Well, I'm back home with the Saab.

Hope its as good as it seems to be - enjoy!

Not quite as tidy, but mechanically and structurally, Oh yes.

so you're not missing the celica yet? whats the difference like in running costs and fuel ect?

Christ lad, slow down - give him a chance to actually drive it :)

come on you know what it's like when you grab a new set of wheels. you'll drive 200miles just to grab a morning paper :)

fuel economy will be better than a GT4 - but not great unless he drives it like a grandma :-) Not very fuel efficent by todays standards, though I got some amazing results out of the 9000..

On boost permanently my T16S gets around 21mpg, motorway cruising about

In a way, yes I am missing the Celica. The Saab is a lot softer. Ideally I would have both. But I'm still trying to get the right tyre pressure. With it doing minimal miles and having a different than normal size, it=20 is a but guessy. But on the motorway smooth as owt. Beautiful. Had the=20 top up though.

Been for a bit of a bimble arround town with the top down, and up the=20 local bypass. Needs more audio for when the roof is down.

A great car for listening to blue/jazz/acoustic rock in, while cruising=20 along at a nice slow speed though.

I'm sure I got this wrong. I brimmed it off before leaving Durham. The=20 trip meter was showing 261 when I left. I did a few miles after I got home. It was showing 415 when I filled up at home today. When I filled up, I brimmed it again, with =A313.50

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Heh, not realistic for running costs nor for fuel, either.

It's only after you're over the initial honeymoon period that fuel consumption settles down.

Used £20 of juice to go from Burnley via Accrington to Warrington and back in my brother's T16 on Saturday night, 4 people in the car plus a couple of bass amps in the boot. 110 miles, works out at about 23 mpg, but I was crusing at 125 on the way back..

Ted

Sounds about right!

Have you taken the time to stretch its legs? Bring it up to temperature and then give it a sound thrashing!

Well, I drove it back from Durham, A1(M), M1, M62, M60, M62 at or above=20 the speed limit, including crossing the pennines. I think that qualifies=20 as bringing it upto temperature.

Durham to Warrington, on =A313.50 and under 3 hours.

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A688, A66, A65, M6 would have been much more fun though... I discovered this route after getting bored with the usual motorway route travelling between Stoke and Durham when I was at university.

I did think of going cross country on the A roads, but didn't fancy=20 breaking down in the middle of nowhere if anything went wrong, with a=20 dubious mobile signal.

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