What are BMW about ...
that look crap from every angle.
Not to mention that when you see one on the road you wonder what stupid piece of driving you are about to witness, and they rarely disappoint. So when I was after a nice rear-drive saloon BMW's were out.
solid, non-nonsense, down-to-earth, reasonably-priced, non-showoff, well-engineered machine
Yep. Emphasis on the non-showoff. I don't care what anyone thinks when they look at my car. As long as it's a good car from my POV that's fine. Others buy a car solely for what other people think when they see them driving it. Not for me.
I would love to see who are the members of the Prious Owners club…
Yeah, how up their own @rse do you reckon they'd be? Battery changing parties with carrot juice and nut roast laid on!
The other issue is that I can't name a (middle of the road) modern car I'd want, even if I were prepared to buy new and suffer the depreciation. They've all gone FWD, which isn't my cup of tea in a powerful car, they're all styled like a Ford Focus - again not my cup of tea, and there's very little to choose between them.
The Omega marks the end of an era of comfortable RWD saloons that aren't vulgar fashion accessories and that's why (remembering the 1992 Senator 24v my dad used to own) I wanted one before they're all gone.
leather frying pans,
(Casts mind back to yesterday's pancake making session) I think I'll "stick to" Teflon coated steel if it's all the same ;-)
Kevin