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Old 24 March 2006, 14:45   #81
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obviously never ventured into Bognor then!
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Old 24 March 2006, 14:51   #82
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obviously never ventured into Bognor then!
Only at night with a bag over my head!


Hey Cruser, How do you spell Hyumpi?! :razz:
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I had two 911s, when i had money a 911 (964) and 911(993). I liked the older one best, whilst the 911s are not the fastest card on the road, when it comes to service bills and general running they not too bad at all

Its not just about speed, i got a 911 not becuase i am a flash git, i got one becuase when i was about 6 i went to the Lincolnshire show, and my dad asked me what i was looking at, my reply "that car dad is just great"..............i still think they are..................but i dont have any money now

forget this 240 miles an hr bollox, 911s can be a real dream
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Old 24 March 2006, 15:12   #84
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agree jimbob, 911's are IMHO the best sports cars your hard earned pennies can buy, with each incarnation being memorable for different reasons. As for servicing and running, agree again - running an audi is proving more expensive in insurance, fuel (by a big margin) and servicing than the 911 -which is painful.

Whatever anyone says about the image of a 911, in an era of bling, bling and more bling, I think 911's are pretty understated next to comparable cars and most people who knock them havent driven one, let alone owned one. Even better, prices took a hammering in 05 and modern driving 911's are now obtainable for the price of a top spec mondeo - not a hard choice me thinks.
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Old 24 March 2006, 15:34   #85
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Yeh my ML cost more that my 911 to run

I was lucky i had the chance to have one

now i have a rid - even more fun and you meet in some new people
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Old 24 March 2006, 16:35   #86
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Was thinking in must be a 9-3 Aero or an Abbot racing tuned one although im not sure either of them would actually be quicker than a 911......
It's the 95 version. Standard not tuned - don't need it. Through the gears it is actually quicker than a 911. Wouldn't want to chase it round a country lane though - 2 ton & front wheel drive - scary on the bends. Not a sports car so doesn't handle as well. But a bit of a wolf in sheeps clothing - no 'bling' and gives most things a run for the money. Very quick if you can handle the torque steer.
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Old 24 March 2006, 16:59   #87
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I would bet my mortgage that a 9-5 is not quicker thru the gears than a 911 of the same era. Saab quote 7.3 sec from 50mph to 70mph for the all singing all dancing 2.3 HOT, a bog standard 996 will get from 50mph to 75mph nearly a second quicker. That said, Top Gear once did a test of the 9-5 and clarkson claimed it was quicker than a 911, so may be about to lose my mortgage...
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Old 24 March 2006, 17:29   #88
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I've seen some chaved up scrap in the Sowlint area also! Here in West Sussex we prefer the more executive models.
You can't talk about my old Cheeryokay like that
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Old 24 March 2006, 17:39   #89
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I would bet my mortgage that a 9-5 is not quicker thru the gears than a 911 of the same era. Saab quote 7.3 sec from 50mph to 70mph for the all singing all dancing 2.3 HOT, a bog standard 996 will get from 50mph to 75mph nearly a second quicker. That said, Top Gear once did a test of the 9-5 and clarkson claimed it was quicker than a 911, so may be about to lose my mortgage...
From 2nd gear onwards through the gears I think you will find the Saab will do it faster - just need to get the turbo spinning. Certainly in the 40 - 60 overtaking range it is spectacularly quick and yes Clarkson did test it - hated the torque steer and confirmed it to be quicker through the gears. I know the 911 is the faster car overall. There you go - yours is bigger than mine.

Don't want to dwell on this - at the end of the day all I started off by saying was that mpg all depends on how you drive. Any car can break the speed limit. Blair put the cameras in to prove it.
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You can't talk about my old Cheeryokay like that
Is that the one that's had the 100k "haircut" and moody history?!!
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Old 24 March 2006, 17:47   #91
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Is that the one that's had the 100k "haircut" and moody history?!!
Yeah! Why, were you offered it
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Yeah! Why, were you offered it
Yeah, by a couple of Asian guys in Blackbushe carpark. It was rattling it's nuts off.
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Old 24 March 2006, 19:04   #93
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Yeah, by a couple of Asian guys in Blackbushe carpark. It was rattling it's nuts off.
Thats alright then ,it's a different one ,i bought off a group of Ukranians
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I see the UK media has decided that 4x4 owners are now fair game for group vilification

HTF are you supposed to tow a 6m+ RIB using a saloon car I ask you
Easy ....................

Its a strange arguement this. Everybody has fixed the cross hairs on the 4x4 group but nobody stops to ask about MPV's.

MPVs are not necessary, they return poor MPG, require additional resources to build, weigh the same a 4x4s so cause just as bad damage in an accidents and they look UGLY as SIN! Take the fiat Multipla and the Citroen Xsara Picasso - WHY BUY A BLOB TO DRIVE??

However, the Chancellor has decided to ignore the two most polluting industures as far as greenhouse gases go. Air travel and the gas produced from landfills.......why.....cause the politicians are ignorant and do not act for our best intrests, only their own.

Methane, not CO2 is the most damaging greenhouse gass.
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Easy ....................

Its a strange arguement this. Everybody has fixed the cross hairs on the 4x4 group but nobody stops to ask about MPV's.

MPVs are not necessary, they return poor MPG, require additional resources to build, weigh the same a 4x4s so cause just as bad damage in an accidents and they look UGLY as SIN! Take the fiat Multipla and the Citroen Xsara Picasso - WHY BUY A BLOB TO DRIVE??

However, the Chancellor has decided to ignore the two most polluting industures as far as greenhouse gases go. Air travel and the gas produced from landfills.......why.....cause the politicians are ignorant and do not act for our best intrests, only their own.

Methane, not CO2 is the most damaging greenhouse gass.
I'm no 'Anti', both of our cars are 4x4. But, no way are MPV's as juicy as 4x4's. Our's do 25ish, one will nudge 30mpg on a run. My Old Man has a VW T4 Camper 2.5TDI that does 36ish and 42 on a run. It has the Aero dynamics of a barn door. It's dragging all that extra transmission around that does the damage with the 4x4's.
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Air travel ??? - I heard that per person per mile jumbos burn less fuel than a 50cc moped...
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Air travel ??? - I heard that per person per mile jumbos burn less fuel than a 50cc moped...
Tell me about it!!!

If planes used so much fuel how come you can fly to Rome for about £10???

Just looking at a new exec jet that has hit the market. It will carry 6 people and all their luggage 1500 miles on the same amount of fuel my RIB will go 400 miles on - and at 470mph!!!
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Is it not more about the crap that jet engines pump out than the amount of fuel that they burn? A jumbo is a big CO2 pump in the sky, shoving right where we don't need it.
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Is it not more about the crap that jet engines pump out than the amount of fuel that they burn? A jumbo is a big CO2 pump in the sky, shoving right where we don't need it.
They can only pump out what they consume.

Interesting to note that some "greens" claim the contrails have more of a greehouse effect than the gases - if that is the case the gas effect is minimal - they will be banning clouds next!!!
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forget this 240 miles an hr bollox, 911s can be a real dream
Yep,, untill they put water in the engines !!
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