SOC Qualification

I recently purchased a 1998 (S) Renault Laguna 1.6 RT Sport with
138000 on the clock. Bodywork is pretty tatty having been abused by a
lunatic female (collegue) for the last 50000 miles.

Does this qualify as a SOC and if so when can I expect it to burst
into flames?

Being used to our Ford Focus I reckon it drives real nice [1] in a big
comfy car kind of way. Surprisingly nippy too for a 1.6.

[1] Although I do tend to drive like I have Miss Daisy in the back.

 

No

 

I've asked a few people lately what sort of mileage can be had from a
moderately well serviced modern engine. Answers varied from 150,000
to infinity! Why do you say another 50,000? I thought engines had
got to the point nowadays that from a running cost POV if looked after
will outlast the rest of the car.

12 months tax and 6 months MOT for £500. If I get 12 months use out
of it which I'm pretty confident I will I'll be happy, anything else
is a bonus.

 

That's not bad at all. Personally I'd rather have 6 months tax and 12

'Bangernomics'

 

Which you'll probably get you're money back on if you buy right. makes sense
to me.

 

Not studying accountancy is she?

 

That's not bad at all. Personally I'd rather have 6 months tax and

I've been doing this for years - if you can find something that goes with a
longish tax and mot for diddly squat you're usually quids in. In London I'd
often get a mobile shed with 6 months T&T for a two or three hundred quid,
cheap TPO insurance - who cares if it gets knicked? More than one went to
the scrappy at the end of their time, although a few were sold getting a
good proportion of the original amount back, and in one famous case sold
making 100% profit.

 

I had one of those, a while back.

113mph £80 fine and 28 days off [1]

[1] just in time for Christmas

 

*snort*

I can just see you writing a motoring column, where your review is
based on the points/fine/ban/prison sentence you got with the vehicle.

The one for the Gixxer should be a doozy...

 

The trouble is, all the old ones have just blurred in to one long
string of events ;-)

Just finished the first 500 and begin the run up to 9k
rpm...err...it's FAST.

It's also starting to move around a little now; which is fine, but I
forgot what it's like to *move around* at speed >120mph. Route on
Monday night:
Home, Slaughters, Stow, Broadway, Winchcombe, Cheltenham and Home
again.

It's gradually coming back to me

 

Tell me you've had the front wheel off the ground. Accidentally.

Coo. Sounds fun.

I'm sort of a bit nervous about us going out together on them

 

That was just to get to the DVD shop

Not fear, just...in trepidation, no...err apprehension,
no...err...hesitation, no...err vacillation; yes that's it..I think

 

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