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From: DanB on 25 Jul 2008 18:47 "L'homme d'AstraVan" <Peter(a)Swerveforeskinweb.com> wrote in message news:wLadnYohTejBqxfVnZ2dnUVZ8gOdnZ2d(a)bt.com... >> The end being the people at the back. Some systems work remarkably well. >> I like it icy cold, Charlie likes it furnace hot* and the 9-3 works well >> in this respects. >> >> *minor exaggeration for Usenet purposes. > > A devastatingly effective minor exaggeration, I must admit. > But they do work ok - my mates dads Beemer we often borrow has it, and on a long drive we spent a while fiddling with it to see how good it was - and I could stick an arm out of my 'hot' side and feel how cool his 'cold' side was hehe. -- Dan Clio R27 F1 #65
From: DanB on 25 Jul 2008 18:49 "DervMan" <thedervman(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:488970b3$0$2927$fa0fcedb(a)news.zen.co.uk... > "DanB" <iridiumdan(a)googlemail.com> wrote in message > news:6esjrbF8nnbaU1(a)mid.individual.net... >> "Douglas Payne" <douggie(a)cheerful.com> wrote in message >> news:6esj9tF8od0tU1(a)mid.individual.net... >>> jackhackettuk(a)yahoo.co.uk wrote of Saabs: >>> >>>> Aside from them being a bit shite and likely to depreciate like >>>> buggery, any company that tries to market their cars as 'Eco >>>> Power' (IIRC), when they're just as shite on fuel as anything else, >>>> sucks. >>> >>> Yeah, I mean 'Ecotec' was a much cleverer marketing ploy, wasn't it? >>> >> >> Yea but there was never really an advertising campaign saying "We have >> Ecotec engines, they're well economical!" like Saab are doing with these >> Ecopower things. You know, the advert with the guy that over takes a >> truck and it's banging out about big engine power, from a smalll engine >> with small engine costs. > > > The one where you have bigger engine power for overtaking and smaller > engines for economy? You've added a slight twist on words though... > <shrug> Probably true, who concentrates hard at Saab adverts? ....don't answer that Dervy, you'll make me weep for you. -- Dan Clio R27 F1 #65
From: DanB on 25 Jul 2008 18:54 "Elder" <carl.robson(a)bouncing-czechs.com> wrote in message news:MPG.22f41c5334d93bb98a0d0(a)news.individual.net... > In article <6esjovF8l4v5U1(a)mid.individual.net>, > iridiumdan(a)googlemail.com says... >> <jackhackettuk(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message >> news:8e4b1f54-f28d-446f-b286-29339fde17fc(a)a3g2000prm.googlegroups.com... >> > On 25 Jul, 00:26, "DanB" <iridium...(a)googlemail.com> wrote: >> >> <jackhacket...(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message >> >> >> >> news:f44da250-c647-4a1c-96bc-d36eda016cfe(a)v39g2000pro.googlegroups.com... >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > On 24 Jul, 21:40, st...(a)italiancar.co.uk (SteveH) wrote: >> >> >> Adrian <toomany2...(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> > st...(a)italiancar.co.uk (SteveH) gurgled happily, sounding much >> >> >> > like >> >> >> > they >> >> >> > were saying: >> >> >> >> >> > > We're all petrolheads, but I can guarantee that the average >> >> >> > > bloke >> >> >> > > in >> >> >> > > the >> >> >> > > street places Saab pretty much up there with the other prestige >> >> >> > > brands - >> >> >> > > and streets ahead of Vauxhall. >> >> >> >> >> > The average bloke in the street is well aware that recent Saabs >> >> >> > are >> >> >> > just >> >> >> > tarted-up Vectras. >> >> >> >> >> I'd disagree - people may know they're owned by the same company >> >> >> that >> >> >> makes Vectras, but I don't think many are all that aware of the >> >> >> platform >> >> >> sharing. >> >> >> >> > Having looked one over at the County Show I went to a couple of >> >> > weeks >> >> > ago, I wouldn't touch one with yours. >> >> >> >> > Aside from them being a bit shite and likely to depreciate like >> >> > buggery, any company that tries to market their cars as 'Eco >> >> > Power' (IIRC), when they're just as shite on fuel as anything else, >> >> > sucks. >> >> >> >> I assume you mean the Saab? >> > >> > Indeed. >> > >> >> You're a bit of a Vx man iirc? What are your thoughts on the Vectra VXR? >> >> > Dunno about current Vectras, but saw a Monaro the other day. > Added to the list of cars to own when they become shite old retros and > "future classics", and they find a new cheap patch of compressed > dinosaur to bring down the price. > There was one at a rolling road day I went to, it had some racing 'headers' and a full system and some other stuff. It was the earlier 5.7l VXR - and it made about 419bhp iirc with an amazingly flat torque curve. Had about 5 people sat in the boot to help it get traction cos the wheels kept slipping heh. Sounded fabulous at full chat and all the way up, really rough, rorty sound, brillaint :-) It was even better on the road though, was a bit of straight road as you pulled out of the place, and he gunned it - through the revs on the road it sounded so epic. -- Dan Clio R27 F1 #65
From: SteveH on 25 Jul 2008 18:56 DanB <iridiumdan(a)googlemail.com> wrote: > >> Yea but there was never really an advertising campaign saying "We have > >> Ecotec engines, they're well economical!" like Saab are doing with these > >> Ecopower things. You know, the advert with the guy that over takes a > >> truck and it's banging out about big engine power, from a smalll engine > >> with small engine costs. > > > > > > The one where you have bigger engine power for overtaking and smaller > > engines for economy? You've added a slight twist on words though... > > > > <shrug> Probably true, who concentrates hard at Saab adverts? > > ...don't answer that Dervy, you'll make me weep for you. To be fair, the Saab 'Ecopower' thing is more about emissions than economy. -- SteveH 'You're not a real petrolhead unless you've owned an Alfa Romeo' www.italiancar.co.uk - Ducati 750SS - Hongdou GY200 Alfa 75 TSpark - Alfa 156 TSpark - B6 Passat 2.0TDI SE
From: DanB on 25 Jul 2008 19:01
"Elder" <carl.robson(a)bouncing-czechs.com> wrote in message news:MPG.22f43ef7e44f095c98a0d6(a)news.individual.net... > In article <6euhhbF8vpneU11(a)mid.individual.net>, toomany2cvs(a)gmail.com > says... >> Elder <carl.robson(a)bouncing-czechs.com> gurgled happily, sounding much >> like they were saying: >> >> > But they have been making 99 turbos since about 1974 I think. >> >> '77 - last year was the 30th anniversary. >> > Sorry, I thought it was arround before that, I thought the 900 came out > in 79, can't believe it was only out 2 years before the 900. > Dudes, awesome anorak skills, the both of you :-) -- Dan Clio R27 F1 #65 |