richardmorris Posted June 10 Share Posted June 10 Some nice people left this outside my window this afternoon. Such a great design, Gordon Murray is useing it again for his new electric car. dome, Cord Fourteener, Zelandeth and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted June 10 Share Posted June 10 35 minutes ago, richardmorris said: Some nice people left this outside my window this afternoon. Such a great design, Gordon Murray is useing it again for his new electric car. This one has 41,000 miles , 10,000 since 2006. Last failed its mot because of a sticker on the windscreen! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted June 10 Share Posted June 10 I get to bring this back today. Ram CLASSIC BASE. It has an options list that's very short. Vinyl seats, steel wheels, unpainted plastic bumpers, rubber mats, switch blanks, the lot. It's even last year's model (hence Classic). It does have a bed protector and side steps. I think those are the only options. Phil crad, Datsuncog, Supernaut and 17 others 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted June 10 Share Posted June 10 3 minutes ago, PhilA said: I get to bring this back today. Ram CLASSIC BASE. It has an options list that's very short. Vinyl seats, steel wheels, unpainted plastic bumpers, rubber mats, switch blanks, the lot. It's even last year's model (hence Classic). It does have a bed protector and side steps. I think those are the only options. Phil Do you need a truck licence to drive it?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted June 10 Share Posted June 10 38 minutes ago, richardmorris said: Do you need a truck licence to drive it?! Nope, regular car license. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted June 10 Share Posted June 10 2 minutes ago, PhilA said: Nope, regular car license. It’s enormous! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted June 10 Share Posted June 10 1 minute ago, richardmorris said: It’s enormous! 19' 9", not that big. richardmorris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernaut Posted June 10 Share Posted June 10 51 minutes ago, PhilA said: I get to bring this back today. Ram CLASSIC BASE. It has an options list that's very short. Vinyl seats, steel wheels, unpainted plastic bumpers, rubber mats, switch blanks, the lot. It's even last year's model (hence Classic). It does have a bed protector and side steps. I think those are the only options. Phil It's got a crew cab too. Surely that's an option. Otherwise brilliant! A proper working truck. PhilA 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollywobbler Posted June 10 Share Posted June 10 If you want really silly, in Florida, it seems you can drive anything you like as long as it's classed as an RV. I'd want at least a bit of training before driving something that enormous! richardmorris, bobdisk and somewhatfoolish 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted June 10 Share Posted June 10 22 minutes ago, Supernaut said: It's got a crew cab too. Surely that's an option. Otherwise brilliant! A proper working truck. Crew cab is standard on the run-out models- evidently they have more of the bodies to shift. You would need air brakes endorsement for that contraption, plus I think it's a little over max gvw for a class E license. You can definitely drive a coach based RV on a car license though. You can kinda see why though, that brown truck drives just like a car. It's comfy, quiet and has a decent enough haul/tow set of statistics (Just over a half ton haul, 5.2 ton tow, about the same as a Sprinter), which is the entry level weight, the 3500 HD can haul 3.8 ton and tow 18.5 ton. Phil LightBulbFun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted June 10 Share Posted June 10 Its the Ford F750 that's comically big. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort16 Posted June 10 Share Posted June 10 I was posting the keys of my BMW through the garage letter box last night as I'm trying to get the aircon on my BMW fixed and noticed an Allegro inside the garage. I decided to go down to check on my BMW/sniff out this allegro at lunch time it was an absolutely mint burgundy 20,000 miles series one deluxe that was in for some work. I sold my old Allegro to the guy who owned the garage so between the two of us there was a lot of Vic Reeves style Allegro trouser rubbing. So much infact I forgot to take a picture of it. It also turn out the AC condenser on the BMW is goosed. RobT, Split_Pin, dome and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted June 10 Share Posted June 10 Liked for the image of trouser rubbing towards an Allegro! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort1977 Posted June 10 Share Posted June 10 51 minutes ago, SiC said: Its the Ford F750 that's comically big. Ford doesn't actually sell them like that though. That's an f750 chassis with an f350 body grafted on, fancy wheels and fabricated steps etc. Which is great. PhilA and SiC 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort16 Posted June 10 Share Posted June 10 6 minutes ago, Split_Pin said: Liked for the image of trouser rubbing towards an Allegro! There was lot of Allegro love. It's probably the nicest one I've seen. The series three I had and sold to the guy with the garage was nice and has a similar low mileage but a lot of the cool touches in the S1 had been removed by the time the S3 came out. Split_Pin and dome 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted June 10 Share Posted June 10 1 hour ago, PhilA said: 19' 9", not that big. ....everything big in America Cord Fourteener 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted June 10 Share Posted June 10 47 minutes ago, Tadhg Tiogar said: ....everything big in America Texas. That's just Texas. Cord Fourteener and Tadhg Tiogar 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted June 11 Share Posted June 11 Getting old. Need to save the knees. Steps up, steps down. Quite impressed with how neatly those fold up against the body. Bolt up to holes already there in the outriggers. Phil dome, Split_Pin, OM646 and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobdisk Posted June 11 Share Posted June 11 Hope they dont go near this with that Florida RV !! PhilA 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aston Martin Posted June 11 Share Posted June 11 The X-class is pointless anyway, but I've just seen it in Dacia Sandero spec... In 2021.... On a "Mercedes" 🙁 OM646, anonymous user, DanGleables and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort16 Posted June 11 Share Posted June 11 20 minutes ago, Aston Martin said: The X-class is pointless anyway, but I've just seen it in Dacia Sandero spec... In 2021.... On a "Mercedes" 🙁 I'd drive that! I think they've stopped making them now. Aston Martin, Isopon and Cord Fourteener 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cord Fourteener Posted June 11 Share Posted June 11 15 minutes ago, cort16 said: I'd drive that! I think they've stopped making them now. Wouldn't you rather drive the original and best Nissan version? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort16 Posted June 11 Share Posted June 11 1 minute ago, Cord Forteener aka Tim_E said: Wouldn't you rather drive the original and best Nissan version? There's now wrong with the new Navara but I always liked these X-Classes because the premise of them trying to roll out a re-badged Nissan as a premium pickup truck is so ridiculous. Aston Martin, Skizzer, Cord Fourteener and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanGleables Posted June 11 Share Posted June 11 11 minutes ago, cort16 said: There's now wrong with the new Navara but I always liked these X-Classes because the premise of them trying to roll out a re-badged Nissan as a premium pickup truck is so ridiculous. 100% with you on this. And I love that it's been such a failure they've pulled the plug already. Delicious. But also lovely to know how many Mercedes A-class and Vito owners are driving around with the Renault engined Mercs. Oh the shame. Cord Fourteener and cort16 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort16 Posted June 11 Share Posted June 11 3 minutes ago, DanGleables said: 100% with you on this. And I love that it's been such a failure they've pulled the plug already. Delicious. But also lovely to know how many Mercedes A-class and Vito owners are driving around with the Renault engined Mercs. Oh the shame. I guess they thought they'd got away with it with the vans so tried it on with the pickups. The issue is the pickups aren't driven by plumbers and builders they're bought by company bosses looking for tax dodges. beko1987 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OM646 Posted June 11 Share Posted June 11 More Audi 80 news. It finally sits on brand new suspension. Drives amazing. And i fixed one of the faults that has plagued that car ever since it was my dad's daily driver. Wash-wipe and intermittent wiper speed didn't work at all. So i ordered a new relay for cheap (9 euro) just to test. Pulled the one relay out. It sounded like a maraca. Of course it wouldn't work. Installed the new one. Intermittent works beautiful. Wash wipe only works the "wipe" part. Might need a new washer pump Split_Pin, Cord Fourteener and dome 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OM646 Posted June 11 Share Posted June 11 2 hours ago, cort16 said: I'd drive that! I think they've stopped making them now. They did, due to low sales. I'd love a Dacia-spec one just for shits and giggles cort16 and Cord Fourteener 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cord Fourteener Posted June 11 Share Posted June 11 3 minutes ago, OM646 said: They did, due to low sales. I'd love a Dacia-spec one just for shits and giggles Aussie version of Jeremy Clarkson (albeit scientifically literate) John Cadogan did a some videos comparing the Mercedes-Benz X Class (and a whole load of other of their cars) to Mercedes' own slogan 'The Best or Nothing'. Its hilarious. OM646 and Fumbler 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fumbler Posted June 11 Share Posted June 11 38 minutes ago, Cord Forteener aka Tim_E said: Aussie version of Jeremy Clarkson (albeit scientifically literate) John Cadogan did a some videos comparing the Mercedes-Benz X Class (and a whole load of other of their cars) to Mercedes' own slogan 'The Best or Nothing'. Its hilarious. He's brilliant. Been following him for years. Cord Fourteener 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom13 Posted June 11 Share Posted June 11 I dislike football but as the euros are starting today. 'It's coming home!!! ' Thanks to Ceri for collecting it for me and making it trouble free. What a chap! dome, Cord Fourteener, Floatylight and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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