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    Quote Originally Posted by Pete D View Post
    A ‘newby’ in a watch forum may be still quite a decent and experienced chap....in the real world, and might even have been active on other forums for a fair while....

    You gain nothing in terms of respect by just posting on a forum... It’s what you say and how you behave that counts - perhaps a statement of the blindingly obvious, but may be missed by some.

    So, thanks for your patronising reply, which doesn’t alter my opinion of you in the slightest.

    At least the decent chaps are getting back on topic....

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jon Kenney View Post
    He doesn't start drinking until 8pm each evening, so you'll have to wait for the classy response.
    4pm Sat and Sun.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Davidww View Post
    This...



    Skoda Superb 2.0 TDI

    Not always quite as heavily laden!

    David
    Knowing how capacious the Superb is (I have an estate) I tip my hat to you - that you ran out of space such that you needed a trailer!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hocuspocus View Post
    Knowing how capacious the Superb is (I have an estate) I tip my hat to you - that you ran out of space such that you needed a trailer!

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    It is a very big boot but also a very big tent in there. Of course, once you have a trailer there are a million and one ways to fill it for a camping trip :)

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    Earlier in the year I bought Mrs V a 2003 Honda Jazz to replace her broken MX5. Something of a come down for her unfortunately and she doesn't really like it much. It will do her until she saves up for the Mini convertible that she wants though.

    As for myself, I love it. A basic, simple and reliable mode of transport. I find the fact that it is deeply unfashionable very attractive in a perverse way.

    In fact I like it so much I have just bought myself one and will hopefully be selling my CRV tomorrow.

    Its a slightly newer one than Mrs V's on a 2005 plate. 66K and a FSH including the original sales invoice. The only faults I can find are three minor dings that haven't broken the paint and are hardly noticeable. The only thing it needs is a space saver spare wheel, jack and wheel brace to replace the crappy O/E puncture repair inflation kit in the boot. I did need to buy a spare key as well as it only came with one.



    It has a harsh ride and with its 1.2 engine is pretty slow. However, fuel seems to last forever (as indicated by what seems to be the biggest fuel gauge in the world) and its oddly fun to drive. I love how basic it is, in fact if it had manual wing mirrors and wind up windows in the front it would be perfect!

    And as with all Jazz's the way that the rear seats fold in a number of ways makes the internal space that is available quite amazing.
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    Washed and waxed, my bit of weekend fun:

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    Quote Originally Posted by magpie215 View Post
    Some of you may have already seen this
    It may be my age, but I get a warm fuzzy nostalgic feeling from seeing cars with replacement panels from another vehicle.

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    I've just had a bit of a clean-up in this thread and deleted a few posts. If it happens again, I'll be deleting a few members.

    Eddie
    Whole chunks of my life come under the heading "it seemed like a good idea at the time".

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    Quote Originally Posted by junglebert View Post
    You’re not the only one, some cars are just right, that’s one of them.
    Absolutely agree, 911 is a grail for me that I doubt I will ever attain. The perfect sports car thay has gently evolved over the years. Bit like the submariner?

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    Quote Originally Posted by swanbourne View Post
    I've just had a bit of a clean-up in this thread and deleted a few posts. If it happens again, I'll be deleting a few members.

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    Having just read this thread, I wonder how bad were the posts that you deleted?

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    Check back around 16:00, there will probably be more.

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    Lol I will get Alexa to remind me.

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    Usually, my wife off her head.

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    Right back to cars then..
    My new (to me) work daily bus...
    Really impressed with it loads of room goes well etc

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    I now have nearly as many cars as watches!!!
    Summer toy and a forum favourite

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    Plus my long term love and restoration..
    Had this 20 years or so


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    Love that beemer, beautiful cars


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    Quote Originally Posted by Peter franks View Post
    Plus my long term love and restoration..
    Had this 20 years or so


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    Lovely

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    Quote Originally Posted by Peter franks View Post
    Plus my long term love and restoration..
    Had this 20 years or so


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    Lovely indeed. Always nice to see a long-term owner, who continues to love a car.


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    It seems appropriate to add this as we did 3,000 miles in it around Spain/Portugal and France last month.
    VW T6 Campervan.

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    Just put a deposit on this, collecting next weekend, very excited!



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    Latest addition to the car family.








    Relatively rare car in the market, not that many sold and the owners tend to keep them for a long time (some of them have over 200k on the odometers). Infamously labelled by one J Clarkson as 'the worst car in the world' when it was launched, but for a hard top convertible tourer they're rather nice - and more importantly, SWMBO likes it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ralphy View Post
    Relatively rare car in the market, not that many sold and the owners tend to keep them for a long time (some of them have over 200k on the odometers). Infamously labelled by one J Clarkson as 'the worst car in the world' when it was launched, but for a hard top convertible tourer they're rather nice - and more importantly, SWMBO likes it.

    R
    How on earth did you manage to track that one down!!??

    Very nice.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Peter franks View Post
    Plus my long term love and restoration..
    Had this 20 years or so


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    I had a 325i in zinnober rot in 1987, probably my favourite car ever.

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    Whole chunks of my life come under the heading "it seemed like a good idea at the time".

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    Quote Originally Posted by ralphy View Post
    Latest addition to the car family.








    Relatively rare car in the market, not that many sold and the owners tend to keep them for a long time (some of them have over 200k on the odometers). Infamously labelled by one J Clarkson as 'the worst car in the world' when it was launched, but for a hard top convertible tourer they're rather nice - and more importantly, SWMBO likes it.

    R
    Amazing machines these!

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    Quote Originally Posted by subseastu View Post
    Very tidy. How long have you had it?
    Eighteen months and loved everyday

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    I took delivery of this on Wednesday. Very impressed so far...





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    Quote Originally Posted by Chris_in_the_UK View Post
    How on earth did you manage to track that one down!!??

    Very nice.
    It's taken over eighteen months and a lot of miles to find this one. I had some specific criteria to be met, including a complete Lexus service history.

    Many years ago I had an LS430 and was impressed with the engine and gearbox combo, this shares the same engine but an even better 'box which makes for a very smooth and unstressed ride: at 80mph the engine is ticking over at 2000 rpm.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Velorum View Post
    Earlier in the year I bought Mrs V a 2003 Honda Jazz to replace her broken MX5. Something of a come down for her unfortunately and she doesn't really like it much. It will do her until she saves up for the Mini convertible that she wants though.

    As for myself, I love it. A basic, simple and reliable mode of transport. I find the fact that it is deeply unfashionable very attractive in a perverse way.

    In fact I like it so much I have just bought myself one and will hopefully be selling my CRV tomorrow.

    Its a slightly newer one than Mrs V's on a 2005 plate. 66K and a FSH including the original sales invoice. The only faults I can find are three minor dings that haven't broken the paint and are hardly noticeable. The only thing it needs is a space saver spare wheel, jack and wheel brace to replace the crappy O/E puncture repair inflation kit in the boot. I did need to buy a spare key as well as it only came with one.



    It has a harsh ride and with its 1.2 engine is pretty slow. However, fuel seems to last forever (as indicated by what seems to be the biggest fuel gauge in the world) and its oddly fun to drive. I love how basic it is, in fact if it had manual wing mirrors and wind up windows in the front it would be perfect!

    And as with all Jazz's the way that the rear seats fold in a number of ways makes the internal space that is available quite amazing.
    Jazz, I had two , did over 100,000 miles, didn’t even change a bulb. Utterly reliable, doesn’t attract any attention, just does the job.

    Steve

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    Quote Originally Posted by beechcustom View Post
    I took delivery of this on Wednesday. Very impressed so far...
    Now that is lovely. Just saw that you swapped from a GLC. I was in my GLC earlier with my wife asking why didn't we just get an estate instead? An A4 Avant or 3 series touring would have been better. Enjoy

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dave O'Sullivan View Post
    Amazing machines these!
    Reliable well built machines, shame they just look like a dog, worst looking car ever

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    My wife had a 2003 Jazz from new. After 10 years of faithful service it was replaced by a newer Jazz and the old one was passed on to our son after had managed to write of his Golf. He kept it for 3 years or so and had now replaced that with yet another Jazz.
    Not the pinnacle of design or flair but not one of them had any major issues in their time with us.


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    Quote Originally Posted by wileeeeeey View Post
    Now that is lovely. Just saw that you swapped from a GLC. I was in my GLC earlier with my wife asking why didn't we just get an estate instead? An A4 Avant or 3 series touring would have been better. Enjoy
    Thanks. I'm loving it so far. Build quality is superb as is the handling. It has very generous spec too. It's not RS4 mental but there's a good turn of speed and it looks like I'm getting over 50mpg so far. The virtual cockpit is great but the centre info screen is a bit fiddly. They've done away with the navigation wheel so it's touch screen only which is quite frankly a little bit dangerous as you have to look where you are pointing and that can be distracting. I'm trying to get used to operating the central screen using the voice command as you can't do so via the steering wheel controls. Ride is hard but not as bad as the 2017 320d M Sport touring. The s tronic box isn't as smooth as the auto in the GLC or X3 and it seems to hesitate when you accelerate.

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    Quote Originally Posted by hilly10 View Post
    Reliable well built machines, shame they just look like a dog, worst looking car ever
    I can only assume you've never laid eyes on a ssangyong rodius then?

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    Daily cars a Volvo S60, RR Evoque and a VW EOS, lesson to self never get a white car again. Pain to keep clean, looks gorgeous when clean.

    My favourite car the EOS its an older v6 but so much fun to drive and can fit a pram and decent amount of shopping. I have been looking at something newer to get but with the newborn need the boot space.

    The Volvo S60 is a lovely motorway miles cruncher and does. great job at cruising.

    The Evoque is a great little car for when we have bad weather.

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    This arrvived today, first impressions are good. Loving the new dash layout too.




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    What do you drive?

    Been utterly reliable for the past 7 years and 90k miles.

    Fold down the back seats (yes back seats, really), chuck in all you need for a couple of weeks away, rejoice in the Tardis-like space, and enjoy!

    Probably the only car I've ever owned (apart from convertibles), where you can touch the back window whilst sitting in the front seat!

    Absolutely love the wee beastie!

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    Quote Originally Posted by pinpull View Post
    Been utterly reliable for the past 7 years and 90k miles.

    Fold down the back seats (yes back seats, really), chuck in all you need for a couple of weeks away, rejoice in the Tardis-like space, and enjoy!

    Probably the only car I've ever owned (apart from convertibles), where you can touch the back window whilst sitting in the front seat!

    Absolutely love the wee beastie!

    I had one of those for a couple of years. I loved it, my kids though hated it :-)
    It was superb in snow!!

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    What do you drive?

    Quote Originally Posted by pinpull View Post
    Been utterly reliable for the past 7 years and 90k miles.

    Fold down the back seats (yes back seats, really), chuck in all you need for a couple of weeks away, rejoice in the Tardis-like space, and enjoy!

    Probably the only car I've ever owned (apart from convertibles), where you can touch the back window whilst sitting in the front seat!

    Absolutely love the wee beastie!


    Takes me back to 2009! Sold a few of those and even had one myself.

    A tardis indeed and the best turning circle going. Enjoy it’s a cracker.

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    Look at the hips on that



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    Quote Originally Posted by gilford View Post
    Look at the hips on that


    lovely!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by gilford View Post
    Look at the hips on that


    Very nice! Which one is it?


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    It looks like a 911 991 C4S.

    Very nice

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    Quote Originally Posted by Thewatchbloke View Post
    It looks like a 911 991 C4S.

    Very nice
    Certainly is!

    Taken back when the weather was a little better........

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    Quote Originally Posted by gilford View Post
    Certainly is!

    Taken back when the weather was a little better........
    I had the 991 C2S and loved every minute of it, well done!


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    I've just got the new BMW M5, it's an absolute beast, 4WD makes a huge difference.


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    Quote Originally Posted by dickdutch View Post
    I've just got the new BMW M5, it's an absolute beast, 4WD makes a huge difference.

    Had mine for about 6 months now and it just gets better and better. Amazing car in every way!


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    Quote Originally Posted by zanderpants View Post
    Had mine for about 6 months now and it just gets better and better. Amazing car in every way!


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    I quite fancy one of these next, the prices are so appealing it would be rude not to!

    What are the running costs like?

    I had a V10 E60 M5 over a decade ago when they first came out and I was averaging around 12mpg

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    Quote Originally Posted by gilford View Post
    I quite fancy one of these next, the prices are so appealing it would be rude not to!

    What are the running costs like?

    I had a V10 E60 M5 over a decade ago when they first came out and I was averaging around 12mpg
    That was why I ended up with one, I went to test drive one and they kept dropping the price and making the deal better and better. In the end I also thought it was rude not to!

    Running costs so far are really good, got 3 year servicing with the package and am on about 18mpg which for a 625 hp ‘super car’ is pretty good I think.

    I was looking at a 991 Turbo S when I bought this and couldn’t justify the massive financial uplift for a fairly small increase in handling and speed. One of the best all round cars I have ever owned and hasn’t missed a beat yet!


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