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Lurch
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> As to the 'huge 4x4 on the school run' syndrome... well it generates a lot
> of money for the 4x4 manufacturers, dealer network etc. Doesn't affect me
> though, I could never afford to buy a new vehicle or use a main dealer!
The single greatest advantage is that it generates a high volume of
well worked in secondhand vehicles suitable for my use where cosmetic
condition is secondary to basic capabilities.
This is tempered however by the anount of stripping I now have to do.
When it was a S3 County I'd just take the dangling fold down steps
off. Now it's a major operation ditching aluminium wheels and
unsuitable tyres, taking off the dangling stuff, taking out the
electrics in the doors and waterproofing the electronics. Not to
mention sealing the bloody sunroofs! (By the way Comma have stopped
producing Seek and Seal so snap up any old stock you see around!)
Mind you the comfort levels are so much better now suspension and
seats have evolved! My back is better now than it was twenty years
ago.
Pity the savings that should have come about from higher volume
production have been frittered away on glitzy dealerships. Thank
heaven parts are sold out after ten years or so - just about when I
need them.
Lurch
> of money for the 4x4 manufacturers, dealer network etc. Doesn't affect me
> though, I could never afford to buy a new vehicle or use a main dealer!
The single greatest advantage is that it generates a high volume of
well worked in secondhand vehicles suitable for my use where cosmetic
condition is secondary to basic capabilities.
This is tempered however by the anount of stripping I now have to do.
When it was a S3 County I'd just take the dangling fold down steps
off. Now it's a major operation ditching aluminium wheels and
unsuitable tyres, taking off the dangling stuff, taking out the
electrics in the doors and waterproofing the electronics. Not to
mention sealing the bloody sunroofs! (By the way Comma have stopped
producing Seek and Seal so snap up any old stock you see around!)
Mind you the comfort levels are so much better now suspension and
seats have evolved! My back is better now than it was twenty years
ago.
Pity the savings that should have come about from higher volume
production have been frittered away on glitzy dealerships. Thank
heaven parts are sold out after ten years or so - just about when I
need them.
Lurch
