Reynard
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Cats have been fed. Felix AGAIL with saithe & salmon. My supper is about to be wanged in the poppity-ping.
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Andy in Germany
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How many days?
I just can't warm to the thing at all. It doesn't have a single feature of interest, is ugly, has horrible vague steering, a jiggly ride, is noisy and underpowered and initial impressions suggest not particularly economical. I'm not able to weld my Peugeot back together due to injury so it will have to do for now. Sadly I am driving far more than normal too as I can't cycle very far at the moment either.Yep... When I drove a Favorit, that was pretty much the way it was.My Felicia on the other hand was the top-of-the-range and went like shoot off a shovel - a good performer for an unassuming car. The Fabia estate though is somewhere in between the two. I wish it would have more oomph lower down the range at times, but once you've got momentum, it's capable of embarrassing cars that cost significantly more.
Edit: I wouldn't mind a Favorit, a nice piece of Bertone styling, a brave effort and a big step forward for the company at the time.
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Reynard
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I'm surprised about the handling, as they do handle really nicely. You can "push on" with them. Maybe something's amiss somewhere.
You have the 1 litre one going by what you're saying? Yes, that one is woefully underpowered. My series 1 has the 1.4
I have one of those, I hate loading it but I love playing around with the focus. I always end up with way under 36 exposures by the time I've got the film tail properly trimmed.
Savernake Forest on an unfocused Zorki. Complete with dodgy light piping on lower edge.
It holds the road very well but there is no feel or connection to the road but I suppose I'm comparing it to a much older car. You can drive it fast but you would never enjoy it. A lot of modern cars lack connection to the road imo although I'm impressed with my Mum's Kia Soul. Never in a million years would I have even looked at one but it's actually great to drive.
It's a 1.2. Good low down torque for a small engine but doesn't rev out very well. It drives like a diesel mk1 Golf - not much point in revving it, just keep changing gear and stay in the power band.
DCLane
Found in the Yorkshire hills ...
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- Dewsbury, West Yorkshire
That's like driving my very under-powered Peugeot Tepee; you take every corner with gusto and lean, given acceleration is something other cars do.
DCLane
Found in the Yorkshire hills ...
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- Dewsbury, West Yorkshire
I was at the second race series in two days, with another series of crashes involving son no. 2 as a passenger amongst riders going down in front of him. Only this time it wasn't him that went down after someone took him out yesterday at the Eddie Soens race, but a rider we know quite well. A nasty crash at York in the E/1/2/3 race and they left in an ambulance. I have their bike which, whilst damaged, appears more intact than they are sadly.
And I've had a pile of items sell/not sell on eBay this evening. A very rusty ancient crankset sold for what I thought was a too-high price, but several rare seatpost clamps and saddles which I took a lot of time photographing and listing didn't. Sold a bike as well (Dawes Kingpin) but my old TT bike didn't sell (Principia TT2 Light) so that's re-listed.
And I've had a pile of items sell/not sell on eBay this evening. A very rusty ancient crankset sold for what I thought was a too-high price, but several rare seatpost clamps and saddles which I took a lot of time photographing and listing didn't. Sold a bike as well (Dawes Kingpin) but my old TT bike didn't sell (Principia TT2 Light) so that's re-listed.
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My 205 isn't fast either but it never feels so reluctant and lethargic as the Skoda.
Reynard
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- Cambridgeshire, UK
In that case, my Mini is what you need... Seat of the pants driving and ridiculously quick from a standing start. Mind, once you get to about 50 mph, then everyone else is faster than you...
Jenkins
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- Felixstowe
I cut the grass this afternoon. Or rather I cut the mass of weeds and few tufts of grass that had survived the winter.
oldwheels
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- Isle of Mull
I once borrowed a friend’s Peugeot 505 estate which was automatic with 3 forward gears. You really had to work at at and while the kick down did work it had a bit of a think before it did anything. It was never in the right gear and had to be persuaded to change down before trying to overtake when it would then change up at the wrong moment. Dreadful thing.
Marginally better than the Daf pickup a farmer friend loaned me when my wife got stuck as our A60 would not start. After I had given the battery terminals a whack to get it started and we went back to the farm discovered I had his dogs in the back.
Jenkins
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- Felixstowe
Can we start a "Guess what Andy has stuck himself to today..." thread?
Reynard
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- Cambridgeshire, UK
I am watching Crufts BIS
Had the last of the curry & rice for supper.
Had the last of the curry & rice for supper.
oldwheels
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- Isle of Mull
My Peugeot 1.6 diesel Tepee has a surprising turn of speed and is probably potentially the fastest and best handling car I have owned
