Cars Bought And Sold in 2006 ?

What does "Golf 3 1/2 Cabrio" mean?

Is it a Mk3 Golf with half the roof missing, or a Mk1/2 Cabriolet (which were pretty much the same bar a facelift, well they were all Mk1s, but later ones had a Mk2 front end) with an added "3" for good measure?

Gone.

The Elk. V reg A170 CDi Elegance auto.

Arrived, ish, but never made it home, 03 plate W211 E270CDi Classic SE. Awaiting insurance decisions.

IIRC the mk 4 cabrio was a mk 3 with a mk 4 front end, hence "mark three and a half"

Because the mark four Golf convertible is really a mark three with mark four lights...

I swapped the '99 Accord for the '00 Saab 9-3. I miss the VTEC engine note and electric sunroof but that's about it. I enjoy the 9-3's range, seat comfort and sniffing my fingers after I fill up.

Sold: 1989 BX GTi

Aquired: 1998 Peugeot 306 Diesel, 1993 VW 1.0 Polo

Bit like with the later Mk1 Cabriolets then.

IOW they skipped a generation on the cabriolet model and *still* ended up a generation behind.

Went: Saab 900 T16S convertible with A pillar rust issues and a leaky roof (still miss it) Arrived: Octavia GLXi 2.0 boring, newish, reliable but economical. Never a had a car like that before. I don't like it, don't know if I want another like it again.

Need something fun, reliable, but needs fettling, not fixing.

I saw it as more of an attempt to make it look vaguely like the current proper Golf - to a blind man running for a bus.

Anyway - I still bought it. It's no sportscar by any stretch of the imagination, but it is fun and does all it needs to.

Anyway - as others have said. A Golf MKIV Cabrio is identical to a MKIII apart from about the first 9 inches back. And it has blue dash lighting....

Sold - Rover 620 to my Bro for a nice profit. Capri 2.8i Special for what I paid for it as the rear end turned out to be rotten as a dog.

Bought - Capri Laser. Used money from above to respray it.

Similar with Capris. There isn't actually such a thing as a MK3 Capri but just a facelift MK2 which had different grille,lights,bumpers and on some variants an additional boot spoiler.

You mean like the MkV Cortina was a MkIV facelift and the MkIV Escort was a Mk III Facelift.....

Then there was the MkIII.5 Fiesta.

I still can't believe you made a profit out of your brother.

I've offered to *give* my brother cheap, unwanted cars in the past.

You said recently you needed comfortable. You say you need reliable. You say you need fun:- bhp=fun - turbos=bhp. You also seem to like Saabs. Can you see where this is going ?

Besides, if you buy another Saab, there are no negative associations like you get with practically every other marque.

I would say 9000 CDE, obviously add a full power ECU like wot we're going to do, but that's up to you.

Anyway - I'm convinced and I know what everyone was going on about now.

Does it have a soft-touch dashboard?

Not even remotely.

But it is based on the Golf platform, which means it is a devastatingly effective cross-country weapon.

Can't be any good, then.

Yes - in a wobbletastic fashion.

P.S. Seriously tempted by a number plate available on the DVLA website for

If you don't live in Scotland, this means nothing to you, as the verb to Shoogle is only applicable north of the border. Anyway, this would be a stunningly appropriate number plate for a car with this level of scuttle shake.