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Cavcraft Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

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14 hours ago, skoda_fan said:

Hmm. Mathewsons...I used to really enjoy "Bangers and Cash" but now it gets on my wick a bit, probably because every episode has been repeated at least 100 times. The most annoying one is where they make a big deal out of flogging that white aberration just because it was owned by Roy Orbison. They all speak in cliches like "to be fair", "needs a few weekends' work" (needs total restoration), "it's got the makings" (it's fucked). The two Tatra vids (he calls them Tata in both) are examples of making me wonder how much they do actually know as he sounds surprised and baffled by the whole thing. Cf. the episode in which they sell a Renault Sport Spyder that again seems to baffle them. Don't they do a bit of googling before they sell something so they at least know what it is?

The (sadly long gone) local auction was the same. The assistant hammer man frequently didn't know the model of the car in front of him (and we're talking like 4 or 5 year old common Fords etc) and occasionally glowed about alloy wheels that were actually trims. He was also pretty hopeless at bouncing bids off the wall, as sort of incredibly blatant schill bidder. 

RoverFolkUs Rank: Talbot Matra Rancho

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8 hours ago, Yoss said:

 

Yep, we've still got a couple of 08 reg ones at our office. They are fucked but if they can last 14 years and counting with Royal Mail they can't be too bad. They had been withdrawn once but were reinstated when covid came and we weren't allowed to share vans. For some reason they have stayed even though we've been back to van sharing for about a year. 

They drive nicer than the Peugeot Pugs that form most of our fleet. Find one that wasn't owned by Royal Mail and it'll probably be OK. 

I frequently see my postie using the old combos and wondered why they were using them again. Thought it might have been to do with the cost/lack of supply of replenishing the fleet. That explains it then! 

Spottedlaurel Rank: Lancia Gamma

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100 Knightsbridge seen in Suffolk:

1997 Rover 100 Knightsbridge

£2,295, 22k miles. I have the number if anyone's interested....

Lacquer Peel Rank: Talbot Tagora

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9 hours ago, Poweredbyhopealone said:

Good advice, any comment on the 1.7 vs 1.3 debate? It seems that the CDTi engine in any form is a good one

When I worked for the council I drove a Combo 1.3 CDTi, it seemed dangerously underpowered and very laggy. 

Sham Rank: Renault 16

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The small capacity diesel engines are only any use if you spend most of the day at cruising speed - same is true of my 1.6 Octavia... It's great, but I wouldn't be of the same opinion if I needed brisk acceleration frequently.

aldo135 Rank: Citroen Ami

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Sorry I can’t work out how to link this and the photos are awful, but it seems cheap doesn’t it?

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Rave Rank: Renault 16

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Anyone got any sympathy for this presumably soon-to-be-ULEZ-victim fishface?

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Rather sun faded for sale sign in the rear window suggests that the seller has not been inundated with people keen to hand over their asking price, and the tax is up at the end of the month, so they might take a bid?

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MOT history suggests that it'll still be on less than 60,000 miles. Only one advisory last time, O/S sill, which looks to me like it'd still only be an advisory:

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It's a 1.25 16V rather than a cruddy Endura. Does need a new tailgate though really:

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Anyway it's a 7 minute bike ride from my house and if anyone fancies it I'd be delighted to act as middleman / delivery driver for my usual consideration of a bit of beer money.

AnnoyingPentium Rank: Isuzu Florian

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Astra in AS-spec saloon plus windy windows. 1999. 1.6 Club. 57k. £1,290.

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D.E Rank: Lancia Gamma

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38 minutes ago, captain_70s said:

The fitment of the headlights is hilariously half arsed.

To be fair to Pininfarina, the headlights seem to have been modified later, they looked different originally:

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Much better imo! It could also do with thinner (or no) white walls...

 

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Poweredbyhopealone Rank: BL Wedge

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8 hours ago, Lacquer Peel said:

When I worked for the council I drove a Combo 1.3 CDTi, it seemed dangerously underpowered and very laggy. 

 

8 hours ago, Sham said:

The small capacity diesel engines are only any use if you spend most of the day at cruising speed - same is true of my 1.6 Octavia... It's great, but I wouldn't be of the same opinion if I needed brisk acceleration frequently.

Bigger = better.

Research complete. Thanks all!

DSdriver Rank: Lancia Gamma

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On 7/20/2022 at 7:24 PM, D.E said:

That strange short Kangoo no one asked for, and which was much more expensive than a normal Kangoo because Renault tried to market it as some sort of posh lifestyle vehicle. Needless to say they didn't sell many...

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Have you ever tried to find a parking space big enough for a Volvo in the back streets of Montmartre? Everything has its place.

DSdriver Rank: Lancia Gamma

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3 hours ago, horriblemercedes said:

I've got a very, very old magazine article featuring that. I haven't seen it for at least 20 years. Still, I recognised it as soon as you posted it.

Those back lights look like they have been filched from the Marina parts bin. Really needed some a tad bigger but probably not full on Volvo 940.

Cavcraft Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

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Actually weighing that up, but 2.4 petrol and that (Luton) box must make MPG and MPH a sodding nightmare. It does have LPG though.

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