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Aug 21st, 2011, 09:36 | #11 |
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why would anyone want to spend £2500 on a 340 my dad had a b reg one when i was younger hated that car ugly and clumsy to drive and seriuosly underpowered
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Aug 21st, 2011, 10:00 | #12 |
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well there you go , i like them and would , you dont and wouldnt . As i said above for anyone who is fond of them ...
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Aug 22nd, 2011, 00:11 | #13 |
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Power and handling can be dealt with quite easily. The looks are an acquired taste, but they're rapidly becoming an established favourite on the "retro" scene - a lot of people of my generation remember them from their childhood! They're also one of the last small RWD cars.
I now know of at least two 300s which have sold for £2k+ in recent times...so it's not so out of the question. cheers James
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Handling - not bad for a car of its era. Fun on ice... Rugged! I had a car run up the back of ours on the M4. Said car was smashed in at the front. Ours needed a bumper straightening. On LPG, ours is the cheapest car to drive by a long chalk. Having said that, my son hates our 340. But then he likes Jeremy Clarkson. |
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Aug 22nd, 2011, 12:26 | #16 |
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Jeremy would probably quite like my car! I agree they're far too tame out of the box.
cheers James
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Aug 23rd, 2011, 09:24 | #17 | |
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Mine handles horribly, it's a 340, it's what they do. If we manage to get this rumour flowing properly like it did for the first 15 years, maybe less of them will get drifted into armco...
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Aug 23rd, 2011, 13:42 | #18 |
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True. At least you choose more creative objects to slide yours into
cheers James
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Aug 23rd, 2011, 18:23 | #19 | |
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Its the tyres ! decent set transform it .. they do roll a little too much but nothing wrong with the roadholding at all , not a lot can keep up with my B14 along the beautiful windy A466 from chepstow to Bigswier :-) what exactly is wrong with yours ? i would take a guess and say you dont have a premium tyre ?
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Aug 23rd, 2011, 18:34 | #20 |
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I think Chris was trying to convince people to keep their hands off them by telling them they handle badly! Chris' car has some nice tyres, but is sprung a bit too lightly for "fast road" use. He claims this is exactly what he wants for road rallying...
My 343 handles horribly at the moment (grip is good, but handling, i.e. control on the limit, is nasty) due to badly worn shocks all-round. I recently swapped the original (81) struts for ones from an 88 GLT. Those are better, but still shockingly(!) bad. cheers James
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