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May 14, 2018 15:03:03 GMT
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Couple of nice looking Volvo V90's on ebay at the moment.
As we have strayed in to slightly more modern territory what about a Lexus IS200 Sportcross (thats estate to you and me)? According to Parkers they all have isofix as standard, cheap to buy now but seem to be more honest examples about than with the saloons. Relatively modern as a daily driver but not so modern as to need a laptop to fix it.
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mgmrw
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May 15, 2018 19:04:19 GMT
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Couple of nice looking Volvo V90's on ebay at the moment. As we have strayed in to slightly more modern territory what about a Lexus IS200 Sportcross (thats estate to you and me)? According to Parkers they all have isofix as standard, cheap to buy now but seem to be more honest examples about than with the saloons. Relatively modern as a daily driver but not so modern as to need a laptop to fix it. Good call. Straight 6, rwd and 6spd Manual. 1 on bay. £1650. Miles away. Doesn't show isofix. Rarity factor, huge. |
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Couple of nice looking Volvo V90's on ebay at the moment. As we have strayed in to slightly more modern territory what about a Lexus IS200 Sportcross (thats estate to you and me)? According to Parkers they all have isofix as standard, cheap to buy now but seem to be more honest examples about than with the saloons. Relatively modern as a daily driver but not so modern as to need a laptop to fix it. Good call. Straight 6, rwd and 6spd Manual. 1 on bay. £1650. Miles away. Doesn't show isofix. Rarity factor, huge. |
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mgmrw
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May 16, 2018 10:59:14 GMT
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May 16, 2018 13:35:36 GMT
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Only real downside i can see is that the towing limit seems to be a weedy 1200kgs, even for the 3.0 version.
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May 16, 2018 18:14:07 GMT
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Only real downside i can see is that the towing limit seems to be a weedy 1200kgs, even for the 3.0 version. Not the end of the world. The £300 tax band was more worrying 😂 |
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Only real downside i can see is that the towing limit seems to be a weedy 1200kgs, even for the 3.0 version. Not the end of the world. The £300 tax band was more worrying 😂 Oooh ouch! Hadn't noticed that. Are there any early cars on the old tax bands? |
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Not sure if it's been mentioned yet, 6 pages is a bit much to trawl through but....
Modern car seats are a PITA in lifted vehicles, unless you can get in there with them. Putting seats in my father in law's Hilux means contorting yourself in all sorts of shapes to get the seatbelt clipped in, and then the shape of the door frame means that you've got to fold the child in half to get them in past the belts and over the seat. Not so much of an issue when they go into a front facing but the amount of times I've wanted to drop kick the rear facing seat into the skip...I've lost count.
I've got an Elgrand, (ooh, an E50 might tick your boxes?) and the wife has a Subaru Legacy. It's much easier to put the kids in in my car, especially when it's raining as you can just get in too.
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May 17, 2018 10:12:41 GMT
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Cool, really cool. But, do they need welding for annual service? Erm, no. |
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May 17, 2018 11:18:01 GMT
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Not the end of the world. The £300 tax band was more worrying 😂 Oooh ouch! Hadn't noticed that. Are there any early cars on the old tax bands? Only 2x sport cross on bay. 4 on trader. |
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mgmrw
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May 17, 2018 11:19:17 GMT
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Not sure if it's been mentioned yet, 6 pages is a bit much to trawl through but.... Modern car seats are a PITA in lifted vehicles, unless you can get in there with them. Putting seats in my father in law's Hilux means contorting yourself in all sorts of shapes to get the seatbelt clipped in, and then the shape of the door frame means that you've got to fold the child in half to get them in past the belts and over the seat. Not so much of an issue when they go into a front facing but the amount of times I've wanted to drop kick the rear facing seat into the skip...I've lost count. I've got an Elgrand, (ooh, an E50 might tick your boxes?) and the wife has a Subaru Legacy. It's much easier to put the kids in in my car, especially when it's raining as you can just get in too. Not considered anything lifted as yet, but I am 6'6. So it's not a huge issue. Mrs has an FN2 type R. That's a pain in the  . |
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mgmrw
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May 17, 2018 11:19:52 GMT
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Cool, really cool. But, do they need welding for annual service? Erm, no. Really? I imagine they rot badly |
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May 17, 2018 13:09:05 GMT
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Really? I imagine they rot badly I meant lifted as in higher than a normal car. Range Rover, Disco etc that sort of thing. |
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May 17, 2018 19:18:32 GMT
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Really? I imagine they rot badly I meant lifted as in higher than a normal car. Range Rover, Disco etc that sort of thing. Yeah, that'd be fine. I spend 30-40 hours a week in a pickup truck. 17 plate L200 crew cab |
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May 21, 2018 19:08:36 GMT
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Best part of £4k for a 520? Good god. I'd want it to be the best on earth. |
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mgmrw
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May 21, 2018 19:09:48 GMT
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That Passatt needs killing with fire, and bombs. Awful, dreadful thing. That vulva is cool as curse word. |
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May 22, 2018 11:59:34 GMT
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Best part of £4k for a 520? Good god. I'd want it to be the best on earth. Don't recall it being that expensive when i spotted it. Perhaps I just wasn't paying attention. |
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May 22, 2018 12:00:31 GMT
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That Passatt needs killing with fire, and bombs. Awful, dreadful thing. That vulva is cool as curse word. So that's a no on the Passat then. Duly noted. Vulva......... Tee Hee! |
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