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Post by Humph on Apr 23, 2021 9:43:35 GMT
Hard to argue with that logic. Youāve had the car from new and know its full history. Not buying someone elses potential issue. Other than the odd tracking check and reset it should do what you need it for. Once, once, five years ago, once, I ever so slightly touched a loose and protruding kerb, in the dark. Once. That's it, once. In 46 years. Once. Outside a chippy in Herne Bay. I had never been to Herne Bay before, and I shall make a point of never going back. š
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Post by AlanoviÄ on Apr 23, 2021 10:01:25 GMT
Did you enjoy the chips? And what about the food from the chippy?
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Post by Humph on Apr 23, 2021 10:52:46 GMT
I lost my appetite at the time.
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Post by AlanoviÄ on Apr 23, 2021 13:46:37 GMT
I've just clocked that these here Orangeades with the 1.6 and 1.4 petrol engines are only Group 9 insurance. What?
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Post by Humph on Apr 23, 2021 15:58:27 GMT
Yes, it was pretty cheap to insure.
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Post by Rob on Apr 23, 2021 21:04:27 GMT
I wonder how the FIAT 500X compares for insurance groups?
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Post by dixinormus on Apr 23, 2021 23:59:02 GMT
A Fiat would have cheaper repair costs, or so you would think...
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Post by Rob on Apr 24, 2021 0:17:14 GMT
But the Renegade and 500X are essentially the same car. Hence wondering about insurance groups.
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Post by Humph on Apr 24, 2021 7:18:37 GMT
But the Renegade and 500X are essentially the same car. Hence wondering about insurance groups. They're not are they? Christ if I'd known that! Why didn't someone say? š
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Post by dixinormus on Apr 27, 2021 2:52:47 GMT
Itās a repeat of the old āYour Jag X-type is just a Mondeo really...ā. So what!
I found VW labels all over (under) my Audi A1 when it was brand new!
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Post by WDB on Apr 27, 2021 7:19:15 GMT
Itās a repeat of the old āYour Jag X-type is just a Mondeo really...ā ...when the correct response was, āYour X-type is a ghastly pastiche in the worst Theme Park England style.ā (Little did we know 20 years ago that Theme Park England would become government policy.)
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Post by AlanoviÄ on Apr 27, 2021 7:55:56 GMT
Hmm, I rather like the X-Type, it's the S-Type which always appeared to be the feeble pastiche to me. An X-Type estate is quite an appealing long distance to car to me still. Preferably with the Sport interior rather than the woOden one though. And I still have a bit of a hankering to have an XJ at least once.
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Post by Humph on Apr 27, 2021 8:01:14 GMT
I liked XType estates, but I also liked that generation of Mondeo estates too and had three of those. Yes indeed, classic mile munchers.
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Post by AlanoviÄ on Apr 27, 2021 8:19:28 GMT
Was watching a fillum the other night in which Nicholas Cage was wafting about that America in a metallic dark red XJ. Looked a rather splendid way to be travelling. Still, were I in the market for such a thing, I'd probably plump for a Lexus LS400.
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Post by Rob on Apr 27, 2021 8:20:20 GMT
When the S-Type was first shown at the motor show in Birmingham it was also the year the Rover 75 was shown.... I thought the Rover 75 was the nicer looking car by far. The S-Type was trying too hard to look retro. The underlying car (engine, chassis, etc.) was fine and I think this was used when the first XF was released. That car looks a bit dated now but Jaguars looked better than they had for a long time.
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