Re: new X5


"*** Terrapin" <PMD@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> 0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0 (18 & 5) wrote:
>
> > "Moog" <efcmoog@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> >
> >>Simon wrote in uk.sport.football.clubs.liverpool on Saturday 24 December
> >>2005 00:35 :
> >>
> >>
> >>>"Moog" <efcmoog@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> >>>news:2291673.TnsHWMpPzg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>>
> >>>>Simon wrote in uk.sport.football.clubs.liverpool on Saturday 24
December
> >>>>2005 00:21 :
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>"Moog" <efcmoog@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> >>>>>news:5243831.rHpVFQCzKT@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>Simon wrote in uk.sport.football.clubs.liverpool on Friday 23
> >>>>>>December
> >>>>>
> >>>>>2005
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>23:24 :
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>>DD "Because of my profit margins. My accountant say's I must cut
> >>>
> >>>costs
> >>>
> >>>>>to
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>>maximise profitability!"
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>I would say that..."it beats the *** out of an X5 from 0-60 would
be
> >>>>>
> >>>>>reason
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>enough."
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>What do you reckon?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>I haven't really looked at the lexus much. What puts me off is its
> >>>
> >>>really
> >>>
> >>>>>a toyota. If you was going to spend that much money on a car I would
> >>>>>go
> >>>>>for something like a merc or a "cheap" Aston myself. Of course my
> >>>>>sunday car would be me TVR. Yes I know it would fall to bits after
its
> >>>>>second service, but its just pure male hormones!
> >>>>
> >>>>Your talking my language. If you buy a BMW, you buy an "M" or look
> >>>
> >>>somewhere
> >>>
> >>>>else. If you want a 4x4 for driving around *town* in (and why the ***
> >>>>you'd want to do that is anyone's guess) you buy a Lexus (It's
Toyota's
> >>>>answer to BMW and Mercedes, and outsells them by around 10-1 in the
US).
> >>>>It's got all the bells and whistles, it's faster than all the others
and
> >>>>it's reasonably priced.
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>If I was going to drive around town, I'd buy a f'ing daihatsu charade 3
> >>>cylinder diesel. Ever drove one? Quite surprising good. As long as you
> >>>remember what it is. 85 mpg wasn't bad though. Or a fiat 127 was it? I
do
> >>>do a fair share of motorways hence why the 100 got the boot and the
> >>>escort
> >>>came. Talking About rover/land rover build quality. My 100 WTH was
never
> >>>serviced for 2 years. All I did was replace a clutch cable front pads
and
> >>>a sump that came off the worse with a speed hump. Apparently you have
to
> >>>slow down for them. My escort needs a head gasket within 6 months. Oh
how
> >>>I've mocked rovers in that past!
> >>
> >>Fucking hell. I sort of agree with you. My sis had a Citroen AX for
years
> >>and loved it.
> >>--
> >>Moog
> >
> >
> > Fucking citroen. Never again.
> > Missus wanted one, in the garage 4 times in the first 6 months from new.
> > Getting shut next year.
> >
>
> I had a Citroen Zantia diesel. Great engine, did 90K in it over 5 years.
> *** paintwork.
>
When I was a young lad and did half a YT in a garage. There was a 4 year old
merc van. 180 are they? ANyway 5 years old and done 400,000 miles. In 24
hour use 600 miles(ish) a day. Best condition engine you would ever come
across. diesel, absoloutley brilliant engines


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