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Very dull here. Just the 2 family cars and a couple of courtesy cars this year. Must remedy for 2008.
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This is an SjB kind of thread, he hasnt been on since June, anyone had any contact with him or have contact details?
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Accord Tourer Executive (x2)
VW Eos 2.0
Vauxhall Corsa D 1.4 Design (x2)
Vauxhall Corsa C 1.0
Vauxhall Corsa C 1.4 Exclusiv
Toyota Avensis 2.0 D???? - yes that memorable
Focus 1.6 (on hire)
Golf Plus 1.4 S (x2) - awful
Golf GT 1.4 TFSI DSG (the turbo-super charged one)
Mercedes Sprinter 311CDI (medium wheel base)
Saab 9-3 1.9 Tdi Vector (?)
To come
Golf Estate 2.0TD SE (tomorrow)
Golf Estate 1.9TD S (next week)
Most fun to drive - The Golf GT
Most fun in - now that is a different story, not for telling here!
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Yes - where is SjB?
Back to the question, I can actually stretch to five. My own two, two I hired on holiday, and a courtesy car when mine was being serviced:
Chrysler PT Cruiser (petrol automatic)
Citroen Berlingo 1.6
Citroen C4 HDi 1.6 110
Ford Fiesta 1.25
Ford Ka
Most fun - hmmm, pretty difficult. All fun in their way. Fiesta probably had nicest steering and handling, PT Cruiser probably least interesting to drive.
And by the way, I'd like to nominate L'escargot for the best post on this thread so far. What a life some of you lead!
Edited by tyro on 12/12/2007 at 17:27
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>>>> Subaru Legacy 3.0R (my company car)
>>Nice, but doesn't the taxman crucify you?
Oh yes! There's a saying along the lines of the quality being remembered long after the price is forgotten which in this case is true for me but nevertheless my P11D is an ugly scene!
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SEAT Ibiza 1.4tdi
SEAT Ibiza 1.2
BMW 316ti
BMW 325i
BMW 318d E90
Ford Escort 1.8 with a terrible clutch action. Fiercest I've ever driven.
Various Berlingos, Kangoos and VW Caddys with work.
Favourite? My tdi Ibiza (1st brand new car!) or my Dads new 318d picked up on Monday.
Currently driving: 2007 SEAT Ibiza TDi
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BMW 535d
Landie Defender 1994
Landie Defender 2007
Ford Puma
Honda IMA
Ford Focus 1.8tdci Mk1 Mk2 and Mk2 Estate. (hired)
Fiat Punto Mk1 (holiday rent)
BMW 330d
Volkswagen Golf GTi
Skoda Roomster
Vauxhall Big LWB van thing
Ford Transit Connect
Mercedes Vito
Best drive is and always will be the 535d followed by the GTi, then the 07 Landie.
Edited by Pugugly {P} on 12/12/2007 at 18:34
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You mean the 07 Landie was better than the 330d?
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No ! 535, Golf and Landie...I'm going to have to re-read that now !
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Honda IMA - woeful but good tax wise.
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Citroen Xsara 1.9TD
Rover 75 CDT chipped to 170BHP
Ford Transit (2007 model)
Citroen Relay(?) --> whatever the cheap and nasty Fiat thing is under the Cit badge
Honda Accord
The accord is now my full time car, and I drove the vans through uni. The Transit was definitely the most fun - very stable for a van, lots of oomph, and a great driving position.
The Honda is the most comfortable of the lot, but drinks petrol.
The Rover goes like the proverbial off a shovel, with the added satisfaction of an enormous cloud of black smog from the exhaust, which is excellent when passing cyclists.
The Citroen was the worst, it REALLY struggled, and for a diesel I had to have it revving around 3500-4000RPM to get anything out of it. In its defence, I did drive two hundred miles accidentally pulling away in 3rd gear, but the whole cockpit layout was rubbish. Pedals were too close together and the gearbox was a lucky dip scenario. Awful for a van only a year old.
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All this year´s cars have been forgettable, with the exception of Mum´s Fabia vRS, which was an absolute joy to chuck around the roads of SW France this summer. What a corking little car.
Regarding Sjb, his twins should be about a year old now, and probably keeping him busy!
Looked at MichaelR´s list with a mixture of envy and disbelief! Lucky chap. I had a pushbike when I was a student....
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Remarkably few cars this year.
My Mondeo tdci and the Boxster S
There's been a few others that I've had for a quick spin but nothing memorable.
So I'm probably close to the bottom of the list when it comes to cars, but in mitigation, I've done rather better with women!
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I read often, only post occasionally
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Well lets see then...
Honda Accord Tourer EX - My own current motor.
Honda Civic - traded in for above.
Vauxhall Vectra 2 litre DTI Estate, my company car.
SWMBO's Yaris 1.3 .
VW Polo courtesy car which SWMBO got when hers was in for repair after a smash up the rear.
Renault Clio hire car in Portugal, very forgettable.
Mitsubishi Galant hire car working in Qatar last month.
Honda Legend company car in Qatar in February
Suzuki Jimny -- on holiday in Crete which echoes AE's post above, the most fun car to drive off road in the spectacular mountains and gorges going to places I'd never dream of attempting at home with SWMBO and helicopter jr clinging on for dear life.
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"on holiday in Crete"
Sounds like we all went to Crete this year. I wonder if we met.
I reckon Altea Ego was the permed Alvin Stardust look-a-like in a yellow banana-hammock that kept eyeing my wife up.
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I did more than eye her up mate, remember when you were drunk in the bar? No?
Seriously, where did you go, we stayed in Elunda I took the back roads up to the cave of Zeus, what a fab drive, swoopy mountian curves, empty roads, fabulous.
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y mountian curves empty roads fabulous.------
And Zeus at the end of it. Fabulous indeed.
What's he like in the, er, is flesh the word AE?
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He said "Wow is that really you AE"
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Ah you stayed on the other side, we stayed in Bali, West of Iraklieo Airport. The memorable drive was crossing South from Rethymno to the Samaria Gorge accessible only by boat which we missed by ten minutes. A bit scary at times, I don't mind admitting, wonderful winding hairpins, big drops, hairy overtaking - fantastic. Didn't have any complaints the whole holiday as regards roads and driving standards, relaxing and mostly empty.
You would have remembered me anyway, Union Jack shorts, string vest, hanky on head, burnt like a lobster, sipping lager and digging lots of holes in the sand.
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BBD - didn't realise you were in Crete as well.... I might have changed the destination if I'd known :0)
The Samaria Gorge is fantastic but the 12 kilometre walk does not appeal so we took the Jimny up a hairpinned track carved out of the mountainside to a mountain walkers retreat hut above the Gorge at a place called Kallergi something like 1850M above sea level with spectacular views down the gorge.
I was feeling slightly smug about getting a 4WD up the this impossibly tiny potholed rocky track when I spotted of all things behind this retreat a CARAVAN ....suitably anchored against blowing away in the wind.
I gather they got it up there on the back of a lorry, how they managed I'll never know.
They had a small cafe with tables and benches, one of which was occupied by a sheep curled up like a cat, fast asleep on the bench with one leg hanging down. Surreal place.
SWMBO decided she wanted the loo so was directed to a small wooden hut outside , opened the door went in and lifted the lid and found herself looking down an open drop of a 1000 metres.
She decided to wait until we got back to somewhere safer ....
Great place for driving.
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Driven lots inc. my Rover 75 to Luxembourg and back, a Renault Espace across Berlin and Eastern Germany as well as a 1990 BMW 325i E30 factory lowered with sports suspension and 111k miles.
I enjoyed the 325i so much I bought the car and now use it as my regular drive. A real 'point and shoot' stable motor with sound (to me) and assured handling. I smile every time I get in. It started on the button yesterday with a chime and circa 1990 computer display reminding me the temp was below 0 degrees C (though it only reads in Fahrenheit!). With a new thermostat installed later in the day the car now warms up enough for me not to shiver lol
Regards
R40
Edited by R40 on 12/12/2007 at 20:09
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94 BMW 525TD; my car for the past 3 years, bomb-proof.
Kia Pride, wifey's runabout which was taken out and shot last month 'cos the cost of getting it through an MOT was ten times its value!
Fiat Punto, bought to replace Kia and currently sitting in drive nursing a blown head gasket. Nice little motor; when it's running.
1963 GMC pick-up truck. My toy, which has been working for its living this year as I'm gutting the house; 5 litres of cast-iron Yank V6, love it to bits but nine to the gallon round town's a bit painful at the mo.
Had a few hire cars for work, mostly Vauxhalls. Astra was bland, Vectra handled like a jelly no wonder Clarkson hates them, Zafira was so slow I thought the two fat kids were still in the back!
Pick of the bunch was a Passat diesel estate I had one weekend when my lorry stayed in north Wales for servicing; an absolute delight to drive and I'd seriously consider buying one.
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Ford Escort MkIV 1.3 petrol
Ford Fiesta MkIV 1.4 petrol
Ford Fiesta MkIV 1.4 diesel (there's a world of difference)
Vauxhall Corsa 1.3 diesel
Ford Focus MkII 1.8 diesel
Ford Focus MkII 1.8 petrol (not so different)
Vauxhall Astra 1.7 van
Mitubishi Shogun
Nissan Navara
Ford Transit
Peugeot 106 1.0 petrol
Nissan Sunny 1.4 petrol
Nissan Micra 1.4 CVT petrol
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In chronological order:
Fiat Brava
Ford C-Max
Fiat Cinquecento
Bertone (Fiat) X1/9
Mitsubishi Libero
Nissan Cube (?)
Ford Transit
Fiat Punto
Subaru MV pickup truck
Nissan Micra CVT
Citroen C5
Most fun out of that lot, but also the most trouble (3 different electrical faults preventing it from starting, plus 1 accident) was, and still is, the X1/9.
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Renault Scenic 1.9dci Dynamique
Skoda Fabia vrS
Seat Altea XL 2.0tdi
Mazda MX5
Fiat Doblo
Peugeot 806
Peugeot 307SW Auto
New style Honda Civic
51 plate Toyota Avensis with dodgy sat nav
S Reg Renault Patient Transport Conversion
Transit Luton van
Ford C Max Zetec
Honda CRV icdti which went into limp home mode on test drive
The Fabia is still the best for a bit of fun when you want it.
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2007 Seat Altea XL 2.0 TDI (140) Stylance
2005 Skoda Fabia vrS
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