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Forum: The Trailer Park

Apr 22nd 2022, 2:20 pm

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Oh yes. I saw that post, and thought what a good-looking car that is. I'll add it to the list for Herself's consideration! :)

Forum: The Trailer Park

Apr 21st 2022, 7:20 pm

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It's probably some sort of sacrilege on this thread, but I'm looking for opinions on fully-electric or plug-in hybrid cars. It's not long until middle child will be learning to drive. She will need a...

Forum: The Trailer Park

Jul 21st 2021, 5:49 pm

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Ah, so another bizarre adoption of the wrong word, then. A bit like "chase lounge" for "chaise longue," which I have long since given up worrying about even though it still makes my skin crawl. A...

Forum: The Trailer Park

Jul 21st 2021, 5:11 pm

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Posted By Oakvillian

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I'm really hoping that's an autocorrect error for "bimini" :rofl::rofl::rofl:. I don't think your car has the right anatomy to need a bikini!

Forum: The Trailer Park

Sep 25th 2020, 8:32 pm

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Posted By Oakvillian

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Yeah, this. I am in minivan territory (don't ask...) but definitely a fan of Honda. My first Odyssey wasn't particularly heavily used, it did 150,000-ish km (a bit shy of 100,000 miles) in 11 years,...

Forum: The Trailer Park

Sep 25th 2020, 6:54 pm

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I'm in Canada, but I can't imagine the hybrid "regular" sedans are not available in SoCal! Your gas may be expensive by US standards, but I think we got you beat there ;)

Forum: The Trailer Park

Sep 25th 2020, 6:22 pm

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Posted By Oakvillian

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If you're looking at Civic/Accord you might want to take in the Corolla/Camry option as well. No personal experience, but a colleague got a Camry hybrid last fall and has been v impressed with...

Forum: The Trailer Park

Aug 26th 2020, 6:27 pm

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Posted By Oakvillian

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Bearing in mind that most of my info about Rover V8s comes from Morgan circles, since the +8 used the same engine for many years (mine is a 4-cylinder with the 1.6-litre Ford CVH that was used in...

Forum: The Trailer Park

Aug 26th 2020, 4:07 pm

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A friend had a Chimaera, around a 1994-5 model I think, with the bored/stroked Rover V8. The fragility of the engine was a bit of an issue, with very short (and really, really...

Forum: The Trailer Park

Nov 4th 2019, 5:37 pm

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Posted By Oakvillian

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Thanks for the clarification. I'll have to wait for the Nova piece to come to Canadian public TV, or find it online somewhere.

One of the hardest parts of the autonomous challenge - certainly...

Forum: The Trailer Park

Nov 1st 2019, 6:00 pm

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the Nova video is geo-locked for my location, but I've kept up with the driverless-cars debate even though I'm no longer involved (I used to work for a company that supplied some of the guidance and...

Forum: The Trailer Park

Mar 7th 2019, 9:10 pm

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Posted By Oakvillian

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Me Sir! I did Sir! Well, as of the Geneva announcement, anyway, and the rumour mill had been fairly lively in the weeks leading up to the show.

Actually, a bittersweet moment for Morgan. The...

Forum: The Trailer Park

Jan 23rd 2019, 6:14 pm

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I recall way back in the early 1990s there was an Australian company - Orbital, I think - that had a very promising 2-stroke triple that used direct injection instead of crankcase compression to...

Forum: The Trailer Park

Aug 15th 2018, 1:13 pm

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Posted By Oakvillian

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...erm... because they're piss poor vehicles fobbed off on a gullible public who don't know any better?

</runs and hides>

Forum: The Trailer Park

Jul 6th 2018, 8:04 pm

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Posted By Oakvillian

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For sure. Your negotiating position is to move closer to the exit door if they don't stop being so stupid.

A deposit should secure the maximum price; there's always the chance that (as Lansbury...

Forum: The Trailer Park

Jun 8th 2018, 2:16 pm

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Citroen never left rallying. The 2016 team was a weird sort of "semi-Works" team that didn't carry the Citroen name but had factory support - the excuse was that this was a development year for the...

Forum: The Trailer Park

May 29th 2018, 3:11 pm

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Posted By Oakvillian

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Quite. The Sunbird was a mid-70s to early-90s thing, wasn't it? A very ordinary front-engine, front-drive compact. I suppose if you can call a Morris Marina a "classic" then so can you designate a...

Forum: The Trailer Park

Apr 2nd 2018, 4:39 pm

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Posted By Oakvillian

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I'm sure there was a good reason for the Picasso. Sadly, that good reason is lost in the mists of time, so I'll just have to put it down to an aberration.

I have a 4/4 four-seater, that my dad...

Forum: The Trailer Park

Mar 28th 2018, 9:05 pm

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Posted By Oakvillian

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I left-foot the brake frequently in my Morgan, especially early in the season or when the carburettor's a bit gunked up and the idle gets a bit lumpy. Dropping into neutral on approach to traffic...

Forum: The Trailer Park

Mar 28th 2018, 6:11 pm

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Metro, a driving school car with the big BSM magnetic whatnot on the roof. I think it was probably a 1.1

Took my test in Chester. Hill starts up the little roads leading up through the city walls...

Forum: The Trailer Park

Jan 18th 2018, 1:27 pm

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Posted By Oakvillian

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Your best bet would probably be to approach the Owners' Clubs and ask. I know a little of the market for Morgans, since I own one, but I'm in Canada so not really much help for the US market: the two...

Forum: The Trailer Park

Dec 5th 2017, 9:00 pm

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Posted By Oakvillian

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I was referred on another forum to the news that Lamborghini has made an SUV. It's hideous. I think Chris Harris summed it up pretty well on Twitter:
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Forum: The Trailer Park

Sep 23rd 2016, 7:56 pm

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Apple have been rumoured to be developing self-driving technology for a while now. They went through a period when several people were hired from Tesla and Uber and elsewhere; they acquired a bunch...

Forum: The Trailer Park

Aug 15th 2016, 6:09 pm

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Posted By Oakvillian

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Indeed. It's Jaguar (and LandRover) that Tata owns.

Forum: The Trailer Park

Aug 5th 2016, 7:51 pm

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Posted By Oakvillian

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Avis once looked sideways at a ding in a car I was returning at, I think, Denver airport. As soon as I pulled my phone out to find the photo I'd taken on picking up the car, the returns guy backed...

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