I've had so many cars, oddly also including a G Reg XM (pre facelift one). I went with the 2.0SEi, and it was a great car to look at. However I sold it after 8 months, it let me down twice in big ways. 1st time, total failure of the hydraulics caused by one of the pipes supplying the brake lines. Drove the remaining 10 miles to work, and by the time I got there the suspension was on the decks and the brakes almost non existent, car recovered by the AA back home for repair. 2nd time the heater matrix decided to fail and fill the cabin with steam at 70mph on the M25, could not see anything out the windscreen, this time the AA bypassed the heater matrix to get me going again. The day it went in P/ex. the LHM fluid was once again leaking out from under the car. I suspect an issue with one of the green accumulators and the relief valve causing to much pressure.
Car history
Number, year of car, make/model.
1. 1974 Austin Mini 1000
2. 1985 Austin Metro City 1.0
3. 1986 Vauxhall Astra Merit 1.2
4. 1988 Vauxhall Astra 1.4 Celebrity 88 Special Edition
5. 1978 BMW 320i Auto
6. 1988 Rover 216 Vanden Plas SEi
7. 1985 Ford Granada 2.8i Ghia Auto
8. 1987 Jaguar XJ6 2.9 Auto LHD
9. 1990 Citroen XM 2.0 SEi Auto
10. 1989 Ford Escort XR3i Cabriolet
11. 1988 BMW 520i SE
12. 1992 BMW 320i SE
13. 1997 Mercedes C180 Classic
14. 2001 Skoda Octavia vRS (Track car), 1994 Ford Mondeo Ghia (Commuter)
15. 2000 Porsche Boxster S (Fun car), 1997 Ford Mondeo Ghia X Auto (Commuter)
16. 2005 Skoda Octavia MK2 2.0 TDi Estate
17. 2008 Skoda Superb MK2 2.0 TDi.
18. 2001 Audi A8 3.7
19. 2004 Audi A8 3.7
So that's 21 cars since passing my driving test.
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Manny
2004 A4 1.8T Sport Cabriolet, 89K Miles
Past
2004 D3 A8 3.7 Quattro, Xenon, Bose, Blinds, Solar Sunroof, TV, ACC, phone and almost every option. 168K miles rising slowly
with retrofit AMI and DVB-T in place of Analogue
2003 Volvo S60 D5 SE Manual, 197K miles.
2001 D2 A8 3.7 QS, Bi-Xenon, Bose, Blinds, Electric Everything, retrofitted RNS-D, 191K Miles
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