Datsuncog's Heaps: Sept 2023 - Another Year's T-Met Exemption Certificate...

[Jams]

A Lot of car for the money that

[Datsuncog]

^^^ That is jolly nice... I definitely want to own a V70 some day.

But not today.

Deposit deposited. Updates and pics to follow...

[beko1987]

Oooh exciting!

[SiC]

Is this that forester you posted earlier?

[They_all_do_that_sir]

Is this that forester you posted earlier?

He says not hatchback so I'll counter offer with German saloon of some sort

 

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[320touring]

*does an excitez*

[BeEP]

I'll go for late Vauxhall Omega

[Parky]

Not a hatch?

 

Renault Laguna Estate?

[Jams]

E46?

[SiC]

He says not hatchback so I'll counter offer with German saloon of some sort

 

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Forester is an estate.

[They_all_do_that_sir]

Forester is an estate.

I suppose it is.....I always considered a hatch to be one thing and an estate another if that makes sense though

 

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[Tadhg Tiogar]

He says not hatchback so I'll counter offer with German saloon of some sort....

Possibly BMW or Opel?

 

Then again, could be Japanese....like a Bluebird or 626 Montrose or a Mitsi Sigma....

[BeEP]

Whatever it is, I reckon it's broken down on the way home!

[SiC]

Let's hope not, for datsuncogs sake!

[Parky]

Peugeot 406?

[Tadhg Tiogar]

Peugeot 406?

He said not FWD

[Parky]

Ah, I didn't spot that.

 

Suzuki XC90 then!

[Datsuncog]

Well now... some good guesswork going on here!

I'm generally fearful about enumerating poultry prior to full incubation; so I'm not sure whether I should hold off with the big reveal until tomorrow, and then provide a completely lame and pointless collection thread as and when the deal is done... (the seller's only about nine miles away).

A deposit was left with the vendor, balance payable tomorrow night, and I've been bricking it most of the evening as this car is very far away from any of my prior wrecks, both in shape and in philosophy. And performance, quite possibly.

I can assure all here assembled that The Thing is unnecessarily large, pointlessly thirsty, and has an exhaust note that I can confidently state will have Next-Door with his Evo 9 craning his neck to see what all the commotion's about.

Strangely, the impetus for this purchase came largely from Mrs DC, who has hankered after one of these since she was but a slip of a girl. Her Canadian friends also speak very highly of them. I do remember the launch ads for them back in my own teenage years; but otherwise they've been kind of under my radar.

Not for much longer, hopefully.

 

New Thing to go here.

[SiC]

A Forester with a boxer engine then.

[Datsuncog]

^^^ Is that your final answer...?

(I'm rubbish at this.)

 

Anyhow... of equal importance, really, is the matter of what's to be done with the Gooner thread? Is it the done thing to just change the title and carry on shiteing (as it were), or does tradition dictate that new car = new thread, with this one being mothballed??

I'm easy with either; I'm just aware there's likely to be overlap between New Thing arriving and The Terrible Gooner Twins being towed away to live on a farm, so don't want to break the Rennerflow unnecessarily.

Please state your preference below!

[MorrisItalSLX]

My money is on an old Jaaaaaaaaag with an unnecessarily large engine.

 

Keep it all on this thread, makes life easy

[dome]

A 4x4 of some sort, perhaps a Jeep?

 

I'd change the title and carry on the thread personally, it's up to you though. A lot of us change cars more than underwear so one thread is easier

[SiC]

I personally when doing my threads I prefer a new thread per car. It allows me to draw a line under a car. However a single thread does give continuation and easier. Also allows you to put in any other car related shinangians.

[beko1987]

I used to do a thread per car, but just continue the existing one now. I have done with both lagunas anyway. The other 4 are long gone now, fallen to the depths of the forum bottom.

 

Its why my first post is always short so I can find the edit button easier rather than scrolling past 96 pictures to change the title.

[Supernaut]

Forester Turbo.

 

I'm sure I saw you asking about them somewhere else, or was I hallucinating that? I can't seem to find the post now.

[Parky]

Toyota RAV4?

[320touring]

Forester Turbo.

 

I'm sure I saw you asking about them somewhere else, or was I hallucinating that? I can't seem to find the post now.

He did, cos it's had the belts done last year;)

[DVee8]

 

1987-1981 Pontiac Tempest

From 1987 to 1991, the Chevy Corsica was sold in Canada as a Pontiac Tempest. It borrowed wheelcovers from the 6000 and sported Canadian-spec daytime running lights and metric gauges.

[Datsuncog]

On 4/25/2018 at 9:14 AM, beko1987 said:

I used to do a thread per car, but just continue the existing one now. I have done with both lagunas anyway. The other 4 are long gone now, fallen to the depths of the forum bottom.

Its why my first post is always short so I can find the edit button easier rather than scrolling past 96 pictures to change the title.

^^^ Now that's planning ahead... wish I'd done that now! Rather than having to scroll through 50 pics of spark plugs each time the title needs updating, like a dolt.

 

Yeah, reckon I might just keep going with this one thread, rather than having to juggle multiples. It's sad when really cracking threads inevitably sink to the bottom once they become dormant... what we maybe need is a "Best Of Autoshite" (Autoshite Greatest Hits? Golden Greats?) containing links to some of the really, really entertaining/informative threads of yore - y'know, the Thread of the Year winners and nominees, the ones that best sum up the spirit of this place, that old-timers can reminisce and chuckle over, and newbies can draw inspiration from for their own threads.

While I twiddle my thumbs waiting to find out how much Privilege want to violate my wallet in order to swap my insurance over onto the New Thing, has anyone got any suggestions for Autoshite Greatest Hits?

[Datsuncog]

Much as I'd love to have a Pontiac Tempest arriving on my drive (and well done for the sleuthing, that does indeed fit the criteria), some of the others have twigged my posts yesterday on the SQA/Questions/Ask A Shiter Thread (whatever it's called today)...

http://autoshite.com/topic/31328-ask-a-shiter/?p=1486714

http://autoshite.com/topic/31328-ask-a-shiter/?p=1486737

 

Yup. It's a 2003 Subaru Forester 2.0 XT.

But I won't quite believe it until I have the green slip in my hand and I'm on my way, later on this evening.

More details to follow...