Nick-S
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Registered: 3rd Mar 04
Location: Leigh. Drives: RS Megane 230 F1 Team R26
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This week i shall be mostly driving this bad boy
DAF cf85.410
Moon mileage.
about 475k
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JonnyJ
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Registered: 23rd Sep 05
Location: Scotchland
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Whats the 0-60 like?
And will it out handle a 106 in the twisties?
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mattk
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Registered: 27th Feb 06
Location: St. Helens
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lol rev counter only goes to 3k
they shift with no trailer on!
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Nick-S
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Registered: 3rd Mar 04
Location: Leigh. Drives: RS Megane 230 F1 Team R26
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0-56 in about a week. Yet to push it to the limit in the twisties
It wheel spins alot on greasy roads and the 16 speed box takes some getting use to.
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CorsAsh
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Registered: 19th Apr 02
Location: Munich
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You so don't look the truck-driving type Nick
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JonnyJ
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Registered: 23rd Sep 05
Location: Scotchland
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Cool, needs more lowz and stretched tyres tbh though. Maybe stick a few stickers on it too.
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MarkSport
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Registered: 22nd May 09
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Always fancied driving one of them
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Mike
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Registered: 20th May 06
Location: nr. Skipton, North Yorkshire
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Beast
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Nick-S
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Registered: 3rd Mar 04
Location: Leigh. Drives: RS Megane 230 F1 Team R26
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quote: Originally posted by CorsAsh
You so don't look the truck-driving type Nick
what are you trying to say
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CorsAsh
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Registered: 19th Apr 02
Location: Munich
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Not fat enough, have all your teeth, don't murder prostitutes, etc etc.
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Nick-S
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Registered: 3rd Mar 04
Location: Leigh. Drives: RS Megane 230 F1 Team R26
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I think am going to take that as a compliment
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CorsAsh
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Registered: 19th Apr 02
Location: Munich
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I think you'd look at home presenting Saturday morning children's TV actually.
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pow
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Registered: 11th Sep 06
Location: Hazlemere, Buckinghamshire
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Looks like fun!
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markx14xe
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Registered: 5th Oct 08
Location: grimsby
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whats it like on Diesel then Nick?
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Ingham
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Registered: 9th May 08
Location: Burnley, Lancashire
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My stepdad's Scania has done over 900,000 on a 52 plate lol.
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Nick-S
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Registered: 3rd Mar 04
Location: Leigh. Drives: RS Megane 230 F1 Team R26
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quote: Originally posted by markx14xe
whats it like on Diesel then Nick?
about 12mpg if you drive nice and it empty. About 7 or 8 if its full
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Planty02
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Registered: 5th Mar 05
Location: Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent
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Not sure if the cf85.410 is any indicatio or not ( ) but what size is the engine in something like this?
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Corsa_Sport21
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Registered: 13th Apr 08
Location: Leven, Fife. Drives : 205 GTi
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12.9litre and 410bhp according to google.lol.
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Nick-S
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Registered: 3rd Mar 04
Location: Leigh. Drives: RS Megane 230 F1 Team R26
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quote: Originally posted by Corsa_Sport21
12.9litre and 410bhp according to google.lol.
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Jambo
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Registered: 8th Sep 01
Location: Maidenhead, Drives: VXR Arctic
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quote: Originally posted by Nick-S
quote: Originally posted by markx14xe
whats it like on Diesel then Nick?
about 12mpg if you drive nice and it empty. About 7 or 8 if its full
I thought these where meant to be economical
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pow
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Registered: 11th Sep 06
Location: Hazlemere, Buckinghamshire
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When you think how much stuff it's lugging around and compare it to how much it would cost to fill n times number of smaller vechiles, it's cheaper
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MatthewR
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Registered: 21st Oct 02
Location: Rickmansworth
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put some speedlines on it
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Ian
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Registered: 28th Aug 99
Location: Liverpool
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Same clocks as mine.
Love it mate. Best of luck with it.
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Norcy91
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Registered: 15th Sep 08
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thought about a diesel tuning box for this beast? ha
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Rich H
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Registered: 26th Oct 05
Location: West Sussex Drives: E46 M3
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Is that 3/4 of a million miles or KM's?!
Good luck with it all mate!
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