DJB

I've owned a scoob continuously since 1995 when I first got my MY95 turbo. I've now got an STi7 PPP and am generally very happy with it. For a week or two my wife and I were car sharing (the STi) whilst we wait for the new car that she has ordered. With my work commitments this became intolerable so I managed to borrow a curteousy car from a dealer (Vx Corsa 1.0). I've been driving this car for the last week. I expected to hate it but the funny thing is that I don't.

Let me explain. I work in a hospital (in fact two hospitals seperated by about 2 miles). My journey to work is about 11 miles each way plus inter-hospital journeys. The journey is invariably a series of trafic queues with little opportunity to open the throttle. On arrival at work, finding a parking space is not easy and I frequently end up in a tight space or outwith a normal marked out parking place. I use on average about 1-1.5 tanks of fuel per week (about £40-60 which I pay for - no fuel expense rembursement). This car's relatively unscathed so far but the previous one was wrecked from car park dings.

So you might see why borrowing a small economical car is not that bad. Set me thinking - is it worth buying a cheap small car for going to and from work, something like a two year old Fiesta. This would keep the fuel costs way down and stop the STi getting wrecked. Now I've not got money to burn and I've previously thought that a second car (for me) would be financial madness but now I'm not so sure.

Anybody got any experience of owning an scoob for the weekend and a run-about for the working week?

D.

[Edited by DJB - 11/13/2003 10:24:46 PM]

pslewis

Buy a £300 Nova and you are quids in!!

Pete

ramdor

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yep... my sti8 ppp sits in the garage, all nice and warm, and I get to use my Fiesta Zetec S for work. The only trouble is, that whenever the scoob comes out, it comes out to play... if you know what I mean

Richie.

DJB

Pete

£300 Nova?

I'm ashamed to admit that as a student I owned a Nova 1.2 saloon. I'll never make that mistake again.

Ramdor

Exactly what I mean.

D.

Harry_Boy

Deffo worth it. We have an 02 regd Arosa for the city stuff..... Cheap, economical, inconspicuous.

JayPSC

Deffo run a 2nd car, I had a 300ZX & was running a £500 fiesta to bomb about in. My mate now has my Z & has a £75 sierra as a runabout (100hp & RWD hahahhaha).
In some ways they're actually more fun than your main car cause you can treat em like **** & not care what happens to em. Also has the benefit of saving petrol, was cheaper for me to run 2 cars than 1.
Get a cheap banger for work & back, keep the scoob mint.

Jay

Old_Fart

Yep, I ran a STI8PPP as a second car to save the 22B for weekends...got rid of the STI now and got a Forester Automatic...really appreciate the 22B now as the contrast between it and the Forester is soo huge.
I was offered full no-claims on a second car by Bell Direct (whatever the group btw) and you can get the annual milage on the STI set really low therefore lowering costs further if you want.
Rgds
Chucky

T5NYW

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I own a STi7 have down 13K miles a year, All spirited average 170miles per tank, my only car it goes to Tesco's when I do but always takes up two parking spaces

unfortunately my wife can't drive so i have to do all the driving

Tony

Hanley

DJB

I have a Focus 1.6 Zetec for going to work in / going shopping etc and it's great

It's a great car to drive, cheap to insure and very economical on fuel.

I then get my MY95 out on a weekend and have some fun

Makes sense really

Rasher

I use a 20 year old Volvo for work and keep the S202 for weekends