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Post by Hofmeister on Sept 19, 2016 8:07:26 GMT
S'pose there might be a Jazz or a little Hyundai in between. Beige or burgundy though? That would be the dilemma I suppose? 🤔 Citroen do the C3 Piccasso in a fantastically lurid purple. I dont know why, but my eye keeps increasingly turning to that car. Is that one for the confessional |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 19, 2016 8:30:53 GMT
I don't know. Last week I had to bury the pedal to the carpet for a quick overtake on an A-road and the response was awesome. Not only did the car go very scarily fast the engine made a lovely noise (like all six cylinders should) and remained very smooth. A colleague had a E220CDi for a year or so, and whilst motorway driving was almost as good, you could tell 99% of the time it only had four cylinders and at the extreme, it did lack some poke. It was clearly more economical though - by about 3-5mpg overall.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 19, 2016 8:34:16 GMT
We all have our own idea of what'wafting' means, but personally I'd want at least six cylinders (I think, Espada, you're the only one of the three taxi-drivers above to have an E350). My V60, like a four-cylinder Mercedes, is a good, relaxed place to be on a long run: but for me at least it's not quite wafting. I did have a GLA on my shortlist earlier this year - just not a lot of fun to drive, and the diesel I test-drove was still too noisy, although not nearly as bad as the truly awful bag of nails that powered the B200 CDI that I had ten years ago. WDB - whats the betting that when you come to replace your E-class, it'll be with another one? Possibly the sixes depreciate faster than the fours, so that a newish 350 might not be much more to buy than a 250? I've got six cylinders. Just sayin' like.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 19, 2016 8:36:52 GMT
Let's be clear, Z: are you younger than all - or any - of Humph, Esp and me? In outlook? Clearly. I think I might be the youngest GOF on this forum. Und ich bin jetzt der Waftmeister General. All hail to the waft. |
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Post by Hofmeister on Sept 19, 2016 9:29:44 GMT
I've got six cylinders. Just sayin' like.
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Post by Humph on Sept 19, 2016 11:34:26 GMT
Beige or burgundy though? That would be the dilemma I suppose? 🤔 Citroen do the C3 Piccasso in a fantastically lurid purple. I dont know why, but my eye keeps increasingly turning to that car. Is that one for the confessional A purple Citroen Picasso? Ooooooh kaaaaay. Erm, yeah. That would indeed be an unusual choice. Have you been feeling quite well recently? Just asking...😬 |
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Post by WDB on Sept 19, 2016 13:20:54 GMT
Just don't put any yellow adornments on the doors, especially in the shape of £ signs.
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Post by Humph on Sept 19, 2016 13:32:54 GMT
He could always get the Lancer wrapped in purple vinyl ( bit of putty in the dings first and it'd be reet classy like )😉
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Post by Hofmeister on Sept 19, 2016 15:21:22 GMT
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Post by Humph on Sept 19, 2016 15:26:06 GMT
It might cheap enough on insurance I guess, I mean, no one is going to steal it are they?😉
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Post by Avant on Sept 19, 2016 22:10:25 GMT
Espada's right - an important element of 'wafting' is the ability to 'floor it and shoot past' safely, without anything remotely frenetic coming from the engine. Oddly enough the diesel V60 is quieter in that particular exercise than the GTI-powered petrol Octavia.
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Post by WDB on Sept 23, 2016 16:24:48 GMT
Difficult choices. We went out to lunch this week with one of my favourite colleagues - a favourite not (just) because she looks a little like Angelina Jolie but because she's worked with me on some tough assignments and kept her senses of humour and proportion when all around were losing theirs.
The resemblance is topical, but inversely because she's just returned from becoming more, not less married, giving us the perfect excuse for a bit of a social.
Anyway, we had to get there, and wafting seemed the way to go. I took the bus that day, thinking I might have a carful, but the rest of the party went in another car, so it was just her and me. Suddenly the E, smooth as it can be, seemed a bit oversized and tweedy, when we could have been in something more svelte and louche.
So what do my fellow lizards prefer when out with another chap's wife?🐉
(I should add for completeness that I didn't have access to a ten-year-old Mitsubishi. If I had, of course, my friend would never have married the other bloke.)
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Post by Humph on Sept 23, 2016 16:33:47 GMT
Panda, lulls them into a false sense of security.
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Post by WDB on Sept 23, 2016 16:48:27 GMT
Grey fleece and black Clarks to complete the deception?
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Post by Humph on Sept 23, 2016 16:52:28 GMT
There are limits !
Incidentally, I keep seeing purple Citroen Picassos all of a sudden. Quite disturbing.
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