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Title: W.O.W EBAY NO.4533972368 Post by gaz01gaz on Mar 17th, 2005, 9:45pm who says our scorpios aren't worth owt ??????????check out ebay item no....4533972368.....WOW |
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Title: Re: W.O.W EBAY NO.4533972368 Post by Nick_H on Mar 17th, 2005, 9:52pm Looks like a nice one, for sure. The price is encouraging, too - my Ghia goes up for sale in a week or two ;D With 31 bids, there will be loads of disappointed Scorp wannabees just clamouring to own my lovely car... N_H :) |
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Title: Re: W.O.W EBAY NO.4533972368 Post by Vulcan on Mar 17th, 2005, 9:58pm Flippin heck I hate to see how big the font would have got if the auction had gone on much longer.. ;D Lovely car though... |
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Title: Re: W.O.W EBAY NO.4533972368 Post by gaz01gaz on Mar 17th, 2005, 10:00pm surprising what a bit of spit , polish and good wording can acheive ???? |
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Title: Re: W.O.W EBAY NO.4533972368 Post by phuturephantasy on Mar 17th, 2005, 10:26pm It was all good and retty much true, except the bit about 'pleasantly surprise people with her shattering performance' Ok but then 'Economy' and 'reliability' come on, if there's one area where the 24v does NOT excel it's economy. |
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Title: Re: W.O.W EBAY NO.4533972368 Post by Vulcan on Mar 18th, 2005, 12:03am Dunno mate... every car I've had in the last 10 years has done about 20 to 24 mpg around town as does my 24v, pretty much of a muchness really. If ya want economy you have to go small diesel or really tiny petrol, ;) although saying that I had a Peugeot 306 1.9 TD which was economical if you drove it like a hearse but get a heavy foot and it was down in the 20's (28 maybe) I think it's got a lot to do with how you drive rather than what you drive... ;D ;D |
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Title: Re: W.O.W EBAY NO.4533972368 Post by Baz on Mar 18th, 2005, 12:54am Blimey....I never got that when I sold my S reg last year!! Think I'll make a copy of his listing for when I sell this one! Vulcan...How the heck do you get 24mpg round town out of a Cossie? I've had two of them now and both were lucky to get 19! |
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Title: Re: W.O.W EBAY NO.4533972368 Post by gaz01gaz on Mar 18th, 2005, 1:01am tell you what fellas,i have just sold my silver 24v on ebay and that one after replacing all the vac pipes acheived 20-22 around town and 28+on a run,but i did find that the "s" mode was more economical than the "e" mode ??? |
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Title: Re: W.O.W EBAY NO.4533972368 Post by Vulcan on Mar 18th, 2005, 7:59am I find if I drive it with a very light foot and try to be economical the mpg goes down to 18 or 19 but give it it's head and drive just "normal" I get much better fuel economy. It seems to just hate being driven like a hearse. ;D Yeah I use the S position quite a lot too when pulling off quickly, and also knock off the o/d a lot when overtaking. In fact everything you would think is wrong for fuel economy. Dunno how it works but it does.... ??? |
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Title: Re: W.O.W EBAY NO.4533972368 Post by Captain / Vice Admiral on Mar 18th, 2005, 11:05am Went for GBP 3307 Captain / VA |
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Title: Re: W.O.W EBAY NO.4533972368 Post by Dave on Mar 18th, 2005, 3:20pm Yeah... what George said. Leaving it in Economy, driving on the roads that I do, I get around 20 mpg, but on certain roads I get much better economy in Sport. I don't know if it has something to do with downchanging....? As in sport mode you're always in the right gear for swift acceleration, whereas in economy it always has to kick down. I find in general, the faster I drive the better economy I get. Any pratting about under 30 gives me 17-18. D |
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Title: Re: W.O.W EBAY NO.4533972368 Post by Dave on Mar 18th, 2005, 3:25pm Additional. Look at the front seats of that red one on ebay! They look brand new! Hmph. My seats aren't like that. They look like their leather regularly vacations to tropical islands where they serve as hammocks to overweight whales. D |
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Title: Re: W.O.W EBAY NO.4533972368 Post by low_tom on Mar 18th, 2005, 4:41pm my old 280e merc used to be economical in Standard mode too. The engine never felt like it was labouring. |
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Title: Re: W.O.W EBAY NO.4533972368 Post by bertie on Mar 18th, 2005, 4:52pm Haa anyone read the question and answers to his ebay advert...some major turkeys on there !!! also, I reconise a name there Q: thanks for that!!got your card marked,one good thing is you saved me the fees !!!!! Answered on 13-Mar-05 A: 'gaz01gaz' i dont understand your comment !! what's all that about Gaz? |
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Title: Re: W.O.W EBAY NO.4533972368 Post by gaz01gaz on Mar 19th, 2005, 9:12am hi bertie,i had my silver 24v on ebay at the same time,was doing very well too,looking around i saw only one of a similar calibre,any way i received a notification from ebay saying they had cancelled my listing due to an old selling rule i have used "all paypal payments are pluys 4%"i forgot to remove this when ebay demmed it illegal :-/ they said another ebayer selling a similar car had reported this !! emailed several times with no reply,but not hard to work out what happened here ?always thought the auction regarding this car was a bit strange,you have to tread very carefully on ebay.....fortunately a lad came from essex and bought my car whilst this was happening so saved me cancelling the auction and losing my listing fees....hope that sheds a little light ??? |
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Title: Re: W.O.W EBAY NO.4533972368 Post by greenhamj on Mar 27th, 2005, 7:01pm Im the Essex Lad who bought Gaz's car and have to say that the mpg he quoted is spot on. It was well worth the 360 mile round trip. |
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Title: Re: W.O.W EBAY NO.4533972368 Post by Ultima_Bloke on Mar 27th, 2005, 7:15pm Hi greenham j!! Welcome to the wonderful world of essex scorpio owners!! ;D |
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Title: Re: W.O.W EBAY NO.4533972368 Post by dexix on Mar 27th, 2005, 10:43pm I'll second that - where in essex can we hope to bump into you then? :o |
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Title: Re: W.O.W EBAY NO.4533972368 Post by gaz01gaz on Mar 27th, 2005, 11:46pm hi greenham j ,hope everything is still running smooth,it ought to be with the amount of time and money put in to r104 :Pplease send us some pics when you get paintwork sorted,good luck,gaz |
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Title: Re: W.O.W EBAY NO.4533972368 Post by Ultima_Bloke on Mar 28th, 2005, 4:38pm on 03/27/05 at 22:43:20, dexix wrote:
Hey dexix, Me thinks maybe you should re-phrase that!! Dont wanna go tempting fate!! ;) |
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Title: Re: W.O.W EBAY NO.4533972368 Post by dexix on Mar 28th, 2005, 10:51pm ;D Ultima Bloke - I've invested in uprated front discs so there is no excuse in me not stopping (much to your relief!) |
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Title: Re: W.O.W EBAY NO.4533972368 Post by Ultima_Bloke on Mar 29th, 2005, 7:20am ;D Dexix!! Thats o.k then!! ;D |
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Title: Re: W.O.W EBAY NO.4533972368 Post by Baz on Mar 29th, 2005, 7:54am Dexix, where did you get the disks from? I have had two sets warp lately Baz |
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Title: Re: W.O.W EBAY NO.4533972368 Post by dexix on Mar 29th, 2005, 11:40am Hi Baz I got them when I had my s/s exhaust system fitted - they are Black Diamond Drilled and Grooved and they have a good warranty on them (sorry cant remember exactly what) but I had the same prob with my old ones - they were warped pretty bad. The receipt just says Black Diamond discs and pads so I dont know any more - I just asked for good ones! Nick |
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Title: Re: W.O.W EBAY NO.4533972368 Post by nick on Mar 29th, 2005, 1:29pm here you go me old mucker http://www.demon-tweeks.co.uk/catalogue/category_list.asp?CLS=ROAD&PGRP=R004&GRP=RP040 Im no bother me Nic |
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Title: Re: W.O.W EBAY NO.4533972368 Post by dexix on Mar 29th, 2005, 7:17pm And here is one of mine in the flesh as it were.... http://img222.exs.cx/img222/7311/disc8oj.th.jpg (http://img222.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img222&image=disc8oj.jpg) |
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Title: Re: W.O.W EBAY NO.4533972368 Post by gaz01gaz on Mar 31st, 2005, 7:48pm just thinking ?isn't it funny how a topic begins and changes course,just look how this one began and finnished..... ??? |
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Title: Re: W.O.W EBAY NO.4533972368 Post by martello on Apr 1st, 2005, 7:54pm This super dooper finger lickin' scorp was sold on eBay about 2/3 weeks ago. Good idea though. Why not buy items and then sell them on again. Wish I'd fort of dat! |
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Title: Re: W.O.W EBAY NO.4533972368 Post by greenhamj on Apr 1st, 2005, 8:03pm hi, im based near romford, southend, lakeside area. Whos going to the mee this sunday?wats ut like? |
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Title: Re: W.O.W EBAY NO.4533972368 Post by Baz on Apr 2nd, 2005, 9:47pm Thanks Guys, I'll invest in some next week Baz |
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Title: Re: W.O.W EBAY NO.4533972368 Post by scorpio_man on Apr 2nd, 2005, 9:56pm hi barry i would go for the ebc discs. just groved. don't like x drilled discs. :( |
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Title: Re: W.O.W EBAY NO.4533972368 Post by Baz on Apr 2nd, 2005, 10:09pm Can you supply a link or anything Andrew? |
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Title: Re: W.O.W EBAY NO.4533972368 Post by scorpio_man on Apr 2nd, 2005, 10:14pm http://www.demon-tweeks.co.uk/catalogue/product_detail.asp?CLS=ROAD&TLGRP=R004&CODE=EBDGD&PGRP=RP040&GRP=RP040&pcode=EBCGD813&app=Y if this doesn't work, just work your way through the demon tweeks catalogue. |
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