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I'm Loz.
My wife's a bit of an older/classic car fan and has set her heart on an older Saab 900 to replace her much loved but starting to fail Peugeot. I know zilch about cars so can't advise her, so wondered if any of you car heads know much about these or maybe have had one? They seem to be well regarded motors looking around the web. Anything she should look out for?
Cheers
Loz
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I'm Grant.
Had one back in day.. Very good "drivers" car. Can be hard work to get best out of them but boy are they fun...look fab too
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I'm Geoff.
They were a good car. Fairly complex mechanically though and all will be getting old now. Parts are not cheap. It's an enthusiasts car and an owner would be best advised to do their own maintenance, as workshop costs will be on the high side.
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Stumbled upon this section, so I may as well post a pic or two of my pride n joy.
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Very nice indeed, Alex!
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Main System
Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & reg mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat/Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight/Isonoe feet & boots/Ortofon RS-212D/Denon DL-103GL in Denon PCL-300 headshell with Funk Firm Houdini/Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.
Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp/Denon AU-310 SUT.
Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.
CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.
Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new, by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.
Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. LDR Stereo Coffee. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.
Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.
Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.
Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.
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I'm Alex.
Thanks. Not been driven for a couple of months now, waiting for the nicer weather to return which isn't coming fast enough!
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I'm Geoff.
Lately I've noticed a growing trend for used car dealers to ask silly high prices for run of the mill second hand motors. I don't understand what they think they'll gain. It's just going to put people off. It certainly puts me off.
Here's an example I spotted earlier: http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classifi...esel&logcode=p
That's £1000 over the real used retail value!
Here's another: http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classifi...Cnew&logcode=p
£1200 more than it should sell for. Crazy!
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I'm Kevin.
Mrs H had a problem with her X-Trail losing power (going into limp home mode) so took it to the local garage, who quoted her €5k to fix it. I laughed at the quote. This was to replace the fuel pump.
A bit of interweb browsing later and I find that it's a common fault, and more importantly how to read fault codes reset the ECU and out the car into the fuel pump learning mode without the Nissan software. The part I needed (new suction control valve) cost me €100 delivered. (Apparently the mechanic could not understand why I wanted to replace this valve when the new pump came with one anyway? )
An hour and a half of my time later and the car was fixed, giving me a saving of €4900.
I asked the Mrs if I could spend what I saved on the HiFi, but I am too polite to share her response with you.
Kevin
Too busy enjoying the music....
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I'm inthescottishmafia.
Got the new Jeep now-
Michelle likes it because it's orange. :-)
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I'm Grant.
Sure is orange.. Hope it dont get Tango'd
Regards,
Grant
I've said it before and I'll say it again: democracy simply-doesn't-work.... ..... ...... ...... ................... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
FIIO K7 BT, M11 PLUS, BTR7, KA5 - OPPO BDP-103D - PANASONIC UB450 - PANASONIC 4K ULTRA HD TV - PIXEL 6 - AVANTREE LR BLUETOOTH - 2* X600 SOUNDCORE - HEADPHONES INCLUDE, FIIO, NURAPHONES', FOCAL, OPPO, BOSE, CAMBRIDGE, BOWER & WILKINS, DEVIALET, MARSHALL, SONY, MITCHELL & JOHNSTON - 2*ZBOOK'S- MERCURY BD ROM, ROON, QOBUZ, TIDAL, PLEX, CYBERLINK, JRIVER - MULTI HDD'S -
Oh my god! There's nothing wrong with the bidet is there?
“Nothing discloses real character like the use of power. It is easy for the weak to be gentle. Most people can bear adversity. But if you wish to know what a man really is, give him power. This is the supreme test. It is the glory of Lincoln that, having almost absolute power, he never abused it, except on the side of mercy".
“You see these dictators on their pedestals, surrounded by the bayonets of their soldiers and the truncheons of their police ... yet in their hearts there is unspoken fear. They are afraid of words and thoughts: words spoken abroad, thoughts stirring at home -- all the more powerful because forbidden -- terrify them. A little mouse of thought appears in the room, and even the mightiest potentates are thrown into panic.”
"You don't have free will. You have the appearance of free will.”
“There's a war out there, old friend. A world war. And it's not about who's got the most bullets. It's about who controls the information. What we see and hear, how we work, what we think... it's all about the information!”
***SMILE, BE HAPPY***
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