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Old 28-04-2008, 10:42 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Old 28-04-2008, 11:10 AM   #2 (permalink)
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My mate's Daewoo Matiz...it sounds like somebody coughing when it starts and every time it's revved past 2000rpm it sounds like it is gonna blow!!
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Old 28-04-2008, 02:27 PM   #4 (permalink)
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There was a ROBIN RELIANT going round the town a few years back with a Massive exhaust. The engine is only something like 0.5litres! It sounded like a midget farting in a didgeridoo!
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That reminds me - 1986 Vauxhall Astramax 1.6D. That was bloody hideous to look at as well. It sounded like bleedin' road drill.
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Old 28-04-2008, 04:50 PM   #6 (permalink)
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But, but it a Diesel!
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I hated diesels with intensity until Audi forced me to test drive a 2.5 V6 TDi back in 1999. I'm no dyed in the wool diesel fan, that's for sure.
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Ah so it was an Audi that changed your life.
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That's a good point indeed, I'd tried the 2.0 HDi Peugeot cars around the same time and my thoughts were simply that it was another bloody diesel.

The A6 was a sultry beast - quick and quiet
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my wife 1st car a 1.1 metro. it was about a year and a half after she sold it it. i had a go as it was a mate who had bought it to learn to drive in. it was only running 3 cylinders and sounded like it would blow at any time
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