147 & other Alfa owners

> Ibiza Tdi (Have seen 130hp Tdis for just over £7k)
> http://tinyurl.com/bogs7

For performance against fuel and insurance cost I really don't think you can
beat these.

goto www.seatcupra.net/forums for more info

I swore I wasn't going to add to the fire... but...

Mike Hunter wrote:

> One can not defy the laws of physics. In nine out of
> ten collisions the larger the vehicle the less likely proper belted
> passengers will be injured or killed, period.

I agree on the not being able to defy the laws of physics.

However... so you're postulating a "mine is bigger than yours" strategy?
What if you neighbor now gets a Hummer? Will you get a yet bigger vehicle?
Then he gets an 18-wheeler? Then what?

This is an escalation that does not make sense. As others have pointed out,
all that large vehicles do is endanger the smaller ones. As hard as it may
seem, one has to think not only egoistically (because that will get all of
us killed), but also consider what's around you.

I just shudder everytime I see one of those ridiculously *huge* SUVs, with
one *tiny* person sitting in it, mostly on the cell phone (not paying
attention to the traffic, thereby greatly increasing the risk of accidents).
How dumb is that? It's not about the few hundred dollars a year of gas you
save, it's about the insanity of just blowing away a finite resource that
your children, and your grandchildren, and their kids will want to use, just
to "make you feel safe" (Jim Beam has already touched on the "feel safe" vs.
"be safe" points)

> From what I know I will never ride in a small
> FWD car just to save a few hundred dollar a year on fuel.

But you *would* run over those wimpy folks in their Civics, wouldn't you?
The main thing is you survive?

In article >,
says...
> LOL. I thought Chryslr was getting a leg up from M-B!
>
Oh they are.

Chryslers have come on in leaps and bounds, so much that Chrysler/Dodge
and probably soon Plymouth brands will be seen on UK streets as normal.
The Neon and PT cruiser are badged Chrysler here, but the 300 Sedan is a
Dodge.

It is just that Mercedes got the rough end of the stick. Chrysler
improves, mercedes gets weakened.
--
Carl Robson
Car PC Build starts again. http://smallr.com/rz
Homepage: http://www.bouncing-czechs.com

In article >,
says...
> Hmmmm....my boss had a Lightening and I asked for a 'ride', he said "Key's
> in it" didn't have to tell ME twice.
>
> I thought it was a pretty damn good truck for a '68 Corvette!
> The fact that it handled that well and that fast amazed me.
>
Mayu handle well in the US for a US vehicle, but, UK roads are narrower
and we have corners and twisty roads. It doesn't quite have the
precission needed for a vehicle that is so big compared to the road it
needs to be driven on over here.
--
Carl Robson
Car PC Build starts again. http://smallr.com/rz
Homepage: http://www.bouncing-czechs.com

In article >, =20
says...
> Why sell the Celica? Run it into the ground if you can.=20
>=20
Fuel costs. Makes the difference.
The difference between =A335 a week in the Celica, and =A328 in the Saab.
Also, the celica is losing/burning oil. Not enough to kill it, but=20
enough for it to need almost weekly/200 mile topups.
The Saab was totally rebuilt and is completley oil tight on full=20
synthetic.

Actually considering selling both now (or advertising both), drive the=20
one that doesn't sell, keep advertising that one, and when it goes get=20
something, silly, small, old, cheap, diesel, and run it on vegetable oil=20
mix or bio diesel.
--=20
Carl Robson
Car PC Build starts again. http://smallr.com/rz
Homepage: http://www.bouncing-czechs.com

In article >,
says...
> All it takes is bending the wrong way ONCE! Then it's an
> on-again-off-again thing for therest of your life.
>
I think mine was from changing shocks on a car (crawling on the floor),
and driving it with motorsport bucket seats in.

Got better after I got my first Saab. Has slowly crept back since owning
the Celica and having the suspension put right. the more I improved the
handling, the worse my back got.

Guess I need a Bentley or something else with air suspension "honestly
dear, for health reasons"
--
Carl Robson
Car PC Build starts again. http://smallr.com/rz
Homepage: http://www.bouncing-czechs.com

In article >,
says...
> The 7.3 is a fairly decent engine. International built.
>
Don't they build Combines?
--
Carl Robson
Car PC Build starts again. http://smallr.com/rz
Homepage: http://www.bouncing-czechs.com

On Thu, 22 Sep 2005 10:23:12 +0100, NeedforSwede2 wrote:

> In article >,
> says...
>> The 7.3 is a fairly decent engine. International built.
>>
> Don't they build Combines?

Ya, dot too....

On Thu, 22 Sep 2005 10:22:09 +0100, NeedforSwede2 wrote:

> In article >,
> says...
>> All it takes is bending the wrong way ONCE! Then it's an
>> on-again-off-again thing for therest of your life.
>>
> I think mine was from changing shocks on a car (crawling on the floor),
> and driving it with motorsport bucket seats in.
>
> Got better after I got my first Saab. Has slowly crept back since owning
> the Celica and having the suspension put right. the more I improved the
> handling, the worse my back got.

One thing about Euro (esp Swedish) cars is that they ARE comfortable!

>
> Guess I need a Bentley or something else with air suspension "honestly
> dear, for health reasons"

Right. "Honey, I need to unass $275,000US for a Bentley cause of my bad
back..."

On Thu, 22 Sep 2005 10:13:34 +0100, NeedforSwede2 wrote:

> In article >,
> says...
>> Hmmmm....my boss had a Lightening and I asked for a 'ride', he said "Key's
>> in it" didn't have to tell ME twice.
>>
>> I thought it was a pretty damn good truck for a '68 Corvette!
>> The fact that it handled that well and that fast amazed me.
>>
> Mayu handle well in the US for a US vehicle, but, UK roads are narrower
> and we have corners and twisty roads. It doesn't quite have the
> precission needed for a vehicle that is so big compared to the road it
> needs to be driven on over here.

Drove it on an old US (two lane...they were just marking the Brand New
pavement (uh, that's NOT a sidewalk for those of you from Yirrup...)
and then on the Interstate. Pretty good to me.

Uh, he had made some 'mods', like exhaust and chipping the thing. Est. 425
HP...