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22 Jul 2003, 22:28 (Ref:668859) | #26 | ||
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Well I get the new one tomorrow so it is goodbye to the sport special. 54k of totally trouble free miles. All I have replaced is front tyres and a set of brake pads. I thoroughly recommend one to everyone. The snow performance is outstanding and it is pretty good in the mud too. It has towed a transit out of a steep icy car park and on saturday it towed a wrecked Nova rally car out of a forest special stage.
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27 Jul 2003, 20:12 (Ref:672637) | #28 | ||
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Nope. Didn't have to slip the clutch at all. Fantastically torquey engines those boxers.
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Well done a few miles in the spurtwagon and very good it is too. Had to fix the washers though!
I have owned a few fast cars before but I am totally impressed with this one. I have yet to find it slower than my driving. No doubt as I get more confident I will! The brakes don't seem to be the best. Lot better than the Alpina's though. |
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8 Aug 2003, 00:58 (Ref:682460) | #30 | ||
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Brakes aren't great - good first choice for upgrades.
I'm still 'growing into' my 2003 Sportwagon. I think there's an extra 'stealth' factor with the 5 dr - people don't expect you to be going that quick |
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8 Aug 2003, 22:00 (Ref:683312) | #31 | ||
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I like the wagon cos I can get all my fishing gear in the back and tow the caravan
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11 Aug 2003, 21:54 (Ref:685600) | #32 | ||
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Here it is soon to be adorned with a caravan club badge.
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11 Aug 2003, 22:48 (Ref:685661) | #33 | ||
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Nice
'99 model year then. Which means - believe it or not - the brakes are a big improvement on the '98! Looks good in the dark blue mica too - my Sport was that colour But a Caravan Club Badge ?!?! Sorry old boy, but I'm somewhere to the right of Clarkson on that one... |
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12 Aug 2003, 09:15 (Ref:685939) | #34 | ||
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Perhaps not the caravan club badge then but I will be towing my rally car and my new tool trailer with track day wheels and tools. (When it is built that is) The tool trailer is a new concept that began when we were left with a Reliant Rialto chassis lying in the back garden.
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