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As for old Beemers, I remember when you could get a 1970s 3.0 CSi for Jack. Look at them now! So, maybe a sound plan to snap up any good 635 CSi, E30 325i or 318iS etc that you can get hold of. The E34 is still in banger territory - mine is a 525i SE that cost me a grand last October.
Breadvan72 said:
The XJS shape just gets better with age. Here is my rustbucket getting a Romanian scrub over the Xmas Hols. Photos flatter it - in real life it looks s
t! The heap went off to Dorking today for new arches etc.
I can see in the not too distant future where we will be cursing not buying a XJS when they were affordable, it seems as I've seen less and less on the roads the better they look.t! The heap went off to Dorking today for new arches etc.Raygun said:
I can see in the not too distant future where we will be cursing not buying a XJS when they were affordable, it seems as I've seen less and less on the roads the better they look.
The XJS appears to be a car that's time has come. I've always thought that they they were rather groovy, even when they were unpopular, and am glad to have bought one. It is, I think, one of the best cars that I have ever had. No hijack apology needed! I think that discussion should always flow in whatever way it flows, and it is cool to see a Bora. My personal hankering is for a Merak, which I know is daft as it has, AIUI, a weaker engine than the one used in the Bora, but I still have a yen for one.
Great also to see the V12 XJS and the Vitesse and TR 8 above.
My own Britheap line up could perhaps be augmented by something Austiny, but although I have been tempted for reasons of family nostalgia to get either an 1100, a 1300 or a Princess, I probably shan't. I am still dithering over a Series One Daimler Sovereign.
Great also to see the V12 XJS and the Vitesse and TR 8 above.
My own Britheap line up could perhaps be augmented by something Austiny, but although I have been tempted for reasons of family nostalgia to get either an 1100, a 1300 or a Princess, I probably shan't. I am still dithering over a Series One Daimler Sovereign.
Edited by anonymous-user on Friday 29th January 15:24
CAPP0 said:
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I'd have another Sprint now were it not for the comments I made above. I saw a lovely one for sale on the verge of a prestigious village near here a couple of years back and it was all I could do to stop myself hoving off to the cashpoint there & then.
Every mechanic that I know rates the Sprint as a good car. It is true that it was built, for budget reasons, as a collection of make dos and factory bodges, but it all works much better than it should, given those limitations. My one was rebuilt to a high standard and is a decent machine. There is no need to be put off by one Eeyore voice, and it may be worth bearing in mind that experience working on the badly built and maybe badly maintained Sprints of yesteryear may not equate to working on the carefully restored and well maintained Sprints that are available today.I'd have another Sprint now were it not for the comments I made above. I saw a lovely one for sale on the verge of a prestigious village near here a couple of years back and it was all I could do to stop myself hoving off to the cashpoint there & then.
Edited by CAPP0 on Thursday 28th January 21:43
CharlesdeGaulle said:
This might be a nice cheap addition to the fleet if you have a chap to do some work.
http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C659522
It's the car, not the van!
Charles de Gaulle, you are a very, very, very bad man. I wish, mon Général, that I could be like you and learn to say "Non". http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C659522
It's the car, not the van!
Tant pis, eh bien - morte aux Anglaises!
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