DanB wrote:
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Not that you will.

They're as strong as an ox these cars.

What are they like for space in the cockpit?


My neighbour had a light blue one, and he's a big guy. He has a rangey now,
a white one, and he put a RV8 in his Defender looking thing in his front
garden. He is awesome to borrow tools from, and has an airgun and stuff!
His compresser seems to be self charging or something, as every now and then
it just makes a noise like a generator.

I think thats what workshop compressors generally do.

They have a pump that charges the big air tank stuck to the bottom.
When the pressure drops below a certain point from spraying/using the
whirly tools, the pump kicks in and charges the tank up again.

Magic.

--
Douglas

"Elder" wrote in message
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The alarm that is. I wasn't clear, ask for your money back, and tell
them
to take the alarm out and keep it themselves.


My worry is that with it replacing the factory fit one, it will have
been wired into the loom the same, and removing at all might bugger up
more things than it fixes.


Get them to buy you a new car :-)

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Dan
Clio R27 F1 #65

Let's see how many of these I can get a Carlton Estate to match....

I just want something that I fit and can afford to fuel.

Yup - 2.6s are probably reasonably pokey but probably still get a good 25mpg
from - 3.0 24v you'll probably not see much less than 20mpg worst case -
they're quite good on a run apparently.

What I need is, something as small on the outside as the Favorit for
parking.

Not *quite* as small - easy enough to park though.

With the visibility all round of the Rangie

Not as high up, but "check", sort of.

With the space on the inside of the Celsior

Well definitely on the count...

With the boot space of the 900

And that.....

With the performance of the 9000

The 9000's a quick one like an Aero, innit? Not quite, I guess, but the 24v
won't be a million miles off.....

With the handling of the GT4

Erm, they're ok for what they are.....

With the reliability and fuel economy of the Octavia

Reliable - yes, as long as you don't use pikey spec oil, which the posh
sodium filled valves don't like, I vaguely remember hearing. Fuel economy -
almost...

and finally with the purchase price of the Estelle.

Stick a nought and a bit more on - if there's a 24v about you should get a
solid but not mint one for about £1000-1500.

--
"For want of the price of tea and a slice, the old man died."

writes:

Incidentally, the temperature gauge decided it didn't want to work on
the Passat last night - definitely enough coolant in it, the heater
was running hot and it was driving as well as ever, so yet again it's
going to have to go back to the dealers this week with suspected body
computer issues.

I didn't touch it, but it's probably telling you that you really want a
nice A8.

BTW, the deal with that M3 fell through as the bloke had someone turn up
with the cash. Probably better that way.

--
'89 Mazda RX-7 Convertible Mazda MX-5 trackday shed
'92 Mazda RX-7 Audi A8

"Elder" wrote in message
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Not that you will.

They're as strong as an ox these cars.

What are they like for space in the cockpit?
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I'm 6'2" with my height biased towards my back rather than legs and it was
fine for me.
I'm also of portly persuasion, although I seem to be loosing a little for no
obvious reason.

Anyway, I fitted well into mine.

Mine happily towed a car trailer loaded with GTM Rossa K3 from here to Bury
and back in a day.

They're not a car to love as such - like my Sylva, for reasons which
genuinely escape me - but if you got one you would know that it had been a
great decision and would repect it for ever. It's a car to trust your life
in and not cost you a fortune to run.

I should imagine that doesn't help at all.

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Let's see how many of these I can get a Carlton Estate to match....

I just want something that I fit and can afford to fuel.

Yup - 2.6s are probably reasonably pokey but probably still get a good 25mpg
from - 3.0 24v you'll probably not see much less than 20mpg worst case -
they're quite good on a run apparently.

Need more, getting 28 out of the Saab, rarely get to do a run now, maybe
3-4 times a yearnot driving in rush hour and driving for more than an
hour.
What I need is, something as small on the outside as the Favorit for
parking.

Not *quite* as small - easy enough to park though.

With the visibility all round of the Rangie

Not as high up, but "check", sort of.

With the space on the inside of the Celsior

Well definitely on the count...

With the boot space of the 900

And that.....

With the performance of the 9000

The 9000's a quick one like an Aero, innit? Not quite, I guess, but the 24v
won't be a million miles off.....

With the handling of the GT4

Erm, they're ok for what they are.....

With the reliability and fuel economy of the Octavia

Reliable - yes, as long as you don't use pikey spec oil, which the posh
sodium filled valves don't like, I vaguely remember hearing. Fuel economy -
almost...

I was getting 30mpg minimum out of the Octavia mainly local driving with
38 on a good run, I want better.
and finally with the purchase price of the Estelle.

Stick a nought and a bit more on - if there's a 24v about you should get a
solid but not mint one for about £1000-1500.

I paid £85 for the estelle and it needed £70 welding and brake parts for
the mot, nothing after that.

--
Carl Robson
Audio stream: http://www.bouncing-czechs.com:8000/samtest
Homepage: http://www.bouncing-czechs.com

john wrote:

But it's a late one, from when Merc's quality control budget was 17p
and their 'make stuff go forever' policy was replaced by their 'make
stuff cheaply' policy.

even a late W124 is pretty indestructable, I know them well. cheap
insurance too. up to 1995 is pretty safe, after that you're in the
realms of tatty rusty T and V reg cars....

W124s stopped in 1995, so a T or V-reg W124 would be pretty suspect.

They're not indestructible, either, in that they wear like any other car
and some of the parts are horrific when you get away from consumables.
What amazes me is how much people will put up with in their cars - £1800
E200 1994 Estate, one careful owner, and when I actually drove it the
heater was misting, the car pulled, a wheelbearing was howling, the
tailgate was rusty...

It's not that I'm expecting a W124 NOT to be like this, but that people
will describe such a car as "Drives well" or "smooth luxury" or
whatever. "It's pulling violently to one side, the brakes are grinding,
and the rear suspension is shagged" "Yes, but it drives well!".

IME, and I wanted a W124 again quite strongly a while back and had the
money to spend on one, the good ones are rare and the ones for sale in
trade ads or classifieds are usually not as good as people think they
are. Which could probably be said for any used car, but for some reason
the W124s reputation makes these faults somehow disappear.

Richard

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RichardK - http://www.dmc12.demon.co.uk/ - retro, music, cars.
124 cars/16 years - 125 = C6 2.7 HDi Exclusive C6 RTK. BBE 2015.
"If the thought of something makes me giggle for more than 15 seconds I
am to assume I am not allowed to do it" - Skippy.

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Well, whilst that is newer and less leggy than yours, it's still well over
10 years old, built in the run when Mercs were at their absolute worst, with
almost 100,000 miles on it. Just give in and get a Saxo diesel or
something. I know you want to be different etc etc but you're just making
your life difficult and stressful un-necessarily.

I just want something that I fit and can afford to fuel.
What I need is, something as small on the outside as the Favorit for
parking.
With the visibility all round of the Rangie
With the space on the inside of the Celsior
With the boot space of the 900
With the performance of the 9000

Mercedes A-class turbo nutter thing.

Not cheap and not the best handling, though.

Richard

--
RichardK - http://www.dmc12.demon.co.uk/ - retro, music, cars.
124 cars/16 years - 125 = C6 2.7 HDi Exclusive C6 RTK. BBE 2015.
"If the thought of something makes me giggle for more than 15 seconds I
am to assume I am not allowed to do it" - Skippy.

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I'm 6'2" with my height biased towards my back rather than legs and it was
fine for me.

I'm all legs, but I find if the steering wheel is sensibly placed or has
adjustment, the gut goes nowhere near it
I'm also of portly persuasion, although I seem to be loosing a little for no
obvious reason.

Anyway, I fitted well into mine.

Mine happily towed a car trailer loaded with GTM Rossa K3 from here to Bury
and back in a day.

They're not a car to love as such - like my Sylva, for reasons which
genuinely escape me - but if you got one you would know that it had been a
great decision and would repect it for ever. It's a car to trust your life
in and not cost you a fortune to run.

Only problem with an Audi is, they are all driven by Cocks.

--
Carl Robson
Audio stream: http://www.bouncing-czechs.com:8000/samtest
Homepage: http://www.bouncing-czechs.com

"Elder" wrote in message
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I'm 6'2" with my height biased towards my back rather than legs and it
was
fine for me.

I'm all legs, but I find if the steering wheel is sensibly placed or has
adjustment, the gut goes nowhere near it
I'm also of portly persuasion, although I seem to be loosing a little for
no
obvious reason.

Anyway, I fitted well into mine.

Mine happily towed a car trailer loaded with GTM Rossa K3 from here to
Bury
and back in a day.

They're not a car to love as such - like my Sylva, for reasons which
genuinely escape me - but if you got one you would know that it had been
a
great decision and would repect it for ever. It's a car to trust your
life
in and not cost you a fortune to run.

Only problem with an Audi is, they are all driven by Cocks.


Not old and immaculate ones.
Old and tidy 80s just look they're being driven by people with far more
sense than money.
New ones don't look like that - they are definitely driven by cocks.

An unmarked 80 or 100 / A6 looks seriously cool IMHO.

Here's a meanderingly boring illustration of this theory.

A friend of mine drives a 100 Avant quattro 2.8V6 as his daily car and it's
in very nice condition.
IIRC it's either a '93 or a 94. It's just a big, sturdy sensible car. Not
worth a fortune, but a great car.

For weekend fun, he has a 911SC, a 944S and a 944 turbo. They're all
immaculate.
He also has a frogeye sprite sporting a well tweaked xflow on webers.
His wife also has another frogeye sprite and an A6.
His old man has a car called a cooper MG - this one
http://www.carkeys.co.uk/features/cl...storic/989.asp
His mother has a Porsche 356 and an MG J2 - and an old Audi for daily use.

Doug knows exactly who I'm talking about.

All of the above makes old and unfashionable Audis cool rather than cock
IMHO.
These people clearly have the cash to drive more expensive modern cars as
daily drivers if they wanted to.
But they don't - that would just be daft.

Audis of a certain age rock.