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I had an XF 5L V8 supercharged - towering performance but didn't handle like my old SD1
Faster than an m5 or c63 the jag that is, once it’s off the mark
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Faster than an m5 or c63 the jag that is, once it’s off the mark
Oh yes stunning! I used every drop of the power as often as possible
Tbh though the XF diesel sport was easier to live with.
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Ford would have saved them just like Land Rover and Aston Martin
The DB9 although it shared the same buttons on the steering wheel saved AM
Same goes for LR bmw made a hash of it and ford transformed them into a lifestyle product not a farmers workhorse
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Oh yes stunning! I used every drop of the power as often as possible
Tbh though the XF diesel sport was easier to live with.
Which engine did you have in the derv one?
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Probably not Im far far too sensible In my old age. But a cossie was a fine car in its day as was the mk1 and 11 mexicos.
About 10 years ago I was offered an RG 500, bike, in as new condition, now I owned one new in the 80s for 6 weeks till the naughty boys decided they wanted it, and stole it. Marraige, money and off back to work and I didnt replace it. So we agreed a deal, and I rode it for about 25 minutes. Came back....deal was off, still loved it, noise, etc, but compared to a modern bike, nah rose tinted glasses are just that rose tinted.
Did look at a restored etype at a show once, and had a little sex wee!
About 10 years ago I was offered an RG 500, bike, in as new condition, now I owned one new in the 80s for 6 weeks till the naughty boys decided they wanted it, and stole it. Marraige, money and off back to work and I didnt replace it. So we agreed a deal, and I rode it for about 25 minutes. Came back....deal was off, still loved it, noise, etc, but compared to a modern bike, nah rose tinted glasses are just that rose tinted.
Did look at a restored etype at a show once, and had a little sex wee!
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Yes, heater in the Traveller was perhaps inadequate for southern Jessies from places like Essex. We had a Morris 1000 Pickup on the farm in the early 1960s, and its tiny cab used to heat up very quickly. Could be a handful in the wet, unless you had a few bags of fertiliser in the back, but much nicer to drive than the previous farm runabout - Ford E83W 10cwt semi-forward control van.
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My apprentices dad has one from new he decided to sell it as he knew he would bin it
Have you chaps heard of restomod
It’s not a restoration as it makes the original a better car, think modern brakes, modern a/c and modern power with an interior to match and decent paint
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The thing about that is you wind up with a modern car with the body of an old one sitting on it. Not really the genuine thing is it ?
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This is you end up with a better car than it started out as
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Well then just drive the modern car ?
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Yes but no, it keeps the classic lines you can’t buy nowadays, but upgrades the power, brakes and handling to be a better car than before
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I cannot think of a modern car with a decent body shape, they all look similar. Even the expensive hyper cars look alike, the new Rolls Royces, are like something a child drew.
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Aye, but I'm sure production stopped a few years back?
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If you want to drive a Sierra etc again just go to West Africa. There are lots of them there because that is where all the scrappage scheme cars ended up.
I've even seen them with the Ghanaian or Nigerian number plate over the original UK one.
I've even seen them with the Ghanaian or Nigerian number plate over the original UK one.
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they did stop production as u say
I still miss these
My first ever car was an SD1 2600 auto. Did 150,000 miles never broke down. Saved my life when I crashed off the M4 at 80mph down a 30ft embankment into a concrete ditch. 80mph to 0 in 0.1 of a second! Not many cars would protect you from that!
I then had the Vitesse twin plenum with British Touring Car suspension. I have yet to drive a car that handled so well - lower than the old mini and wider than a Range Rover.
I always thought that those SD1's were very unreliable, knew of a friend of a friend who had nothing but trouble with his back in the day, his close mates use to laugh due to seeing it on the back of a recovery truck more often than not,...I think he's had the 3.5 engine, not sure about the differences with this model.
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I think everyone is forgetting that Cossies were only ever any good, right at the time, compared to everything else at the time, for the money. I mean, you had to compare them to a BMW M3 or something expensive.
In standard spec (escos, sapph, 4x4 etc) they have aged terribly. Horrible, floppy, unpredictable handling, boring interiors, ford "quality"... no thanks. See above video...
At least the likes of 106 GTis, minis etc were chuckable and still fun today, although the interiors and creature comforts are obviously old fashioned.
The car that captivated me was my Nissan 200sx, S14, I went from a 2005 530d to this 1995 blandmobile... and it was SOOO much funBut ultimately, after I finished modifying EVERYTHING about it, it still didn't have the comfort or effortless power of a modern car... and almost blander inside than an escort, if that's possible!
Since then, I've never looked back.
Try driving a new Golf GTi and an Escos back to back and tell me I'm wrong. Could you honestly say you'd spend the same money on them (assuming as-new prices etc) and live with the old car for 3 years?
It’s not really fair to compare a car from back in the day to one from this era.
Back then Skodas were utter rubbish. Now they are a rebadged VW and very nice
I had one as a hire car few weeks back
Back in the day only one lad I knew were lucky enough to own an RG500, all the rest of us had 350LC's, not that I were complaining, the LC were still a ground breaking bike at the time, I actually bought one again the other year, you are right though, you can't compare a 30+ year old bike to a modern one, things have moved on a lot.
When you rode that bike again, did it not take you back to being that young again? I feel like 19 again every time I ride this current LC, even looking at it parked in the garage/tinkering with it,.....I don't think that I'll ever sell it, out of all the makes/models of bikes I've owned, this is the only one I've owned 3 times now, that says a lot I guess.
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I always quite fancied a Skoda 130 LR had some success in in Group B Rally's.
