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Bren Rank: Talbot Tagora

Bren

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Knight rider is on forces Tv. With a nice us spec renault fuego in it.

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bramz7 Rank: Renault 16

bramz7

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"Papa!"

 

You know I never did see that advert.

 

So yeah, I somehow now own a Renault Clio Baccara 1.8 MANUAL?!?!?! Professionally done when it was 6 years old, never sold here with a manual box. It shifts! I lit the wheels up twice coming back.

 

Full leather interior and suit carrying parcel shelf intact. Typically everything broken in my RT-D works in this one.

Lord Sterling Rank: Isuzu Florian

Lord Sterling

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You know I never did see that advert.

 

So yeah, I somehow now own a Renault Clio Baccara 1.8 MANUAL?!?!?! Professionally done when it was 6 years old, never sold here with a manual box. It shifts! I lit the wheels up twice coming back.

 

Full leather interior and suit carrying parcel shelf intact. Typically everything broken in my RT-D works in this one.

:shock: really? Wow.

 

We need more pics of this.

loserone Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

loserone

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Holy crap.

 

I have absolutely no need for this, and your house is the furthest I've ever collected a car from, but..  Dibs?

bramz7 Rank: Renault 16

bramz7

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Holy crap.

 

I have absolutely no need for this, and your house is the furthest I've ever collected a car from, but..  Dibs?

 

Yeah sure! I dunno when that will be but i will remember that.

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xtriple Rank: Renault 16

xtriple

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Just watched the channel 4 thing about Bentleys. I am now sad... it seems to prove that Bentley (VW - spit!) really do know their buyers as it was just tasteless shite with a Bentayga badge on it.

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They_all_do_that_sir Rank: Renault 16

They_all_do_that_sir

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So the focus.......I changed the discs and pads but the passenger side wheel bearing is away....the starter motor is on the blink, it's using oil and the EML is on. Code says lambda sensor and it's using a good bit of pez. Coupled with lots of knocks from the rear suspension and a monster dent in one of the doors it's not really worth throwing more money at. A clean MOTd one is around £300

 

Last weekend wifey closed the passenger door and the wing mirror fell off which was pure comedy....in my eyes.

 

I'll hand my autoshite card in at the door because we went out and replaced it with a cash cow which I'm ashamed to say is quite a nice car.

 

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But before I do hand the autoshite card in I'll argue that having a decent daily means instead of spending all my time fixing the daily, I can devote more time to the XM.....So expect me to watch TV instead....

 

Incidentally I'm breaking the focus so if anyone wants anything PM me. It's a mk1.5 1.6 pez in a silver colour

 

 

 

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Talbot Rank: Isuzu Florian

Talbot

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Cashcow Mk2.

 

The most obvious case of admitting that the Mk1's "radical" styling cost you sales since the Fiat Multipla.

Mr_Bo11ox Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

Mr_Bo11ox

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All those Qashqai's have been a great success for Nissan have they not? I thought they exceeded all expectations sales-wise.

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dollywobbler Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

dollywobbler

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Cashcow Mk2.

 

The most obvious case of admitting that the Mk1's "radical" styling cost you sales since the Fiat Multipla.

 

Eh? That is a Mk1. As Mr Bollox says, they've been a MASSIVE sales success.

HMC Rank: Talbot Matra Rancho

HMC

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Amazing! Looks like they got inspiration from a Metro Vanden Plas (that is a compliment BTW)

They_all_do_that_sir Rank: Renault 16

They_all_do_that_sir

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I made part of that cashcow.. haha

You must have done an alright job as it's on 150k now!!

 

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They_all_do_that_sir Rank: Renault 16

They_all_do_that_sir

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Drove it to work this morning. Bloody nice thing to drive! At idle it's like a whisper too.

Love this. My mum had a 1.4RT which I used to borrow. It was very nippy with the 1.4 8v, the 1.8 must go well - are these the 1.8 16v as found in the sportier mk1 "clio 16v" - one rung below the Williams....

 

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sierraman Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

sierraman

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Seen a potential purchase on ebay.

What is book price for 57 vectra 1.9 cdti elite estate? 97 k on clock.

When’s the thread for when it’s in limp home mode?

 

Arguably a much worse bet than the 3.0 you got rid of. Value? I’d say no more than you could afford to lose. Probably no more than £6-700 I’d look to give, so a good few hundred less than the 1.8 Petrol.

HMC Rank: Talbot Matra Rancho

HMC

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Fleet news- Wartburg arrival due this Thursday, late evening. Cash in a brown envelope.

 

This already sounds like a Cold War drama.

bramz7 Rank: Renault 16

bramz7

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Love this. My mum had a 1.4RT which I used to borrow. It was very nippy with the 1.4 8v, the 1.8 must go well - are these the 1.8 16v as found in the sportier mk1 "clio 16v" - one rung below the Williams....

 

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AFAIK it's got a 1.8 8v which the RSI used, multipoint injection. It just accelerates smoothly up to the desired speed without any fuss at all. I drove my 1.9D earlier this morning and it was such a change.

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DVee8 Rank: Talbot Tagora

DVee8

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Cashcow Mk2.

 

The most obvious case of admitting that the Mk1's "radical" styling cost you sales since the Fiat Multipla.

 

 

All those Qashqai's have been a great success for Nissan have they not? I thought they exceeded all expectations sales-wise.

 

 

Eh? That is a Mk1. As Mr Bollox says, they've been a MASSIVE sales success.

It is a Mark 1 Qashqai.

Nissan didn't expect the Qashqai to take off aswell as it did/has.Nissan didn't think that people would get the concept when we first started the trials back in 2005/6.

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loserone Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

loserone

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Just think, before these people would have bought primeras.

Kiltox Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

Kiltox

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Just think, before these people would have bought primeras.

They wouldn’t though - how many P12 Primeras do you see?

Ghosty Rank: Talbot Tagora

Ghosty

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Speaking of styling, I've been seeing a lot less Kia Sportfridges about since the new model came out.

 

Good.

They_all_do_that_sir Rank: Renault 16

They_all_do_that_sir

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At first it was a replacement for the almera.

I'm actually astounded at how easy to run it is. It looks massive and chunky but I'm guessing it's a similar weight to a focus.

 

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hairnet Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

hairnet

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That was an expensive morning.

 

cms206: rapunzeldomesticate

 

williams and glyn love me niaow

 

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