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Post by Alanović on Apr 27, 2021 8:24:07 GMT
Interesting comment about the XF. I think that has aged rather well. In estate form it's the car my son campaigns for me to buy as a family cruiser.
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Post by Humph on Apr 27, 2021 9:18:15 GMT
Tiff Needell has an XF estate as his personal car. Can't quite remember why I remember that. But as the years advance I find that increasingly applies to many things.
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Post by dixinormus on Apr 27, 2021 19:21:15 GMT
Ah the heady days of British car manufacturing... a new Rover 75 and a new Jag S-type! 1998 I recall. I suddenly feel old..!
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Post by Humph on May 5, 2021 17:55:06 GMT
Right well, I'm really enjoying the little Jeep too. No really, I genuinely am. It has a charm I can't quite define in words, but suffice it to say, it pleases me. Astonishingly, I can also get my work kit in it, and I don't mind (actually quite enjoy) the manual box.
For not much money, I could get another one for me, a nearly new, low mileage diesel one would seem to stack up. It would mean parting with my extremely useful, but now 5 years old and 150,000 miles Merc, but would put me in a sub 20,000 mile, less than two years old Renegade.
For the two, or three, or maybe four years I'll need a "work" car that might just be ok. Fuel economy would be there or thereabouts the same, insurance a bit less, RFL oddly enough, a bit more at £155 V £125.
Talk me out of it, or not chaps.
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Post by bpg on May 5, 2021 18:21:34 GMT
His 'n' Hers Jeeps. It'll be matching trekking shoes, fleeces, anoraks and bikes next...
You did say talk you out if it. Sounds like you've already started the ball rolling.
Six months tomorrow since we took delivery of Boris. He's been washed twice and no brake dust on the front wheels. The car can be manky but the wheels stay annoyingly milk bottle top sparklingly bright.
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Post by Humph on May 5, 2021 18:35:21 GMT
Yeah, the matchy matchy thing is quite a worry. No balls rolling yet, just a lot of peering at AT. Could even go for a new one or a pre-reg without too much piggy bank robbery though...
Going for a long run early doors tomorrow in the Merc. I expect I'll enjoy that enough to procrastinate a bit longer.
Probably, what I should do is just use the Jeep exclusively for a couple of weeks to establish whether I'm serious or not.
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Post by Rob on May 5, 2021 19:31:04 GMT
Good idea to use the Jeep for a few weeks to see how you got on. It might be less powerful and have higher fuel consumption than the one you'd get but it would show if it worked for you.
I'd keep the Merc for 12 months if I were you. Then retire and get something totally different but fun to have alongside the Jeep. Another FIAT..... how about a 124 but in Abarth form?
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Post by Humph on May 5, 2021 19:37:41 GMT
Ooooh now then, a 124 Spider...you know what, that sounds like being worth a few hours of ponderment !
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Post by bpg on May 5, 2021 20:01:59 GMT
Would your wife love the Mrs. Robinson label when it's her and your son out in it. I know it's not an Alfa but in a world of SUVs the FIAT will certainly stand out.
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Post by Humph on May 5, 2021 20:11:39 GMT
Fair point. Also, I'm not bald, and my wife is neither fat nor has dyed blonde hair. All of which seem to be a requirement for drivers of later life convertibles.
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Post by Rob on May 5, 2021 21:41:38 GMT
Ironically when I said another FIAT, the 124 of course is a Mazda albeit with a FIAT engine in the 124 variant So you could have a FIAT pretending to be a Jeep and a Mazda pretending to be a FIAT. I think an Abarth 124 might be fun. And not as basic as your Catherham that you once had.
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Post by WDB on May 5, 2021 21:48:43 GMT
His 'n' Hers Jeeps. It'll be matching trekking shoes, fleeces, anoraks and bikes next... ...and thence, inevitably, to a... ...caravan. ...washed twice and no brake dust on the front wheels. The car can be manky but the wheels stay annoyingly milk bottle top sparklingly bright. You know, I hadn’t thought of that but our EV is the same. Green stuff growing on the window edges and tailgate gap from lack of use, but bright, shiny wheels all round.
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Post by dixinormus on May 6, 2021 0:06:53 GMT
Can’t imagine that you’d really go back to a manual ‘box considering all the miles you do Humph?
And a diesel-powered Jeep with its heavier engine, flywheel, clutch etc might be a totally different driving experience compared to the missus’s petrol version? You’d need a good test drive first I reckon.
Besides, Won’t all diesels be pretty much banned everywhere within the next few years? 😕
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Post by Alanović on May 6, 2021 9:27:09 GMT
But it's as ugly as a bulldog chewing a wasp, I think the expression is.
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Post by EspadaIII on May 6, 2021 11:06:42 GMT
Certainly the heavy diesel/gearbox/clutch of the Clubman made Espadrille's decision to swap to a petrol/auto very well received by me. The car is transformed by lightness.
Would a diesel Renegade be less economical than the Merc?
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