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Post by Humph on Aug 22, 2018 8:29:23 GMT
It has one of those CVT gearboxes doesn't it ( Constantly Very Troublesome perhaps ) ?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2018 9:03:07 GMT
Subarus are plastic. At least all the models we get in the UK are.
Is it brown?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2018 13:43:36 GMT
Al, you are so right.
It's a Forester. And it is overwhelmingly plastic. Cheap shit plastic at that. Picked it up. Drove home. Thought about it for 10 minutes. Took it back. Don't even want to play with it.
The engine was pretty lively, I almost planted it up the bum of a bus in the first 500yards, but it's just such a horrible place to be. Hard seats, hard leather. Lots of black plastic, all of it cheap. The small centre console thing was probably rejected by a 1980s Skoda. Everything is black, including the leather seats and carpets.
*This* is what people have been raving about all these years? Never had one. Don't think I have ever driven one before. I shall certainly never have one in the future.
Nasty. just nasty.
He's going to bring me down a Dodge Durango this afternoon. Apparently he's sure I'm going to love it.
I have my doubts.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2018 13:43:49 GMT
p.s. No, it was white.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2018 13:47:08 GMT
Humph,
>>It has one of those CVT gearboxes doesn't it
Yes, it does. And I am undecided. From what I have read it seems to have a horrible reputation for reliability, but I can't make up what I think of it. I guess you'd have to drive the same model car, one with a CVT and the other with a traditional auto to know for sure.
I can't make up my mind whether it's that I don't like it or I'm just finding it so different.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2018 13:52:04 GMT
Durangos are huge, but probably plastic too. The missus went on a business trip to Yankee country once and booked an economy class hire car, you know "Focus or similar" type thing. Got given a Durango and nearly fainted when she saw the size of it. Not for the first time.
Anyway, is it brown?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2018 13:58:07 GMT
I imagine your wife was shocked at the size of it being used to things being much smaller than promised, rather than much bigger.
I don't think a Durango is *that* big.
The Forester was [is] white. S'got a CVT as well, apparently. That and garlic bread, it's the future.
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Post by tyrednexited on Aug 22, 2018 13:59:11 GMT
He's going to bring me down a Dodge Durango this afternoon.......... ...and, following the trend of the other current thread, why does Dodge Durango sound ok(-ish), but Dodge Dudley (go on, you have to think it in the accent) is just a "no!"... |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2018 14:02:42 GMT
I can't get this out of my mind. Kind of puts me off the car a bit.  |
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Post by WDB on Aug 22, 2018 14:03:46 GMT
There was a Volvo Wentworth once upon a time.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2018 14:05:09 GMT
Mini Mayfair.
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Post by tyrednexited on Aug 22, 2018 14:05:48 GMT
I can't get this out of my mind. Kind of puts me off the car a bit. ....so, in answer to Al, you think it's going to be any colour it wants to be? (and thus it might avoid brown  ) |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2018 14:06:08 GMT
I imagine your wife was shocked at the size of it being used to things being much smaller than promised, rather than much bigger. I don't think a Durango is *that* big. The Forester was [is] white. S'got a CVT as well, apparently. That and garlic bread, it's the future. It's got steps up to it. So has the Durango. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2018 14:07:10 GMT
I can't get this out of my mind. Kind of puts me off the car a bit. You been hacking Lud's selfie collection again? |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2018 14:08:31 GMT
>>It's got steps up to it.
Long way from the ground, is it?
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