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Old 13th May 2016, 12:20 PM
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Ouch! Unkind...... they aren't that bad!

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No they're not to be fair... They're fibre-glass so they dont rot... They only have 3 wheels so changing brakes and tyres is cheap.. Ooooh.... sorry... you mean the Lupo isn't that bad....
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Old 13th May 2016, 09:07 PM
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There's something wrong with you guys.
Well spoken Dezzy. Its a feckin' cartoon car.
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Old 13th May 2016, 10:34 PM
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Well spoken Dezzy. Its a feckin' cartoon car.
Maybe so, but useful when you are 17 and even an Arosa/Lupo 1.7 SlowDI costs £1100 to insure..... Not my favourite colour TBH.....

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Old 13th May 2016, 10:50 PM
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Ah, the privileges of age! My younger son had this delivered today, 320bhp so goes like **** off the proverbial shovel. Obviously he's a long way from 17!
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2003 D2 FL S8. Irish Green Pearl/Beige. Solar sunroof, auto-dim mirrors, electric rear seat functions, ski hatch retrofit; extended leather. Aftermarket DVB-T, reversing camera and full XCarlink (Bluetooth etc.).
2016 Volvo V40 T5 Cross Country (4WD) with ALL the toys including adaptive cruise etc. etc. Osmium Grey with Blonde/Charcoal leather interior. Polestar performance "optimisation". (A much rarer model than a D2 S8 by the way!) Oh, and a brand new engine at just under 30,000 miles on the factory one!
Finally: gone, but not forgotten.....
1998 D2 PF S8. AgateGrey/Platinum. Every option (I think) except electric rear seats, tiptronic steering wheel, ski hatch, towbar & dimming door mirrors.
e.g. Cruise control, NavPlus/TV, Bose, GSM, Xenons, Solar roof, Parking sensors, Alcantara/leather everywhere of course. (internal dimming mirror added later)
1998 (very early) Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec; ABS/TCS, Heated screen/mirrors, Aircon, Auto-dim mirror, Leather, Trip computer, Cruise control, OEM Ford SatNav with CD changer.
And before that a lot of Rover 800s, a few oddities, a lovely Triumph Dolomite 1850HL with Overdrive and way back in my schooldays an Austin Seven aka Mini 850!

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