Phil Howard wrote in message
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Granada 2.8i Ghia X

There are a few old-boy-owned nice ones about; the local free-ad rag is
normally the place


I owned a Mk2 Granada for a while (though mine was a 2.3 not the 2.8 you are
considering). They don't suffer from tinworm too badly, and are a nice drive
in the fine weather, but somewhat tail happy in the wet.

Most of the problems I had with mine were when I first owned it, sorting out
things the previous owner had done wrong, and after that it was well behaved
and reliable. I once did a Bath-York-Bath round trip in a day, without aches
and pains the next day, so it would be a practical commuter vehicle.

The Ghia X was not your typical repmobile, but they are not particularly
collectable either, so you might pick up a decent one for 500 notes.

Jim