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Old December 22nd 06, 04:49 PM posted to uk.rec.cars.modifications
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On Fri, 22 Dec 2006 15:38:03 -0000, Elder wrote:

And I do like the riviera. Boat tail looks so wrong yet so right at the
same time. Like the back end of an overgrown Corvette meets the front
end of a Cadillac. Can't help think it needs airbags.


But then it would look like Dolly Parton.
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Old December 22nd 06, 05:18 PM posted to uk.rec.cars.modifications
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SteveH wrote:
Tim S Kemp wrote:

Steve Firth wrote:

The interior is foul, the handling non-existent but I still want
one. Although I'd settle for a Ford Five Hundred.

http://www.familycar.com/RoadTests/FordFiveHundred/


It's a Volvo S80!


It's a Ford Passat 4-Motion.


S80 is somewhat bigger than passat

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Old December 22nd 06, 05:25 PM posted to uk.rec.cars.modifications
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Tim S Kemp wrote:

SteveH wrote:
Tim S Kemp wrote:

Steve Firth wrote:

The interior is foul, the handling non-existent but I still want
one. Although I'd settle for a Ford Five Hundred.

http://www.familycar.com/RoadTests/FordFiveHundred/

It's a Volvo S80!


It's a Ford Passat 4-Motion.


S80 is somewhat bigger than passat


OK, it's a Ford Superb 4-Motion, then.
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Old December 22nd 06, 06:18 PM posted to uk.rec.cars.modifications
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SteveH wrote:
Tim S Kemp wrote:

SteveH wrote:
Tim S Kemp wrote:

Steve Firth wrote:

The interior is foul, the handling non-existent but I still want
one. Although I'd settle for a Ford Five Hundred.

http://www.familycar.com/RoadTests/FordFiveHundred/

It's a Volvo S80!

It's a Ford Passat 4-Motion.


S80 is somewhat bigger than passat


OK, it's a Ford Superb 4-Motion, then.


Ouch

So does that make the E280CDI I've got parked up outside at the moment a
Mercedes Superb 4-Motion with broken front drive shafts?


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Old December 22nd 06, 06:51 PM posted to uk.rec.cars.modifications
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Tim S Kemp wrote:

OK, it's a Ford Superb 4-Motion, then.


Ouch

So does that make the E280CDI I've got parked up outside at the moment a
Mercedes Superb 4-Motion with broken front drive shafts?


The E-class doesn't look like a B5 platform VAG. So, no.
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Old December 22nd 06, 08:36 PM posted to uk.rec.cars.modifications
Tim S Kemp
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SteveH wrote:
Tim S Kemp wrote:

OK, it's a Ford Superb 4-Motion, then.


Ouch

So does that make the E280CDI I've got parked up outside at the
moment a Mercedes Superb 4-Motion with broken front drive shafts?


The E-class doesn't look like a B5 platform VAG. So, no.


But the S80 doesn't either...



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Old December 22nd 06, 08:39 PM posted to uk.rec.cars.modifications
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In article , %steve%
@malloc.co.uk says...
On Fri, 22 Dec 2006 15:38:03 -0000, Elder wrote:

And I do like the riviera. Boat tail looks so wrong yet so right at the
same time. Like the back end of an overgrown Corvette meets the front
end of a Cadillac. Can't help think it needs airbags.


But then it would look like Dolly Parton.

No, they are funbags. Had this discussion on another newsgroup.
Different entity altogether.
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Old December 22nd 06, 09:02 PM posted to uk.rec.cars.modifications
SteveH
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Tim S Kemp wrote:

SteveH wrote:
Tim S Kemp wrote:

OK, it's a Ford Superb 4-Motion, then.

Ouch

So does that make the E280CDI I've got parked up outside at the
moment a Mercedes Superb 4-Motion with broken front drive shafts?


The E-class doesn't look like a B5 platform VAG. So, no.


But the S80 doesn't either...


No, but that Ford Five Hundred does.
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Old December 22nd 06, 10:03 PM posted to uk.rec.cars.modifications
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Steve Firth wrote:

On 21 Dec 2006 17:55:19 -0800, wrote:

Chevy, you retard.


The ****, since when were you a spelling meister?


Jesus tells me.

 




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