Model Boat Mayhem

Mess Deck: General Section => Chit-Chat => Topic started by: Neil on July 02, 2024, 09:48:53 pm

Title: As my mother used to say! "There but for the grace"
Post by: Neil on July 02, 2024, 09:48:53 pm

Today I set off at 05.50 hours to drive up to Co. Durham to do the deal on a "new" car to replace my old Nissan Note that with 182000 miles on the clock went bang in February with a blown turbo.

For months, because I am now 73 I was finding it almost impossible because of my age and retirement status to get a lone for a replacement until i stumbled on a company a few weeks ago with reasonably good  interest rates.
And so I saw one that I really liked, and after feeling dispondent  and somewhat depressed for months without a car and basdically house bound as my kids needed theirs for work.
So went up to pick it up today and bring home.

Whilst waiting a couple of hours for the loan to go in to the dealers bank from my loan company i walked to the local shop for a butty and a drink.
On the way back I sat in a little road side garden with seats, and realised it was a memorial to a mining disaster at West Stanley just down the road in 1909 when a 168 men and boys died in the explosions that day in February, and very earilly the same day, february 16th that my car packed up. the oldest victim was a man of 66, and probably worked all his life down the pit, and the youngest were 6 young boys, turned men of 14 years of age..............
It made my joy of the day turn to tears literally as I stood there reading all the names of each and every man and boy, and thinking just how lucky I have been.
There but for the grace of God go I.
A very sobering thought today that brought me down to earth, as we have in Fleetwood where I was born and brought up, as with other fishing towns seen the results of fishing disasters, but NEVER on such a scale as that for a small village as Stanly Co. Durham.

Title: Re: As my mother used to say!
Post by: derekwarner on July 02, 2024, 10:17:40 pm

Good luck [young fella] ........Neil  at 74 years old, I question if a Turbo powered vehicle is a necessary


Increased initial cost, increased fuel consumption, certainly increased performance over non-turbo varients of the same vehicle.....
[at our age, do we really need or care  for sub 5 second 0 to 60 MPH? {-)

Decreased reliability....miss an oil change & they go <*<


My 2006 Mitsubishi Lancer wagon has 237,994 km......has always been serviced by the book
Hope it will keep me going   :-X


Derek

Title: Re: As my mother used to say! "There but for the grace"
Post by: Neil on July 02, 2024, 10:27:26 pm

Its only turbo assisted Derek as its a 1500 diesel, and just needs that bit of punch..........but fuel wise it beets the petrol version hands down on mpg............and very smooth too. but still only does around 5500 rpm max

My daughters both have 1600 cc petrol in similar sized cars and do half the mpg that my turbo diesel gets.
quite a frugal little car.  :-))