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Originally Posted by MikkiJayne
I still have the shell, out the back of the workshop. That's what will be donating avus body panels to save this one as the paint on the body is ruined, but the bolt-on bits are still ok.
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Ooops, sorry, missed this comment in your admittedly comprehensive description!
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Originally Posted by MikkiJayne
I have avus body parts from my dead one (which is in an even worse state than this one as it doesn't have an engine or gearbox), so that one will be fully dismantled now to save this one
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As for mudflaps…
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Originally Posted by MikkiJayne
:I really hate them! They are so ugly I'd rather just wash the dirt off than have to look at them.
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I recall "back in the day" when I got my first S8 (nearly 20 years ago!) I discovered mudflaps were an option and thought - might be a useful protection.
Then I saw some pictures of them on the superbly elegant PF D2 - wrong, just wrong, horribly wrong......
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2003 D2 FL S8. Irish Green Pearl/Beige. Solar sunroof, auto-dim mirrors, electric rear seat functions and extended leather. Ski hatch retrofit. Aftermarket reversing camera. DVB-T and XCarlink now removed as redundant.
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".  (Even rarer than a D2 S8!) 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. Agate Grey/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. Added Auto-dim mirror, Leather seats, 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!
Last edited by HPsauce; 8th April 2021 at 09:51 PM.
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