Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

"Is anyone on here" interested in my Yeti which has just gone onto ebay. It has got to be a one in one out policy with my cars, unlike my 25 bicycles and 2 motorcycles (soon to be 3). £4250 with forum discount.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/226164564361

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I’ve had a 2006 Volvo XC70 2.5T in E10 for 8 years.

First registered in November 2005, so is in the sweet-spot of ULEZ compliance and cheap(er) road tax.

It’s quite juicy on fuel, and in the last 2 years I’ve replaced the gearbox valve body, cambelt & tensioners, and a few suspension components which were pricey, but it’s done 160K miles and I paid £2K for it in 2016 so…

It’s cavernous and we regularly use all the space… in fact, we’re currently on holiday in France with it full of 4x full-size humans and our 9-month old sprog, boot and roof box completely packed. Comfy and smooth.

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sexiest car posted in this thread so far

Now there's a man who knows his onions.

Perfect for @Mickie_Cricket, Shirley?

i tried to persuade him, he denied .. wise really

Aaaah, your average Montecarlo enjoyer

Is it even car spotting anymore?

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Always see some exotic stuff at DD Classics when I’m going past, from last time

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So practical, so tempting !

Love this. Epic car delivering 8 years after purchase at such a meagre price.

Run this 24/24 forever if you can dude

Welcome to the Jazz club. Nice!

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Yeti looks solid dude. Always respect these as see them in action regularly.

But the reg plate? Curious about these, the respacing

I got them for a laugh just for that reason, for wonderment. Are they for the HW or the SEKTA? Nobody knows.

Heehee yeah. Has my HW v Sekta dynamic utterly fucked. Though reckon either way is win

Borrowed this 900 cab for the bank holiday weekend whilst my car is in bits. Good to know that once the paint is done I still have some serious tinkering to do to get it to the level of a car that has just become available to buy for considerably less than my resto...

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Saab 900 convertibles are brilliant. My favourite.

Smitten with this W115 200 for sale locally... it's very cheap.

That merc is lovely. Buy it!

Those sills look perilous. Wouldn't be surprised if the entire underside of the car is disintegrating.

Are you good at welding?

Yeah they're pretty scabby looking alright... seller claims it's regularly driven though and well serviced and maintained so hopefully it's all cosmetic...

I'm moderately capable... I used to actually work with a classic car restorer as a summer job when I was younger and mostly did bodywork there... I also grew up on a farm so learned to weld at a very young age but haven't had heaps of practice in recent years...

My Alfa's clutch seems to have fixed itself

before: slipping in any gear at revs >4k
now: no slippage, operates as expected

it did have an oil leak for some time although was fixed c 5k miles ago. Could the friction plates have been contaminated and it is finally burnt off / removed?

don't worry about the other Saabs. yours is going to be superb and will be worth every penny dude

Do you have the time and space to do the welding comfortably?