Sold 1985 Ford Granada mk2 estate. Sold and collected.

[Guest Breadvan72]

Cheers Dan.  Yep, I blasted away from tailgaters when the road ahead was clear to do so.  You don't even need the kick down - just open the throttle and hurtle off.  

 

The car is great.  Skizzer's turn again soon.  JM is busy doing Irish P6 craziness.

[Guest Breadvan72]

They do 120 OMGMPH.

 

 

It may or may not be the case that I know this.  I may or may not be basing what I may or may not know upon experience.

 

PS:  Don't worry Dan and Skiz, I am not thrashing the poor old thing all the time.  It's mostly waft.  I won't say don't worry to Junkherr, because he never worries about Jack.

[Junkman]

I know it because I drove them pretty consistently at that speed on Bundesautobahnen.

'i's are 5mph faster. Talk about OMGMPG at those speeds, though.

[Guest Breadvan72]

The alarm thing was not a low fuel beep, AFAIK.  It was a constant beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep, and the fuel was not in the reserve zone on the gauge yet (computer claimed 40 miles to empty).  I think the computer was telling me off for driving like a nuttah.   Well, that's me telt.

[danthecapriman]

The alarm thing was not a low fuel beep, AFAIK.  It was a constant beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep, and the fuel was not in the reserve zone on the gauge yet (computer claimed 40 miles to empty).  I think the computer was telling me off for driving like a nuttah.   Well, that's me telt.

Yes, there is a speed limit function on it. You can set it to whatever speed and it makes an annoying noise when you exceed that speed.

My mate set it to something like 20mph when I first got the car and of course I had no idea how to turn it off and I don't 'do' 20mph so it was going off constantly!

[andy18s]

Any good to anyone?

Just popped up on Facebook for £80

[danthecapriman]

Looks like a BOS models chasseur estate, 1/18 scale I think.

[Junkman]

Yeah, because that's what it is.

Skint, otherwise wood.

[Guest Breadvan72]

No matching luggage, so ah'm oot.

[Junkman]

Imaginary matching luggage is hidden beneath an even rarer boot cover.

[Guest Breadvan72]

Well, if it's imaginary matching luggage, tramp-chips interfacing may ensue.

 

 

(Stole tramp line off a roffle thread - think it's a Vulg or Cavcraft gag)

[Guest Breadvan72]

Station runnerage achieved -

 

 

 

[Guest Hooli]

Can't believe how small it looks there, Grannys are huge cars in my head.

[Guest Breadvan72]

Check out this fuckah: - SD1 vs EnormoSUVs.  Big car is now SMOLL. 




 

[bub2006]

Jesus man! Looks feckin tiny!

[anonymous user]

Jesus man! Looks feckin tiny!

No, it's a long way away

[eddyramrod]

I had a moment like that with my mk1 that I brought back from Cyprus.  You may remember that early in 2013 I picked up a Nordic Green Peugeot 406.  Now I always considered the 406 to be one size down, a Cortina-class car if you like.  But I got to park them together, and was amazed...

Hardly any difference in size!

Modern cars, and yes, I include a 20-year-old Pug in that, are obese.  Worse, more and more they are shaped (can't use "styled" any more as there's no such thing) to look intimidating and aggressive.  Just like people really...

 

TL;DR all modernz iz shit.

 

As you were...

[NorfolkNWeigh]

 

I parked next to an F10 5 series today and noticed it's not actually much if any longer or even wider, just somehow loads fatter.

I looked at a couple just before Christmas and there's definitely not any more room inside. I suppose I'm much fatter than I was when my e34 was new too.

It's been a while since I drove an SD1 but I'm sure there's more room than in a modern Range Rover, a car I drive regularly and find no roomier than a Freelander 2. Patrols are feckin ginormous though.

[JeeExEll]

Interesting pic.

 

[Guest Breadvan72]

Granny has gone to Wales with Skiz.  He said that he was going to get his angle grinder out and convert the car into a pick up truck, or something.  Maybe I misheard him.  

[Skizzer]

Sadly* I haven't got around to doing the pick-up conversion yet, but I did fix the sunroof handle using the spare one kindly provided:

 

 

Some friends are spending the hols in a cottage near Abergavenny so we took Keith the Dog up to meet them in the Brecon Beacons. Granny was ideal transport for this and continues to delight. Sorry no pics this time.

 

The only downside was the driving mirror got very melty while it was parked in the glorious sunshine (pic below taken later when sunshine was slightly less glorious):

 

 

Happily, there's a replacement in Dan's spares stash in the boot and the glue from Halfords I used on the Audi works well as long as you clean the surfaces properly, so that's an easy job for next weekend.

[danthecapriman]

Great to see you guys still enjoying this!

 

The rear view mirror fitted to this car was always a bit shit. The flexi bit is too loose so the mirror used to gradually drop down, plus that sticky pad thing was a bit pants too.

The spare one I put in the boot is much better as the flexi bit is stiffer and less worn.

[Junkman]

Keith the Dog

Oh no!

I had no idea you have a dog.

I'm allergic to dog hairs.

[Magnificent Rustbucket]

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I remember the central orange warning light being on all the time my dad owned his Granada. The e28 5 Series had a 'check control' panel in the same place which lit up with red LEDs. It looked rather low-tech and cheap in comparison to the Ford's roof console to my eyes, but motoring journalists seemed to love it and think it was really clever, along with everything else on the car. I guess this was when the 'German is best' thing started - they seemed to overlook the fact the Granada was also a German car though.
 

[Skizzer]

Ah. Bugger. Well, he only goes in his carrying basket in the boot, so dog hair distribution should be absolutely minimal. Said basket is canvas with mesh windows and a zip-up door.

[Junkman]

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I remember the central orange warning light being on all the time my dad owned his Granada.

 

 

That happened when the wires at the dipstik sheared off, i.e. after checking the oil level for the third time.

[Junkman]

Ah. Bugger. Well, he only goes in his carrying basket in the boot, so dog hair distribution should be absolutely minimal. Said basket is canvas with mesh windows and a zip-up door.

 

What kind of a dog is it?

[danthecapriman]

My two Jack Russell's used to go in the boot in this, occasionally, too.

I used to keep it very well hoovered out though as there's nothing worse than cars full of dog hairs!

[Captain Furious]

Dibs on JMs share if it turns out he can't go in it. I'm not allergic to dog hair, just mildly disgusted by it

[eddyramrod]

Further dibs; my Cypriot Guard Chihuahua won't mind a few hairs of other dogs.  She will just maintain high alert until she doesn't believe there's a threat any more.