My old man had one a loooong time ago, when they were still being produced. He said it was fun to drive but pretty much the least reliable car he's ever owned (and that included the 50s Skoda...
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My old man had one a loooong time ago, when they were still being produced. He said it was fun to drive but pretty much the least reliable car he's ever owned (and that included the 50s Skoda...
I heard from a little bird that Porsche tried making a diesel 911 (I think it was a 996) as a prototype. Supposedly in the end the car was massively fast and all but the fuel consumption simply...
Just curious, been thinking if any of the French manufacturers decide to produce an upmarket brand... :D
Best to hook it up to some electrical motor to produce a hybrid, taking away the problem of low torque at low revs but in this case I got into a price category (and complexity category) beyond what...
I guess that is what was meant. Fully running in a good condition they fetch around 7-8k. Btw. where do I look for a non runner, classifieds where? Of RWD Escorts you'll only get one or two on...
That E30 conversion looks interesting (I believe the E30 is a bit over the 800 kg, too?). :D
As for the two questions, my engineering prowess at the moment is next to non existent, which is one of...
Would it be feasible to reengine something that initially had a 1300 cc car engine with an motorcycle engine of equal displacement? I am talking about things weighting around 800 kg here.
The...
Will it take any other, non original powerplants?
What would good places to look for classifieds for such stuff be? :confused:
The Phaeton is at least honest, not pretending to be more than it is ;) I do not like it's iceberg weight, nor the interior, nor the handling but as a used V10 diesel it makes a lot of sense for...
If you like the way the TT drives, as I said, you get pretty much the same in an anonymous package with the added bonus of a 6 cylinder sound in a Bora, which should cost a lot less to insure ;)
OK, the tiny budget would be 1000 gbp for a start. :) Perhaps more if I can get some friends interested.
I guess I can get a full toolset as a kind of Xmas / BDay present, so all I'd need in...
Till the late 70s, IIRC but tend to be rather expensive 8k gbp is quite normal, so a lot over my budget :(
IIRC Mk1&2 Escorts were RWD
I know it is horrible in looks and image but won't be worse to drive and will be a lot cheaper to insure: VW Bora 2.8 4motion?
Does the same (insurance) apply to things like Legnum/Galant VR-4s and Legacy /Forrester turbos?
Just found this:
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/90230.htm
Interesting, perhaps? :confused:
Since I didn't even get to a decision when and how I'll get (what) car in the UK, this might be a getting a bit ahead of myself. :) But I did discuss getting a "project" with my girlfriend, to get my...
I guess a Scooby would be a lot more fun than the TT, more useful too, but the interior is nothing to write home about ;)
Perhaps a Forrester (turbo) with some mods might come in at the budget but...
Thanks, some interesting suggestions. As for the dog, it rides in the passenger footwell anyway, so it doesn't really matter what car it is from that perspective :)
Btw. can one get a Lancia Delta...
Oh, the dog has an EU pet passport and all the relevant checks and documents. The problem is that I only figured out about moving to the UK some days ago. For some inexplicable reason the UK...
I dislike the frontal aspect of this Maybach, again one of the Hannibal Lecter school of design (along with several recent Audi prototypes), which IMHO is plain wrong. And it's bloated, a new money...
As soon as you have one, you'll know ;)
The quarantine itself will cost something over 2k. In addition to that you have the expense of bringing the dog over (only select routes with select airlines are acceptable - can be sure that they...
A difficult one IMO. I chose the Audi, finally, since the question was about owning it. The Audi will be a much more comfortable place to spend time in. I drive a lot and the BMW seats are simply a...
Enough not to leave it behind at any cost (which I can afford, otherwise I would turn the job down, however catastrophic that thought is).
And the facilities are very humane, actually, plus...
The situation has changed yet again. As we have a dog and the UK regulations are arcane and medieval on importing dogs, it will possibly need to stay under quarantine for several months. It will cost...