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Post by Humph on Oct 30, 2017 11:43:04 GMT
I was using my son's Aygo on Saturday and met a friend I've not seen for a while. He noticed the car I'd arrived in and asked me when I'd gone and got myself a "chicken chaser". I'd never heard that expression before but I rather like it. I think that car will now be known by that title in our household. 🐓
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Post by Alanović on Oct 30, 2017 12:14:24 GMT
I've heard people calling scooters (Honda 50s and the like) chicken chasers before, but never a car. Inflation I suppose.
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Post by tyrednexited on Oct 30, 2017 12:52:42 GMT
....I suppose it's better than being advised one has taken on a "bunny boiler"......
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Post by Hofmeister on Oct 30, 2017 13:08:45 GMT
I was using my son's Aygo on Saturday and met a friend I've not seen for a while. He noticed the car I'd arrived in and asked me when I'd gone and got myself a "chicken chaser". I'd never heard that expression before but I rather like it. I think that car will now be known by that title in our household. 🐓 Thats a nugget of information I could live without.
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Post by Alanović on Oct 30, 2017 17:21:05 GMT
Here's the cheeky little fella. Liked it so much I had to take a photo.
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Post by Humph on Oct 30, 2017 17:25:49 GMT
Inoffensive in white. The one I had was a sort of Digestive biscuit beige. ( bit like Espada's Merc but not metallic )
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Post by tyrednexited on Oct 30, 2017 17:33:53 GMT
Inoffensive in white. The one I had was a sort of Digestive biscuit beige. ( bit like Espada's Merc but not metallic ) ....Prosecco, rather than Champagne........?
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Post by Alanović on Oct 30, 2017 17:44:43 GMT
Inoffensive in white. The one I had was a sort of Digestive biscuit beige. ( bit like Espada's Merc but not metallic ) Gots to be white in the Med. Can't understand people ordering black cars down there. Saw one Leaf whilst out there, in white. They look good in white. Lots of publicity for Audi electric cars around the posher marina type resorts, places like the Costa Smeralda (Porto Cervo particularly), and even some charging points in one car park I visited. Which were both filed with stinky ICE cars, natch.
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Post by Humph on Oct 30, 2017 17:50:39 GMT
Inoffensive in white. The one I had was a sort of Digestive biscuit beige. ( bit like Espada's Merc but not metallic ) ....Prosecco, rather than Champagne........? Contadino or perhaps Paesano beige?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 28, 2017 6:07:15 GMT
The Christmas trip rental car is a Mitsubishi Outlander. 2.4 petrol, 4-cyl, auto with flappy paddles. It's comfortable, spacious and very suitable for a family of 5 plus luggage but I would have preferred an MPV to a fake SUV. The main reason is simply the quality of the drive. It's moderately quick around town, but open road acceleration is more noise than speed, the steering is very light and uninformative and the car wallows around corners; its very American.
The one thing in its favour is the Android based infotainment system which has Waze built in, as well as internet radio, so I can listen to Radio 4 which is an improvement on anything Israeli radio has to offer (even if I could understand everything being said) apart from possibly their version of Radio 3 which is a nice mix of that station and Classic FM.
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Post by dixinormus on Dec 28, 2017 20:46:00 GMT
Those petrol Outlanders are big sellers down here in NZ. A lot of car for the money: 7 seats and a 10-year warranty for around 17,000 quid brand new!
All the rental cars I ever had in Tel Aviv 10 years ago were rather battered and tired and musty..! I recall driving down to Eilat one afternoon in a Focus sedan with multiple dents all down 1 side 😄
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Post by WDB on Dec 29, 2017 0:59:57 GMT
I wonder if they sell a single petrol one here. The PHEV version, of course, is everywhere - which tells you a lot about UK tax rules and very little about its real-world capabilities. Two of my (retired) neighbours have them - an application that probably makes more sense than the typical high-mileage corporate user.
I'd have thought a PHEV would appeal to Rob. I wonder what's holding him back. 😈
Today's news about the UK's carbon-neutral electricity output is huge, but probably belongs in the Electric Cars thread.
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Post by dixinormus on Dec 29, 2017 3:25:20 GMT
There's a few Outlander PHEVs around in NZ, but with a price tag approaching GBP £30 grand, you might as well ignore the environment and buy the 2.4 petrol for under £20k...
I believe that the PHEV's 2-litre petrol engine is a little anaemic once the batteries have done their bit too...
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Post by Deleted on Dec 29, 2017 5:48:04 GMT
Inevitably, as the weight of the batteries needs to be pulled along by a small engine. Even at ¥ £30,000, that is cheap by UK prices. The cheapest is £32,500, rising to £43,500!
Rental cars in Israel are still bashed. Driving is very Levatine here; dreadful road manners, parking by touch and poor road furniture. Tourists do their fair share. I scraped the front passenger door leaving the hotel yesterday; a low metal bollard next the parking space, completely invisible to the driver. Let's see if my excess insurance works....
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Post by dixinormus on Dec 29, 2017 8:52:56 GMT
Bashed my head on the windscreen of a rental Subaru in Jerusalem once... Landed at midnight and drove dog tired to the Holiday Inn in Jerusalem. I coasted up to the car park barrier and gave my left foot a firm press on the clutch... it was an automatic 😩
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