Mr Whippy
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| posted on 26/3/24 at 10:09 AM |
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Vintage car costs
Quite amazing -
No MOT
No Roadtax
No emission zone charges
Agreed value (10k)
Full breakdown cover
5000k annual miles
£65 for the year through Adrian Flux
Cheapest damn car I've ever owned!
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Slimy38
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| posted on 26/3/24 at 10:16 AM |
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And probably more reliable than most modern cars! 
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 26/3/24 at 10:20 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Slimy38
And probably more reliable than most modern cars!
Yes, certainly there is a lot less to go wrong!
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nick205
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| posted on 28/3/24 at 11:27 AM |
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Certainly seems low cost to insure.
My MK Indy was the cheapest car to insure for me.
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coyoteboy
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| posted on 28/3/24 at 12:42 PM |
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Aye but a bike is cheaper.
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 28/3/24 at 01:03 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by coyoteboy
Aye but a bike is cheaper.
A push bike is just fine so long as it's dry and your not in a hurry 
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gremlin1234
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| posted on 28/3/24 at 01:51 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Mr Whippy
A push bike is just fine so long as it's dry and your not in a hurry
I thought the same is true for vintage cars
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 28/3/24 at 02:14 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by gremlin1234
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Originally posted by Mr Whippy
A push bike is just fine so long as it's dry and your not in a hurry
I thought the same is true for vintage cars
Nope mine is very water tight wipers are rubbish but never a single leak. My first drive in it was taking it home from Wales to Aberdeen, 3 days of
torrential rain and strong winds! Apart from being slow and noisy it was a comfortable drive
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adithorp
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| posted on 28/3/24 at 02:15 PM |
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Are you talking about classic cars or vintage?
"A witty saying proves nothing" Voltaire
http://jpsc.org.uk/forum/
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nick205
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| posted on 28/3/24 at 02:49 PM |
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Originally posted by adithorp
Are you talking about classic cars or vintage?
I suspect Mr Whippy refers to vintage cars.
I'd imagine discussion would rage amongst enthusiasts as to the age at which a car becomes classic and then vintage.
Plenty of personal opinion would join the conversation as well
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 28/3/24 at 03:15 PM |
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I think many classic cars were well known for leaking like sieve's and BL cars from the 80's leaked even from new
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 28/3/24 at 05:23 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by nick205
quote:
Originally posted by adithorp
Are you talking about classic cars or vintage?
I suspect Mr Whippy refers to vintage cars.
I'd imagine discussion would rage amongst enthusiasts as to the age at which a car becomes classic and then vintage.
Plenty of personal opinion would join the conversation as well
Yeah its a bit odd all this classification and very much open to interpretation, I'd have said mine was a vintage car but some call it late
vintage, with cars like Model T & Y's as true vintage cars. However there was a considerable amount of cross over of models at the time with
very old designs still being sold new along with the latest ones but as cheap base models. I think there was not so much a push to bring out the
latest and greatest as there is today. For me classics are from the 60 & 70's, modern classics from the 80's onwards. Cars these days
seem to considered out dated after just 10 years which is really wasteful.
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adithorp
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| posted on 28/3/24 at 07:39 PM |
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I thought there were official dates that cars had to meet to be either Veteran (up to 1918) or vintage (1919-1930). Those are the dates accepted by
shows, competitions etc.
"A witty saying proves nothing" Voltaire
http://jpsc.org.uk/forum/
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