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  1. st4
    Gs250 going Perth to Pitlochry Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    I joined looking for an XF and it was like the Merc forums. Pages and pages of problems. It’s different here bar the usual chat of expensive dealers Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Now this is more like it - the car in a more contextual setting. I love your car. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Before I bought the GS I did think about a G50s 3.0t. I like that sort of car, but the US forums pointed to a car that has small niggles and quality problems. Actually this forum is unlike any other car forum I’ve been on. There’s just so few threads discussing problems, common faults or issues regarding quality. I think there’s like one thread on here discussing a snapped timing chain - on the VAG and BMW forums it’s a common thing. Toyota really do build a car like no other. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    It’s for “work” you see :) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    I’ve had some great trips to the Pyrenees. Add Montserrat Monestary to the list as well as Gavarnie, Lac D’Oredon, Laruns & Ossau Valley, Monte Perido National Park in Spain etc etc Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    I don’t see mass murder here in Europe - well every now and then when a jihadist chooses to strike Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    It’s got plenty of it’s own and hasn’t invaded anywhere in the sense you allude to. I wish it had though and passed on some of this mythical free fuel to us. Cheaper fuel for us is not a bad thing Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Let’s see the car set against a country road back drop - maybe something alpine :) That car needs driven to the Alps :) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    I can assure you that a 2012 Mercedes S class is rusting and having a lot of mechanical and electrical issues. My 2010 E class had plenty go wrong with it too. The reason people say the newer ones are better is they’ve not quite got to the age where they fall apart (usually in the 5th year onwards) I recall an amusing comment on a Merc forum, avoid the 2005 and before E classes, they rust but the newer ones are fine. This was like in 2011 when an 08 reg was pretty new. I always look at wheel arches as I go past cars, plenty of 08 reg and 09 reg E classes have scabby rear arches yet pretty much any other make wont rust until it’s well over 10y. The owners actually are so self deluded that they have a premium product that if they convince themselves that rust, jerking gearboxes and random warning lights are just part of day to day motoring in a newish £50k plus car. My cousins 2002 A4 has no rust, my fathers 2012 S class has bubbling paint on two panels. If you like breaking down, buy a Mercedes. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Yes - it works out at around 37mpg per person. But the amount of CO2 emitted and other pollutants in the upper atmosphere cannot be good. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Maybe - it keeps the oi peloy off the DFDS routes to France. I am not a chunnel fan either. Once the Mum with 5 different looking kids brigade can no longer fly and have to drive the drive abroad won't be nearly so pleasant. Why they cannot just a build a bridge over to France (its only 40 miles so around 35 mins drive) and a bridge to Iceland and onwards to via Greenland to Canada beats me then I could go anywhere without flying. Or just rip up the train tracks and lay a road down to France.
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    Once the eco weenies start going after aviation fuel the way cars are vilified I suspect they'll have to get used to a slightly slower speed of getting places.
  14. st4
    I find a day and night perfectly fast to get between Arrochar (nr Glasgow) and Chamonix - a journey I will be doing next weekend.
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    Nissan which means Renault or Mercedes. Ruuuuun!!! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Exactly but personal transportation will always be wanted. No one who has the money will willingly inflict travelling by bus or train on themselves if they can avoid it - particularly in cities like London where violent crime and terrorism is on the rise. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    I drive over to Europe covering hundreds if not over a thousand miles plus in my car. I know of a few who regularly drive to mainland Europe from UK I really don’t like flying and will drive. I have the time and ability to do it. Agree re the rest of your post totally but the pressure, justified or not, is coming to reduce emissions and fossil fuel usage. That will come to aviation too - a 747 uses a life time of one persons road fuel in a flight from NYC to London. Sadly the climate change lot have a huge sway in political and economic circles and flying will soon become the preserve of the very rich. There’s no reason to fly within the US or Europe. You can train or drive. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    They’re not blowing anyone up right now. The threat right now to our safety comes in a more eastern flavour In western societies walking out of a bus, train etc is a lottery imho. Jihadists, acid attackers etc then the more normal risk of smelly beer fuelled football fans, being squished next to a fat person, sitting next to someone loaded with the cold, mums with noisy children. No wonder people are sticking to their cars. You’d only take public transport if you were unable to drive imho Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    These are fantastic. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    I don’t like to fly. Flying (short range) is incapable impatient people who are unable to drive themselves. I can drive Geneva to Glasgow in a day, and night. That’s quick enough. I don’t need to sit in a can with a big fat smelly person because I’m incapable of driving myself or need to do it within a few hours. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Acid, knife and jihadist attack hasn’t spread to China, or Japan. Travelling on the bus, train, tube in Europe is a complete gamble. Car is the only way to travel distance in Europe if you ask me and that’s for your own safety as well as comfort and well being Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Probably the RC - 2 door cars tend to be seen as more desirable Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Like where - Switzerland- it’s not. It’s awful. Zermat is “car free” which means you have to take a train. It’s crowded, cramped and reminds me what’s wrong with public transport and what is good and right about driving. The US - the most productive country in the world has the right approach. Less public transport more driving. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    What’s needed in cities is more car parking and multi stories close to the centres but not in them to take the cars, banning buses as they take up too much room. People could walk the rest. Provide free parking in cities with purpose built under and overground 50 story car parks and people wouldn’t take the train. Particular in acid and knife attack London. If you go to Madrid-drive in - I have twice and you find lots of underground car parks bang in the central. No buses, no hassle just drive and arrive and a short walk to wherever you want to go I’d like to see the 25 widened to 10 lanes each carriage way, speed limits abolished on motorways entirely (as most of them are good for 150mph plus) and tunnels built in certain cities to take the extra traffic. More road building is good and right. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    The problem with public transport is the public. Personal transport will always be wanted and seen as a premium option compared to shared transport-not just for its convenience but because sharing space with strangers just isn’t as nice as travelling by yourself Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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