Volvo S60 D5 with the Sat Nav, TV and comms pack. Remember the days before Bluetooth was so common? State of the art in 2003 was having to remove the SIM card from the phone and put it into a little SIM card tray slotted the dashboard. The sound came out of a speaker built into the driver's headrest.

The seats made it a very comfortable ride, but the handling was like driving a barge. At the time I got it I thought it was the less brash alternative company car to a 3 series BMW. Having lived with one for 5 years I'd say the Volvo was a fairly annonymous car perfect for people who aren't all that interested in driving.

AlexG wrote:

Volvo S60 D5 with the Sat Nav, TV and comms pack. Remember the days before Bluetooth was so common? State of the art in 2003 was having to remove the SIM card from the phone and put it into a little SIM card tray slotted the dashboard. The sound came out of a speaker built into the driver's headrest.

How often did you actually go to the trouble? At work
At home

"I can't always believe facts I read on the web" - Charles Dickens

winner by default of the tractor vs caravan race

I used to mainly leave the SIM in the car. Somebody once told me I could have asked Orange to provide me with an extra SIM for the car, but I didn't bother to pursue the idea. Then when bluetooth became more popular and everybody started going around with blue flashing things in their ears like Uhura I switched to one of those. In the last 3 years I don't think I used it once. I did become a bit of a horder of bluetooth earpieces tho ... and now of course I don't need any of them.

Saab 93 Vector sport 150 - Great for 90,000 odd miles (end of warranty) then all hell breaks loose - 2 friends have had exactly the same with the water pump bearing going, the belt slips and bu*gers the top end.
Saab must know about this as they cut a deal to pay half the cost for the repairs on all 3 vehicles.

Oh and the dealers are cr*p. I tried 4 different and they were all the same.  FL2 TD4 XS Santorini

X-Trail Sport 2.2DCi 136 bhp -was better than my FL1 - though the styling was an 'acquired' taste. Like many others, it blew it's turbo, so never felt 100% happy with it afterwards. Was GS TD4 Auto, Privacy, Santorini with Tundra & Alpaca, Cold Climate Pack. Traded for Discovery Sport HSE Auto.

Dougden wrote:

Saab 93 Vector sport 150 - Great for 90,000 odd miles (end of warranty) then all hell breaks loose - 2 friends have had exactly the same with the water pump bearing going, the belt slips and bu*gers the top end.
Saab must know about this as they cut a deal to pay half the cost for the repairs on all 3 vehicles.

Oh and the dealers are cr*p. I tried 4 different and they were all the same.

Suzuki Grand Vitara 2.0 TD Auto black. Great car, and had a covered footrest, with a 12v socket in the boot. Only a four speed auto as compared with the six in the Freelander.  Freelander 2 GS Auto black + privacy glass
Mercedes E220 CDI

VW passat TDi sport.
130 bhp, great car.

Jaguar X type 2.1 petrol sport estate. loved it, but wanted another freelander as soon as the FL2 came out, had two FL1s before the jag 2009 Grey HSE Auto
Gone;
2006 Black FL2 SE manual
2007 Silver FL2 GS commercial manual.

Mercedes C class coupe...Leather, full length glass roof, semi-automatic,silver....sad to see it go but at 6 years old and 90,000 miles it was starting to feel tired and I could forsee big bills around the corner!! Baltic blue XS - Alpaca Leather - 18" HSE wheels.

snappa wrote:

VW passat TDi sport.
130 bhp, great car.

That was probably the best VW engine, better than the 140bhp that took its place
I got 110bhp Golf when the mk4 golf first came out, I got the first 3dr one to arrive in Harrogate and compared to all the diesel I had driven before it was a rocket-ship  At work
At home

"I can't always believe facts I read on the web" - Charles Dickens

winner by default of the tractor vs caravan race

Yeah it was quick through the gears, good top speed, and pretty frugal.
Used to return about 45 odd MPG regularly. Had to part with it sadly as it was 5 and a bit years old and nearly 100 thou on clock. It was running ok but getting to that 'new expensive bits going to be needed soon' stage.

Pretty sad when I left it at the garage, it was in great nick too.

AlexG wrote:

I used to mainly leave the SIM in the car. Somebody once told me I could have asked Orange to provide me with an extra SIM for the car, but I didn't bother to pursue the idea. Then when bluetooth became more popular and everybody started going around with blue flashing things in their ears like Uhura I switched to one of those. In the last 3 years I don't think I used it once. I did become a bit of a horder of bluetooth earpieces tho ... and now of course I don't need any of them.

last car BMW Z4 and lost a fortune on it!!

shar wrote:

Ford Galaxy ....... had it for 6 months enough said