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spen
PostPosted: 10 Feb 2011 14:39 
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I'd rather race a Honda 90

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1995 Mercedes C220 Elegance, silver. 107k. Taxed until end of month, tested to April.
Three spare wheels, spare starter motor, spare front bumper, few odds and sods. New battery.
This model has the Sports and Economy selection on the automatic box. Very good on fuel in Economy, very quick in Sports mode...... bit scabby on the wheel arches in a couple of places.

This was my mate's everyday car until a few weeks ago when he bought a new SAAB, it drives beautifully.

Cheap at £600.

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PostPosted: 10 Feb 2011 14:42 
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It's petrol before you ask, why would anybody want to put a van engine in a car......?

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PostPosted: 10 Feb 2011 15:19 
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Electric windows, electric sunroof, tow bar, electrically folding rear headrests.....

Central locking 'plipper' isn't working, but I don't lock cars anyway, not needed round here.
Radio/CD too......

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It's petrol before you ask, why would anybody want to put a van engine in a car......?



:clap: :clap: :rofl: :app: :app:

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rik wrote:
spen wrote:
It's petrol before you ask, why would anybody want to put a van engine in a car......?



Because a van engine will do twice as many miles to the gallon as a petrol one and you will spend most of your time in a traffic jam doing no more than 20 mph anyway and it would be a mercedes van engine so would be great. :coat:
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It's petrol before you ask, why would anybody want to put a van engine in a car......?
Because then you have the joy of the perpetual smell of chips running on sunflower oil.

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PostPosted: 10 Feb 2011 23:58 
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I'd rather race a Honda 90

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spondon440 wrote:
rik wrote:
spen wrote:
It's petrol before you ask, why would anybody want to put a van engine in a car......?



Because a van engine will do twice as many miles to the gallon as a petrol one and you will spend most of your time in a traffic jam doing no more than 20 mph anyway and it would be a mercedes van engine so would be great. :coat:

Traffic jam round here? Hahahaha. :rofl:

Consider the price of DERV against petrol and then come back to me with a good argument......

This (petrol) car does 35 to the gallon........ more than my mates Diesel Mondeo on the more expensive (waste product) Diesel.........

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If your mates only getting under 35 out of his mondeo I suggest you point out to him he has another 4 gears in the gearbox
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If your mates only getting under 35 out of his mondeo I suggest you point out to him he has another 4 gears in the gearbox

........ Or I could tell him that it's a 6 speed box...... he drives it very hard. And it's generally heavily loaded, it's one of those estate cars, like a van but less use......

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................ and if you saw the frequency of really expensive out-of-the-blue faults on modern diesels that I see, you wouldn't consider one either.....
EGR Valves
Particulate Filters
Cats
Injectors
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'Break-even' mileage is now reckoned to be IRO 28,000 miles pa..... :rofl:
No thanks.

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Diesels ROCK. I will never buy a petrol car again.
Mate's Mk 5 Golf 1.9 diesel, 115 BHP gets over 55 MPG on our regular work commute, has done 145,000 miles, and has had tyres plus an exhaust. NOTHING else!
My Ford Galaxy with the same engine was awesome on the fuel, and carried the six of us in my family, fully loaded boot, roof box, and towing a 950 Kgs folding caravan the 1100 miles to Spain on holiday 3 years running.
I now have a VW Touareg (diesel of course) so I can tow my new twin axle 1.7 metric ton caravan with ease - and it does!!!
Diesel = Massive Torque, low revs power and drivability, economy. There's nothing a petrol engine in a car can do anything like as well...
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M6NTL wrote:
Diesels ROCK. I will never buy a petrol car again.
Mate's Mk 5 Golf 1.9 diesel, 115 BHP gets over 55 MPG on our regular work commute, has done 145,000 miles, and has had tyres plus an exhaust. NOTHING else!
My Ford Galaxy with the same engine was awesome on the fuel, and carried the six of us in my family, fully loaded boot, roof box, and towing a 950 Kgs folding caravan the 1100 miles to Spain on holiday 3 years running.
I now have a VW Touareg (diesel of course) so I can tow my new twin axle 1.7 metric ton caravan with ease - and it does!!!
Diesel = Massive Torque, low revs power and drivability, economy. There's nothing a petrol engine in a car can do anything like as well...


petrol smells better

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Nutah wrote:
petrol smells better


And have you ever tried to throw a Diesel bomb ;)

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