Stewart Pinkerton wrote:
On Thu, 02 Jun 2005 22:37:08 +1000, Tat Chan
wrote:



Mate, you got ripped off! You could have got a McIntosh sound system
for £20000.

And they would have thrown in a 3.0 litre car with All Wheel Drive as well ...

http://subaru.com.au/explore/liberty...asp?item=23527


We call it the Legacy here, and it's a barge, damn near as big as my
A6. BTW, I don't know where you live, but it costs a basic £27,500
here in the UK against £24,125 for the basic A3 3.2 Sport Quattro,
which is hardly a bargain.

No, over in the land of cricketing sporting success (the Ashes series is coming
up soon), the Liberty (Legacy) 3.0 is £21k and the Audi A3 3.2 Quatro is £30k

And the GT version of the Legacy is a grown ups WRX ...

I wouldn't mind a Legacy myself, with 180kW of power on tap, and it
looks more grown up than a WRX.



But why the A3? Mid life crisis?


There's only two of us, my existing A6 was too big, A3 easier to park
in town and practical, being a hatchback, TT too harsh.

I don't know, there is something about a white-haired pensioner driving a
hatchback that isn't quite right ...

Don't confuse
the new A3 3.2 with the old S3. I had one of those too (briefly!), and
the 3.2 is a *vast* leap in refinement, having the same pace, better
handling *and* better ride, much less NVH and a generally nicer
interior. Truly, a gentleman's express. Mine is even in mumsy lilac
(Akoya silver to the marketing guys), so people wave the poor old
white-haired pensioner out of the lane, where if I drove a Boxster,
I'd have to sit there all day! It's only once I've blasted past half a
dozen cars in the first mile that they realise what a Q-car it really
is.............

If you wanted street cred, you could have got an Impreza WRX. I hear the sonic
blue colour scheme goes well with tartan caps in your part of the world ...

On Sat, 04 Jun 2005 19:31:38 +1000, Tat Chan
wrote:

Stewart Pinkerton wrote:
On Thu, 02 Jun 2005 22:37:08 +1000, Tat Chan
wrote:



Mate, you got ripped off! You could have got a McIntosh sound system
for £20000.

And they would have thrown in a 3.0 litre car with All Wheel Drive as well ...

http://subaru.com.au/explore/liberty...asp?item=23527


We call it the Legacy here, and it's a barge, damn near as big as my
A6. BTW, I don't know where you live, but it costs a basic £27,500
here in the UK against £24,125 for the basic A3 3.2 Sport Quattro,
which is hardly a bargain.

No, over in the land of cricketing sporting success (the Ashes series is coming
up soon), the Liberty (Legacy) 3.0 is £21k and the Audi A3 3.2 Quatro is £30k

And the GT version of the Legacy is a grown ups WRX ...

I wouldn't mind a Legacy myself, with 180kW of power on tap, and it
looks more grown up than a WRX.

There's a guy at work who has a Forester with a 290 horse (about 215
kW) WRX engine in it. He loves blasting Beemers.................

But why the A3? Mid life crisis?

There's only two of us, my existing A6 was too big, A3 easier to park
in town and practical, being a hatchback, TT too harsh.

I don't know, there is something about a white-haired pensioner driving a
hatchback that isn't quite right ...

Oi! I admit to the hair (at least I still have it!), but I'm a few
years off me bus pass, thanks very much!

Don't confuse
the new A3 3.2 with the old S3. I had one of those too (briefly!), and
the 3.2 is a *vast* leap in refinement, having the same pace, better
handling *and* better ride, much less NVH and a generally nicer
interior. Truly, a gentleman's express. Mine is even in mumsy lilac
(Akoya silver to the marketing guys), so people wave the poor old
white-haired pensioner out of the lane, where if I drove a Boxster,
I'd have to sit there all day! It's only once I've blasted past half a
dozen cars in the first mile that they realise what a Q-car it really
is.............

If you wanted street cred, you could have got an Impreza WRX. I hear the sonic
blue colour scheme goes well with tartan caps in your part of the world ...

There *is* no street cred in a WRX if you're over forty............

You need something which will peel back your eyelids while still
allowing you to hear gentle chamber music as you leave rallye boyes
spinning in your wake!

Our local farmer cum helicopter company owner has just acquired a
Bentley Continental GT, which is a *proper* gentleman's express. Big,
brutal, and will top 200mph while you swig Krug in the back...........
--

Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering

Stewart Pinkerton wrote:

On Sat, 04 Jun 2005 19:31:38 +1000, Tat Chan
wrote:


I wouldn't mind a Legacy myself, with 180kW of power on tap, and it
looks more grown up than a WRX.


There's a guy at work who has a Forester with a 290 horse (about 215
kW) WRX engine in it. He loves blasting Beemers.................

the Forester Turbo version (GT/XT) is pretty much a WRX in a more respectable
family car guise (all the space in the back is handy with the wife and 2 kids!)

I don't know, there is something about a white-haired pensioner driving a
hatchback that isn't quite right ...


Oi! I admit to the hair (at least I still have it!), but I'm a few
years off me bus pass, thanks very much!

Sorry, I was only using the term "white-haired pensioner" which you
used yourself in a previous post ...



If you wanted street cred, you could have got an Impreza WRX. I hear the sonic
blue colour scheme goes well with tartan caps in your part of the world ...


There *is* no street cred in a WRX if you're over forty............

Yeah, point accepted. The young 'uns running around in them ruin it for
the over 30/40 crowd.


Our local farmer cum helicopter company owner has just acquired a
Bentley Continental GT, which is a *proper* gentleman's express. Big,
brutal, and will top 200mph while you swig Krug in the back...........

But what's the fun in not driving it yourself?

On Sat, 04 Jun 2005 20:05:26 +1000, Tat Chan
wrote:

Stewart Pinkerton wrote:

Our local farmer cum helicopter company owner has just acquired a
Bentley Continental GT, which is a *proper* gentleman's express. Big,
brutal, and will top 200mph while you swig Krug in the back...........

But what's the fun in not driving it yourself?

As Elizabeth Taylor once said - there's absolutely nothing like the
feel of Connolly leather on your naked butt.................. :-)
--

Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering

In article ,
Stewart Pinkerton wrote:
As Elizabeth Taylor once said - there's absolutely nothing like the
feel of Connolly leather on your naked butt.................. :-)

And for the older reader, Lady Docker said mink kept her bum too warm...

--
*Time is fun when you're having flies... Kermit

Dave Plowman London SW
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In message , Stewart
Pinkerton writes
Our local farmer cum helicopter company owner has just acquired a
Bentley Continental GT, which is a *proper* gentleman's express. Big,
brutal, and will top 200mph while you swig Krug in the back...........

That's not the silvery-blue one that I see twice a day, once on my way
down to Leicester in the morning, and then on my way back to Nottingham
after work is it?

Lovely looking car, but you don't realise how enormously big it is until
you get close to it
--
Chris Morriss

On Sat, 4 Jun 2005 12:31:24 +0100, Chris Morriss
wrote:

In message , Stewart
Pinkerton writes
Our local farmer cum helicopter company owner has just acquired a
Bentley Continental GT, which is a *proper* gentleman's express. Big,
brutal, and will top 200mph while you swig Krug in the back...........

That's not the silvery-blue one that I see twice a day, once on my way
down to Leicester in the morning, and then on my way back to Nottingham
after work is it?

Possibly, he's built a whacking great 'farm' house at Six Hills, but
the business is still on the A60 between Rempstone and Costock.

Lovely looking car, but you don't realise how enormously big it is until
you get close to it

Indeed - it's a truly traditional Bentley. Big, brutal and
hairy-chested. Can't say I care for the rear three-quarter view
though, it has something of a fat arse. Probably so you can get lots
of golf bags in, which was what ruined the Jag XK vs the DB7.

--

Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering

Stewart Pinkerton wrote:

On Sat, 04 Jun 2005 19:31:38 +1000, Tat Chan


If you wanted street cred, you could have got an Impreza WRX. I hear the sonic
blue colour scheme goes well with tartan caps in your part of the world ...


There *is* no street cred in a WRX if you're over forty............

I have seen people in their 40s driving a brand new WRX ... surely a sign
of a mid-life crisis (especially if they have their windows wound down with
bass heavy music pumping from the stereo)

Tat Chan wrote:
Stewart Pinkerton wrote:

There *is* no street cred in a WRX if you're over forty............


I have seen people in their 40s driving a brand new WRX ... surely a sign
of a mid-life crisis (especially if they have their windows wound down with
bass heavy music pumping from the stereo)

Don't you just hate it when the over forties drive by with a loud
one-note bass thumping out from the car stereo:
Dum de dum de dum de dum, dum de dum de dah dah.

Don't they know that there are other stations than Radio 4?

--
Eiron.

On Sat, 04 Jun 2005 17:38:13 +0100, Eiron wrote:

Tat Chan wrote:
Stewart Pinkerton wrote:

There *is* no street cred in a WRX if you're over forty............


I have seen people in their 40s driving a brand new WRX ... surely a sign
of a mid-life crisis (especially if they have their windows wound down with
bass heavy music pumping from the stereo)

Don't you just hate it when the over forties drive by with a loud
one-note bass thumping out from the car stereo:
Dum de dum de dum de dum, dum de dum de dah dah.

Don't they know that there are other stations than Radio 4?

Station of choice for sales reps all over England! :-)

Wouldn't you just love to hear Linda Snell get gang-raped by a passing
biker gang? :-)

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Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering