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From: Scraggy on 16 Jun 2010 06:49
On 15 Jun 2010 17:35:50 GMT, "Lozzo" <lozzo(a)lozzo.org.uk> wrote:

> I don't want one of the uglierearly model hatches, has to be a saloon.

Sorry mate, I'm having trouble squaring the above with;

Lozzo
Versys 650 Tourer
From: Hog on 16 Jun 2010 07:18
SIRPip wrote:
> The Older Gentleman wrote:
>
>> Adrian <toomany2cvs(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>> The 9000 engine was all theirs, I think. Maybe based on the Dolly
>>>> lump originally, but with twin balancer shafts that the Dolly
>>>> never had.
>>>
>>> It's still the same basic block design, though,
>>
>> It is? OK.
>>
>> Nice engine. Would have been nicer if Triumph had done it.
>
> SNIP
> And all that lot is just the cooling system, don't get me started on
> having to remove the gearbox tunnel to get at the bellhousing bolts,
> or the starter motor, or the clutch slave cylinder ....

Your long and interesting post highlights exactly why, at an early age, I
decided that messing about with cages and in particular Shite Old Cages was
a jolly bad idea.

--
Hog


From: platypus on 16 Jun 2010 10:30
On 15 June, 23:25, "TMack"
<tonyREMOVECAPSmac...(a)REMOVECAPS.dsl.pipex.com> wrote:
> The Older Gentleman wrote:
> > SteveH <italian...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >> the Saab badge comes with a worse
> >> reputation than anything that has come out of Italy in recent years.
>
> > Harsh but maybe fair.
>
> > I'd *still* like another Saab - we've had two - but it would have to
> > be an updated version of a pre-GM Saab, not anything they've produced
> > since.
>
> > Interestingly, I received a questionnaire from Subaru last week, which
> > suggests they're desperately trying to figure out how to re-position
> > the brand.
>
> > I thought this was a particularly telling uestion:
>
> > STARTS/
>
> > Which statement most closely reflects your view of Subaru?
>
> > Subaru make top quality well specified cars that are better than
> > German competitors but priced below because they are not as well
> > known or understood.
>
> > Subaru make superbly engineered cars, better than most, if not all
> > competitors, but priced below because they are not as well known or
> > understood.
>
> > Subaru is only for people who need off-road and 4WD vehicles and suit
> > those people well.
>
> > Subaru make cars that are not quite as good as their rivals but are
> > priced accordingly.
>
> > Subaru cars are not as good as their rivals but are unfortunately
> > priced higher
>
> > /ENDS
>
> They forgot:
>
> Subaru is popular with baseball-cap-wearing young scrotes

Subarus sound like old VWs with dodgy air brakes.
From: Pip Luscher on 16 Jun 2010 14:45
On Wed, 16 Jun 2010 10:04:41 +0000 (UTC), "SIRPip"
<gingerbloke(a)gmail.com> wrote:


>The then cutting-edge viscous-coupled fan (remember them?)

My current car has one of those, and my previous car had one, too.


--
-Pip
From: Higgins on 16 Jun 2010 14:58
Hog wrote:
> Higgins wrote:
>> Hog wrote:
>>
>> <SAABs>
>>
>>> My Aero does 27.5
>>>
>> My Aero does 19, 24 if I've done any motorway driving.
>
> "It's fucked"
>
Heh, but no, it's Brussels traffic.
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