My latest shed...

#21

"SteveH" <steve (AT) italiancar (DOT) co.uk> wrote

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I've had FWD, RWD, transaxle RWD, longitudunal FWD, inline 4, flat 4,
carburettor, EFI, 8v, 16v, SOHC, DOHC, QOHC, tin top and ragtop. Diesel,
petrol and hybrid. I've had 'British', Jap, German, and Italian.

That's cool. I've got an iron block RWD longitudinal automatic diesel. It's
probably as fast as your 75 and more economical than your 156, more comfy
than either bike and bigger than the Prius. That's why I don't feel the need
to mention it so often, it's a bit dull, but it doesn't need defending...

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And remember kids, RAID is safe and the UPS never fails, and Cisco routers
never develop intermittent faults, and external hard drives never fail with
only a month's use, and the DNS is reliable and resilient, and the
mailserver is protected from all forms of attack, and the replacement UPS
will be reliable as the first one was an unusual failure.

#22

"Douglas Payne" <douggie (AT) cheerful (DOT) com> wrote

Quote:

SteveH wrote:
Carl Gibbs <cagmeister (AT) yahoo (DOT) co.uk> wrote:

You buy the same old shit, there's no variety, so actually you're
probably
not more qualified than most, and I certainly can't see any evidence of
Capri ownership in there, which is what you are currently preaching
about.

'The same old shit'....hmmmm.

I've had FWD, RWD, transaxle RWD, longitudunal FWD, inline 4, flat 4,
carburettor, EFI, 8v, 16v, SOHC, DOHC, QOHC, tin top and ragtop. Diesel,
petrol and hybrid. I've had 'British', Jap, German, and Italian.

Bikes may 'not count', but I've also had inline 4, V4, parallel twin, V
twin, carburettor and EFI, both 2 and 4 stroke.

I've spannered and bodged stuff, I've used 15 year old cars as daily
drivers. I've done 40k miles a year on 2 wheels.

That's more than enough, IMHO, to qualify me to comment in any NG with a
leaning towards powered transport.

And, as it happens, I'm quite enjoying my hybrid experience, too -
because I'm fairly open minded at times - I'd even have a Crapi, but it
would have to be a 2.8i with LSD, not a wheezy pinto.

Despite your list I can't think of any of the cars you've owned that have
been anything other than shit.

Prius?
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And remember kids, RAID is safe and the UPS never fails, and Cisco routers
never develop intermittent faults, and external hard drives never fail with
only a month's use, and the DNS is reliable and resilient, and the
mailserver is protected from all forms of attack, and the replacement UPS
will be reliable as the first one was an unusual failure.

#23

"SteveH" <steve (AT) italiancar (DOT) co.uk> wrote

Quote:

Carl Gibbs <cagmeister (AT) yahoo (DOT) co.uk> wrote:

I'm fairly open minded at times

LOL, funniest thing you've said all year.

#24

In article <1j14950.1vqsg5m1xyrokvN%steve (AT) italiancar (DOT) co.uk>, SteveH
says...

Quote:

Well, that, and my 75, oh, and the Ducati and BMW.

The Alfa that breaks down and the BMW which is worse than a MK3 Mondeo?

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Conor

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looking good either. - Scott Adams

#25

In article <sdCdndQtFZrEOq3XnZ2dnUVZ8j6dnZ2d (AT) eclipse (DOT) net.uk>, Tim S
Kemp says...

Quote:

Prius?

Kind of proves the point. The Capri is likely to still be going long
after the Pius's batteries have packed up.

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Conor

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looking good either. - Scott Adams

#26

In article <79al80F1q1di0U1 (AT) mid (DOT) individual.net>, JackH says...

Quote:

Yet still manages after 24 years to be more reliable than your Alfas.

How do you know that when you've only just bought it?

Its got every single receipt. Its been maintained by the same garage.
There is nothing in there to indicate any breakdowns.

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Conor

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#27

"Conor" <conor_turton (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote

Quote:

In article <1j14950.1vqsg5m1xyrokvN%steve (AT) italiancar (DOT) co.uk>, SteveH
says...

Well, that, and my 75, oh, and the Ducati and BMW.

The Alfa that breaks down and the BMW which is worse than a MK3 Mondeo?

Interesting comparison, Steve's BMW to a MK3 Mondeo. Conor, do you have
_any_ idea what you're talking about?

#28

"Conor" <conor_turton (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote

Quote:

In article <sdCdndQtFZrEOq3XnZ2dnUVZ8j6dnZ2d (AT) eclipse (DOT) net.uk>, Tim S
Kemp says...

Prius?

Kind of proves the point. The Capri is likely to still be going long
after the Pius's batteries have packed up.

That won't stop it working though - it will just mean the fuel consumption slowly increases to a point when it's worse than a standard petrol engined car because of the extra weight

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Alex

"I laugh in the face of danger , then I hide until it goes away"

#29

In article <fLydna3znN4ha63XnZ2dnUVZ8mqdnZ2d (AT) brightview (DOT) co.uk>, Clive
George says...

Quote:

Interesting comparison, Steve's BMW to a MK3 Mondeo.

Oh aye, its a bike...

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Conor

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looking good either. - Scott Adams

#30

In article <79c6voF1mtv4pU5 (AT) mid (DOT) individual.net>,
Conor <conor_turton (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote:

Quote:

In article <sdCdndQtFZrEOq3XnZ2dnUVZ8j6dnZ2d (AT) eclipse (DOT) net.uk>, Tim S
Kemp says...

Prius?

Kind of proves the point. The Capri is likely to still be going long
after the Pius's batteries have packed up.

I'd hope so. That would be about 30 miles, if it didn't have a proper
(almost) engine.

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