]

Thinking of going for another Alfa next. Had test drives of the Giulia and Stelvio and leaning towards the saloon Giulia, as i'm not sure i could live with an SUV. It's a really well built car, with a few Alfa ish quirks, but it drives great and feels a bit special inside. Looks lovely too. Trying not to think about depreciation

[QualityChimp]

I was behind an Alfa last night and they bring a bit of Italian class to the mass market. Lovely.

[EvilBoris]

I’m heavily considering a Discovery right now. Just not sure how their build quality is these days.

Last time I checked they have the worst Satnav imaginable.
That's all I know.

But what do I know, you bought a Qashqai because of me

[teddymeow]

[MENTION=9465]Brad[/MENTION] & [MENTION=9865]Colin[/MENTION].

You two old tossers should give me (a young and virile 37 year old) your nice fast cars so you can potter about on mobility scooters.

[Colin]

Pffft. Who are you trying to kid, you're easily as much of a grumpy old man as us.

[teddymeow]

Pffft. Who are you trying to kid, you're easily more of a grumpy old man.

FTFY.

[Brad]

Ha! The lure of speed is still there it seems. Whilst looking at jaguars I saw there was a V6 version and was like ooooh, that would be nice! I’m an idiot.

[Colin]

The thing is Brad, fast is still fine I think, but you need to find something that's a complete sleeper.

[Cassius_Smoke]

I know someone with three Discos.
The first is parked on his drive with a seased engine, which he is using for parts.
The second locked him out and his key stopped working, he got a locksmith to open the car and reprogram the key... Only for it to happen again.
The third has a roof that leaks so bad the back seats can't be used.

[Largo]

Moving house from sleepy west Cornwall to closer to Plymouth this december, has put my car insurance up by £200-£300...wtf

*edit* ok this is weird, according to online info the new postcode is still considered low risk. Weird

[Blobcat]

Not sure if best place to post this question but - does anyone have/ much knowledge and experience of dashcams?

I've been considering getting one over the year but have no idea anything about them except I want something to record my dash to a decent quality to cover my ass/ record interesting things I may witness when driving.

In the past few weeks, and according to my colleagues it's not just me being paranoid, nearby towns have had similar issues, I have witnessed some disturbing behavior when driving. I have been witness to many counts of bad driving but recently there seems to be a trend of teens pushing each other or purposely jumping out in the road now the evenings are getting darker and I am starting to get anxious driving which is NOT ok.

Can anyone recommend something available to the UK that's ideally south of £200?

[Colin]

We have Transcend dash cams which had come very highly recommended. You can buy them on Amazon for way south of £200. (I think our ones are now under £100)

EDIT: This is what we have -

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Transcend-DrivePro-Recorder-Built-TS32GDP200A-U/dp/B01B4VMGJG/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1541838047&sr=8-5&keywords=transcend+dash+cam

[Blobcat]

Cool! I will put on my wish list for Christmas/ Birthday next month or just get it myself when I get paid.

[charlesr]

Hamazing

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