by "4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30" (4muddyfeet)
Published 08/16/2017 at 06:36
by "4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30" (4muddyfeet)
Published 08/16/2017 at 06:36
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The best all-rounder car I’ve ever owned, and the car I’ve liked the least.
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"Svend" (svend)
08/16/2017 at 06:50, STARS: 0
Liked the least?
"pip bip - choose Corrour" (hhgttg69)
08/16/2017 at 07:10, STARS: 0
i thought you liked it?
"4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30" (4muddyfeet)
08/16/2017 at 07:10, STARS: 0
That car and I are in an abusive relationship. I love it, I hate it, it’s excellent, it’s boring - it’s time for a change I think.
"4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30" (4muddyfeet)
08/16/2017 at 07:12, STARS: 0
It’s a very good car, but I have no real passion for it anymore. It doesn’t tickle my pickle as it used to.
"Svend" (svend)
08/16/2017 at 07:23, STARS: 0
I think the problem with your Octy and my Piglet is that they are good if not great all rounders but not perfect at many given areas.
There is always an area you feel slightly let down in because they are grey, neither one nor the other.
"4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30" (4muddyfeet)
08/16/2017 at 07:29, STARS: 0
I love the torque, the grippy and neutral handling, practicalities of it all, the noisy whooshy turbo, but I’ve never looked back at it while walking away from it in a car park (if you know what I mean).
"Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom" (will-alib)
08/16/2017 at 07:36, STARS: 2
Well then, make sure your next car has the “Gentlemen’s Function” and you’ll have no regrets.
"Svend" (svend)
08/16/2017 at 07:39, STARS: 1
I’m very boring so Piglet does everything I need but I do from time to time think I should of got the estate, or Dragon Green, or something sportier, etc...
I do however keep looking back at her when I walk away.
"My citroen won't start" (lucasboechat)
08/16/2017 at 07:40, STARS: 1
You can also add my Passat to that, does a lot of things well but in the end that makes it rather boring.
"Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction" (rustholes-are-weight-reduction)
08/16/2017 at 07:43, STARS: 0
Don’t want it, I know what it’s been through :)
"JR1" (type35bugatti)
08/16/2017 at 07:47, STARS: 0
What’s in your future?
"theloudmouth" (theloudmouth)
08/16/2017 at 07:53, STARS: 2
Sounds like me and my Mk7 GTI. Objectively it is an excellent all arounder. Subjectively it’s a clinical, dull, instrument that doesn’t really ever make me smile.
"BvdV - The Dutch Engineer" (dutchengineer)
08/16/2017 at 07:53, STARS: 0
So the Candy Van is going to be your practical daily now?
I will never forget the sight of that skid plate flapping along on the way back from the europpomeet!
"4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30" (4muddyfeet)
08/16/2017 at 07:57, STARS: 1
NEVER BEEN TRACKED. DEFINITELY NOT THE NORDSCHLEIFE.
"4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30" (4muddyfeet)
08/16/2017 at 07:59, STARS: 0
Possibly a UZZ31 OR 32 1UZ Soarer. I’ve found one, but it’s debatable as to what it’s actual condition is..
"4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30" (4muddyfeet)
08/16/2017 at 07:59, STARS: 1
It still flaps! It’s like a built in speed limiter, any thing over 80 :D
Either the candyvan or the Defender. Basically whichever one is least theft worthy.
"4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30" (4muddyfeet)
08/16/2017 at 08:01, STARS: 0
Do any cars come with a Boats and Hoes function?
"RWS Motorsport" (rwsmotorsport)
08/16/2017 at 08:04, STARS: 0
I feel like you should have used the picture of it on the Karrusell for the advert.
"Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse)
08/16/2017 at 08:12, STARS: 0
They haven’t all rotted away yet? Time was when they were a relatively common sight but that was probably ten years ago. Haven’t seen one in ages.
"4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30" (4muddyfeet)
08/16/2017 at 08:14, STARS: 0
I considered it. Heart said yes, head said no.
"Svend" (svend)
08/16/2017 at 08:20, STARS: 0
I can never remember whether yours is NMB or Euro B6?
"My citroen won't start" (lucasboechat)
08/16/2017 at 08:25, STARS: 1
EU B7 Variant
"Svend" (svend)
08/16/2017 at 08:48, STARS: 0
That’ll be the Superb Mk2 B6(3T).
She was a great girl. Just did everything well but nothing that truly endeared you to her.
"4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30" (4muddyfeet)
08/16/2017 at 09:20, STARS: 0
There’s still a few around, especially on Gumtree. I thought I’d found one last week, but after speaking to an expert Soarer mechanic and fixer-upper, he pointed out quite a few things on the advert pictures which probably means it not what it (or the seller) says it is. Quite damningly, the car is priced at £3,500 and the guy said he wouldn’t pay £1000 for it, but if I want to buy I should because it’ll buy him his next holiday in Barbados with all the money I’d put through him.
Kinky linky here: https://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-motorbikes/1991-lexus-soarer-40-v8-japanese-import-in-2001/1260324897
"Ssfancyfresh" (scotttt)
08/16/2017 at 10:12, STARS: 0
Every time I see one of these, I’m reminded of our tour bus driver while on holiday in Prague:
“Skoda - good Czech car”
"CaptDale - is secretly British" (captdale)
08/16/2017 at 12:05, STARS: 0
That is a lot of car for $6,500
"JR1" (type35bugatti)
08/16/2017 at 20:41, STARS: 0
Never heard of either. Funny the different cars one can find on the other side of the pond.