Zel's Fleet Blog - BX, Jag XJ-S, Sinclair C5, Mercedes 208D & 230TE, AC Model 70.

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Re: Zel's Fleet Blog - Xantia Activa, Lada Riva, Sinclair C5, Mercedes 208D, AC Model 70.

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Jaguar XJS V12?
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Class 55 Deltic train ? :rofl2:
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Trabant?
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bobins wrote: 14 Dec 2019, 23:29 Class 55 Deltic train ? :rofl2:
If he had that he would almost certainly then have CitroJim as a permanent fixture houseguest!
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CitroJim wouldn't be the only one ! :-D
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If he runs out of guest bedrooms he can always put them up in the Mercedes!
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Re: Zel's Fleet Blog - Xantia Activa, Lada Riva, Sinclair C5, Mercedes 208D, AC Model 70.

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Merc G-Wagen? :)
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Chieftain tank (with the Rolls Royce engine and gearbox, not the BL one!)?
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Hell Razor5543 wrote: 14 Dec 2019, 22:57 Jaguar XJS V12?
Bingo!
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Never thought I'd have the chance to try one, so definitely wasn't going to turn it down. Give it a few years and they'll be utterly beyond reach.

Should be interesting.

My former flatmate had Jags for a number of years which I helped out with the upkeep of, so I am going into this with eyes open as to how many interesting and expensive ways this is likely to go wrong!

First car I'll have had with more than four cylinders...
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Yay!!! Mind you, I wonder how many gallons to the mile it achieves?
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I think the youngsters would say "OMFG"..
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James
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Re: Zel's Fleet Blog - Xantia Activa, Lada Riva, Sinclair C5, Mercedes 208D, AC Model 70.

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Hell Razor5543 wrote: 15 Dec 2019, 18:40 Yay!!! Mind you, I wonder how many gallons to the mile it achieves?
I'm guessing 15mpg is a good day. Single digits around Milton Keynes most likely.

I don't do huge miles though so honestly not worried about that too much. May well wind up not keeping it for a hugely long time...but it was far too good an opportunity not to seize with both hands!
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I take my hat off to you sir, and defer to your madnesty. I thought I was bad, but you beat me hands down. There is very little I wouldn't drive or own, but this is one of the few vehicles in that list.

Well done that man!

:rofl2: :-D
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In all honesty it's not something which had been even remotely on my radar...but when the opportunity turned up it seemed foolish to turn down.

Photos and video will follow if/when it happens.
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