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The car now belongs to Mike, the Librarian.
Who has heroically collected it with all spare parts from me too. Hopefully he’ll have enough nerve and tenacity to restore it. I’ll be looking for new family car for long journeys. Comparing new with used. Thinking of: Audi Q3 model 2019 Porsche Cayenne 3 years old Porsche Macan 3 years old Only Petrol models and only with ACC. Suggest please cars with very reliable engines and gearboxes suitable for long term ownership. Will greatly appreciate all your advices
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Glad to hear it's resolved and that car has gone to good home.
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Thanks Ainars,
Will look at all family cruisers with ACC on Petrol. Whatever you friends will suggest.
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Good point Sarge.
Gwen only ever wanted Volvos.
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Thanks Sarg and TC.
Love how Volvo’s look from outside. That lovely subtle elegance. Inside and mechanically I looks like they are not quite yet stack up with zee Germans. But it may be a good thing! Love that Volvos are a bit more narrow than Germans, which helps with parking too.
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I'm very happy with my little V40, though they're about to stop making them. You definitely can't get my 4WD version any more, they stopped a while back.
But the XC40 is a very presentable and practical replacement.
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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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The XC90, lovely as it was, just felt a little cheap and plasticky on the inside compared to the Audi. The leather seats felt PVC-ish and the dash and plastics didn't look as well put together. As an aside, the 4-cylinder engine was impressive for what it was, though nothing like the V6 I have! I agree, the B&W is lovely
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The current runaround: 2015 Q7 4M S-Line - Daytona Grey, Loads of Tech I don't understand! Gone but not forgotten - the Audi chronicles: 2010 A8 D3 3.0 TDIq Sport - Quartz Grey, B&O 2005 A4 B7 3.0 TDIq Avant - Dolphin Grey, RNS-E, Cruise, HK - sold at 177k |
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I’m now slowly getting into the car market after 9 years of ignoring it and learn quite a lot of interesting things.
Q7s are fantastic in latest design. They are not available with Petrol engines though. What idiot made that decision?? Only very old Q7s are available with petrol engines, and are also rare. So, no Q7 for me unfortunately. I’d love to see petrol Q7 one day with A8 tech instead of A6 tech and with a lovely high displacement atmospheric petrol engines. That will never happen though...
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