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As opposed to "Bent Car Salesman Burgundy".................

Ref non starting....have you been starting it on the key........?Maybe worth trying to bypass the ignition switch completely, and trying it..........

ABS light has fixed itself.................ref Asimo's query................yup, I find the driving position excellent, I'm 63, 6 ft, 15 stone, and with a dodgy lower back, and I find them fine.Ride is firm, but not stupidly so. Don't discount the V6 models, they're great cruisers, and pretty economical. I drove one from Calais to Brest last year, pretty much non stop, and it was fine.

Thanks for that...useful to know

Firebird with V8 LT1 engine ......about 320 bhp. At 70, it's ticking over at about 1850 rpm.........Has a few issues, ABS light on, central locking doesn't, cruise control doesn't either........but...great service history, no rust, and non leaking T tops.....

Caused an absolute shit storm on here last year..........old 403 with Golf 1.8t running gear...................converted to fwd............in fairness, I was talked into it, and it did work pretty well, but, in hindsight I wish I'd stuck to my guns, and stuck with rwd...........

All the above, excepting Firebird, obv, , have all gone to new owners [inc Rover 90 with Merc diesel]..................uncomfortable [for me, anyway] is something I can no longer tolerate. It's very difficult to enjoy a car when the fucking thing is hell bent on destroying your crumbling vertebra

In the past 18 months I've been through various amounts of decaying old shite, which have all had one thing in common.....the ability to send my back into spasms in pretty shorty order............there was this then this......followed by........and a few others............so I went and sat in a few......just picked up this...........sure, a bit "Miami Vice", but it's got a shed load of grunt, bizarrely economical for a V8, and very comfortable.........

Monsieur Rod...............please pm me........

Yes..it's a six............don't know why I thought it was a five pot................senility has finally arrived.

I aim to please..................

Just what I was thinking........pref something with an auto box, and not riddled with electronics..............

Probably about the same [p4 has a separate chassis] as long as it cruises at 70, not particularly bothered, but I'd like to put [possibly] a more modern diesel in there.........

Yup..electric power steering.....might box that in.......looks like it would probably have you off at the knees in an accident.