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What car should I buy?

Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2020 9:52 pm
by Jimmy Choo
and why was it this?

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It's a 3 litre V6 Sovereign. 119k, filthy as Beany's mind but very well cared for mechanically including a gearbox service. It's a comfy cruiser which is what I wanted.

I paid £2,600 and the Saab was sold for £155 for scrap.

Re: What car should I buy?

Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2020 10:15 pm
by mik
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Re: What car should I buy?

Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2020 10:26 pm
by Jimmy Choo
Better?

Re: What car should I buy?

Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2020 10:38 pm
by Sundayjumper
Bangerbargeonomics. I do approve 8-)

Interior pics ?

Re: What car should I buy?

Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2020 10:43 pm
by mik
Yes better.

That’s epic 8-)

Re: What car should I buy?

Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2020 10:49 pm
by Jimmy Choo
Sundayjumper wrote: Mon Aug 31, 2020 10:38 pm Bangerbargeonomics. I do approve 8-)

Interior pics ?
I'll do some later. It's a light colour. This is the one from the advert:

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Re: What car should I buy?

Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2020 10:52 pm
by Sundayjumper
Beige, plus dubious wood. Oh yeah 8-)

Looks super comfy.

Re: What car should I buy?

Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2020 10:53 pm
by mik
I don’t understand wooden steering wheels, but otherwise that looks great.

Re: What car should I buy?

Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2020 10:54 pm
by Jimmy Choo
mik wrote: Mon Aug 31, 2020 10:53 pm I don’t understand wooden steering wheels, but otherwise that looks great.
Well, you hold it in your hands and if you want the car to go left, you turn it anti clockwise. However, if you turn it clockwise, the car will go to the right.

Re: What car should I buy?

Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2020 10:57 pm
by Jimmy Choo
Sundayjumper wrote: Mon Aug 31, 2020 10:52 pm Beige, plus dubious wood. Oh yeah 8-)

Looks super comfy.
It's got the fatbloke seating so when you turn it off the seat moves back and the wheel moves up out of the way. It seems like you would have to be really, really fat for that to be an issue, though.

Re: What car should I buy?

Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2020 11:08 pm
by mik
Jimmy Choo wrote: Mon Aug 31, 2020 10:54 pm
mik wrote: Mon Aug 31, 2020 10:53 pm I don’t understand wooden steering wheels, but otherwise that looks great.
Well, you hold it in your hands and if you want the car to go left, you turn it anti clockwise. However, if you turn it clockwise, the car will go to the right.
That. Is.

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Re: What car should I buy?

Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2020 11:28 pm
by nuttinnew
8-) even though they have weirdly small tail lights.

Re: What car should I buy?

Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2020 11:43 pm
by Broccers
Tidy

Re: What car should I buy?

Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2020 6:37 am
by Coaster1
Nice.

Is the engine same as the one in the Ford Mondeo ST220?

Re: What car should I buy?

Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2020 6:54 am
by jamcg
Coaster1 wrote: Tue Sep 01, 2020 6:37 am Nice.

Is the engine same as the one in the Ford Mondeo ST220?
Or half an Aston v12?

That’s cool. Is the sovereign designation Just mean it’s longer wheelbase and can fit 2 bodies in the boot instead of 1?

Re: What car should I buy?

Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2020 7:43 am
by McSwede
Great buy. We had an X308 and I'd have an X350. That looks really nice and interior is lovely. Is it Oatmeal?

Gratuitous photo of ours 😂
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Re: What car should I buy?

Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2020 7:45 am
by Gavin
An S class or XJ?

Re: What car should I buy?

Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2020 7:57 am
by McSwede
Gavin wrote: Tue Sep 01, 2020 7:45 amAn S class or XJ?
An XJ. DYELC 😂

Re: What car should I buy?

Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2020 8:00 am
by Gavin
McSwede wrote: Tue Sep 01, 2020 7:57 am
Gavin wrote: Tue Sep 01, 2020 7:45 amAn S class or XJ?
An XJ. DYELC 😂
:shock: I did mean the one the OP had bought TBF :lol:

But I have a 20 year old bongo and a 16 year old diesel Volvo so clearly NO IDNFLCOK? :(

Re: What car should I buy?

Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2020 8:30 am
by Jimmy Choo
McSwede wrote: Tue Sep 01, 2020 7:43 am Great buy. We had an X308 and I'd have an X350. That looks really nice and interior is lovely. Is it Oatmeal?

Gratuitous photo of ours 😂
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Mmm. Whafty.

As to the engine, I believe it's derived from the duratec. It's got very complicated valve timing (VCVT) but not the ST220 variable length intake jobbie (VLIJ). It's has CATS but no DAGS.