Gas guzzler....

[Adam4868]

The other week I rocked-up at Hertz in Zurich airport and got given this....

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It’s a Cadillac Escalade...the small version!
Today filing my expenses I looked at the fuel receipt and compared it to the reciept from the Citroen Picasso I had the week before and did exactly the same journey.

The Caddy used a gnats-cock short of 5 times the same petrol quantity as the Citroen....
5 TIMES! No wonder the planet is going to the dogs....

New season of the Wire ?

 

[snorri]

Plus, the damn things don't fit on suburban roads.

...or rural network roads!

 

[Hugh Manatee]

I had a Toyota Landcruiser LWB once as a courtesy car. I got it home and showed the wife around it. We had to take a packed lunch.

 

[presta]

BMW 320 M today....

If you rang up our transport deptartment wanting some wheels you could usually look forward to something like a Chevette, or Avenger, or a Bedford CF.

 

[Fab Foodie]

If you rang up our transport deptartment wanting some wheels you could usually look forward to something like a Chevette, or Avenger, or a Bedford CF.

A CF would be cool!

 

[Fab Foodie]

Positively frugal compared to this,

View: https://youtu.be/OxMxFE37Sxw


gallon a minute.

I remember that, didn’t get fone for speeding and drove it to Horsferry Magistrates?

 

[Fab Foodie]

I had a Toyota Landcruiser LWB once as a courtesy car. I got it home and showed the wife around it. We had to take a packed lunch.

Once in Cleveland or Detroit I had a Lincoln Town car...it was like driving a football field!
Christ knows what Town it was designed for....

 

[raleighnut]

I remember that, didn’t get fone for speeding and drove it to Horsferry Magistrates?

Rolls Royce took him to court for the original grill, the story is in the clip.

 

[Drago]

Positively frugal compared to this,

View: https://youtu.be/OxMxFE37Sxw


gallon a minute.

Except the engine is a Meteor, not a Merlin as is often - even by the owner - claimed. A close relative but quite different. Less power, cast instead of forged pistons, different grade of steel (cheaper and heavier, didn't matter in a tank) for the block, no forced induction. Indeed, the lack of supercharger and the differences in the clock where the mounts weren't needed are the biggest giveaway.

 

[presta]

A CF would be cool!

A bit of an old tank really, but I used to like the chance to drive a variety of different vehicles. The CF luton was the biggest thing I've ever driven. The works Land Rover was the most fun, but boy was it unstable with the weight of a 70' telescopic mast on the roof!

 

[Fab Foodie]

A bit of an old tank really, but I used to like the chance to drive a variety of different vehicles. The CF luton was the biggest thing I've ever driven. The works Land Rover was the most fun, but boy was it unstable with the weight of a 70' telescopic mast on the roof!

I used to haxk around in a Bedford HA van collecting car parts for the local garage. Lairy handling thing for one so young...surprised we both survived!