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Kickstart
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PostPosted: 00:00 - 13 Nov 2010    Post subject: New car Reply with quote
Hi

We have finally got around to getting another car. Needed something to tow the bike trailer and replace the old Alfa 155 (the 156 has very little low down power and wouldn't make a good tow car).

We have landed up with this.

https://www.alfa-pages.co.uk/TempPicture/Xtype4Small.jpg

https://www.alfa-pages.co.uk/TempPicture/Xtype3Small.jpg

https://www.alfa-pages.co.uk/TempPicture/Xtype2Small.jpg

https://www.alfa-pages.co.uk/TempPicture/Xtype1Small.jpg

02 reg one, 48k on the clocks. Black leather. 2.5 V6 manual (so 4wd with these).

All the best

Keith
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MinhDinh
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PostPosted: 00:04 - 13 Nov 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
Is that a Jag? Are yoy old Keith?
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Kickstart
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PostPosted: 00:05 - 13 Nov 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
Hi

Yes, X type.

And not sure I am old enough yet.

All the best

Keith
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PostPosted: 00:08 - 13 Nov 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
Cool, I remember Top Gear testing the diesel one and it was pretty good. My dad has an S Type which is basically a ford on the inside but the V6 is pretty good
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Ariel Badger
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PostPosted: 00:09 - 13 Nov 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
That car should be owned by a guy that is four years from retirement. Are you at the show this weekend Keith?
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Misc
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PostPosted: 00:11 - 13 Nov 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
Very nice. Are they as smooth to drive as they look? Any cabin shots?
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Kickstart
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PostPosted: 00:13 - 13 Nov 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
Hi

Price wise they are a bargain for what you get. This is the 2.5 V6 so has just under 200hp and has 4wd which is pretty unobtrusive. And no cam belts to worry about. The diesels have dual mass flywheels, so a large bill waiting to happen.

Needed something for towing and which Charlotte can use driving over the peaks to work in winter.

Not this weekend (what show?).

All the best

Keith
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Kickstart
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PostPosted: 00:15 - 13 Nov 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
Misc wrote:
Very nice. Are they as smooth to drive as they look? Any cabin shots?


Very smooth, but steering is a bit slow and lacking feel, while the handling is a bit stodgy.

No cabin shots yet. Fairly stock though with dark carpets and black leather (would have preferred the black half leather, or better still a decent cloth interior, but the first is fairly rare while the full cloth X type interiors are horrible).

All the best

Keith
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PostPosted: 00:22 - 13 Nov 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
Driven a few in my car hire days and they were decent enough, can't really remember any problems we had with them on fleet when they were new and I got from swansea to cardiff 6 minutes before the stupid boy racer who thought he was a god driving a celica that left at the same time.
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PostPosted: 09:09 - 13 Nov 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
The Classic Car and Motorcycle Show at the NEC. We had a cup of coffee together there last year.
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Wafer_Thin_Ham
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PostPosted: 09:23 - 13 Nov 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
You've got me looking now Kickstart, I'm in need of a new car.

How many parts are common with the Mondeo of the same era?

MX5's still looking like the winner at the moment. Laughing
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Kickstart
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PostPosted: 09:42 - 13 Nov 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
Ariel Badger wrote:
The Classic Car and Motorcycle Show at the NEC. We had a cup of coffee together there last year.


Ah forgotten about that. Yet another thing this weekend. Possible I might wander down on Sunday afternoon but probably unlikely to be honest.

Big_Ham wrote:

How many parts are common with the Mondeo of the same era?

MX5's still looking like the winner at the moment. Laughing


Think the claim is that only about 15% of parts are shared (suspect that is mainly switches, sensors, etc), but no doubt plenty of other bits are very similar but not shared. There was no 4wd Mondeo of anything like that age. V6 Mondeos are not that common, while all the petrol X Types use a V6.

An MX5 is tempting, but wouldn't pull the bike trailer and even if it did I couldn't get leathers / paddock stand / lid / tools / etc in the boot.

The 156 has about 138k on it at the moment, but having just had a new cam belt and clutch I am hoping it will last another couple of years and get to 170k fairly easily. However once it comes up for being replaced I am very tempted to go for something whimsical, such an an MX5, Elise or MR2.

All the best

Keith
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PostPosted: 15:32 - 13 Nov 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
I've been looking at those too, will be needing a car next March when the van goes.
How much for the 02 petrol 4wd?
(if you don't mind telling)


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PostPosted: 19:30 - 13 Nov 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
Looks nice, I don't like old Jaguars really although the XJS was interesting, those newer ones do look good though when compared to a BMW or Audi. It's all well and good calling it a Mondeo purely because it was owned by Ford, Volvo are too but they don't get lumped with that, the design and engineering teams usually remain on established brands it's just an ownership change.
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Misc
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PostPosted: 21:15 - 13 Nov 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
What beach is that Keith? Seems a great place to take pics, can't think of any down south that you can drive onto. (with sand) Smile Or without someone telling you off..
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PostPosted: 21:29 - 13 Nov 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
Misc wrote:
What beach is that Keith? Seems a great place to take pics, can't think of any down south that you can drive onto. (with sand) Smile Or without someone telling you off..


You're probably not allowed to drive on that beach, Keith always takes his vehicles places you're not supposed to, beaches, potato fields, where ever he fucking well pleases.

It's all just part of being the oracle, he can do what he wants.
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PostPosted: 21:38 - 13 Nov 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
Shaun wrote:


It's all just part of being the oracle, he can do what he wants.


When you ask the local council for permission to drive on a beach or somewhere, Keith is the man THEY ask to see if it is OK.
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Kickstart
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PostPosted: 10:59 - 15 Nov 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
dodgydog wrote:
I've been looking at those too, will be needing a car next March when the van goes.
How much for the 02 petrol 4wd?


We paid £3750 with just under a years MOT and a years tax on it. That is a 2002 car, but with 48k on the clocks and very clean but a private sale. Looked at few more. For example one at a dealer had ~70k on the clocks and was a bit cheaper (£4k, but with a "this weekend only" sale price of £3.5k) but it was a fair bit tattier (nothing major) and needed a really good valet, plus had cream leather interior that would have been a really silly idea if I am lightly to drive it with dirty hands. Also a few for sale with very high mileages (one locally going for a bit over £2k with 210k on the clocks).

Phoenix wrote:
It's all well and good calling it a Mondeo purely because it was owned by Ford, Volvo are too but they don't get lumped with that, the design and engineering teams usually remain on established brands it's just an ownership change.


The basic architecture is from the Mondeo. Claim I have seen is only about 15% of bits are carried over, and all the early X types were 4wd and all the petrol ones used a V6 engine. Nothing too obvious shared though (maybe electric window switches and things like that).

As an aside where we were last week someone else had one and was having problems with the boot lock. Came and asked if I had any ideas as we had the same car. Took the latch apart and the problem was the servo for the boot latch which had failed, and which was a Ford part (made by Hella).

Misc wrote:
What beach is that Keith? Seems a great place to take pics, can't think of any down south that you can drive onto. (with sand) Smile Or without someone telling you off..


Blackrock Sands near Porthmadog in North Wales. You can drive onto it and it is pretty quiet at this time of year. And for once virtually no jellyfish on it.

All the best

Keith
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