Thinking of buying this Jag

[Churchill]

I like all of them. The 250 GT Lusso would probably be my favourite. The bumperless competition one I saw is probably the most perfectly beautiful car I've ever seen.

My Granddad built a "Slot-Racer" kit from the United States of one of those and presented it to me for my 7th birthday.

It was a beautiful scale model. A brass chassis screwed together, spoked inserts on the wheels. Rubber tyres that had the correct tread pattern, it really was a thing of beauty.

I say "was" because it lasted ~15 minutes between him giving it to me and me putting a dent in the skirting board with it as it spun off at the first bend of my scalextric track.

I really was a destructive little bugger.

http://slotmonsters.com/slot-car-manuf-monogram.ashx

[stek]

If I was even slightly thinking of buying that car I'd be also considering buying;

1. Some cool grey slacks.

2. Some green cardigans with brown football buttons.

3. A pipe and some rough shag.

4. Some stringback gloves and a flat cap.

[Churchill]

If I was even slightly thinking of buying that car I'd be also considering buying;

1. Some cool grey slacks.

2. Some green cardigans with brown football buttons.

3. A pipe and some rough shag.

4. Some stringback gloves and a flat cap.

At least you admit that grey slacks are "cool"

[doodab]

At least you admit that grey slacks are "cool"

He might have meant bluish grey. As opposed to a warm grey which would have a reddish tinge.

[Peoplesoft bloke]

If I was even slightly thinking of buying that car I'd be also considering buying;

1. Some cool grey slacks.

2. Some green cardigans with brown football buttons.

3. A pipe and some rough shag.

4. Some stringback gloves and a flat cap.

More highly unoriginal ageist snobbery. Every time sme ignorant pillock tells me I've got "an old man's car" I remind them that

a)I don't care

and

b) I am old.

[Churchill]

He might have meant bluish grey. As opposed to a warm grey which would have a reddish tinge.

That's just gay!

[doodab]

More highly unoriginal ageist snobbery. Every time sme ignorant pillock tells me I've got "an old man's car" I remind them that

a)I don't care

and

b) I am old.

and

c) there is nothing wrong with a rough shag

[darmstadt]

Well my (based on a) BMW went through the snow last year all right, sometimes a squeaky bum was had, especially when a juggernaut came sliding sideways down a hill towards me! I was driving 300km to work each Monday morning, the main part on a road which goes up and down and twists and turns. As for reliability, it's just over 3 years old and has now passed the 120,000km mark and has only had a lambda sensor replaced. A hell of a lot more reliable than the last car, an AMG, which had to have engine replaced at 35,000km and was quite often in the dealers (and that wasn't too bad in the snow. I remember when working at the Porsche test center which is situated in the middle of nowhere in the Black Forest and the only way I could find my car was the faint yellow indicator light when unlocking it. Went through over 30cm of unploughed snow not too bad. Winter tyres do help you know...)

[MCC7]

I have yet to see a BMW get up a hill in the snow. Not a problem in NL.

I will be selling my 'beemer' before winter kicks in because I am fed up of a car that doesn't work for a whole season of the year.

Probably get a neat hatch for now then something sportier for next summer (this forum has pushed me towards a 350z...)

[DimPrawn]

Well my (based on a) BMW went through the snow last year all right, sometimes a squeaky bum was had, especially when a juggernaut came sliding sideways down a hill towards me! I was driving 300km to work each Monday morning, the main part on a road which goes up and down and twists and turns. As for reliability, it's just over 3 years old and has now passed the 120,000km mark and has only had a lambda sensor replaced. A hell of a lot more reliable than the last car, an AMG, which had to have engine replaced at 35,000km and was quite often in the dealers (and that wasn't too bad in the snow. I remember when working at the Porsche test center which is situated in the middle of nowhere in the Black Forest and the only way I could find my car was the faint yellow indicator light when unlocking it. Went through over 30cm of unploughed snow not too bad. Winter tyres do help you know...)

Can you please explain how a car with a front spoiler 3 inches from the ground can drive through 30cm of snow? Does it A magically float on top even though it weighs two tonnes or B does it somehow push 5 tonnes of snow along with rear wheel drive and the engine at the front?



There we scores of BMW's and Mercs here stuck for weeks. Even the snow ploughs were getting stuck and having to have tractors pull them out. Some of the tractors were having tractors pull them out.