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22nd June 2015, 12:10 | #11 |
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Who buys any car with a big engine & then worries about economy ?
I know all my cars are running right & to be honest, I couldn't tell you what any of them do to the gallon. You buy a 260 for the sheer fun of driving it. |
22nd June 2015, 12:49 | #12 |
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Couldn't have put it better myself. I've got the 260 and 1.8T, I love the 260 so much the 1.8T hasn't moved for two weeks
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22nd June 2015, 12:57 | #13 |
I really should get out more.......
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260 is a nice enough drive, but too flipping slow.
Even with an Accufab and Xpowers, I'm screaming for the supercharger. Hopefully soon. |
22nd June 2015, 13:43 | #14 |
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Another reason to throw economy out of the window.
I love my 260 just as it is. There's a member over on the two-sixties that has a supercharged variant & he's just lost his engine while he was gunning it a bit ! Suspected bottom end failure with an almighty bang apparently. Was it the additional stress of the supercharger that caused it ?............possibly !! |
22nd June 2015, 13:45 | #15 |
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unlikely.
it was more than likely the rod bolts after being over-revved at some point in its life. They are a weak point on ALL the engines, supercharged or not. |
22nd June 2015, 14:15 | #16 |
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22nd June 2015, 16:03 | #17 |
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That's a shame to see it like that, Merl wants to get a Rover 75 estate V8. One of 14 if i remember rightly
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22nd June 2015, 17:30 | #18 |
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Totally agree, very reasonable to run unless you floor it through all the gears lol
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22nd June 2015, 17:33 | #19 |
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22nd June 2015, 17:34 | #20 |
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Can't resist doing that now and then Les, just for the grin factor
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