Yet another car question

The Older Gentleman says...

I took a pre-production one round the Alpine circuit at Millbrook. It
wouldn't climb the 21% gradient unless you went down to 1st gear, and
then it had to have the clutch slipped to make it up to the crest. On
the way down the other side it reached a heady 80mph downhill.

Complete and utter waste of time buying one except to use as a town car
in Norfolk.

 

DR says...

Better than their use of "Nova", which I'm told means "doesn't go" in
Spanish.

 

JackH says...

I bought my ex-wife an Alto, It was fucking horrible, that's why I
bought her it. She'd just blown the **** out of my Swift GTi, and I
wanted to punish her.

 

said...

BMW S54 (current M3) does. As did the previous incarnation, although
that's arguably less modern.

 

Ben Blaney says...

You sure you don't mean the new style X-Type. The Mk10, or MkX is a
sixties classic. One of those holds the Guinness Book of World Records
title of longest skid mark on a public road.

 

I wanted to see how many Electric Six fans there were in this
newsgroup without giving the game away.

Gay Bar gives the name away, it's the title of the song.

 

The only one that interests me is the 164. Had to drive the 9000 a
fair way and it was tedious IMO.

 

All Continental GMs [Opels] were Corsas.

Yes but the Npova IIRC was only badged as such in the UK.

I have a French 1.0l Corsa, same as the square headlight Vauxhall
Nova.

 

Do they do waxing? Go for a sack, back and crack.

 

Not enough leg room.

 

There are cars which I prefer over others and it *is* possible to have fun
in a car: I quite enjoyed my last two cars[1] but that was before I rode a
bike. These days I favour comfort over performance, so I'd go for a big
car with lots of toys.

Mind you, although I've driven quite a wide range of cars I've not had
much experience of genuine performance cars.

[1] Last car was a Mazda 323 GT. That was a bit before the hot-hatches
really got going. Before that I had (briefly[2]) an Alfasud, which I rather
liked.
[2] Written off within two weeks: I stopped at a roundabout and the ****
in the Range Rover behind me didn't.

 

On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 16:40:42 +0300, Ben Blaney wrote:

But that's inevitable anywhere, isn't it? Most people will recommend a
vehicle that they have experience of, so that's likely to be the one they
own(ed). People who own vehicles which they *wouldn't* recommned will
just keep schtum.

 

That's just common practice these days, isn't it? For a dealer of any
size it's cheaper and more convenient than any other method of payment.
The fees are comparable with anything else, (I think), no problem with
forged cheques, no concern with keeping loads of cash on the premises, and
they can be sure that the funds are available without any delay.

When I bought the Z1000 I asked what method of payment they wanted - since
it made very little difference to me - and debit card was their preference.

 

Actually that's just sparked off something in my mind, why trust
anyone's opinion based on a short term experience, over that of a long-
term experience, when more problems are likely to appear.

What we enyoy over a long weekend doesn't always translate well to life
in general.

 

That's the original SOHC, if you mean dry sump, and they're screw and
locknut.

Honda have never done an oil-in-frame four-cylinder 750 AFAIK.

 

Honda CBX750, Gold Wing 1500 (I think), Harleys....

 

Suzuki used to do a version of the SJ410 jeep with a two-stroke engine
in it. I think it was a 750cc triple. I remember them being used as hire
cars in Crete, 20 years ago, and thinking: "I bet that lump came out of
the old GT750 kettle...."

 

Mine (unaspirated 2-litre) was a bit tedious. Nice "touring" car. But
there have been some fearsomely quick versions of the 9000. The
Carlsson, for a start.

 

What I figured. He was slightly nonplussed when I reckoned I would be
hanging onto it for another four or five years.