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This is mine an 04 Ford Focus TDDi ....! 90bhp... 1.8 Turbo

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well it should be a white 1995 1.8 TDi Mondeo (I call it the flycatcher ,ask me why [:D])
But at the mo I am working within 15 miles of home so I can drive my baby to work which is such a pleasure (89 S2 944) Big silly grin on my boat race in the mornings, bet the office are talking [;)]
 
An '89 944 S2.

Which is why I frequent this site!


Oli.

P.S. Given that, while a different daily driver will cost less to run than a 944, it will bring with it significant overheads like another road tax - sorry, daylight theft - disk to buy, another car to insure etc etc etc. I would guess you would need to do a fairly significant milage on a daily basis to make a second car worthwhile. Having said that, having two cars does make things much easier when you do DIY maintenance - it removes the pressure to have the car done by the end of the day, and means you have a car to drive around in to get parts and tools while working on the other car.
 
3.0ltr Jaguar X Type Sport - Manual, 230 bhp, 4wd , 18" wheels = stealth rocket.

also

3.5 ltr Land Rover 90 - You'd never believe 85 mph could be such fun.
 
Vauxhall Frontera, ok ok dont frown. Its 92 2.3 diesel and does the job its used for. Then when the sun shines i can enjoy my 911. Only back on the road after 2 years of work on it so where is the sunshine!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wayne
 
Ideal motor for a specialist time critical delivery business. This is what my Dad and brother are currently doing. They have a transit connect which seldomly has more then about 2 boxes in it.
 
Vauxhall Astra 1.6 LPG '02 to not pay congestion charge and cheap insurance / running costs as my '88 944 will not cope with 35K miles per year.
 
SAAB 9-5 with BSR ppc (re-useable OBD port tuner) 215 Bhp 255 Lb/ft upgrade, SAAB 3.0 litre diesel high flow inlet / snorkel, BSR SS exhaust and complete SAAB aero sports suspension. This was supposed to be my daily hack to cruise along the A303 but one can't own a turbo car without giving it a tweak can one?[:)]

Occasionally the gf's diesel golf, soon she will have a new MX-5 for me to play with,,,,,(probably not)[:(]
 
If I'm going fishing then a Volvo 940 Estate. Pottering around then my 924S.
When the weather is good then a Honda VFR400 ( as you can imagine this hasn't been out a lot recently, in fact as I type it is coming down like stair-rods outside).

Cheers,
 
ORIGINAL: Fred Hindle

When the weather is good then a Honda VFR400 ( as you can imagine this hasn't been out a lot recently, in fact as I type it is coming down like stair-rods outside).
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Fred, on a shopping trip recently:

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Oli.
 
ORIGINAL: jacsolutions

my '88 944 will not cope with 35K miles per year.
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Why, what's wrong with it (see below)?


Oli, you're right that you need to do a lot of miles to make a second car viable. I used to use my S2 cab for 1,000 miles a week but for a period I used a Mk2 GTI 8v instead. When all was considered I think the Golf saved me something like £90 a month. The cab was getting damp through lack of use and I felt that I could easily be into a bill that would wipe out months of savings to put right lack of use induced problems, so I sold the GTI on.

I only have the TDI now because the RS6 is in a whole new league of running costs; 17.5mpg on the motorway (not even 20mpg like the computer says), 19" tyres which are a lot more pricy than 17" ones, expensive very specilaist (as in main dealer) servicing and I'm on the depreciation bandwagon with it.
 
I live 15 mins walk away so mostly walk to work because sometimes traffic so bad that it can sometimes take longer by car, but if I do go by car it would be the 944 S2 as that is all I've got.
 
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