The Best ///M/Barge/General Rant/Look at this/O/T (Vol XVI)
Discussion
braddo said:
I don't wish to criticise anyone choosing a SUV (not in the Thread at least!) and indeed I may end up with a SUV because the OH wants one. My dislike of SUVs has become more about their collective effects.
I just can't subscribe to some arguments about SUVs being more practical/rational than estates. If you need to tow big loads and/or get off sealed roads from time to time, SUVs are better for those specific tasks. I firmly believe only a very small minority of SUV buyers do those things. Otherwise SUVs have higher running costs, often worse ride and handling and most seem to have less interior space.
I guess I feel the practicality card gets overplayed in order to conceal the chief reason, which is that people want them.
When the time came to change the e46 330xd touring for something else, the missus petitioned heavily for a SUV mainly on the strength of argument that it would be less of a back breaking exercise to insert / remove the kids from their car seats than a coupe or an estate. She's absolutely right (we're both tall) but has also since admitted that she misses the handling and pace of the xd. The Tiguan is not an inspiring drive. Think roly poly golf on stilts with a boot full of cement.I just can't subscribe to some arguments about SUVs being more practical/rational than estates. If you need to tow big loads and/or get off sealed roads from time to time, SUVs are better for those specific tasks. I firmly believe only a very small minority of SUV buyers do those things. Otherwise SUVs have higher running costs, often worse ride and handling and most seem to have less interior space.
I guess I feel the practicality card gets overplayed in order to conceal the chief reason, which is that people want them.
I've lined up a 530d XDrive and an E350 CDI 4Matic as the next family wagon for when the little monsters can clamber in under their own steam but would settle for an all toys Toureg 3.0 TDI so long as we have the space for something a little more lairy on the side. I guess it depends if this is for a one or multiple car fleet.
Edited by Cartwheel on Friday 22 August 22:46
LaurasOtherHalf said:
Ok, this one's an overfinch & therefore a wee bit special, but when the bubble bursts I'll lay a fiver that classic rangies are the car that lose the biggest percent of value 
This one is already on the way down it was 45k...It's done 160k miles as well cleverly disguised in the ad as just 7800 miles per annum!
Blueprint said:
and this has just made my wobble wibble. It even looks good with black wheels 
http://www.fantasyjunction.com/cars/1233-Jaguar-XK...
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king yes!There is a garage in Hockliffe that has both an 'Xtreme' Porsche Cayenne and an 'Xtreme' Range Rover Sport. They also have another type of over inflated RR Sport, I couldn't see what it was in my state of stupification due to the aforementioned 'Xtreme' styling.
I'm thinking there's a stereotype of owner but I can't quite put my finger on it...
'Xtreme' Cayenne looks a bit like this but has additional lights in the lower grills:
I'm thinking there's a stereotype of owner but I can't quite put my finger on it...
'Xtreme' Cayenne looks a bit like this but has additional lights in the lower grills:
Output Flange said:
Incorrect, but an easy cliche to roll-out.
I've towed two tonnes of trailer up a steep muddy slope with no dramas. Can't think of a saloon car that could've done it. If I needed to drive over boulders, it wouldn't be the right tool for the job, but for everything else it's just fine. So actually 100% real-world off-road ability.
Surely a 4WD saloon or estate world have done it just as well then (probably better as it wouldn't have comedy 325 tyres)?I've towed two tonnes of trailer up a steep muddy slope with no dramas. Can't think of a saloon car that could've done it. If I needed to drive over boulders, it wouldn't be the right tool for the job, but for everything else it's just fine. So actually 100% real-world off-road ability.
I'm a big fan of pointless cars (X6 etc obviously excepted), but I wouldn't try to justify them objectively. Because you can't.
mft said:
ferrisbueller said:
Lotterererer: pretty impressive thus far.
I was worried he'd be out altogether for a while, but then he managed to put together one decent lap. Useless fact: last time the current year's Le Mans winner took part in an F1 race was Yannick Dalmas in 1994.
S3_Graham said:
Probably a stupid thing to put on a forum but...... Worst case. Does anyone know how to leave the car unlocked? It seems to lock itself after 30secs. Having said that... A forum said if you unlock and then open a door it doesn't re-lock. That's what I did and it hasn't gone off since. Should go down and check really.
A bit late, but can you not either lock it with the key, or lock it with the interior door locks; and not arm the alarm? My Integra had a similar problem, I did a quick diagnostics check and it came up with the boot sensor causing the issue. I couldn't remedy it easily though, so locked the car as suggested rather than with the remote central locking for the following five years..L100NYY said:
hadenough! said:
Could anyone do me a cheeky favour and run a check on DV04NOF?
...and if anyone fancies an e30 320i touring give me a shout.
Ta.
HPI clear. Only 4 owners with current since July 2013. Great cars too ...and if anyone fancies an e30 320i touring give me a shout.
Ta.
Had a nice little drive at dawn today.
One of the little things I like about the car is looking in the wing mirrors and seeing the rear haunches and the edge of the rear wing, which reminds me a little of a deer antler at the right angle (not quite captured in this photo).
fking love this car. 
I've done nearly 3000 miles in 4-5 months, mostly just on early morning weekend blats. I just want to drive it all the time.
One of the little things I like about the car is looking in the wing mirrors and seeing the rear haunches and the edge of the rear wing, which reminds me a little of a deer antler at the right angle (not quite captured in this photo).
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king love this car. I've done nearly 3000 miles in 4-5 months, mostly just on early morning weekend blats. I just want to drive it all the time.0a said:
Stunning. A proper time warp car by the looks of things.Anyone else surprised by how cheap Evoras are?
Yours for a fiver under 30k, and it's not even the cheapest! Seems a lot of special car for the money.
Yours for a fiver under 30k, and it's not even the cheapest! Seems a lot of special car for the money.
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