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E61 525d Wagon, manual.
45.5 MPG over the last 80k miles. Not bad for a two ton barge with c.200bhp. On 160k now and totally original.
I will cry a bit when it dies.
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tdk
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There's never less rust when you start digging, is there? You have your hands full - good luck!
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Conversely, I am thoroughly enjoying buying old 60s-80s mags off eBay. Foreign car stuff is particularly interesting, even if I can't always read it well enough to understand everything. Got some Russian 70s mags coming soon, the photography is beautifully shabby.
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I've been a passenger in a couple of electric cars, and you don't realise the subtle signals that you miss from an ICE powered car. Subconsciously, you'll hear the engine rev as the car begins to pull away, you miss that in an electric and your body doesn't react. You get pulled all over the place as you miss the cues. I always feel travel sick in an EV. That weird, silent, lurch to speed is horrible. But I am old and stupid.
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Sept 30, 2020 21:56:49 GMT
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It was a total leap of blind faith! Basically I was browsing copart using the pre 2000 model year filter and there it was near me in westbury. It was just as lockdown was looming. I had 10 minutes to look at it with a copart guy guarding the old girl, I couldn’t see under it because it was sat in a huge puddle and I couldn’t get the hood up because of the smash - I had found an advert for her on car and classic from September of the year before, so I knew she’d potentially been looked after fairly well prior to the accident, but it wasn’t the most sensible of decisions. Brave! I'd love one of these.
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Sept 30, 2020 18:14:44 GMT
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Wow! Where is that?
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Sept 30, 2020 18:11:49 GMT
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They.re ace. Junior has one, she loves it, it has been dead reliable if a bit boingy to drive. No faults other than mileage related stuff, now at 100k, no rust at all.
DO it. 100hp for the win
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Sept 30, 2020 16:31:17 GMT
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I have messaged him something good. I hope he sees it.
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Sept 1, 2020 19:16:19 GMT
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Everything looks good from that angle! I'll take the tank!
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And some GOOD NEWS!
This is being launched by a mate, a respected publisher who knows his stuff, and if you like my writing then you'll certainly like this -
More to come...
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Last Edit: Aug 5, 2020 22:18:35 GMT by tdk
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tdk
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The Renault Alliance. The car that killed a car company. A pity, it's ace.
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Sad but almost inevitable. Advertisers want mega-traffic, readers want free content (online), distributors/shops rip off the magazine with stocking/return fees, COVID has killed the high street, and we all moan about the demise of print but how many of us put our hands in our pockets and pay for it? #BeenThereDoneThat
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Jul 30, 2020 15:43:58 GMT
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Absolutely bloody brilliant. I have messaged you, by the way, I hope you get a mo' to reply.
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tdk
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Roof of the pits! I had your number once, although I've smashed a few phones since then, it would be good to catch up.
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Love this. Have a free bump. I still miss my 968...
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I'm liking this idea.
DOOOOOO IT!
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Sept 19, 2019 20:34:23 GMT
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Good on ya!
I'd love to see some WIP pics.
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Sept 19, 2019 20:32:51 GMT
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Aaaaah, y'see. That's where you're going wrong. I love old Italian cars and have found that utterly abusing them is the best way to make them behave. I had a mate who would regularly kick his Maserati when it wouldn't start. It seemed to fix the electrics every time!
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Sept 18, 2019 15:31:03 GMT
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Dan - you must have stood next to me to take one of those pics!
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