Just found an English DAF club 
(pictures on the site brings back a lot of fond memories I must say)
(pictures on the site brings back a lot of fond memories I must say)
Favourite car
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Tis explained here ...
How CVTs Work .. http://auto.howstuffworks.com/cvt.htm
See todays star offering the DCT (Dual-clutch Transmission) in action halfway down page !!
http://auto.howstuffworks.com/dual-clutch-transmission.htm
How CVTs Work .. http://auto.howstuffworks.com/cvt.htm
See todays star offering the DCT (Dual-clutch Transmission) in action halfway down page !!
http://auto.howstuffworks.com/dual-clutch-transmission.htm
Proper advertising 
Were that the haydays of Marketing ?
Were that the haydays of Marketing ?
It is indeed. We had two of those: blue one and green one.
Later a DAF 55 brought us (parents, me and two brothers) all the way from our home town (Dutch/Belgium Border, South West end of NL) to Germany (Bayern Alps). Original plan was Italy!
Dad had removed the back seat to store all camping equipment and the three of us had to sit on sleeping bags all the way.
Think my Dad was very glad we had a planned stop-over near Munich (friends of the family lived there). We never reached Italy, but camped in Germany (Dad having found out that you must have some speed to tackle hills, let alone mountains! Well, it's not called 'low-lands' for nothing isn't it?)
Later a DAF 55 brought us (parents, me and two brothers) all the way from our home town (Dutch/Belgium Border, South West end of NL) to Germany (Bayern Alps). Original plan was Italy!
Dad had removed the back seat to store all camping equipment and the three of us had to sit on sleeping bags all the way.
Think my Dad was very glad we had a planned stop-over near Munich (friends of the family lived there). We never reached Italy, but camped in Germany (Dad having found out that you must have some speed to tackle hills, let alone mountains! Well, it's not called 'low-lands' for nothing isn't it?)
I've never driven an automatic transmission car. Next time i purchase a car, i will test drive one i think, and see if i like it. I have heard they are much more relaxing to drive, I could do with that, i get very irritable behind the wheel sometimes. I honestly dont know why automatics aren't as popular here as they are in the states. 
i have been passenger in an auto, it is more relaxing for everyone, because theres no back-forward force as the driver changes through the gears.
i have been passenger in an auto, it is more relaxing for everyone, because theres no back-forward force as the driver changes through the gears.I have had a couple of automatics but just changed back to manual. (In fact I have an auto for sale crafty an I only live 10 miles from where you work!). I suppose they are more relaxing but they are also more boring. Manuals are more fun to drive. As far as gear changing goes, I can change gear just as smoothly in a manual as in an auto, although the new dsg auto gearboxes have 2 clutches which makes them smoother than older autos. One reason they are not so popular is that they use more fuel (although this may not have been the case with the daf variomatic). Again, newer models are better but they never have the same fuel ecomony as their manual counterparts. (I have just changed from a 2.0i petrol auto which did about 23 mpg to a turbo diesel which is faster and does about 40mpg!). Also, they wear out brakes quicker as the gearbox is often trying to take you forward when you would rather be slowing down or stopping.
This was my favorite car to date.
Lovely ride, very reliable and could shift too.
Sadly it ended up like this:
I only broke 4 bones
How lucky is that.
(Sorry Crafty, surely this beats your little bump
)
Lovely ride, very reliable and could shift too.
Sadly it ended up like this:
I only broke 4 bones
How lucky is that.
(Sorry Crafty, surely this beats your little bump
)
My list of cars I've owned, in order (and this took a lot of head-scratching to remember), is as follows:
"F" Austin Montego
"A" Ford Fiesta
"G" Citroen BX
"D" Austin Montego
"D" Ford Granada Scorpio
"F" Lada Samara
"D" Fiat Panda
"D" Ford Granada
"C" Ford Granada
"J" Peugeot 405
"F" Austin Montego
"B" Audi 80
"F" Ford Sierra
"F" Renault 25
"F" Ford Escort
"L" Vauxhall Frontera
"F" Ford Escort
"H" Volvo 340
"H" Peugeot 309
"P" Citroen Xantia
My favourite has to be the granada scorpio - I was 18 at the time and the envy of all my friends- 2.8 V6 - but the insurance was £1800!
"F" Austin Montego
"A" Ford Fiesta
"G" Citroen BX
"D" Austin Montego
"D" Ford Granada Scorpio
"F" Lada Samara
"D" Fiat Panda
"D" Ford Granada
"C" Ford Granada
"J" Peugeot 405
"F" Austin Montego
"B" Audi 80
"F" Ford Sierra
"F" Renault 25
"F" Ford Escort
"L" Vauxhall Frontera
"F" Ford Escort
"H" Volvo 340
"H" Peugeot 309
"P" Citroen Xantia
My favourite has to be the granada scorpio - I was 18 at the time and the envy of all my friends- 2.8 V6 - but the insurance was £1800!
RF Lighting said:This was my favorite car to date.
Lovely ride, very reliable and could shift too.
Sadly it ended up like this:
I only broke 4 bones
How lucky is that.
(Sorry Crafty, surely this beats your little bump
Are they 2 different cars?
Nope the very same.
(The number plates are different though.)
(The number plates are different though.)
Unfortunatly they were all my own. 
Still, I got 5 weeks off work
Still, I got 5 weeks off work
