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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: The Sheriff on 23 May 2015, 15:15:46
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Saw this at the park today. The back end looks like something from soviet era Yugoslavia:
(http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n156/stmo987/image.jpg1_2.jpg)
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That looks like a 170bhp 2.0 to me....
But the front end will have those lurvely led day driving lights on it ::)
I personally think the shooting brakes look better from the rear :y
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Yes there's been nothing that ugly on the roads since the days of British Leyland. Absolutely hideous design. :(
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....now imagine that view in Stmo green. ;D
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Mine is the newer version with the saloon / hatchback boot depending on how you open it. I think the mkIII is a lot better looking than the previous one.
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Here's another fat-arsed ugly git
(http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n156/stmo987/image.jpg1_3.jpg)
In a scrappy....where else? ;D
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Not a fan of the hatchback Superb, Estate looks nice though in that year.
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Mine is the newer version with the saloon / hatchback boot depending on how you open it. I think the mkIII is a lot better looking than the previous one.
That pic is also the Mk 2 with the same shiity two piece boot lid/tailgate boot space robbing combo...
Dark blue is about the least inspiring colour for that car... Only beige could be worse :-X
Yours is the facelift Mk 2... The Mk 3 is back to being a traditional saloon/estate choice :y
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Yes they seem to have totally lost the plot when they got to the rear end.Saloon/hatch design bit seemed to me to be building something in for the sake of it and a complete waste of time.
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Looks like a rear ended Omega :(
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Yes there's been nothing that ugly on the roads since the days of British Leyland. Absolutely hideous design. :(
There have been much uglier cars since BL. Mk1 Focus for a start. Or any of the BMW Minis.
Not forgetting the Ssang Yong Rodius. And anyone who has seen one cannot forget it.
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That looks like a 170bhp 2.0 to me....
But the front end will have those lurvely led day driving lights on it ::)
I personally think the shooting brakes look better from the rear :y
self-abuser lights?
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STMO throws a flanker, what is wrong with that in the superior, go faster, black compared to say (thinks for a millisecond), an asthmatic 1.4 Astra in snot/puke green. :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[
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Mine is the newer version with the saloon / hatchback boot depending on how you open it. I think the mkIII is a lot better looking than the previous one.
That pic is also the Mk 2 with the same shiity two piece boot lid/tailgate boot space robbing combo...
Dark blue is about the least inspiring colour for that car... Only beige could be worse :-X
Yours is the facelift Mk 2... The Mk 3 is back to being a traditional saloon/estate choice :y
What about green? Not as impressive or eye catching as the esteemed member's Astra, but still....
(http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--6CwAvQKh--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/1128305336971061349.jpg)
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I think that year Superb estate is one of the best looking "normal" cars on the road - hugely spec dependent though. I'd have a purple 3.6, if they came with a proper gearbox.
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I think that year Superb estate is one of the best looking "normal" cars on the road - hugely spec dependent though. I'd have a purple 3.6, if they came with a proper engine (and gearbox)
Three cam head does not a V6 make... If Volvo can fit a 3.0/3.2 straight six and V8 in a wwd mumsybus, the sure as shit so could VW...
...If they could be arsed that is :-X
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The 3.0 straight 6 in the 960, was a very good engine, except for its habit of eating head gaskets about every 40k miles and head casting problems, which meant bits of metal falling off when replacing the head gasket. :(
Low down torque and power curve much better than Omega and much faster time to temperature of between a mile and 2 miles, which was good in winter weather. Power output, performance and fuel consumption on a par with a 3.0l Omega.
Its weakness was solid live real axle and handling finesse like a camel with an attitude problem. Omega will confidently go round corners 10 to 20 mph faster. The mid-life update version was meant to be much better with a multi-link independent rear axle and heavily revised suspension all round.
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I was thinking current model V70/S80 rather than the 700/900/V90 family :y
Incidentally, the six pot Volvo tanks used Renault V6s well into the nineties...
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I was thinking current model V70/S80 rather than the 700/900/V90 family :y
Incidentally, the six pot Volvo tanks used Renault V6s well into the nineties...
Yes, the old Renault V6's had a reputation for eating the made of chocolate cams.