That funky like Toyota with the gullwing doors you used to have, a Sera I
think, do you have any good pics of it online that you could provide me
links too :-) ? One of my mates just started talking about them to me, he
knows someone who has one apparently, and he wanted to know more about them.
I was wondering if you could also furnish me with some useful/interesting
Sera facts and owner experiences etc?

Thanks dude :-)

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Dan
Clio R27 F1 #65

"DanB" wrote in message
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That funky like Toyota with the gullwing doors you used to have, a Sera I
think, do you have any good pics of it online that you could provide me
links too :-) ?

Not to butt in or anything, butt...
http://www.omicron.uk.com/sera/forum/index.php
Owners' web forum.

DanB wrote:
That funky like Toyota with the gullwing doors you used to have, a Sera I
think, do you have any good pics of it online that you could provide me
links too :-) ? One of my mates just started talking about them to me, he
knows someone who has one apparently, and he wanted to know more about them.
I was wondering if you could also furnish me with some useful/interesting
Sera facts and owner experiences etc?

Thanks dude :-)

Heh, there are a few pics up on my various websites, I'll dig out the
links. Useful things are stuff like "if the thermostat is buggered, the
auto box won't go into overdrive" and "I can change a door strut in 20
minutes"

There are loads of them in the UK now, it's amazing. Great little cars.
I had three, Phase 1 automatics x 2 (one with a bodykit) and Phase 3
manual (the black one I liked best). If he finds J557 WAX anywhere,
that's my old Phase 3.

Phase 3s have high-level brake lights, side impact beams and are
generally a bit nicer to have for being "rarer" than the Phase 1 & 2 models.

(I got my C6 now! Also, I saw a yellow F1 Clio thingy going Southbound
near Junction 31 on the M6 today).

Richard

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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.

"Richard Kilpatrick" wrote in message
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DanB wrote:
That funky like Toyota with the gullwing doors you used to have, a Sera I
think, do you have any good pics of it online that you could provide me
links too :-) ? One of my mates just started talking about them to me,
he knows someone who has one apparently, and he wanted to know more about
them. I was wondering if you could also furnish me with some
useful/interesting Sera facts and owner experiences etc?

Thanks dude :-)

Heh, there are a few pics up on my various websites, I'll dig out the
links. Useful things are stuff like "if the thermostat is buggered, the
auto box won't go into overdrive" and "I can change a door strut in 20
minutes"

There are loads of them in the UK now, it's amazing. Great little cars. I
had three, Phase 1 automatics x 2 (one with a bodykit) and Phase 3 manual
(the black one I liked best). If he finds J557 WAX anywhere, that's my old
Phase 3.

Phase 3s have high-level brake lights, side impact beams and are generally
a bit nicer to have for being "rarer" than the Phase 1 & 2 models.

Ta :-)


(I got my C6 now! Also, I saw a yellow F1 Clio thingy going Southbound
near Junction 31 on the M6 today).


You've actually taken delivery? Awesome! Pics? And the Clio - sweet :-)

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Dan
Clio R27 F1 #65

DanB wrote:

Phase 3s have high-level brake lights, side impact beams and are generally
a bit nicer to have for being "rarer" than the Phase 1 & 2 models.

Ta :-)

http://web.mac.com/r.t.kilpatrick/iW...pdates....html

http://homepage.mac.com/r.t.kilpatri...toAlbum25.html

http://home.btconnect.com/dmc12/sera/ (obviously abandoned).

(I got my C6 now! Also, I saw a yellow F1 Clio thingy going Southbound
near Junction 31 on the M6 today).


You've actually taken delivery? Awesome! Pics? And the Clio - sweet :-)

Pictures from the first day - I need to get my plate on it, and the
mudflaps haven't been delivered, and it's got some crap wax on the
windscreen from the "valeting" company (actually, I slag it off but the
car is spotless despite kicking around for a year, apart from a mark on
the bumper due to be fixed when it's convenient for me from the sales
manager tapping it with a C3).

Absolutely love it. It's not fast, I'd be able to beat it in an XM
comfortably on the backroads and probably in a CX with enough power, but
it's VERY good at 5 hour drives where you get out feeling better than
when you got in the car. And I've just about sussed the Jukebox, though
iTunes saw fit to add numbers to my MP3s so the albums are all a mess.
Renaming 100 albums using a joystick and phone keypad isn't fun.

http://web.mac.com/r.t.kilpatrick/iW...0C6%20HDi.html

In isolation, I reckon it's not as good looking as it could have been
but in a service-station carpark it looks striking amongst the rest of
the kit and the window profile and side view is brilliant.

It's also a pig to get into my driveway - yet it's only 3" longer and a
touch narrower than a 4dr Mondeo, so I think it's down to my perception
and the wheelbase, rather than it being unwieldy. Usually I'm fine with
big cars and rubbish with small ones.

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.

"Richard Kilpatrick" wrote in message
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DanB wrote:

Phase 3s have high-level brake lights, side impact beams and are
generally a bit nicer to have for being "rarer" than the Phase 1 & 2
models.

Ta :-)

http://web.mac.com/r.t.kilpatrick/iW...pdates....html

http://homepage.mac.com/r.t.kilpatri...toAlbum25.html

http://home.btconnect.com/dmc12/sera/ (obviously abandoned).


Sweet, thanks for those! I think the burgundy one with the bigger wheels
and the mild kit -http://home.btconnect.com/dmc12/sera/7734/Sera7734.htm -
looks the best :-)


(I got my C6 now! Also, I saw a yellow F1 Clio thingy going Southbound
near Junction 31 on the M6 today).


You've actually taken delivery? Awesome! Pics? And the Clio - sweet
:-)

Pictures from the first day - I need to get my plate on it, and the
mudflaps haven't been delivered, and it's got some crap wax on the
windscreen from the "valeting" company (actually, I slag it off but the
car is spotless despite kicking around for a year, apart from a mark on
the bumper due to be fixed when it's convenient for me from the sales
manager tapping it with a C3).

Absolutely love it. It's not fast, I'd be able to beat it in an XM
comfortably on the backroads and probably in a CX with enough power, but
it's VERY good at 5 hour drives where you get out feeling better than when
you got in the car. And I've just about sussed the Jukebox, though iTunes
saw fit to add numbers to my MP3s so the albums are all a mess. Renaming
100 albums using a joystick and phone keypad isn't fun.

http://web.mac.com/r.t.kilpatrick/iW...0C6%20HDi.html

In isolation, I reckon it's not as good looking as it could have been but
in a service-station carpark it looks striking amongst the rest of the kit
and the window profile and side view is brilliant.

It's also a pig to get into my driveway - yet it's only 3" longer and a
touch narrower than a 4dr Mondeo, so I think it's down to my perception
and the wheelbase, rather than it being unwieldy. Usually I'm fine with
big cars and rubbish with small ones.


Awesome, glad you got it sorted. I really like them look of them for a big
car, they're just so much more stylish than of that bland German rubbish.
The interior looks very nice as well, comfy to the max - what's the problem
with the spec? Something to do witth the seats?


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Dan
Clio R27 F1 #65

DanB wrote:

Awesome, glad you got it sorted. I really like them look of them for a big
car, they're just so much more stylish than of that bland German rubbish.
The interior looks very nice as well, comfy to the max - what's the problem
with the spec? Something to do witth the seats?

it's supposed to be a standard Exclusive spec, which would have
surprisingly flimsy feeling but folding rear seat, so long loads can go
through. It's got the £1000 "pack lounge" option which replaces those
with electrically reclining TGV-style rear seats.

Great, extra posh stuff on my car, but I never sit in the back and I
sometimes have to carry long things. So it'll get a towbar sooner (I
just mised a brand new one for £50 on eBay).

The interior design really grows on you when you drive it - the black
section makes a shape much like a CX dashboard's curve visually and a
lot of the buttons are redundant because the voice control is limited
but effective.

Best bit, though - after all that time in the Ignis, I made sure I got
this before doing a seminar in Manchester (hence it's not got the plates
on yet, because I have to wait to get the logbook back) - drive to and
from Manchester in the worst rush hour traffic, 8 hours on a Hilton "we
hate you really" conference chair. Usually by the end of the day I'd
have been limping about and the idea of driving the Suzuki back would
have made me stay an extra hour to avoid the rush hour traffic.

Got into the C6, tweaked the seat some more, and the sun was out - with
the aircon and that interior colour, it was like coming out of the
conference and relaxing on a caribbean beach. I was so calm, I didn't
get annoyed with any of the other traffic.

The car did reboot itself on the way home, but it hasn't repeated that
trick yet. I think the computer does more than navigation, as the speedo
changed to KMH until it had restarted!

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.