The Best ///M/Barge/General Rant/Look at this/O/T (Vol XVI)

The Best ///M/Barge/General Rant/Look at this/O/T (Vol XVI)

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deadslow

7,960 posts

222 months

Friday 5th December 2014
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ATM said:
LHD said:
F1GTRUeno said:
Whoever signed off the whole car should be shot. Interceptors are horribly ugly things.
Get. Out.

One of the finest looking cars ever made.
I can't think of any cars which look worse. It's a turd. The only thing it intercepts is criticism.
Agree. Looks like it was designed by Gerry Anderson.

E30M3SE

8,465 posts

195 months

CharlesdeGaulle

26,082 posts

179 months

Friday 5th December 2014
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deadslow said:
ATM said:
LHD said:
F1GTRUeno said:
Whoever signed off the whole car should be shot. Interceptors are horribly ugly things.
Get. Out.

One of the finest looking cars ever made.
I can't think of any cars which look worse. It's a turd. The only thing it intercepts is criticism.
Agree. Looks like it was designed by Gerry Anderson.
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Crook

6,711 posts

223 months

Friday 5th December 2014
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jeremyc said:
shoutPaging Crook, paging Crook. biggrin

Your What Car? conundrum solved.
Supercharged ... check
V8 ... check
rear wheel drive ... check
not a Jaguar ... check
under £15K ... check

Supercharged Yank


And if you're prepared to give up the V8-ness

Green Meanie


or

Red Devil

biggrin

Edited by jeremyc on Friday 5th December 15:33
The is indeed incredibly kind of you however I think I may just stick with my own chosen path of s/ charged financial ruin.

jeremyc

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23,335 posts

283 months

Friday 5th December 2014
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Crook said:
The is indeed incredibly kind of you however I think I may just stick with my own chosen path of s/ charged financial ruin.
Hold the front page! This just in - 4WD, but still with a supercharger. smile



texasjohn

3,687 posts

230 months

Friday 5th December 2014
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jeremyc said:
Crook said:
The is indeed incredibly kind of you however I think I may just stick with my own chosen path of s/ charged financial ruin.
Hold the front page! This just in - 4WD, but still with a supercharger. smile

It's interesting, but they do like a drink in standard tune; I think this is going to threaten to put an E60 M5 under the table!


Crook

6,711 posts

223 months

Friday 5th December 2014
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Valiant effort but again I'm afraid I'll pass.

Crook

6,711 posts

223 months

Friday 5th December 2014
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LaurasOtherHalf

21,429 posts

195 months

Saturday 6th December 2014
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barchetta_boy

2,187 posts

231 months

Saturday 6th December 2014
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LaurasOtherHalf said:
I've always had a thing for those too. Would love one as a station snotter, but somehow counterintuitively it would need to be an unmolested one and be bought for peanuts (under £1500). They still seem to command reasonable money and are pretty rare now.

Actually I'm probably a bit older than you, the car I really wanted when I was 17 was the generation before, and wasn't supercharged - the Polo GT "Coupe".

Had to make do with a 1.3l Mk2 Golf C in Gambia red which couldn't pull the skin off a rice pudding, 4 speed box, yet somehow the love affair with VW has never ended.

Joel





GreatPretender

26,140 posts

213 months

Saturday 6th December 2014
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jeremyc said:
Crook said:
The is indeed incredibly kind of you however I think I may just stick with my own chosen path of s/ charged financial ruin.
Hold the front page! This just in - 4WD, but still with a supercharger. smile

I'm currently smoking one of these (albeit, sans supercharger) out here in the sandpit.

It's st.

No power (admittedly fixable with a blower); terminal understeer; poor ride; inert and needlessly heavy steering. Oh and it's also friggin thirsty (which is simply an inconvenience when petrol is £8 a tank, but annoying all the same). Looks nice though. Also hasn't broken down yet, which I must say, given that I've been through two Saabs already, is quite an achievement.

In short, don't.

Edited by GreatPretender on Saturday 6th December 09:44

GreatPretender

26,140 posts

213 months

Saturday 6th December 2014
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jeremyc said:
Crook said:
The is indeed incredibly kind of you however I think I may just stick with my own chosen path of s/ charged financial ruin.
Hold the front page! This just in - 4WD, but still with a supercharger. smile

I'm currently smoking one of these (albeit, sans supercharger) out here in the sandpit.

It's st.

No power (admittedly fixable with a blower); terminal understeer; poor ride; inert and needlessly heavy steering. Oh and it's also friggin thirsty (which is simply an inconvenience when petrol is £8 a tank, but annoying all the same). Looks nice though. Also hasn't broken down yet, which I must say, given that I've been through two Saabs already, is quite an achievement.

In short, don't.

Edited by GreatPretender on Saturday 6th December 20:08

4941cc

25,867 posts

205 months

Saturday 6th December 2014
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RobinBanks

17,540 posts

178 months

Saturday 6th December 2014
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jeremyc said:
shoutPaging Crook, paging Crook. biggrin

Your What Car? conundrum solved.
Supercharged ... check
V8 ... check
rear wheel drive ... check
not a Jaguar ... check
under £15K ... check

Supercharged Yank
Lovely Ripspeed head unit too.

Crook

6,711 posts

223 months

Saturday 6th December 2014
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GreatPretender said:
I'm currently smoking one of these (albeit, sans supercharger) out here in the sandpit.

It's st.

No power (admittedly fixable with a blower); terminal understeer; poor ride; inert and needlessly heavy steering. Oh and it's also friggin thirsty (which is simply an inconvenience when petrol is £8 a tank, but annoying all the same). Looks nice though. Also hasn't broken down yet, which I must say, given that I've been through two Saabs already, is quite an achievement.

In short, don't.

Edited by GreatPretender on Saturday 6th December 09:44
What happened to the innocuous but potent Chevy thing?

jeremyc

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23,335 posts

283 months

Saturday 6th December 2014
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RobinBanks said:
Lovely Ripspeed head unit too.
Ad said:
PLEASE REMEMBER THAT THIS HAS THE BENEFIT OF THE MORE ECONOMICAL REAR WHEEL DRIVE SYSTEM
biglaugh

It also benefits from the economy of a supercharged 5.7 litre V8. thumbup

Blueprint

2,067 posts

233 months

Saturday 6th December 2014
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Thought I'd share my excitement here on behalf of a chum who took delivery of this lovely classic earlier in the week.
It was minus a million degrees and late on a school night, but so worth just standing around in the garage ogling at the simplicity and beauty of the design.

Sitting on the top row of the truck




Impressive delivery vehicle that was on its way to the next Mecum auction after "our' stop




Off the truck




In it's new home




I think it took us about 45 minutes to find the bonnet release hehe



The pictures are of course pretty rubbish quality so I will snap some much better ones when the opportunity arises

Aproberts

382 posts

197 months

Saturday 6th December 2014
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Certainly an impressive delivery vehicle! Car looks nice.

Mini1275

11,098 posts

181 months

Saturday 6th December 2014
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I'm finding myself lusting over the DeTomaso Mangusta.







sperm

F1GTRUeno

6,329 posts

217 months

Saturday 6th December 2014
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Mangustas and Panteras are awesome things but being a 90's kid I'd much, much rather have a Guara.
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