A friend of mine has one, lovely car. I drove an 850 a few years ago, but it was a 'don't meet your heroes' moment. Not a patch on my 500SL.Agree with the 8 series BM, if you can find one without mega mileage on it.
LOL....old early turbo cars were terrible weren't they. We used to have 1.7 Diesel Turbo Astra estates that were woeful.My boss's 9-5 tried to kill me on a test drive. No experience of turbo lag and went to pull out at a roundabout.
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LOL....old early turbo cars were terrible weren't they. We used to have 1.7 Diesel Turbo Astra estates that were woeful.
Roundabouts were a lottery. Approach in 2nd gear and too slow and no power as no turbo. Pop it into first and the valves want to go through the bonnet at 4.5k so then you have to change gear....into 2nd.....no power.... hilarious but dangerous.
I had a loan Hyundai while Coupe was in for service years ago. It was the lowest powered car I think I had ever driven. A 1.5 non turbo diesel.....as noisy and as aggricultural as tractor with less power.I didn't get enough experience to get to the 'exciting' stage. I was very much stuck on the 'OHHHHHHHHSHITTTTTTTTT!' stage.
The Jaaaaaaaaaaaaag is OK. Just mash the (not) loud pedal and wait for that sort of sci-fi thing where you get whiplash after about 0.5 seconds.
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No idea about other criteria, but a VX220 is very cheap these days, especially when compared to a Lotus, which it shares most of its components with
I'm not a fan of turbo cars full stop
Does the XJ not have turbos?
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In a time when every Subaru in the range was 4WD and every SAAB had a turbo (whether the low or high pressure variant), the SAAB was notorious for its torque steer but at least if fettled by Abbott this was supposedly tamed.
Does anyone have any personal knowledge or insight of the 9-3 or 9-5?
For a Turbo yes, but they are faster than most Elise’s. NA’s are still 145hp as standard, so more than make up for the little extra weight they carry over the S1. Plus normal Vauxhall engine, so very reliable.They were cheap (I recall non-turbos at £7.5k) but a quick look suggests the comparative rarity has pushed the price up quite close to that of an equivalent mileage Elise.
TE37s? They're a lovely wheel. Look great on r33 gtr and rx7 series 8 as well. They looked nice on a bathurst r spec I had some time back.
love that generation of RX7TE37s? They're a lovely wheel. Look great on r33 gtr and rx7 series 8 as well. They looked nice on a bathurst r spec I had some time back.
Looks like a bomex kit too? Lovely looking car..... I'll get trashed for saying this but surely one of the most timeless cars ever made. That car could be 31 years old and it still looks modern.
I love the looks of the 8 series. Drove lovely condition 840 and it was nice, but nice like drinking milky tea looking wistfully from the veranda at fold folks homeAgree with the 8 series BM, if you can find one without mega mileage on it.
Have we said Land Rovers, especially Defenders and older. They're attracting big sums at the moment so if you fing a sub-10k one and is in restorative condition then you're on to a winner.