Reply to: Does a car's badge matter?

[Zorba]

Seems that there are more Passat owners here than anything. Some bugger tried to nick mine off the drive a few weeks ago! Who'd want to steal a 2001 rep mobile?

I was thinking about changing over to a Honda S2000 (ok, bit hairdressery) but not now - the Passat is getting run into the ground.

[Pondlife]

Of course the badge doesn't matter; the kids will nick it.

*Zeighty in "I used to like the beasty boys" mode

[Muttley08]

Can anyone remember nicking Mercedes badges and trying to make 'ninja throwing stars' out of them?

Or was that just me?

[portseven]

Portseven,

I don't know why you are so excited about bio diesel for 79p a litre, here on the mainland we pay 1 euro 5 a litre for the real thing, what's that in old money, about 70p !!!


Milan.

Ahh but you don't get to have your car smelling like a chippy with that stuff.

[portseven]

agreed a diesel series II onwards landrover is uber cool

I intend to replace my Passatt with a 110 TD5 (2003/4 ish) at some point. Just waiting for the right one to come up really.

[DimPrawn]

This has to be the perfect "I'm not tight, I'm just careful" contractor car.

http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/first_d...sid=316&page=1

"The Ceed is not only very focused, it's also offered with a mighty SEVEN-year warranty, valid for 100,000 miles."

Cheap as chips and if anything goes wrong, you have a cast iron warranty for next 7 years.

Why buy a Ford?

[FarmerPalmer]

agreed a diesel series II onwards landrover is uber cool

never liked the series I's

wouldn't mind an ex army rag top diesel 90

keep on the available ones from www.witham-sv.com every so often

Milan.

but not ideal for long motorway journeys - thats what the CRV is for ...

[milanbenes]

agreed a diesel series II onwards landrover is uber cool

never liked the series I's

wouldn't mind an ex army rag top diesel 90

keep on the available ones from www.witham-sv.com every so often

Milan.

[FarmerPalmer]

Series IIA?

Now that would be the height of cool (except for a Series I) - nope a Series III - 1971 built - no car tax - £100 to insure - but don't ask about mpg

My car is 1 year younger than me

[Churchill]

Sas has a stalker !

Milan.

Zeity had a stalker...once...

Oi ZG!!! Did they ever find the remains?

[milanbenes]

Sas has a stalker !

Milan.

[All_Day_Breakfast]

There are now 2 seriously good mid-size saloons that I'd consider over the Germans:

Mazda 6 MPS
Ford Mondeo Titanium (best Ford ever)

Would you buy one or is the brand/badge the overwhelming criterion?

p1ss off you boring tw@t - stick to your one line posts eh there's a good junior

[milanbenes]

Portseven,

I don't know why you are so excited about bio diesel for 79p a litre, here on the mainland we pay 1 euro 5 a litre for the real thing, what's that in old money, about 70p !!!


Milan.

[WindyAnna]

I'm getting WRX deja-vu, I'm sure we've done this thread before ...

I love my WRX, had it for 3 years never had any hassle with it, costs stuff all to run compared to my Evo. Looked at Forester but it doesn't actually have a huge amount more capacity - enjoyed me test drive in it tho'.

Wind

[portseven]

Just been looking at a Subaru Forester XT, it looks a bit sedate and boring but it does 0-60 in 5.8 seconds... enough to embarrass the barryboys at the lights.

Good cars, and nearly always come in the top 5 in the JD Power Surveys. They go like sh*t off a shovel apparently. Nearly got one a few weeks ago, but went for a Impreza WRX Wagon instead.

There are some great videos of the Forester on YouTube

So I have a Impreza WRX for the Mrs to drive in the week and me to have some fun with at the weekend, and a Diesel Passatt for the daily commute and it runs on BioDiesel that I get for 79p a litre