platypus

CT wrote:
> platypus wrote:
> [Chrysler 300C]
>> It's an amusing vehicle, but not amusing enough to actually buy one.
>> I'm just a little bemused by how many seem to have been pressed into
>> service as taxis, both here and on the Continent.
>
> There were a few around Bruges at the weekend.
>
> I was a tad disappointed that on the two occasions we got a cab, a
> Merc turned up.

They /are/ Mercs...

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CT

platypus wrote:

[Chrysler 300C]

> They are Mercs...

Oh.

Well, I still wanted to go in one more than I wanted to go in a
standard Merc C-class saloon.

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Ace

On Wed, 01 Aug 2007 11:00:49 GMT, "platypus"
<monotreme@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:

>CT wrote:
>> platypus wrote:
>> [Chrysler 300C]
>>> It's an amusing vehicle, but not amusing enough to actually buy one.
>>> I'm just a little bemused by how many seem to have been pressed into
>>> service as taxis, both here and on the Continent.
>>
>> There were a few around Bruges at the weekend.
>>
>> I was a tad disappointed that on the two occasions we got a cab, a
>> Merc turned up.
>
>They /are/ Mercs...

Sort of. But you can get them with proper 'merkin V8 motors, which has
to be a good thing. Anyway, I much prefer the Dodge-branded 'Magnum'
version.

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vulgarandmischevious

On Wed, 01 Aug 2007 08:57:09 +0100 Fury wrote:

>vulgarandmischevious wrote:
>> On Tue, 31 Jul 2007 17:05:05 +0100 Fury wrote:
>>
>>> My current advice consists of: "If you can't afford a Lexus, buy a
>>> Toyota. (I own 2 Toyota's, there are 5 Toyota's at work, boss man drives
>>> a Lexus). NEVER buy anything with more seats than doors and NEVER buy
>>> anything with more wheels than seats".
>>
>> Oh, come on - this last instruction rules out some of the best cars in
>> the world.
>>
>>
>
>Correction, some of the prettiest cars in the world.

A Caterham 7 is not a pretty car, but it is a good car.


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Eddie

Ace wrote:
>
> Sort of. But you can get them with proper 'merkin V8 motors, which has
> to be a good thing. Anyway, I much prefer the Dodge-branded 'Magnum'
> version.

Does it come with a free moustache and chest wig?

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Hog

Eddie wrote:
> Ace wrote:
>>
>> Sort of. But you can get them with proper 'merkin V8 motors, which
>> has to be a good thing. Anyway, I much prefer the Dodge-branded
>> 'Magnum' version.
>
> Does it come with a free moustache and chest wig?

Everything you need here:
http://www.partypants.co.uk/pimp-bli...-medallion.htm

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SteveH

Fury <me@home> wrote:

> Crumple zones rock, everyone gets out alive. If the drivers door could
> be opened 'almost' normally then the cage has distorted, a write off.
> IME this can happen on a Fungus at very light, low speed impacts, what
> used to be repaired with a grill, bonnet & 2 wings is now scrap metal.

That's the whole point of crumple zones, ffs.
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Ace

On Wed, 01 Aug 2007 11:00:49 GMT, "platypus"
<monotreme@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:

>CT wrote:
>> platypus wrote:
>> [Chrysler 300C]
>>> It's an amusing vehicle, but not amusing enough to actually buy one.
>>> I'm just a little bemused by how many seem to have been pressed into
>>> service as taxis, both here and on the Continent.
>>
>> There were a few around Bruges at the weekend.
>>
>> I was a tad disappointed that on the two occasions we got a cab, a
>> Merc turned up.
>
>They /are/ Mercs...

Sort of. But you can get them with proper 'merkin V8 motors, which has
to be a good thing. Anyway, I much prefer the Dodge-branded 'Magnum'
version.

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Pete Jones

SteveH wrote:

> Pete Jones <rcgods@removethisyahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > He gave me and my dad some advice about Renault 1.9 DCI engines he
> > says they are good engines but at 100k they get coked up and need a
> > decoke, other than that they are good.
>
> WTF?!
>
> Politely explain to him that the year is 2007, not 1947.

Well the equivalent of a decoke, the manifold gets blocked up with
diesel soot and robs the engine of performance and makes the engine
warning light come on and off intermittently.

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SteveH

Pete Jones <rcgods@removethisyahoo.com> wrote:

> SteveH wrote:
>
> > Pete Jones <rcgods@removethisyahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > > He gave me and my dad some advice about Renault 1.9 DCI engines he
> > > says they are good engines but at 100k they get coked up and need a
> > > decoke, other than that they are good.
> >
> > WTF?!
> >
> > Politely explain to him that the year is 2007, not 1947.
>
> Well the equivalent of a decoke, the manifold gets blocked up with
> diesel soot and robs the engine of performance and makes the engine
> warning light come on and off intermittently.

Ahhh, clogged up EGR system. Not quite the same thing.
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Bear

In article <IuXri.7955$By5.3316@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk> , platypus
says...
> Fury wrote:
> >
> > You have 2 Alfa's !
>
> And you have apostrophe dysfunction.

Call him a Cab.
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SteveH

Pete M <pete.murray@bogoffwithzepressedmeatblueyonder.co. uk> wrote:

> > Driving skools are business's, first & foremost they buy what their
> > future customers consider to be easy to drive. Secondly they look at
> > the TCO.
>
> You're the one who said "if you want a
> roundtown runabout for the missus look towards the driving skools".
>
> I merely pointed out that driving schools use whatever they get cheap.

10 years ago, I suppose Fury would have recommended the Rover 100 as a
runabout, 'cos the driving schools used 'em.....
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Pete M

In news:46b04ae5$0$1614$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader02.plus.net,
Fury <me@home> wittered on forthwith;
> platypus wrote:
>> Fury wrote:
>>>
>>> I don't know anyone who knows that could recommend a Fungus. Light
>>> impact at the front & the doors won't open, kerb it & the whole
>>> wheel flys off. People allow their children to be carried in these
>>> things !
>>
>> http://www.euroncap.com/tests/ford_focus_2004/204.aspx
>>
>
> Wonderfull, everyone gets out alive. But a light impact at the front
> or brush the kerb & its practically a write off. Do you think
> manufacturers design their cars with safety in mind or just to get a
> high score on the Ncap?

I repaired an '02 Focus for someone who hit the rear "run under bar" of an
articulated lorry at about 30 mph. When the Focus was put on the jig (to
check) it was fine (needed no pulling), all the geometry was perfect. All it
needed was a bonnet, bonnet hinges, one airbag, grille, two front wings, two
headlights, a bumper, radiator and windscreen.

>
> On your night out with the real experts before you buy your next car,
> ask the recovery driver which car he wants to be in when it all goes
> pear shaped. A VW Golf has a good 200kilo's of weight over a Fungus,
> perhaps VAG's designers need a better CAD system.

I don't know any mechanics who'd choose a Golf over a Focus, and that
includes the VW technicians I know. They drive Focuses.


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SteveH

Pete M <pete.murray@bogoffwithzepressedmeatblueyonder.co. uk> wrote:

> They drive Focuses.

Focii, surely? :-P
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platypus

SteveH wrote:
> Pete M <pete.murray@bogoffwithzepressedmeatblueyonder.co. uk> wrote:
>
>> They drive Focuses.
>
> Focii, surely? :-P

Folksey.

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CT

platypus wrote:

> SteveH wrote:
> >Pete M <pete.murray@bogoffwithzepressedmeatblueyonder.co. uk> wrote:
> >
> > > They drive Focuses.
> >
> > Focii, surely? :-P
>
> Folksey.

Fo'c'sle.

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Steve Fitzgerald

In message <vuh0b397rv9fjrhube8dlg2g9p52ovlv59@4ax.com>, Statto
<statto.nospam@ukrm.net> writes

>>>>> NEVER buy anything with more wheels than seats.
>>>>
>>>> 'Tother way around, shirley?
>>>>
>>>
>>> Nope. If it's got 4 wheels you want 4 seats, if its got 4 seats you
>>> want 4 doors. If its got 2 seats, you want 2 wheels . . . <ding> a
>>> motorcycle.
>>
>>Maclaren F1
>
>Matra-Simca Bagheera

Smart car
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platypus

Steve Fitzgerald wrote:
> In message <vuh0b397rv9fjrhube8dlg2g9p52ovlv59@4ax.com>, Statto
> <statto.nospam@ukrm.net> writes
>
>>>>>> NEVER buy anything with more wheels than seats.
>>>>>
>>>>> 'Tother way around, shirley?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Nope. If it's got 4 wheels you want 4 seats, if its got 4 seats you
>>>> want 4 doors. If its got 2 seats, you want 2 wheels . . . <ding> a
>>>> motorcycle.
>>>
>>> Maclaren F1
>>
>> Matra-Simca Bagheera
>
> Smart car

Which has how many seats..?

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Steve Fitzgerald

In message <2KMsi.345$cw7.167@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk>, platypus
<monotreme@blueyonder.co.uk> writes

>>>>> Nope. If it's got 4 wheels you want 4 seats, if its got 4 seats
>>>>>
>>>>> want 4 doors. If its got 2 seats, you want 2 wheels . . . <ding> a
>>>>> motorcycle.
>>>> Maclaren F1
>>> Matra-Simca Bagheera
>> Smart car
>
>Which has how many seats..?

2 in the one I played with. Did I get it wrong again?
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