Not having a car sucks...

"Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh" (andymcbradleigh)
05/09/2015 at 13:33 • Filed to: None

Sure, I live a two minute walk from the nearest grocery store, two minutes from a kebab shop, a pizza place and a nice pub.. But I miss having a car (I’ve been without one two whole days :P ).

Hopefully I’ll get the Saab within a week or so...

I’ll get some pictures of it when it arrives..

until then, have some nineties punk music.

DISCUSSION (21)

MLGCarGuy > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
05/09/2015 at 13:38

I guess you could say that not having a car is…

Saad.

Kinja'd!!!

(joke stolen off the FP)

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > MLGCarGuy
05/09/2015 at 13:41

Indeed you could ;)

E. Julius > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
05/09/2015 at 13:48

Not having a car is terrible! I don’t give a rat’s ass about walkability, I’m tired of not being able to drive.

Hoccy > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
05/09/2015 at 13:51

So, you’re getting a Saab 9000 CD? Saabs are great here in Norway if you’re in for a cheap car, looked at them when searching for my first car myself.

Opposite Locksmith > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
05/09/2015 at 13:59

I'm gonna make this awk but whatev. Only thing worse is having a 365 hp WRX that you can't drive because your epilepsy is being a total asshole the past ten months

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > Hoccy
05/09/2015 at 13:59

Yeah, 1995 9000 2.0 CD. 5000 NOK. With just 168k on the clock.

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > Opposite Locksmith
05/09/2015 at 14:00

OOh.. THAT sucks.. sorry mate :/

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > E. Julius
05/09/2015 at 14:01

Yeah.. the last 15 years I’ve always had at least one car.. so this is kinda strange.

Hoccy > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
05/09/2015 at 14:03

That sounds brilliant, any rust? A friend of mine had a 900 of the same vintage that he bought for the same amount of money and drove it way past 300.000km without too much issues.

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > Hoccy
05/09/2015 at 14:07

I’m sure there’s SOME rust, it’s an old car, but no visible rust on the body. The exhaust does have a tiny leak somewhere, and it needs new wire for the handbrake, but that’s about it really.

The guy I’m buying it from (a buddy of mine) have had the car since 2008 and he’s the type that takes good care of everything he owns.

PS9 > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
05/09/2015 at 14:09

Jeez man, I’ve had enough of your Saab stories. Everyone has it hard(like a rock). You just need to get a pathfinder that will break you out of that depressing cube. Find someone who wants to see you Maximize your Altimate potential, someone positive and Versa tile you can take Notes from. When Rouges and Muranos come into your life, you have to Juke them out of the way, or you’ll never GT-r’done!

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > PS9
05/09/2015 at 14:10

Sooo.. I should get a Nissan? Again? I thought three Bluebirds and a Cherry would be enough.

Opposite Locksmith > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
05/09/2015 at 14:14

It's all good! Gf has an impreza and drives me where I need to go!

Cé hé sin > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
05/09/2015 at 14:17

Only €500? That would hardly buy you a bag of chips in Norway.

Cé hé sin > PS9
05/09/2015 at 14:19

Quite a few of those aren’t available on this side of the Atlantic though!

Now, what can you do with, say, Qashqai and Micra?

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > Cé hé sin
05/09/2015 at 14:20

A tad over €500.. but yeah, it’s cheap.. And I resent that remark about bag of chips.. firstly I don’t buy chips in a bag.. Crisps though I buy in bags, and you’ll get WAY more than one bag.. probably four.. :P

MTL Engineer in Training > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
05/09/2015 at 15:15

I have lived at least 20 years without a car, it sucks. At least we have decent Metro and bus service, and I encounter my friends on it, but rush hour is a pain.

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > MTL Engineer in Training
05/09/2015 at 15:21

Wow.. 20 years? You live in New York or something? I’d say you could not live where I live without a car, sure you could walk to the shops and stuff.. but there’s no way you’d get to work without a car (or a bike).

MTL Engineer in Training > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
05/09/2015 at 15:33

Montreal. My family had a Cutlass Supreme until I was a few years old, and when we got it recycled, we realized we really didn’t need a car. Ironically, my love of cars began at that time.

Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
05/09/2015 at 19:29

What happened to the Simca?

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen
05/09/2015 at 19:36

Sold it a while back, couldn’t afford the parts to fix it.. It’s in Finland now as far as I know.