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bezzabsa Rank: Renault 16

bezzabsa

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1 minute ago, Schaefft said:

If a Ford Exploder is too common for you, why not buy its minimally more luxuriois sibling for 850 quid:

Product photo of 1997 Mercury mountaineer

Was for sale on Ebay a while back.

https://www.facebook.com/share/18SCioKYvK/

5.0 v8 wasnt the exploder a 4.0 v6?

richardmorris Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

richardmorris

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53 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

Broken Ligier Ambra.

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Interior just screams quality*.

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This is what confused me, though.  Unless I'm missing something, the spare tyre is only rated to 21mph.  Surely they don't make tyres that shit, even for these?

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I actually didn’t realise they sold them here. Over in France you avoid them as the only ones driving them are alcoholics who have lost their licence.

Schaefft Rank: Lancia Gamma

Schaefft

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1 minute ago, bezzabsa said:

5.0 v8 wasnt the exploder a 4.0 v6?

You could get both with the 5.0, not sure about the UK market.

wuvvum Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

wuvvum

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4 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

I actually didn’t realise they sold them here. Over in France you avoid them as the only ones driving them are alcoholics who have lost their licence.

They were never massively popular here but they filled the niche left by Reliant as they could be driven on a bike licence.  Some were also bought to tow behind motorhomes - being <750kg gross they didn't need to be braked.

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Schaefft Rank: Lancia Gamma

Schaefft

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2 minutes ago, goosey said:

I seem to recall the V8 wasn’t 4 wheel drive 

According to Wikipedia both the Explorer and Mountaineer could be had with the V8 and fulltime awd, part-time awd wasnt.

Remspoor Rank: Isuzu Florian

Remspoor

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16 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

I actually didn’t realise they sold them here. Over in France you avoid them as the only ones driving them are alcoholics who have lost their licence.

That is not correct.

https://www.mma.fr/zeroblabla/quel-permis-pour-conduire-quel-vehicule.html

As from 2022 theses vechiles also need a  contrôle technique (the French MOT)

morrisoxide Rank: BL Wedge

morrisoxide

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1 hour ago, Schaefft said:

If a Ford Exploder is too common for you, why not buy its minimally more luxuriois sibling for 850 quid:

Product photo of 1997 Mercury mountaineer

Was for sale on Ebay a while back.

https://www.facebook.com/share/18SCioKYvK/

That Mercury Mountaineer is back up for sale. I do hope it find's a good home it's a cool rig that.

On 03/02/2024 at 20:12, morrisoxide said:

Mercury Mountaineer.

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Take the wheel Jess.

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Definitely needs saving and not just a back axle donor.

Also wasn't it the Firestone tyres that exploded that gave the Explorer a bad rep?

eddyramrod Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

eddyramrod

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32 minutes ago, High Jetter said:

No, but Eddy has better taste than that 😀

Thank you, but I really don't!  I do rather like that.  Apart from the price, the only real negative for me is that rather grating high-roof moulding.  I'd live with the colour scheme, because at least it isn't grey like everybloodything else.  I'd live with it being the facelift model, because at least it has the 2.3 slant-4 which is the engine I want.  I'd even live with it having a manual gearbox.  But none of that matters.  I can't afford it.  Simples.

I do still enjoy seeing what people find for me though.

mat777 Rank: BL Wedge

mat777

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Hmm, I just wonder which way round this is going to be registered? 

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Quelle surprise...Ding dong merrily on high, in Swansea bells are ringing! Fucking hate people who do this shit. 

Who wants to shop it before some poor unsuspecting sod buys it, gets pulled and gets bent over by the authorities? 

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somewhatfoolish Rank: Talbot Tagora

somewhatfoolish

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8 hours ago, richardmorris said:

Ready to put a match to the petrol tank too.

Foiled in their disposal plan by the 180's prodigious thirst emptying it.

goosey Rank: Renault 16

goosey

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12 hours ago, morrisoxide said:

 

That Mercury Mountaineer is back up for sale. I do hope it find's a good home it's a cool rig that.

Definitely needs saving and not just a back axle donor.

Also wasn't it the Firestone tyres that exploded that gave the Explorer a bad rep?

Yes, it was Firestone tyres failing and some of them had an issue with sudden unintended acceleration where the throttle got stuck wide open resulting in quite a few accidents 

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grogee Rank: Isuzu Florian

grogee

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5 hours ago, goosey said:

Yes, it was Firestone tyres failing and some of them had an issue with sudden unintended acceleration where the throttle got stuck wide open resulting in quite a few accidents 

ISTR a documentary about it showing some 'secret' Ford footage of a guy trying to stop an Exploder with stuck throttle. 

The Firestone issue was caused* by union staff striking but the factory in question employed temporary unskilled staff to produce the tyres and they didn't follow process hence tread separated from carcass. 

*May be apocrophal

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