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General Discussion Area / Re: Dead Person
« on: 05 July 2025, 18:31:46 »Gerald Harper 96, remember him from my younger days think it was a series called Hadleigh played a bit of a toff.
Well before my time but Adam Adamant.
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Well before my time but Adam Adamant.
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General Car Chat / Re: Behold!
« on: 04 July 2025, 15:52:49 ». The 525d was a down tuned 3.0d.
This is what I should have bought instead of the Chrysler. They're invariably in a nice old man spec with lots of toys and comfy seats and yet a remap alone will add 100hp and 170nm
Was that the Crossfire, Jimmy?
The one that looks like a dog taking a dump when viewed in side profile.
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General Car Chat / Re: Behold!
« on: 04 July 2025, 15:18:47 »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.
Probably performance overkill at Tigger's age.
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General Car Chat / Re: Behold!
« on: 04 July 2025, 13:26:34 »530D and 535D. difference.
The price?
That could explain why Tigger went for the 530D.
Tight as a ducks arse...
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General Car Chat / Re: Jaguar
« on: 04 July 2025, 12:18:06 »I do have a V6 SC as the personal toy and have driven pretty much every other type (including an proto SV V8 facelift that never made production).
I really rate them, very involved drive and pretty competent handling, for me the V8 was to much as er-indoors also drives it
I agree...... and the 'end of the world' noise made by the V8' is the final big 'f*uck you' to the environmentalists.
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General Car Chat / Re: Behold!
« on: 04 July 2025, 11:45:58 »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.
Sorry.....I should have said. 530D and 535D.
My bad.
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General Car Chat / Re: Behold!
« on: 04 July 2025, 11:43:42 »Though i'm not a fan of light interiors, that Tig, looks very nice.If you are prepared to put the effort in to keep a light leather interior clean, they always look really nice IMHO.
That's why I always opt for dark interiors
I would have preferred a black interior, but I got to the stage where I just needed a car.
This one popped up on Autotrader on Thursday night and in the pics looked like it was parked on the drive of a very nice house (It was!), had under 100,000 miles, had FSH, was fairly local and was at a reasonable price. So I got the train to see it on Friday, bought it and carried on to Scotland.
Too be honest when you're sat it it looking out of the windscreen, you don't notice the interior anyway.
SFA for a derv lump.
What year is she?
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General Car Chat / Re: Behold!
« on: 04 July 2025, 11:41:38 »
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.
Incidentally what is the difference between a 330D and the 335D as they both share the same 3 litre straight six lump?
Good choice.
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General Car Chat / Re: Jaguar
« on: 04 July 2025, 11:23:34 »My neighbour has a 1960s 3.4 Jaguar which his mother bought new it's simply stunning in red with chrome wire wheels, that's the only Jaguar I'd love to own, the modern versions just don't hit the spot.
If I'd worked harder at school I'd have one of these (assuming you mean a mk2). Always liked the idea of a light blue one to match my dad's e-type.
Then again I also think the first generation xk8 is one of the best looking cars of the last 30yrs. And SWMBO really wants an XK....
An f-type wouldn't go amiss either.
I enjoyed a test drive of both the rear driven and all wheel drive version. Both with the 5.0SC V8 lump.
The 2 wheel drive car was more scary.
I believe Mark DTM owns ( or has access to) the 3.0 V6 variant.
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General Car Chat / Re: Jaguar
« on: 04 July 2025, 11:19:56 »
I'm not sure who will buy the new jags when they become available to the public.
Jag CEO made it clear they have no interest in 'old' Jag owners who are predominately white gammon hetrosexuals with bigoted views, people who believe there are just two genders.
Presumably 'new' Jags will be sold exclusively the the LGBTQ community which includes ladies sporting a length.
Not the largest of markets for potential sales.
Jag CEO made it clear they have no interest in 'old' Jag owners who are predominately white gammon hetrosexuals with bigoted views, people who believe there are just two genders.
Presumably 'new' Jags will be sold exclusively the the LGBTQ community which includes ladies sporting a length.
Not the largest of markets for potential sales.
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General Discussion Area / Re: The Royal Train
« on: 02 July 2025, 11:19:18 »Prince Albert is known for being, er, open minded
I’m rubbish at history, I’d always thought that a Prince Albert was a genital piercing. Every days a school day.
Rumour has it Albert the German sausage man was hung like a horse......which is why Victoria said "we are not amused" whenever he came near her.
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General Discussion Area / Re: What has P*ssed you off today?
« on: 01 July 2025, 19:50:48 »....
They dont even carry the bins anymore like they used to. They just wheel them to the truck.
Bunch of woosies.
I remember bin men carrying the bins out on their shoulders .... they had a big leather pad they put the bin on
SWMBO used to work in waste management. The binners were a bolshy lot!
Yep.....for many years as a kid our binman was a wiry Glaswegian who went by the name of Jock.
He was as hard as nails and always stank of stale Woodbines and scotch. Most of the time he was quite affable except when the bin was filled with lumps of broken concrete.
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General Discussion Area / Re: Dead Person
« on: 01 July 2025, 12:10:39 »Sandy Gall, newscaster /journalist 97 , I thought he died years ago.
Yep.
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General Discussion Area / Re: The Royal Train
« on: 01 July 2025, 12:09:28 »
There has been a royal train dating back to queen Vicky.