Old thread revival and all that.....
Last night I was at a petrolhead mini-meet in Buckingham of all places, mainly an excuse to have a good curry and talk car bollocks for a couple of hours. 
One of the guys rolled up in an electric Kia, can't even recall what model (and does it matter?). Turned out it was on rental; provided by his work as he was travelling some distance daily to a project for a few weeks and wasn't prepared to use one of his own tasty cars to do the journey.
Anyway, the point is, he said he was mightily impressed by it. This is someone who has a Porsche among others, used to run a D2 A8 4.2, whose father had a D2 S8 and now has a D4, etc. etc.
PS He reckons the D2 was the best car he's ever had. 
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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; 3rd July 2025 at 09:26 AM.
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