General General Panda thoughts

[Alixcompo]

Sadly a lot of classic and collectable vehicles went this way. Imagine you had a rusty old Austin/Ford/Whatever in the shed that you always meant to restore but never will............ Suddenly it has a value of 2 grand...

Do your bit for heritage or grab the money..?

 

[Palio]

Sadly a lot of classic and collectable vehicles went this way. Imagine you had a rusty old Austin/Ford/Whatever in the shed that you always meant to restore but never will............ Suddenly it has a value of 2 grand...

Do your bit for heritage or grab the money..?

Yes and lots of the potential collectables went too. There will be a huge gap in the classic market in a few years - so many late '80's to late '90's cars went to the crusher.

 

[panda1408]

I knew someone who traded in their Panda on the scrappage scheme, I had a few bits from it before it went, it was a shame as it was a tidy car Saw it in the local breaker a while after. The same place also had a tidy black CLX in a while later, I cut the wheelarches and sills of it to use on my Sisley, so not all bad

 

[Numptey]

Yes and lots of the potential collectables went too. There will be a huge gap in the classic market in a few years - so many late '80's to late '90's cars went to the crusher.

Ah but I have just saved one as per my pic, I have one of the last 34 of these in Britain

 

[scout]

Ah but I have just saved one as per my pic, I have one of the last 34 of these in Britain

The Rover 200 series was what the scrapage scheme was made for :devil:

 

[Numptey]

The Rover 200 series was what the scrapage scheme was made for :devil:

Thank God for that then, should be able to sell it to another idiot for more money than this one paid :slayer:

 

[Alixcompo]

I have just read on another forum that after April this year then a rolling tax exemption cuts in for vehicle reaching 40 year since manufacture.
All I have to do is live another 10 years and the Green Neglected One will be tax free.

 

[Palio]

I have just read on another forum that after April this year then a rolling tax exemption cuts in for vehicle reaching 40 year since manufacture.
All I have to do is live another 10 years and the Green Neglected One will be tax free.

Yes it's official!

https://www.gov.uk/government/publi...0-year-rolling-exemption-for-classic-vehicles

It's better than nothing, but still can't forgive B'std Brown for stopping the 25 year rolling exemption. I'd have all the older cars exempt (including 5 Panda's) if he hadn't done that - and that's a lot of money even if they're only taxed for a few months!!!

 

[scout]

Only 12 years to go, hope I last that long.

 

[Palio]

Only 12 years to go, hope I last that long.

You or the Panda? Place your bets!

Oh and the car tax increases again on 1/4/14 so for a Panda it's £145. If they put as much effort into doing something useful as they do into sneaking bad news under the radar, we might get somewhere!!

 

[scout]

You or the Panda? Place your bets!

That would be me, the panda will make it no problem :thumbup:

 

[Aston Martin]

Garage have cleaned out the idle control valve, they think it's an electrical problem.
They don't want to investigate, because it'll cost me a fortune.

 

[Aston Martin]

We're calling the £45 an hour auto electrician up.

 

[onemanmade]

We're calling the £45 an hour auto electrician up.

Aw jeso mate hard luck!

 

[Numptey]

We're calling the £45 an hour auto electrician up.

Still cheaper than most garages if my last one is anything to go by

 

[dave]

tdc sensor

 

[Aston Martin]

I've left parts of the story out, but it could be 4 hours....

 

[onemanmade]

I've left parts of the story out, but it could be 4 hours....

I hope it gets sorted out for you mate

 

[Numptey]

I've left parts of the story out, but it could be 4 hours....

Is the car worth it?

 

[kolza]

A. If the car is still driveble enough to get up to Scarbro, bring it in mate -there is still some room left at my garage. I'll investigate and fix the failure, couple evenings and job will be done.