Oi, SteveH, didn't you have the sick idea to get one of these?

Cool, a Ripspeed gearstick

Would be nice with a RV8 in it, or maybe a 2L turbo.

I find that offensive.

yeah my eyes kinda hurt looking at it too!

I did, and I wish I'd seen it earlier, as I'd have had it for that price and sourced a more 'proper' sized engine and box from a scrappy.

Sorry mate, I tried. You really should keep an eye on classic cars-> finising today.

Currently, I'm keeping an eye on:

Cars -> Alfa Romeo Audi Mercedes Volkswagon Volvo

No time for classics.

Haven't you been there and done that to death?

Zzzzz. Unless you get one that requires you to mortgage your house 3 times over to run.

Zzzzz.

Isn't there an 'e' missing?

and zzzzz again.

What happened to "soul" and "character" you namby pamby wussy wuss wuss?

(c:

Douglas

Yes, and I want a 'respectable' car - but won't risk a thrashed ex-fleet

I don't know about that. Seen an A6 2.4 Tiptronic that looks good.

Reliable, don't lose value.

If I were 10 miles from work, I'd have an Alfetta.

Erm......Nissan Primera - haven't you been down this road before? :-)

Peter

-- "The humble bic biro draws 13 beards, 9 devil moustaches and 49 penises on newspapers in its lifetime."

Yeah, I have. But it was a s**te old Primera.

At least this time I'm thinking about a proper car, not some horrible Jap saloon.

Get an A6 like mine :-)

And don't let mileage put you off either - well made things don't neccessarily have big things go wrong just because it's got 150k on the clock. I've definitely believed that a lot more since seeing an S reg Sprinter 310D with over 400k on the clock sounding every bit as good as the X reg 311CDI I went to look at.

Peter

-- "The humble bic biro draws 13 beards, 9 devil moustaches and 49 penises on newspapers in its lifetime."

Wot, with a broken headlamp and a dent in the roof?

No, the ones without aforementioned items tend to be the better buy.

Peter

-- "The humble bic biro draws 13 beards, 9 devil moustaches and 49 penises on newspapers in its lifetime."

But why spend money and lose it all because it will only end up a bag of s**te, when you can get something perfectly servicable for £500.

Bloody hell, that sounds like an echo of Summer here.

But for a 2.4, slow and thirsty :)

Reliable? Behave :) Unless we're talking about PeteM style old ones? Actually, newer-less reliable Merc's are all over £10k still so we probly are aren't we :)

Give him a chance, it might be a VR6 (i dunno why i like them :) )

Auto :)

I thought Alfa's were reliable enough for this :)