XR4x4

[Merlin69]

Couple of pics of my new acquisition - a big little bro for Merlin!

[Blower]

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looks nice , there so practical and yet still a quick car

and so cheap to buy , whats with the black plates ?

get yourself over to the XROC bb and say hi

[Merlin69]

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Black plates cause it's on the isle of man and you can legally do black&silver for any car registered before jan 1990 - just because mine is aug 1990 plently of people blag it! Looks so much better as well - also matches with the black&silver metal plates on merlin (which are legal of course being 1969!) Still finding my feet with the car as the 2.9i v6 is slightly different to my cavalier and a touch different to the Escorts pinto! but good fun so far - although major problem is that the kid I bought it off had lowered it!! God only knows why as it scraps the exhaust and bottoms out on everything except santa-pod style flatness - which is near enough impossible to find on the Island! So a set of standard springs are on order already!!!

[Blower]

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looking at the photos it dosent really look that low ..?

you sure its not the exhaust thats at fault

[Sharon]

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Looks very clean Merlin have you decided on a name yet?

[Merlin69]

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where is the xroc bb? I'll take a pic of the ground clearance! it is low! the exhaust is standard (except the silly tailpipe) and it scrapes all along it from the manifold, the kid I bought it from mentioned it had been lowered and it "tends" to bottom out... It's not too bad with me in the car (11stone) but when you add me mate (18stone!) it's bad and add anyone else in the back it's almost undriveable! We'll see what difference the standard springs make.... at least when it's up on the ramps we can look at the exhaust as well!
No name decided yet - had suggestions of lancelot, galahad arthur etc but nothing seems to fit as yet - might try to find a website with the 12 knights names on??? Also my brother in-law suggested shed, shitter and daganham dustbin - but I ignored them!!!

[Sharon]

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LOL I reckon Morgana

[Stevie]

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join us at www.xroc.co.uk
u can keep ya cossies the 2.9i is a really good engine and dead cheap if you break it

[mattb]

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xroc
when it works ,
otherwise try
interford
as there are loads of 4b's and 4i on there too
cheers
matt

[mattb]

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24v 2.9's go well too

[Merlin69]

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cheers boyz, will pop over soon and say hi-de-hi! Mattb : Nice car on your sig fella! me likey that a lot!!!

[glenbat]

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top cars had 2 before my saff cossie and TBH, prefer the way 4x4s drives, loooads of grunt and grip
good choice you'l love it forever.. welll at least til you have to fill her up again.. .and again... and again..

glen

[Merlin69]

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Noticed that!!! Put £43 a couple of days ago - done 150miles and it's down to a 1/4 already! I guess about 200 - 220 miles to a tank??? on 60litres what would that make the mpg I wonder??? Just done a quick calculation... 60 litres = approx 13.2 gallons, 220 miles divided by gallons works out at 16.6 so rounding it all off about 17MPG!!!! Economical or what! Still it's a damn fun ride!

[Esme]

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No name decided yet - had suggestions of lancelot, galahad arthur etc but nothing seems to fit as yet - might try to find a website with the 12 knights names on???

Here you go the 12 knights and associated characters

The Knights
Sir Lancelot
Sir Galahad
Sir Gawaine
Sir Gareth
Sir Bors
Sir Percivale
Sir Tristan
Sir Bedivere
Sir Lamorak
Sir Kay
Sir Geraint
Ector
The Fisher King
The Green Knight
Guinevere
Iseult
Joseph of Arimathea
The Lady of the Lake (Vivienne or Nimue).
King Mark
Merlin
Mordred
Morgan le Fay
Uther Pendragon

Or you could go for the Rolls Royce engine connection which would give you Kestrel, Griffon,Buzzard .....

or you could go for the birds of prey connection Hawk,Eagle,peregrine,falcon ...

[popuptoaster]

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I always find that "Start you bastard" is a good name for cars.