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Nigel
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Well, I have had a nightmare weekend. I needed to go to my parents in Devon as a last minute change of plan and dashed down there in the Jag on Friday afternoon as wifey needed the HGT to go to her nephews 1st birthday in Bristol.
After a difficult weekend I left Devon today at 11:00. At 11:15 the N/S/F wheel bearing on the Jag seized on the outside lane of a dual carriageway - which, shall we say, focused the attention for a brief duration! Anyway, did a sort of roadside repair and decided to limp back to my parents and borrow my Dads car for the week.
My father........has a new Corsa 1.8 SRi which I have derrided since its purchase so a large amount of humble pie was swallowed and off I went. The first thing I noticed was...ITS GOT WHITE DIALS.
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah!
I though to myself OH MY GOD....HOW BRAVO 1.8HLX ish!(Had to get that in there)
Anyway I drove this thing the 160 miles home and I have to say how WRONG I was to deride this car.
The engine sounds 150 times better than the tinny 5 pot HGT and actually roars above 5,000rpm. 0-60 was very brisk - quicker thena the HGT by far. The only thing that let it down was the poor seats, worse than the HGT (yes even worse than the HGT!) but overall it flew and I actually enjoyed driving it! All I need now is a "round the wrong way" IQ Reducer (Baseball Cap), a McDonalds Badge, a gormless bint of a g/friend and copy of Lax Power and I will be there.... 21 again - 17 if you count the white dials!
Oh well, need to get a new set of wheel bearings for next weekend and give it back
Nige
After a difficult weekend I left Devon today at 11:00. At 11:15 the N/S/F wheel bearing on the Jag seized on the outside lane of a dual carriageway - which, shall we say, focused the attention for a brief duration! Anyway, did a sort of roadside repair and decided to limp back to my parents and borrow my Dads car for the week.
My father........has a new Corsa 1.8 SRi which I have derrided since its purchase so a large amount of humble pie was swallowed and off I went. The first thing I noticed was...ITS GOT WHITE DIALS.
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah!
I though to myself OH MY GOD....HOW BRAVO 1.8HLX ish!(Had to get that in there)
Anyway I drove this thing the 160 miles home and I have to say how WRONG I was to deride this car.
The engine sounds 150 times better than the tinny 5 pot HGT and actually roars above 5,000rpm. 0-60 was very brisk - quicker thena the HGT by far. The only thing that let it down was the poor seats, worse than the HGT (yes even worse than the HGT!) but overall it flew and I actually enjoyed driving it! All I need now is a "round the wrong way" IQ Reducer (Baseball Cap), a McDonalds Badge, a gormless bint of a g/friend and copy of Lax Power and I will be there.... 21 again - 17 if you count the white dials!
Oh well, need to get a new set of wheel bearings for next weekend and give it back
Nige