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11th April 2012, 08:30 AM
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In the time we had it the front valance developed a little rust from road grit/salt which I had treated and resprayed. The general condition was once reason the insurers paid up with such a good price when it was concertina'd.
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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! 
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11th April 2012, 09:02 PM
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Aaaargh. That advert is amazing.
You may find it quaint, and the language odd, but spare a thought for the poor sod who got the job to write it. To put this in perspective by 1975. Ford were into the Mk3 Cortina, Mk 1 Granada, Escorts and of course the Capri 2. These cars knocked the socks of everything BMC were churning out IMHO. BMC or Leyland or BLMC or whatever could not even make a key that fitted both the door and ignition. Can you imagine, two keys, one to get in and another to start. And the plastic part on the ignition keys - it used to fall off after a bit of use. Sorry guys, I know some of you have a thing for the SD1 Rovers, but they were dogs. I had one and the engine was the only good bit (3.5 V8). Even the Lucas fuel injection was pants. They had the rear axle from the haywain, and it showed. On the other hand the Granadas had an independent set up that left the Rovers standing... or sliding about. This was our home grown, home owned car industry flushing its self down the sewer. IMHO Don't blame the workers. It was the management at the very top. Rant over 
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A journey of a thousand+ (epic) miles, begins with a single step, (to the door of an 8). Lau Tzu
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