I had my armageddon puncture of the year recently. A large flint chip about 6mm long. I heard the 'click click' from the back but thought it was a stiff chain link. Nope. Tore the tyre up and completely defeated the slime in the inner tube. All 3 tubes of glue were dry. Luckily had spare tyre and inner tube to go on.
Over last 25 years all bar 1 of my punctures have been flint washed onto the road by rain.
Electric handbrakes seem ok to me. I have one on my (beautiful) Citroen C4. although the kids have long grown up and left the house, a people carrier is the most practical of all cars IMV and the French excel at them (I had a Renault about 15 years ago)
It also has leg and back massager (I kid you not). Parking brake is automatic (apply and release), economy mode, reversing camera, giant sun roof etc etc.
The best car I ever had was a Mercedes E220 which I thought well and truly bested the BM325i that I got after that.
But the Citroen comes a close second.
You can guess its all about comfort and class with me. If I ever win the lottery, it will be the biggest Merc available fully loaded.
It also has leg and back massager (I kid you not). Parking brake is automatic (apply and release), economy mode, reversing camera, giant sun roof etc etc.
The best car I ever had was a Mercedes E220 which I thought well and truly bested the BM325i that I got after that.
But the Citroen comes a close second.
You can guess its all about comfort and class with me. If I ever win the lottery, it will be the biggest Merc available fully loaded.
Its only 2 years old - so not the older, idiosyncratic shape which I would concur was difficult to appreciate.
However, when it comes to cars, beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
However, when it comes to cars, beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
I thought I'd get the thread going in a new direction. Watch this:-
The Ford Mustang is pig ugly and guzzles gas. The Bentley is even worse.
The Ford Mustang is pig ugly and guzzles gas. The Bentley is even worse.
Yes.. pig ugly for sure. But The W12 TT Bentley gets Better gas mileage. Around the hilly roads here it gets 17 mpg actual. The Mustang is mpg rated as anything(?) UP TO 16. UP TO ????
THx-RNMarsh
The regular 5.0 V8 Mustang GT gets 16 mpg city 25 mpg highway
The base model I4 turbo gets 21 mpg city 32 mpg highway
The 16 MPG combined is for the GT350 which is the flat plane crank NA V8 with 8250 RPM redline. - 14 city 21 highway.
The Bentley W12 CGT is 12 city 21 highway, so 15 combined. So it's actually slightly less efficient than the GT350. Those are all official numbers.
Also note for our friends across the pond these are US gallons not Imperial gallons, 10 US MPG is 12 MPG in the UK.
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I only ever got around 18 from my minivan.
@Bonsai: This was the bunch I was referring to last night K&A Productions • K&A Productions All their recordings on whatever label I personally rate as superb.
@Bonsai: This was the bunch I was referring to last night K&A Productions • K&A Productions All their recordings on whatever label I personally rate as superb.
My car gets 53 MPG on the highway (ok, its diesel, but that is still good) and about 33 in the city.
I clearly have more in common with Richard than you on my driving style. I can't get over 40mpg even on long runs in a diesel. You're not the guy in the inside line at 55 with a pork pie hat on are you 😛
I have quite a few LSO, RPO, LPO and Naxos recordings - I would agree, they are all superb.
Another one you might like to try is the Caro Mitis label http://www.caromitis.com/eng/index.html
Oh and I must warn you away from Hyperion. They are bad and their website should be avoided. They have worked out how to tap the collector. So 20 years ago over a few beers they decided to do a CD of rarely recorded Romantic piano concertos. They are up to volume 77 now and of course once you start... Many of these are premiere recordings and some of those have never been recorded before for very good reasons.
It is truly a golden age for music lovers.
It is truly a golden age for music lovers.
Nah. It’s a 1600 6 speed automatic with 3 cylinders. I like the middle lane.
I’ve given up trying to race around. Too old but not quite ready for the pork pie hat.
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