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Post by Humph on Feb 2, 2018 16:06:31 GMT
I'd care. But that might be a genetic thing. 🤔
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2018 16:11:15 GMT
Maybe. That genetic half of me is being overridden by my Maltese genetic half possibly. But the half you refer to will be in full voice down the pub tomorrow getting its own back. And not caring too much if it's £3 or £4 for a pint. Rissoles. For tea.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2018 16:13:05 GMT
I'm not so glum about that era of SAAB. What makes that model nasty? I confess I've not driven one, but you could feel the GM accountants biting by 2008. Remember that I had the previous, hatchback 9-3, which did a good job of hiding its GM ancestry, especially inside. The 2003 car got off on the wrong foot by using a semicircular speedometer; those were last seen in Vauxhalls of the 1990s and ate just wrong. Then there was a facelift around 2006 that just made it look and feel more even more low-rent Vauxhall, rather than proper Swedish Saab. The last one I rode in was a station taxi. Compared with an E220 of similar age, it felt ready to fall apart. Maybe that was more to do with it being a station taxi than being a SAAB. I've been in a few Merc taxis which weren't exactly fresh out of the box.
I'll probably have a look at this one, after all I can almost see the dealer's site from the office window I'm sitting at right now. Nothing to lose.
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Post by Humph on Feb 2, 2018 16:16:10 GMT
Is an unmarried person from Malta a single malt?
As you were, back to gas guzzlers...
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2018 16:20:33 GMT
I'll ask when I go to apply for citizenship and a passport in the near future.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2018 18:46:44 GMT
I'd have that Saab in a heartbeat.
The V50 looks like something that was designed to be bigger and then shrank in the wash. Nasty looking thing and though I've only ever been in one briefly, also nasty to be in.
I like V70s very much, but older V70s are only ever cheap for a reason. Now mostly that reason is cheap to fix, if you do it yourself, but you don't so it won't be.
MPG / Fuel type / whatever totally irrelevant on that mileage.
The goal is a car that the Lady likes, believes in and will accept as being her choice. All that nasty right/wrong logic stuff is worthless and irrelevant.
p.s. I've always rather liked Vauxhalls, so the Saab being reminiscent of one, which I don't think it actually is, is hardly a downside.
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Post by dixinormus on Feb 2, 2018 20:56:07 GMT
I bought a new V50 about 12 years ago. Lovely car, but it was rather small. Even though it's an estate, the S60 that preceded it seemed to accommodate more luggage on family trips. Bigger, more comfy seats in the S60/V70 too...
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Post by dixinormus on Feb 2, 2018 21:04:25 GMT
You've found some nice-looking cars, Al, but let's be realistic: anything 10 years old or more might be a money pit. All those complex components about to have a late mid-life crisis...
Don't the bangernomics experts say that you're better off spending 1500 quid and banking the rest of the budget? The car can then be scrapped if an uneconomic repair bill slaps you in the face.
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Post by WDB on Feb 2, 2018 21:15:15 GMT
Don't the bangernomics experts say...? Yes. They also say that you shouldn't get hung up on looking for hard-to-find features like automatic transmission and a camelskin interior. I'm guessing Vić's face is close to blue already with that line of reasoning. |
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Post by tyrednexited on Feb 2, 2018 21:45:53 GMT
Is an unmarried person from Malta a single malt? As you were, back to gas guzzlers... ....what does that make a Malteser, then...? (TnE, off to see some geezer SWMBO wants to see in Rotorua. Don't know who it is ..) |
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Post by dixinormus on Feb 2, 2018 22:13:56 GMT
He'll be maori in Rotorua, that's for sure...
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Post by Deleted on Feb 3, 2018 19:22:05 GMT
So, no comment on the rugby? [snigger]
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Post by Deleted on Feb 3, 2018 19:23:43 GMT
WDB has it right. V50 might well do the trick and get you into a nice T5 to boot....
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Post by Humph on Feb 3, 2018 22:13:59 GMT
So, no comment on the rugby? [snigger] No |
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Post by WDB on Feb 3, 2018 22:46:29 GMT
Some of us were out all day and don’t - or didn’t - know the result.
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