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Post by Deleted on Aug 28, 2018 20:15:12 GMT
Ah. I had sort of assumed the PPoS was turbodiesel..
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Post by Deleted on Aug 28, 2018 20:50:22 GMT
Nooooo, I rarely drive or own diesels, I don't like them.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 2, 2018 14:49:44 GMT
Come home with a bloody city pretend SUV without asking me, would you? Well Hah! I don't even want to take your poxy Murano out to play, I've got a proper toy..  |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 2, 2018 14:58:55 GMT
Fackin' 'ell.
You'd blend right in on the school run in Reading.
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Post by commerdriver on Oct 2, 2018 15:04:23 GMT
Post by Otto Krecht on Aug 28, 2018 at 7:05pm
I am pretty sure that all my current vehicles in Chile are normally aspirated petrol engines.
little surprised at that Otto, OK petrol rather than diesel I understand but I sort of got the understanding that you do go out in the hilly bits at times and I would have expected a turbo to help with the higher bits you have in Chile.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 2, 2018 15:09:06 GMT
Hang on, it says on the side it's only a 1500. Bit underpowered, no? Is it a Triumph Dolomite engine?  |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 2, 2018 15:11:36 GMT
Not sure about that. It's around 5.8m long and 2.0m wide. Not sure about manoeuvring that around Caversham.
I don't like I'd like the price of filling it's tank with petrol in Reading, either.
p.s. I do like the sound of an aggressive V8.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 2, 2018 15:16:31 GMT
I've seen people trying to park these things, and Chevrolet Suburbans, and the like, in the Caversham Waitrose car park. It's like a ballet of idiots.
Top vehicle where you live though, even if it is only the 1.5.
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Post by Humph on Oct 2, 2018 16:18:49 GMT
I think it’s probably time for you to come home, you’re going a bit bush now aren’t you?
Nothing to be ashamed about, seen it before, can happen to almost anyone, but you really should look to spending a bit more time in Europe before it’s too late don’t you think?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 2, 2018 16:19:45 GMT
>>little surprised at that Otto, OK petrol rather than diesel I understand but I sort of got the understanding that you do go out in the hilly bits at times and I would have expected a turbo to help with the higher bits you have in Chile.
More to go wrong.
But in any case, they do ok. They lack a bit of power, but it's ok. A 5.7 litre V8 is not a highly tuned machine, in any case. By far a greater concern, and it's frequently caused me a heart stopping moment, is overheating the brakes on the way down. One time I did that and ended up having to plant my previous Ram into a large snow drift to stop it.
I actually don't know how high I end up sometimes. Ojos del Salado is the highest road at 28,000ft. Most of the mountain passes are over 15,000ft. I doubt I go past 11/12,000 very often. High enough to notice the oxygen problem though for myself, and the cars become just a bit gutless. And, as I say, the time to be careful is coming down, not going up. Vehicles don't often run away with you going up.
When I go snowboarding I typically go to Portillo and the hotel there is at about 9,500ft.
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Post by WDB on Oct 2, 2018 16:27:42 GMT
28,000?? Everest is only (!) 29,000.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 2, 2018 16:44:57 GMT
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Post by tyrednexited on Oct 2, 2018 17:11:57 GMT
Hang on, it says on the side it's only a 1500. ....I think that refers to the year that it was designed..... |
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Post by Humph on Oct 2, 2018 17:49:30 GMT
Wonder if it has a spittoon in the footwell?
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Post by tyrednexited on Oct 2, 2018 18:04:38 GMT
Wonder if it has a spittoon in the footwell? ... wouldn't leave space for the cowboy boots .... (and cue "the spittoon joke" ;-) ) |
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