OV9

I just spotted a Facebook ad for a new Audi e-Tron GT. £28,000 dealer contribution. Though I’m sure I’ve seen a Taycan ad with £48k dealer contribution.

Jobbo wrote: ↑Sat Mar 16, 2024 9:28 am I just spotted a Facebook ad for a new Audi e-Tron GT. £28,000 dealer contribution. Though I’m sure I’ve seen a Taycan ad with £48k dealer contribution.

Current offer is £50k off

Browsing the cheapies


https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-detail ... 2074637798
Elderly Jag from Elderly Owner

vs

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-detail ... 2287046559
Risky purchase cat D Porker (the repairs to which seemed to involve adding a stupid spoiler)

The porker seems less likely to need big bills, soon, but being a cat car, maybe more of a backroad rat that you could park up in town and not mind if it gets scratched up etc.

Not sure I'd trust a 25 year old jag for, well, anything. They weren't exactly a paragon of reliability out the factory...

You can get the XKR for similar money - they've aged well, looks wise, and it's a cheap (at least, initial cost) into a supercharged 5.0 V8 as well.

Just in time for summer:

https://www.pistonheads.com/buy/listing/16336128

Lovely colour

IanF wrote: ↑Sun Mar 17, 2024 6:11 pm IMG_6191.jpeg

Numberplate checks out

Matty wrote: ↑Sun Mar 17, 2024 5:08 pm Just in time for summer:

https://www.pistonheads.com/buy/listing/16336128

I saw a hardtop for sale recently and had a google at the various RG models they made.

nuttinnew wrote: ↑Sun Mar 17, 2024 7:39 pm

Matty wrote: ↑Sun Mar 17, 2024 5:08 pm Just in time for summer:

https://www.pistonheads.com/buy/listing/16336128

I saw a hardtop for sale recently and had a google at the various RG models they made.

my friends mum had one, I remember the experience in the back with the top down (the car not his mum) was a bit crap because of all the folded hood making it feel a bit claustrophobic.

Rich B wrote: ↑Sun Mar 17, 2024 8:24 pm I remember the experience in the back with the top down (the car not his mum)

Not the roomiest, made tighter by the work to hold it together and keep the top up.
It wouldn't be any better in one of these https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-detail ... 24&fromsra
It's a boring spec compared to the 205.

The Roland Garros was a very cool 205. I’d rather have a hard top, and 134k miles is well over double the point at which they used to fall apart like a clown car (according to buying guides in the early 90s) but the green paint, white leather and XS spec otherwise is just brilliant.

A mate had a RG cab in the late 90s. He put some awful wheels on it IIRC.

I tested a RG 106 once apon a time too, I'm only a size 9 1/2 shoe, but I couldn't press one pedal at a time. I took my snow shoes off first.

My friend's brother bought the 306 RG brand new in 90something. It was quite a nice thing and the green/cream looked very nice. Compared to his other car (SII 88" land rover) it was positively decadent, although not as nice as his dad's Alfa 156 V6.

If @Sundayjumper is looking for a challenge..

Kinda want. A Cayenne GTS to replace my non-GTS. It’s the same colour so I could probably swap it over without the wife noticing

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/166667577686

HOWEVER big red flag in the description:

“The car has 2 warning lights shown but these have been fully investigated by Graham reader garage and are not mechanical and do not effect the mot.”

I wonder why you’d declare that, but not say what the problems are ? Hmm.

It’s also 300 miles each way to collect it.

So the electrics are fucked then

I really don’t know. These cars are generally pretty tough. Suspension fault maybe. Engine light should be an MOT fail ? I’m going to have to ask.