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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #23070 on: 03 December 2021, 20:49:16 »
Quote from: Raeturbo on 03 December 2021, 20:39:38
Me too👍 But not half as quickly as the Evo engined RVR😂
but there's non for sale in the UK and the Doc don't buy from China  :D
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #23071 on: 03 December 2021, 21:45:24 »
I know where to get them in Uk :y :y
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #23072 on: 03 December 2021, 22:07:33 »
It's still a no ;)

Not a fan of Japanesey cars. Too much grey plastic and you can't identify the interior of one to the next without looking at the V5...
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #23073 on: 03 December 2021, 22:25:41 »
Quote from: Doctor Gollum on 03 December 2021, 22:07:33
It's still a no ;)

Not a fan of Japanesey cars. Too much grey plastic and you can't identify the interior of one to the next without looking at the V5...


That's not a real problem for those who treat cars as white goods. Which is me, most of the time.


Evos and Subarus are cars that I might briefly enjoy if I was thirty years younger, but everyone I've tried I've been glad to give back quickly and not have to pay for. M3s and the rortier Mercs and Audis are much the same.
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #23074 on: 03 December 2021, 22:41:41 »
Nick.... I’m old😂😂
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #23075 on: 03 December 2021, 22:54:49 »
An Audi S3 saloon would fall into that category, but the rock hard ride and 110% everywhere would soon get annoying (it being an Audi notwithstanding).

I would also put my old Xr4x4 in the same box. Hugely entertaining right up to the point you kill yourself in it... :D

And not something that you can really commute in with today's traffic  :-\
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #23076 on: 03 December 2021, 23:40:28 »
Quote from: Raeturbo on 03 December 2021, 22:41:41
Nick.... I’m old😂😂

This is true!  :y                                                                                                                                  :P  ;D ;D ;D
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #23077 on: 03 December 2021, 23:46:01 »
Watch it mate I’ll have my squad to keep an eye on you in the Co op 😂😂
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #23078 on: 03 December 2021, 23:48:01 »
Quote from: Raeturbo on 03 December 2021, 23:46:01
Watch it mate I’ll have my squad to keep an eye on you in the Co op 😂😂

Ha ha, I slunk in and out wearing a mask today. Nobody recognised me and I think I got away with it!  ::)  :y
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« Reply #23079 on: 04 December 2021, 08:36:27 »
Quote from: Doctor Gollum on 03 December 2021, 22:54:49
An Audi S3 saloon would fall into that category, but the rock hard ride and 110% everywhere would soon get annoying (it being an Audi notwithstanding).

I would also put my old Xr4x4 in the same box. Hugely entertaining right up to the point you kill yourself in it... :D

And not something that you can really commute in with today's traffic  :-\


Why not? An 1100 Escort would be perfectly adequate, unless your commute is a couple of hours on the motorway. My commutes over the last twenty years would not have been any worse in an Austin 7.


The problem with modern cars is that they have so much power and grip that when it does let go, you're just a passenger for a very short and expensive ride. And then you get to spend half an hour listening to the owners of the fence, lawns and pond whinge at you while you wait for the Fire Service to come and cut you out of the wreckage. Try that in a modern performance car and you probably won't be conscious after the crash.
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #23080 on: 04 December 2021, 10:06:29 »
Quote from: dave the builder on 03 December 2021, 20:36:56
I can thoroughly recommend the Zafira A 2.0 DTi for transporting old people  :)
as long as I don't have to drive it
LOL, I was just saying on another forum that clapped out Zafira's are ideal for lugging old'uns about ;D
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #23081 on: 04 December 2021, 10:11:24 »
When I was young and stupid, that Sierra used to regularly do my 26 mile commute in 23 minutes.

Fortunately, I wasn't so stupid as to realise that wasn't a good thing. It's replacement was a 2 litre Mk3 Granada.

Any car is a compromise of all the things that you need it to do. Larger cars are less compromised in more aspects than smaller ones, although I will concede that the two cars I have owned that were genuine fun to whizz around in were a 1.3 Polo and a 1.4 106. But neither would meet my current requirements.
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #23082 on: 04 December 2021, 10:27:06 »
Quote from: Doctor Gollum on 04 December 2021, 10:11:24
When I was young and stupid, that Sierra used to regularly do my 26 mile commute in 23 minutes.
That was my realisation that my beloved Silver Bullet really had to go, after I did a 140 mile trip on the A12/A14/A43 in Friday late afternoon/early evening rush hour in 2 hours....   ....including stopping for LPG.
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #23083 on: 04 December 2021, 11:21:45 »
The best time I ever managed was 45 miles in 36 minutes mind I did have a Police escort , we were transporting a premature baby unit & mother  the old CF Bedford was smoking when we arrived.
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #23084 on: 04 December 2021, 11:26:46 »
Not bad going :D

The real difference is doing that because you had to not because you could.  ;)
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