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    Posted: 12 Oct 10 at 12:17am
villan as you said (And if anyone needs a cheap wedding car ..  )

i think with recent event this may be needed sooner!!!!
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Originally posted by Villan

Hey, who drives for fuel economy these days?

 

More so then ever these days, i am doing about 52k a year.  I pay for the fuel now and claim it back!  every mile counts trust me!
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Hey, who drives for fuel economy these days?

With the amount you pay for Road Tax, you may as well drive it like you stole it!
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Originally posted by hollandsd

Well, when i get the towbar fitted, my new tow car and rig is a Mk3 Golf Vr6 Highline 2.8L V6 engine pleanty of power and torque.

And 35mpg on the motorway so not too thirsty.

 

Dan

Smooth engine the VR6, sounds fantastic!  35 MPG extra-urban is rubbish fella, but then the VR6 engine has always ben know for its frankly piss poor fuel consumption!  Its even worse with the autobox!!! Be interesting to see what you get with a boat on the back!! Round town it drops to low 20's late teens if i remember correctly

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Well, when i get the towbar fitted, my new tow car and rig is a Mk3 Golf Vr6 Highline 2.8L V6 engine pleanty of power and torque.

And 35mpg on the motorway so not too thirsty.

 

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Well fun to drive and tows with plenty of poke and occasionally tows vehicles out at Winter Pursuits when the ground thaws whilst sailing leaving them sunk in the mud . Only down side is it likes plenty of gas .

I tow with an all drive Subaru Impreza WRX STI 5 door classic. Only thing is the turbo would not like the double stacker  Just going through 110,000 miles.

Its great because you can take it sailing, do the run to the tip, drive in ice and snow with confidence and if inclined to do that track day, blast around the track as well.  Oh and it would eat standard 993, 996 Porches

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that brings back memories!  i broke down in my disco towing the sb3 to torquay! from essex i got within 30 miles of the sailing club!  not happy!  i got them to tow me to the club and hotel and garage.  had to pay to get the disco back to essex (not cheap!) a friend towed the sb3 back.
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Mates Disco towing a Stealth Topped with an A , 100 miles n It blew up !!!!!

Recovery transporter completed the remaining 250 effortlessly and I drank my carry oot !

 

 
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I thought exactly the same is it a P4 100??  If so early 60's?? 
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Yeh, the paperwork we had was from 1978, its actually a 63  (iirc) .. CYD623A
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