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Dunno. One of mine is rusty in the boot, but that's only where I welded it together since I got it as an insurance write off. One I had for a bit had a couple of holes in a sill. But that's it.

I first discovered they were galvanised when mine got a bit of paint chipped off. I never got round to putting some back onto it, and I was pleasantly surprised when it never started rusting. Mine have all been the later ones though.

(I remember discussing this a couple of years ago and finding a picture which showed which bits had been galvanised - eg the roof wasn't. But I can't find it now).

Fortunately the BX fits that bill.

We may be talking a different sort here - however my good ones all carry two people...

cheers, clive

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Clive George
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Every? Not every.

Reply to
DervMan

But right off the line your 280 PS front wheel drive car won't be significantly quicker than a 90 PS car, more so on a wet roundabout. We're talking 0.1 of a second to the first sixty feet. Once on the move, yeah it'll be quicker for sure. That supercharged MINI is in some respects a great piece of kit, but it cannot apply maximum power at very low speeds. In the wet the traction / slap wrist control system is engaged so much that it's a cop out... very disappointing.

Tremendous poke, inadequate grip.

I can't think of any front wheel drive, relatively big power machine that is as point-squeeze-accelerate as a RWD or even AWD. Therein is the beauty of the base 200 PS Subaru turbos. Not ultimately that quick, I daresay, just able to use all poke at all speeds...

Reply to
DervMan

My Dad wanted one!

Reply to
DervMan

ROFL.

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DervMan

I fail to see the connection and relevance of the two parts of your last paragraph.

Reply to
DervMan

I think an 800 would be a little too ambitious as a first bike ;)

Richard

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RichardK

Tell him that next time he is riding the missus to tell her that her sister was better. Makes the ride anything but gentle.

Fraser

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Fraser Johnston

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