Mr F (my car)

"Joy" wrote in message
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On 9/27/2014 11:55 PM, Matt Ferrari wrote:
"Joy" wrote in message
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On 9/27/2014 1:20 PM, Christina Websell wrote:
"dgk" wrote in message
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On Thu, 25 Sep 2014 02:33:01 +0100, "Christina Websell"
wrote:

It's always a worry about having an elderly car if you can't get to
the
vet
or supermarket without one and every year he has his test. Today.
He had to have two indicator lights replaced because the amber bits
had
fallen off and showing white lights. One brake had to be freed off
because
I couldn't drive him for months, but otherwise Mr F sailed through.
I have him for another year :-))
So happy



Always a joy when an elderly car passes inspection. My 1991 Honda
continues to roll and is very reliable. I don't drive it too much
because I prefer to take my bike if I can. I have an electric assist
bike which is a wonderful invention because I can still get lots of
exercise but when I get to the big hills I just turn up the little
engine.

Lately New York State has dropped most of the testing requirements for
elderly cars because the inspection stations don't have the equipment
to test old cars.

Hmm, that sounds a bit risky. Surely elderly cars are the most likely
to
have faults and dangerous defects?
Seems like a good idea to get the testing stations to get the equipment
to
test *all* cars. Here they have to past a roadworthy test when they
are
3
years old and every year thereafter.
Mr F is kept well serviced by my mechanic, who has been looking after
him
for 11 years and kinda loves him as much as I do. He would have been
gutted
if he had failed terminally but this would be very unlikely.
I am immune to people I know saying "isn't it time you got a new car?"
Why? I'm not bothered about being "posh" for the neighbours. Mr F
suits
me
fine. He starts every time and gets me to where I want to go. I don't
have
to worry too much if he got injured by the dreadful hailstorm we had a
year
or two ago (he did.) to make an insurance claim and I don't have to
worry
if
the bag of layers pellets I was taking home from the farm bursts open
in
the
boot (trunk?)
He uses very little petrol (which is a horrible price here)
In short, Mr F is perfect for what I need.

I'm with you. Why get rid of a car if it's doing its job? I drove my
last car for 14 years and 170,000 miles. I got rid of it when it
developed an oil leak that would have cost big bucks to fix. I've had
my
current car for 14 years. It has less than 70,000 miles on it, because
I'm driving a lot less than I used to. My vision isn't as good as it
used
to be, and my reflexes have slowed down, so I drive mostly just here in
town. I fully expect that I'll be unfit to drive before this car is.

Joy

One thing I love about my old car is it doenst have to pass emission
tests
here.
not sure how many miles it has on it the odometer stopped at 165k

It's really nice to have a reliable car, isn't it? What kind is yours?
Mine's a Toyota Corolla. So was the last one

Joy

--
Joy Unlimited


this one is a 1994 nissan sentra

On Sat, 27 Sep 2014 21:20:38 +0100, "Christina Websell"
wrote:


"dgk" wrote in message
.. .
On Thu, 25 Sep 2014 02:33:01 +0100, "Christina Websell"
wrote:

It's always a worry about having an elderly car if you can't get to the
vet
or supermarket without one and every year he has his test. Today.
He had to have two indicator lights replaced because the amber bits had
fallen off and showing white lights. One brake had to be freed off
because
I couldn't drive him for months, but otherwise Mr F sailed through.
I have him for another year :-))
So happy



Always a joy when an elderly car passes inspection. My 1991 Honda
continues to roll and is very reliable. I don't drive it too much
because I prefer to take my bike if I can. I have an electric assist
bike which is a wonderful invention because I can still get lots of
exercise but when I get to the big hills I just turn up the little
engine.

Lately New York State has dropped most of the testing requirements for
elderly cars because the inspection stations don't have the equipment
to test old cars.

Hmm, that sounds a bit risky. Surely elderly cars are the most likely to
have faults and dangerous defects?
Seems like a good idea to get the testing stations to get the equipment to
test *all* cars. Here they have to past a roadworthy test when they are 3
years old and every year thereafter.
Mr F is kept well serviced by my mechanic, who has been looking after him
for 11 years and kinda loves him as much as I do. He would have been gutted
if he had failed terminally but this would be very unlikely.
I am immune to people I know saying "isn't it time you got a new car?"
Why? I'm not bothered about being "posh" for the neighbours. Mr F suits me
fine. He starts every time and gets me to where I want to go. I don't have
to worry too much if he got injured by the dreadful hailstorm we had a year
or two ago (he did.) to make an insurance claim and I don't have to worry if
the bag of layers pellets I was taking home from the farm bursts open in the
boot (trunk?)
He uses very little petrol (which is a horrible price here)
In short, Mr F is perfect for what I need.



Oh, they check the brakes and lights and such. They just can't do
exhaust checks because the new(er) cars have all kinds of computers
that they can check, mine they had do actually test the exhaust and
those are the machines that they don't have anymore. They were always
breaking down. It was the exhaust check that took so much time and
made the cost high. My car was always good on that stuff anyway.

"Matt Ferrari" wrote in message
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"Joy" wrote in message
news
On 9/27/2014 1:20 PM, Christina Websell wrote:
"dgk" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 25 Sep 2014 02:33:01 +0100, "Christina Websell"
wrote:

It's always a worry about having an elderly car if you can't get to
the
vet
or supermarket without one and every year he has his test. Today.
He had to have two indicator lights replaced because the amber bits
had
fallen off and showing white lights. One brake had to be freed off
because
I couldn't drive him for months, but otherwise Mr F sailed through.
I have him for another year :-))
So happy



Always a joy when an elderly car passes inspection. My 1991 Honda
continues to roll and is very reliable. I don't drive it too much
because I prefer to take my bike if I can. I have an electric assist
bike which is a wonderful invention because I can still get lots of
exercise but when I get to the big hills I just turn up the little
engine.

Lately New York State has dropped most of the testing requirements for
elderly cars because the inspection stations don't have the equipment
to test old cars.

Hmm, that sounds a bit risky. Surely elderly cars are the most likely
to
have faults and dangerous defects?
Seems like a good idea to get the testing stations to get the equipment
to
test *all* cars. Here they have to past a roadworthy test when they are
3
years old and every year thereafter.
Mr F is kept well serviced by my mechanic, who has been looking after
him
for 11 years and kinda loves him as much as I do. He would have been
gutted
if he had failed terminally but this would be very unlikely.
I am immune to people I know saying "isn't it time you got a new car?"
Why? I'm not bothered about being "posh" for the neighbours. Mr F
suits me
fine. He starts every time and gets me to where I want to go. I don't
have
to worry too much if he got injured by the dreadful hailstorm we had a
year
or two ago (he did.) to make an insurance claim and I don't have to
worry if
the bag of layers pellets I was taking home from the farm bursts open in
the
boot (trunk?)
He uses very little petrol (which is a horrible price here)
In short, Mr F is perfect for what I need.

I'm with you. Why get rid of a car if it's doing its job? I drove my
last car for 14 years and 170,000 miles. I got rid of it when it
developed an oil leak that would have cost big bucks to fix. I've had my
current car for 14 years. It has less than 70,000 miles on it, because
I'm driving a lot less than I used to. My vision isn't as good as it
used to be, and my reflexes have slowed down, so I drive mostly just here
in town. I fully expect that I'll be unfit to drive before this car is.

Joy

One thing I love about my old car is it doenst have to pass emission tests
here.
not sure how many miles it has on it the odometer stopped at 165k



Mr F will always have to pass an emission test and he would fail on the
odometer - if the speedometer wasn't working too (which is likely as they
are connected, I think.) He could fail his MoT on a broken wing mirror.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOT_test

I'm glad we have this test. Of course some people will drive around with no
MoT on their cars but they risk prosecution and now the police have this
crafty thing (ANPR) every police car who might be driving behind you is able
to check your numberplate against a database to see if you have a) insurance
b) MoT c)if you you look like the age/gender of the person the car is
registered to.
Although the MoT worries people here every year (will my car pass and if not
how much will it it cost OMG?) it's a good thing.
Imagine a place where people can drive cars around with no brakes, useless
steering and it might be that car next to you on the road. Doesn't bear
thinking about.
Anyway, Mr F lives for another year. Starting first time and taking me where
I need to go and using very little petrol. No rust anywhere. Perfect ;-)

"dgk" wrote in message
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On Sat, 27 Sep 2014 21:20:38 +0100, "Christina Websell"
wrote:


"dgk" wrote in message
. ..
On Thu, 25 Sep 2014 02:33:01 +0100, "Christina Websell"
wrote:

It's always a worry about having an elderly car if you can't get to the
vet
or supermarket without one and every year he has his test. Today.
He had to have two indicator lights replaced because the amber bits had
fallen off and showing white lights. One brake had to be freed off
because
I couldn't drive him for months, but otherwise Mr F sailed through.
I have him for another year :-))
So happy



Always a joy when an elderly car passes inspection. My 1991 Honda
continues to roll and is very reliable. I don't drive it too much
because I prefer to take my bike if I can. I have an electric assist
bike which is a wonderful invention because I can still get lots of
exercise but when I get to the big hills I just turn up the little
engine.

Lately New York State has dropped most of the testing requirements for
elderly cars because the inspection stations don't have the equipment
to test old cars.

Hmm, that sounds a bit risky. Surely elderly cars are the most likely to
have faults and dangerous defects?
Seems like a good idea to get the testing stations to get the equipment to
test *all* cars. Here they have to past a roadworthy test when they are 3
years old and every year thereafter.
Mr F is kept well serviced by my mechanic, who has been looking after him
for 11 years and kinda loves him as much as I do. He would have been
gutted
if he had failed terminally but this would be very unlikely.
I am immune to people I know saying "isn't it time you got a new car?"
Why? I'm not bothered about being "posh" for the neighbours. Mr F suits
me
fine. He starts every time and gets me to where I want to go. I don't
have
to worry too much if he got injured by the dreadful hailstorm we had a
year
or two ago (he did.) to make an insurance claim and I don't have to worry
if
the bag of layers pellets I was taking home from the farm bursts open in
the
boot (trunk?)
He uses very little petrol (which is a horrible price here)
In short, Mr F is perfect for what I need.



Oh, they check the brakes and lights and such. They just can't do
exhaust checks because the new(er) cars have all kinds of computers
that they can check, mine they had do actually test the exhaust and
those are the machines that they don't have anymore. They were always
breaking down. It was the exhaust check that took so much time and
made the cost high. My car was always good on that stuff anyway.

So, what does your car have to pass on?