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From: Albert T Cone on 17 Feb 2010 05:18
Douglas Payne wrote:
> Dr Zoidberg wrote:
>>
>> "Bob Sherunckle" <zilspeed(a)beeteeopenworld.com> wrote in message
>> news:hlegeh$q9u$1(a)news.eternal-september.org...
>>> Actually, I've had it for a few weeks now.
>>>
>>> I just couldn't bring myself to admit ownership to the great unwashed
>>> of ukrcm.
>>>
>>> Guess the vehicle.
>>>
>>> (Anyone who works in airport or lives in Bradford is excluded from
>>> this competition. You know who you are)
>>>
>>> It has 5 doors.
>>> Two of the doors hinge at the front.
>>> One of the doors hinges from the top.
>>> Two of the doors neither hinge from the top or the front.
>>
>> Sliding doors
>>
>>> It has 110bhp.
>>> It has 184 lb/ft of torque.
>>
>> 1.6HDI
>>
>>> It smells of Garlic.
>>
>> French
>>
>>> There are no lions on the badge.
>>
>> Citroen.
>>
>>> It won't make any of you jealous, not even slightly.
>>
>> Yep , definitely a Citroen ;0)
>>
>>> Even Skinny Doug could sleep in the back if he wanted to.
>>>
>>> You have one shot at guessing, use it wisely.
>>>
>> Whatever their van thing is :0)
>
> Synergie. Its more probably a 2.0 HDi I reckon though.
>
Wot he said.
I was initially thinking "berlingo", and also "I could be jealous of
that, fairly easily" but the Synergie... no, not really.
From: Bob Sherunckle on 17 Feb 2010 07:10
>>
> Wot he said.
> I was initially thinking "berlingo", and also "I could be jealous of that,
> fairly easily" but the Synergie... no, not really.

See, that bit I don't get.
Whilst I could easily understand that nobody would actually want a Synergie,
why would a Berlingo be any better ?
I have no problem with Berlingos, you can do stuff with them, just like the
synergie. You can just do less stuff...

;-)

From: JackH on 17 Feb 2010 07:30
On Feb 17, 12:10 pm, "Bob Sherunckle" <zilsp...(a)beeteeopenworld.com>
wrote:
> > Wot he said.
> > I was initially thinking "berlingo", and also "I could be jealous of that,
> > fairly easily" but the Synergie... no, not really.
>
> See, that bit I don't get.
> Whilst I could easily understand that nobody would actually want a Synergie,
> why would a Berlingo be any better ?

Because it looks like a van, and is effectively a van with seats and
some extra glass, whereas the Synergie... humm... does the term
'Sunshine Bus' mean anything to you?

That, and every Synergie / 806 I've ever seen on eBay and the like
always seems to be riddled with problems, whereas Berlingos seem to be
pretty resilient - something perhaps to do with the latter being
something of a 'no frills' vehicle, and therefore pretty basic toys
wise.

--
JackH
From: Albert T Cone on 17 Feb 2010 09:04
Bob Sherunckle wrote:
>>>
>> Wot he said.
>> I was initially thinking "berlingo", and also "I could be jealous of
>> that, fairly easily" but the Synergie... no, not really.
>
> See, that bit I don't get.
> Whilst I could easily understand that nobody would actually want a
> Synergie, why would a Berlingo be any better ?
> I have no problem with Berlingos, you can do stuff with them, just like
> the synergie. You can just do less stuff...
>
> ;-)

Well, it's not exactly rational, but I reckon the Berlingo is a bit
cool, because it's a car (at least in car form) for those who aspire to
have a van [1] and who don't care in the slightest about image [2]

The synergie is just a bit, well, sprog-bus.

[1] Yes, we^h^h they do exist
[2] this probably goes naturally with [1], but surely it's a key
ingredient in being cool? This is a genuine question; I have no
expertise in coolness.
From: Bob Sherunckle on 17 Feb 2010 10:44

"Albert T Cone" <a.k.kirby(a)durham.ac.uk> wrote in message
news:hlgt7i$8tp$1(a)heffalump.dur.ac.uk...
> Bob Sherunckle wrote:
>>>>
>>> Wot he said.
>>> I was initially thinking "berlingo", and also "I could be jealous of
>>> that, fairly easily" but the Synergie... no, not really.
>>
>> See, that bit I don't get.
>> Whilst I could easily understand that nobody would actually want a
>> Synergie, why would a Berlingo be any better ?
>> I have no problem with Berlingos, you can do stuff with them, just like
>> the synergie. You can just do less stuff...
>>
>> ;-)
>
> Well, it's not exactly rational, but I reckon the Berlingo is a bit cool,
> because it's a car (at least in car form) for those who aspire to have a
> van [1] and who don't care in the slightest about image [2]
>
> The synergie is just a bit, well, sprog-bus.
>
> [1] Yes, we^h^h they do exist
> [2] this probably goes naturally with [1], but surely it's a key
> ingredient in being cool? This is a genuine question; I have no expertise
> in coolness.


Being a car that's also a van was more than a little of what I was looking
for and a Berlingo or Partner wouldn't have worked for me or, yes I admit
it, I would have had one.
Plus, you can sleep in the back of a Eurovan.

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