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Post by WDB on Feb 9, 2018 20:26:17 GMT
Can’t remember when I last saw a 75.
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Post by Rob on Feb 9, 2018 22:36:47 GMT
I've seen one or two in recent months... that's about it. Seen more than double that number for Nissan Leafs in the last two days.
The Saab would be a risk. The 75 an even bigger risk.
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Post by WDB on Feb 10, 2018 17:54:52 GMT
For about the same as that 9-5 (nice enough car, proper Saab engine) you could get a very late 900 T16-S. Undoubtedly it would require some upkeep but it would hold and might even gain value, and have some real cool factor too.
Only you’re clutchophobic, aren’t you? And an automatic 900 loses style points - assuming you can find one. It’s really just me wanting one; if we had drive space for a third car, I’d have one - even though I’m having to manufacture opportunities to use the two we have.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2018 12:49:13 GMT
Can’t remember when I last saw a 75. I saw a 51 plate Rover 75 estate in Slovenia at the base of a ski gondola this weekend. Must have been driven there for the holidays, it was showing plenty of winter motorway grime. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2018 16:18:30 GMT
Friends came round to visit last night. He drives a 75 estate (Tourer?). Lots of miles, but keeps on going with its BMW diesel engine.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2018 16:31:49 GMT
But what's the spares and repairs situation like for this brand these days? Been out of business for around 10 years now... No desire for a Rover 75 Al? That'd be cheaper... It's fine, dixi. Couple of SAAB specialists in business round my way, and many parts can be had from Vauxhall dealers. No, no desire for a Rover 75. Sadly, it seems Mrs A now wants a FIAT Tipo estate, as per other thread. That SAAB is still available, I'd have it like a shot. |
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Post by dixinormus on Feb 20, 2018 8:04:06 GMT
I'd rather a new-ish Fiat than a dodgy old Saab of unknown provenance..!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2018 9:21:29 GMT
So says the boss.
The Top Gear and HJ reviews of the Tipo are pretty positive. Better car than it's given credit for, whilst not being a class leader nor anything particularly extraordinary, it is very good in its own right and immense value compared to its rivals. One thing which I wasn't impressed with was the vague gearchange, but that's not a problem as we'd look for an auto.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2018 13:11:45 GMT
Auris hybrid estate is today's thinking in my bid to present options to the board.
£4k scrappage available on new ones, and 0% PCP. Total overkill to buy new, but those numbers are likely to inspire the board of one. And if the PCP monthlies are low enough, why not?
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Post by lygonos on Feb 20, 2018 13:28:33 GMT
Tread carefully when you're dealing with your missus's monthlies.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2018 13:35:23 GMT
Learnt that the hard way.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2018 15:09:08 GMT
Oh brown stuff. She's done a bit of research herself and discovered the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV. Omar Gawd, I might have to get a supply of brown paper bags for my head.
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Post by WDB on Feb 20, 2018 16:28:04 GMT
Was about to offer a logical case against the Outlander (or any PHEV) as a long-distance car, but we've done logic, haven't we? Let's not go there, then.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2018 17:55:21 GMT
What's wrong with it? I've not driven one but it looks good enough?
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Post by WDB on Feb 20, 2018 18:12:18 GMT
My reasoning is that Vić already has a BEV for short-to-medium distances, so he needs something for longer trips, which he does today in his Mercedes estate. On any trip above about 30 miles, a PHEV is essentially a petrol car that has to carry 400kg of redundant batteries, along with the complex hardware for combining two drivetrains even when one isn't doing anything.
Yes, I considered buying one too, but as a short-journey car whose trips would have been overwhelmingly within its 30-mile pure electric range. (And, as you know, we had a rethink and went for a BEV instead.) Two of my retired neighbours have them and use them to trundle to the golf club. Other people are choosing them as company cars because of a perverse incentive offered by the tax rules. I don't see a viable use case for a PHEV in Vić's household. But if Mrs V wants one...
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