09-05-2014, 02:37 PM
Hi,
Many thanks for the good news Keith. I've not heard or seen any bad reviews regarding Skoda since I started looking at Skoda last year so felt safe in going ahead. Both Bron and I think the red and black Monte Carlo looks gorgeous.
Yes; we are paying in full without any finance deals by debit card; we like the way we have been treated by DM Keith Huddersfield so didn't bother shopping around; I did a bit of web browsing and found a couple of sites that appeared to save a couple of thousand pounds on the Fabia we like but I simply do not trust such sites. Skoda are doing deals with finance which includes free servicing but we negotiated what we consider a fair discount so all in all we are happy with the deal and even if we did find a dealer offering a much better deal on the same car I've shook hands on the deal so it stands. DM Keith only wanted a £500 deposit up front so this was paid immediately by debit card and the car was ordered.
I've not checked car oil level for the last 15 years; we've owned 9 Micra's and 2 Aygo's in this time and because of our low annual mileage the oil level has never changed and any oil leaks would be immediately picked up on because our car is always garaged. We had plenty of funds available because being a guy the Yeti really appealed to me but I had to exercise restraint because a Yeti would have to live outside on the driveway which would mean lots of snow clearing and ice removal during a normal winter; hardly a compromise though in choosing the Monte Carlo (MC) instead; normally we change our car every three years just as the MOT is due but Bron is so impressed by the MC she is already talking about keeping it longer than three years so I know she likes it.
The Aygo is a very good small car with few gripes in fact the only two gripes I have is the sheer amount of noise on some road surfaces such as long sections of the M1 where we need ear defenders at 70mph and we are unable to verbally communicate with each other; the other gripe is the water feature this being the glass tailgate dropping water directly into the boot if opened whilst the tailgate is wet; this soaks four bags of shopping all at one go but even so I've enjoyed driving these little missiles. I checked the Aygo immediately on its first tankful of petrol and it gave 60.5mpg with gently driving but now with a rather heavy foot it recently reads 56mpg which still isn't at all bad. I've no hesitation whatsoever in recommending one of these Aygo's to anyone wanting a small car and I'll be sorry to see it go; the MC should be even better and more suited to humping aggregate and machinery around?
I've already been checking winter tyre prices for the MC and will keep my eyes open for a spare pair of wheels; we bought winter tyres and spare steel wheels for the Aygo and it's an easy job to swap ready for winter which I can do at home. As next winter bites if it isn't already here I'll post the Aygo tyres and wheels on eBay because they obviously are no good for the MC.
Yesterday I moved the big engineering vise to another bench because it would be only a mater of time before the MC made contact with it; the MC being longer than the Aygo; I just hope I can squeeze the MC into our garage between the machinery and benches? The weather has been so bad today I can't be bothered trying to do anything; I think its finally stopped raining though; I'll now do a bit more research into double glazing.
Bron and I were delighted to dump our mortgage together with the insurance company when I retired in 2000 Refugee; at that time our funds were with the Bradford and Bingley as was our mortgage so a simple pass book did the job and we'll never have another mortgage or take out any further finance deals; we've been ripped off long enough so we are free of such things but we'll never forget how difficult it has been to reach this position.
Kind regards, Col.
Many thanks for the good news Keith. I've not heard or seen any bad reviews regarding Skoda since I started looking at Skoda last year so felt safe in going ahead. Both Bron and I think the red and black Monte Carlo looks gorgeous.
Yes; we are paying in full without any finance deals by debit card; we like the way we have been treated by DM Keith Huddersfield so didn't bother shopping around; I did a bit of web browsing and found a couple of sites that appeared to save a couple of thousand pounds on the Fabia we like but I simply do not trust such sites. Skoda are doing deals with finance which includes free servicing but we negotiated what we consider a fair discount so all in all we are happy with the deal and even if we did find a dealer offering a much better deal on the same car I've shook hands on the deal so it stands. DM Keith only wanted a £500 deposit up front so this was paid immediately by debit card and the car was ordered.
I've not checked car oil level for the last 15 years; we've owned 9 Micra's and 2 Aygo's in this time and because of our low annual mileage the oil level has never changed and any oil leaks would be immediately picked up on because our car is always garaged. We had plenty of funds available because being a guy the Yeti really appealed to me but I had to exercise restraint because a Yeti would have to live outside on the driveway which would mean lots of snow clearing and ice removal during a normal winter; hardly a compromise though in choosing the Monte Carlo (MC) instead; normally we change our car every three years just as the MOT is due but Bron is so impressed by the MC she is already talking about keeping it longer than three years so I know she likes it.
The Aygo is a very good small car with few gripes in fact the only two gripes I have is the sheer amount of noise on some road surfaces such as long sections of the M1 where we need ear defenders at 70mph and we are unable to verbally communicate with each other; the other gripe is the water feature this being the glass tailgate dropping water directly into the boot if opened whilst the tailgate is wet; this soaks four bags of shopping all at one go but even so I've enjoyed driving these little missiles. I checked the Aygo immediately on its first tankful of petrol and it gave 60.5mpg with gently driving but now with a rather heavy foot it recently reads 56mpg which still isn't at all bad. I've no hesitation whatsoever in recommending one of these Aygo's to anyone wanting a small car and I'll be sorry to see it go; the MC should be even better and more suited to humping aggregate and machinery around?
I've already been checking winter tyre prices for the MC and will keep my eyes open for a spare pair of wheels; we bought winter tyres and spare steel wheels for the Aygo and it's an easy job to swap ready for winter which I can do at home. As next winter bites if it isn't already here I'll post the Aygo tyres and wheels on eBay because they obviously are no good for the MC.
Yesterday I moved the big engineering vise to another bench because it would be only a mater of time before the MC made contact with it; the MC being longer than the Aygo; I just hope I can squeeze the MC into our garage between the machinery and benches? The weather has been so bad today I can't be bothered trying to do anything; I think its finally stopped raining though; I'll now do a bit more research into double glazing.
Bron and I were delighted to dump our mortgage together with the insurance company when I retired in 2000 Refugee; at that time our funds were with the Bradford and Bingley as was our mortgage so a simple pass book did the job and we'll never have another mortgage or take out any further finance deals; we've been ripped off long enough so we are free of such things but we'll never forget how difficult it has been to reach this position.
Kind regards, Col.
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