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Re: New Toy! Maybe or Maybe not
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18/11/2017 09:44
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You're brave. There is an old auto express GUIDE Fellow at work bought a cheap low mileage "S" type. He suffered a lot of electrical gremlins, final straw was the immobiliser not allowing him to get home after a night shift. He got off lightly compared to the chap that bought an X type though And these guys thought I was mad buying an Alfa 166
Gone Audi mad!
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Re: New Toy! Maybe or Maybe not
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18/11/2017 11:07
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Yeah. A guy at work i once knew had a 3.0 s type. It was always letting him down. Always moaning about it. But, Id still go for the big engined R version
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Re: New Toy! Maybe or Maybe not
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18/11/2017 15:37
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Jim_Clennell
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Go for it! I love the S-Type! We bought a 2000 model year one a couple of months ago for £1700; a 4-litre V8 with just short of 100k on the clock.
Lots of electrical gremlins (heater doesn't work, central locking is iffy on the remote, steering wheel controls for cruise control and phone absent, etc), driver's seat a bit nasty...
I could go on about the bad bits, but IT'S GOT A 4-LITRE V8.
The plan is to fit some wheel spacers and ludicrous arch extensions on the rear, then MrsC is going to paint some preposterous flames down the sides.
I would LOVE a Type-R as a genuine runaround, but this is as close as we'll get for now. They are so cheap at the moment, it's almost bangernomics.
Incidentally, the reason I've not mentioned the Jaaaaaaaaaag for a bit is that it has been away in Cardiff having a new, trick exhaust fitted.
There is a BIG comedy rant coming up about that. Watch a space near here...
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