What does your car say about you ?

[Jonty2547]

So, is your dealership near where I live (Ipswich say?)

It is.

[Dr Bunsen Honeydew]

Give the man a coconut

Now tell me what a bad choice I made, what will go wrong, and all Yank cars are crap etc

[Fretless]

After driving a Doblo for 10 years - it's great to be back in a 'proper' car.

[Dr Bunsen Honeydew]

The Doblo was brilliant. Loads of space and carry capacity, which is what I wanted. I got over my car phase in my life with my last Alfa, a 1989 Spider (old type). Had loads of Alfas, when driving is fun drive an Alfa. I lost the fun, cars became A to B. Speed not important, fun not important. Though I DO love a bargain that is fun, that is one of my major pleasures in life in beating the rip-off merchants in all things. I just can't believe how much of a car this is for the money WHY??? I can't find any problems. Both my previous Doblos, cost more than this. AND if it goes tits up how much have I lost, in real terms in car costs this is costing next to nothing apart from it will be heavy on fuel, but I do about 5k miles a year now so that isn't a real problem. It is nearly as comfortable as my old Jag XJ6 as well.

[Jonty2547]

Now tell me what a bad choice I made, what will go wrong, and all Yank cars are crap etc

I can't. They're built like tanks and as long as you don't go round a corner too fast it'll be great fun.
Now, will you be starting a thread about some flash wheels for your new toy?

[Dr Bunsen Honeydew]

So why are they so bleeedin' cheap

Oooh I dooo love a bargain, especially in the face of the stupid prices Merc Taxis go for.

The alloys are pitted with patches of the alloy equiv of rust. They cost a fortune to replace, is there a spray to treat them with. I was going to have a go with Plastidip New trend doped wheels

Hood wont stay up so bought a new pair of them hydraulic strut things from eBay for £18.95, bloody expensive these cars

[Fretless]

The Doblo was brilliant. Loads of space and carry capacity, which is what I wanted.

Have to agree with you there Doc, that's exactly why I got my Doblo as well.

The Doblo is designed and built in a huge factory in Turkey (to the south-east of Istanbul) made for Turkish road condtions and meant to be easily maintainable by the village blacksmith. Also environmentally-friendly (95% recyclable) and the little (but surprisingly powerful) 1.3L diesel motor gave me 20km to the liter (the Outlander uses 2x as much fuel).

I first drove one as a rental on holiday in Izmir and it was terrific for mountains, farm tracks etc. The roads there were full of Doblo's: taxi's, police, everybody. Decided then that I wanted one. But you cannot get past the fact that it is basically a simple and sturdy delivery van.

Enjoy the Jeep, Doc!

[Jonty2547]

Plenty of mobile wheel refurbishers around.
http://www.wickedwheels.co.uk
Generally costs around £150+ for a set of 4.

[Dr Bunsen Honeydew]

The Doblo was brilliant. Loads of space and carry capacity, which is what I wanted.

Have to agree with you there Doc, that's exactly why I got my Doblo as well.

The Doblo is designed and built in a huge factory in Turkey (to the south-east of Istanbul) made for Turkish road condtions and meant to be easily maintainable by the village blacksmith. Also environmentally-friendly (95% recyclable) and the little (but surprisingly powerful) 1.3L diesel motor gave me 20km to the liter (the Outlander uses 2x as much fuel).

I first drove one as a rental on holiday in Izmir and it was terrific for mountains, farm tracks etc. The roads there were full of Doblo's: taxi's, police, everybody. Decided then that I wanted one. But you cannot get past the fact that it is basically a simple and sturdy delivery van.

Enjoy the Jeep, Doc!

Apart from one trip with a man and his van for really big stuff I did our whole house move with the Doblo. North to South London, saved me almost the price of the car.

[Daniel Quinn]

What does you car say about you :

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