Car (or bike) Chat!

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Originally Posted by Barry

My father used to drive Jaguars and Daimlers. They all had large engines and all had automatic transmission, so not very fuel economic. Fortunately he was able to write off the running costs as expenses.

His last car was a Daimler 'Double Six' with 5.3 litre V12 engine. There was a display device which indicated fuel consumption in real time. Most of the time, on level ground, it read about 10 - 15mpg; downhill maybe 20mpg, but uphill it was down to single figures!

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Definitely thirsty motors, but I reckon a return trip from anywhere to London would still work out cheaper than getting the train (assuming one's running when you need it). Get someone to go with you and chip in for the petrol, and you're quids in :)

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Anyone see this on the news? Apparently a faulty e bike battery.

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Originally Posted by struth

dads last car was a jag xj6... had 2 fuel tanks plus an emergency... gas gobbler it was.

looked like this and same colour

https://collectingcars.imgix.net/009...s&cs=srgb&q=85

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I'm pretty certain Dad had one at some time.

Jags and Daimlers (IRC, the same company) always were good looking cars.

Since being bought out, they have IMO, lost some of their distinctive styling.

Funny but it was me who drove it mostly. He initially hated it but once had had to drive himself somewhere a bit further than the office and after that I couldn't get him out of it [emoji23]

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Originally Posted by walpurgis

MG TF was pretty. Last of the T series before the MGA came along, both nice cars.

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At the risk of ridicule, the only MG sports car I lusted after was the MGB GT (before they replaced the chrome bumpers with over riders, with the awful 'dodgem car' rubber bumpers for the US market).

Yes, I know they were considered to be the poor man's sports car, and not a patch on the likes of Austin Healey or Sunbeam, but I just liked the look of them.

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Originally Posted by Barry

At the risk of ridicule, the only MG sports car I lusted after was the MGB GT (before they replaced the chrome bumpers with over riders, with the awful 'dodgem car' rubber bumpers for the US market).

Yes, I know they were considered to be the poor man's sports car, and not a patch on the likes of Austin Healey or Sunbeam, but I just liked the look of them.

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liked this model... a '69 i think

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...dster_1969.jpg

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Originally Posted by Barry

At the risk of ridicule, the only MG sports car I lusted after was the MGB GT (before they replaced the chrome bumpers with over riders, with the awful 'dodgem car' rubber bumpers for the US market).

Yes, I know they were considered to be the poor man's sports car, and not a patch on the likes of Austin Healey or Sunbeam, but I just liked the look of them.

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That's my favourite version too. I'd sooner have one than any Austin Healey or Sunbeam. Very easy to maintain and can be made reliably quicker and better handling easily enough. I like the later Triumph TR sports cars as well, a TR6 with carbs instead of Lucas fuel injection could be good.

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Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony

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Anyone see this on the news? Apparently a faulty e bike battery.

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Could be any cause. Wrong charger, poorly wired, battery etc. got wet, you name it. I don't charge mine indoors.

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Originally Posted by walpurgis

Could be any cause. Wrong charger, poorly wired, battery etc. got wet, you name it. I don't charge mine indoors.

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yeah, a lot are folk using after market chargers from china that are not right for the battery. but cheap batteries too i bet. its one hell of a fire when they go

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Originally Posted by walpurgis

Could be any cause. Wrong charger, poorly wired, battery etc. got wet, you name it. I don't charge mine indoors.

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Yes, it wouldn't put me off getting one, but I too would be charging it outside. And I would avoid buying anything with uncertain provenance. I hesitate to say anything Chinese-made because probably no such thing exists.