Wile7 Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 I wanted to set some priorities for fun (with SWMBO agreement of course ) So to help out with your guessing: Had to be different to BMW, Audi, Merc (i.e. no badge snobbery here ) Had to be less than £4k (ideally £3k) Had to have four doors Had to be a big petrol engine Had to have all the toys Had to be less than 7 years old Had to be auto Had to cost over £30k new at least (I love buying in to someone elses depreciation woes 😬 ) Had to have a warranty of at least two years Had to have a Full Dealer service history Had to have some oomph (plus 140mph capability on a test track of course...) Had to have Japanese mechanicals (I love the reliability) Had to do 30 mpg on a run at least (for the UK - Toulouse cruise several times a year) Guess what it is 😬? Dave Ardley - White Xflow with Clams The Bearded Clams - King Clam of Clam Hill! photos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StEVEN Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 Sinclair C5 well it is white 😳 😬 Waves at the waving willy man C7 XSL Xtra Super Light 🥰 🥰 CATERHAM GALLERY here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wile7 Posted November 8, 2009 Author Share Posted November 8, 2009 Close 😬 Dave Ardley - White Xflow with Clams The Bearded Clams - King Clam of Clam Hill! photos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyH Posted November 9, 2009 Share Posted November 9, 2009 Well cummon Wile. Nobody's going to guess. Spill the beans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wile7 Posted November 9, 2009 Author Share Posted November 9, 2009 Not that easy Roy.... Ugliest car on the planet or simply stonking second hand value..... Nissan 350Z engine and gearbox, Bentley levels of refinement.......made in europe... C'est pal mal, non? Dave Ardley - White Xflow with Clams The Bearded Clams - King Clam of Clam Hill! photos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StEVEN Posted November 9, 2009 Share Posted November 9, 2009 Come on Roy put a little effort in 😬 C7 XSL Xtra Super Light 🥰 🥰 CATERHAM GALLERY here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wile7 Posted November 9, 2009 Author Share Posted November 9, 2009 Hear, hear..... 😬 Dave Ardley - White Xflow with Clams The Bearded Clams - King Clam of Clam Hill! photos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyH Posted November 9, 2009 Share Posted November 9, 2009 One of the Infiniti models maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Bill Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 VelSatis? BB Edited with the 4 door bit in mind. Edited by - Badger Bill on 10 Nov 2009 09:03:59 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Village Idiot Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 Wot he said. Renault V6, 7 willies penchant for ugly (re clammy) cars means its a Vel Satis Dicks 😬 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CageyH Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 If not, it has to be an espace. which ever one you look at! Only dead fish go with the flow....! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyH Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 According to 7 Willies it's a Nissan 350Z engine. Is that the engine in the VS? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wile7 Posted November 10, 2009 Author Share Posted November 10, 2009 Voila!! It is a Vel Satis - with the 3.5 litre Nissan 350Z engine 😬 Well played chaps - the car is different and pig ugly like its owner BUT goes like stink, is extremely comfortable and someone else has incurred the £28k depreciation over the past 6 years Despite the 'hype' these things are pretty reliable I feel you can not match the spec for the price (a tad under £4k) with Full Renault SH and only one owner (50K miles....) Famous last words possibly.....but I think its stonking value ('old' road tax levels and only £300 fully comp). Dave Ardley - White Xflow with Clams The Bearded Clams - King Clam of Clam Hill! photos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 Enjoy it Willie, you don't see the outside when you're driving so that won't matter too much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Normans_Ghost Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 The Vel Satis was a fantsatic car, competing with BMW, Audi & Lexus. The only problem was the badge! Would you pay that sort of money for a Renault? No snob value. To me the surprising thing is Renault should have known it would fail in the UK. When we were Renault dealers the network sold about 100 Alpine A110 a year. Then they changed the name to Renault. The whole network sold, wait for it, can you believe this..... 3 in the whole year. So it's not the car that matters when you get above bread & butter prices, it's the badge. Dave, enjoy it, they are great luxury barges. ed to ad that the name Vel Satis is a pre war name used by Renault for it's luxury range. I think the previous Vel Satis model was in the early 1930s. Norman Verona, 1989 BDR 220bhp, Reg: B16BDR, Mem No 2166, the full story here You and your seven toThe French Blatting Company Edited by - nverona on 11 Nov 2009 11:39:20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claire Voyant Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 I read somewhere: A gadget lovers dream with lots of thoughtful little touches and idiosyncrasies. Very Willie7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wile7 Posted November 11, 2009 Author Share Posted November 11, 2009 😬 Dave Ardley - White Xflow with Clams The Bearded Clams - King Clam of Clam Hill! photos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyH Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 Something else you can buy for less than £4k here 😬 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wile7 Posted November 12, 2009 Author Share Posted November 12, 2009 *eek* 😬 Dave Ardley - White Xflow with Clams The Bearded Clams - King Clam of Clam Hill! photos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myles Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 Was the Vel Satis the top of the range one where they built only around 6k of them before pulling production as no-one was buying them? 🙆🏻 🙆🏻 🙆🏻 🙆🏻 🙆🏻 Alcester Racing 7s Ecosse™ 🙆🏻 🙆🏻 🙆🏻 🙆🏻 🙆🏻 Alcester-Racing-Sevens.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wile7 Posted November 15, 2009 Author Share Posted November 15, 2009 Yip Edited to say pulled in the UK only; They continued to sell in other markets around the globe until production of the phase 2 version stopped last month; I have discovered that interpol and the special forces in france and germany use the 3.5 nissan engined version as interceptor units....with 350bhp; I have also discovered the source for the NISMO goodies to get the extra HP Dave Ardley - White Xflow with Clams The Bearded Clams - King Clam of Clam Hill! photos Edited by - Wile7 on 15 Nov 2009 00:10:18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CageyH Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 But does it go round corners, or is it like the V6 clio, which gets half way round the bend, and then surrenders 🤔 Only dead fish go with the flow....! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myles Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 I think I might have been thinking of the Avantime - another flop of the time. 🙆🏻 🙆🏻 🙆🏻 🙆🏻 🙆🏻 Alcester Racing 7s Ecosse™ 🙆🏻 🙆🏻 🙆🏻 🙆🏻 🙆🏻 Alcester-Racing-Sevens.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wile7 Posted November 19, 2009 Author Share Posted November 19, 2009 *arrowup* yes Kev......not too rolly polly Bloody comfortable though and the best bit is that it has no BMW badge on it Looked at the avantime too Myles but TBH the Vel was/is streets ahead in terms of refinement and oomph (although maybe not quite as quirky in the looks department 😬) Dave Ardley - White Xflow with Clams The Bearded Clams - King Clam of Clam Hill! photos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Village Idiot Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 After all you already have one really quirky looking car, clams - yeuch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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