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Just had a look, I joined 19 years ago this month.

Will there be a virtual party?

Well.. obviously they were speeding, otherwise why buy one? Looking at the pics though it looks like just one black tyre mark so need to wait for more info 👍. Nevertheless a terrible loss and very sad for those left behind☹️. RIP.

Forum members will know I'm not the greatest fan of derv cars but I think old Tigger has done well here.

Incidentally what is the difference between a 330D and the 335D as they both share the same 3 litre straight six lump?

Good choice.

       


The 535d is a twin turbo (one small turbo and one large), whereas the 530d is a variable geometry single turbo. 

Incidentally, at one stage the 525d, the 530d, the 540d, and the 550d all used the 3.0d block. The 525d was a down tuned 3.0d. 

       
And mightily expensive to refurb both including bypass actuator. I’ve done a couple 😵‍💫.  Stick with the single unless you’re  well off🤣

Was that the Crossfire, Jimmy?

The one that looks like a dog taking a dump when viewed in side profile.

No, 300c diesel. Made you look like a seedy Atlantic City nightclub owner, but it was hella comfortable! 

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Yes it is worth its weight in gold, even after all these years.
I blow the dust off mine periodically to refresh my memory before doing the job.
Which reminds me. mine is about 6 months overdue, although about 25k short on mileage.
It also reminds me, isnt OOF 20 years old sometime soon ?

In a perfect world, freight would travel by rail and trucks banished from the roads, other than smaller trucks to do local runs from train stations to delivery depots.
People who cant pass a test to prove they are capable of driving to a reasonably high standard forced to take trains and taxis because they are banned from the roads.
Then, nice clear roads with high standards of driving, and no motorway speed limits for the rest of us.
We can but dream. 

Exactly what I experienced driving through Germany on Sunday, in fact.

And people tell us, we won the war. 

Tyre blow out my arse ! 
Looking at the pile of crumpled burnt metal that used to be a Lamborghini - how the hell could they tell a tyre had blown out ?
I just hope the poor sods wernt trapped inside and concious while it was burning 

I think there are one or two being dismantled on ebay ?
Spares are getting more and more difficult to get hold of now unfortunately.
I wish I had kept half the stuff I binned or sold.

The train companies often don't help, as parking at Chiltern stations is now a tenner a day, and Banbury station has closed it's drop off point to private vehicles, so anyone wanting to use the train from there now has to use a taxi if not in walking distance.  Fine for drop off is now £40.  So everyone drives to London now.

That's no way to run a railway! 

Do the buses go to the station?