My preciousssssss.... yeessss - it's here! -=hisss!=-

Submitted: Wednesday, Jun 10, 2009 at 14:56

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Ino

I'm off to pick up my new Troopy wagon!

Wish me luck!

Ino!~

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Reply By: Truckster (Vic) - Wednesday, Jun 10, 2009 at 15:34

Wednesday, Jun 10, 2009 at 15:34

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Follow Up By: Member - Boo Boo (NSW) - Wednesday, Jun 10, 2009 at 15:36

Wednesday, Jun 10, 2009 at 15:36

Ahhh,, you have such away with words, I'm envious as well. LOL

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Follow Up By: Truckster (Vic) - Wednesday, Jun 10, 2009 at 15:57

Wednesday, Jun 10, 2009 at 15:57

Your envious ? I feel for u...

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Follow Up By: Member - Boo Boo (NSW) - Wednesday, Jun 10, 2009 at 16:12

Wednesday, Jun 10, 2009 at 16:12

Truckster

Would you rather own a great vehicle like a troopy or a 3.0 ltr you know what?

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Follow Up By: Truckster (Vic) - Wednesday, Jun 10, 2009 at 21:16

Wednesday, Jun 10, 2009 at 21:16

Second hand 4.2 GU for me thanks.

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Reply By: Michael ( Moss Vale NSW) - Wednesday, Jun 10, 2009 at 15:51

Wednesday, Jun 10, 2009 at 15:51

Why?? You thinking the front diff may fail on the way home??? Michael

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Follow Up By: Truckster (Vic) - Wednesday, Jun 10, 2009 at 15:56

Wednesday, Jun 10, 2009 at 15:56

hahahhaha!! GOLD!

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Reply By: Member - DAZA (QLD) - Wednesday, Jun 10, 2009 at 16:27

Wednesday, Jun 10, 2009 at 16:27

Ino

Good Luck,

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Reply By: tim_c - Wednesday, Jun 10, 2009 at 16:29

Wednesday, Jun 10, 2009 at 16:29

Wish you luck? You're off to pick up your new Troopy wagon - what more do you want, you lucky man?! Please tell me you got a colour other than white.

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Follow Up By: mowing - Wednesday, Jun 10, 2009 at 18:14

Wednesday, Jun 10, 2009 at 18:14

Tim, wash your mouth out, its "French Vanilla" not white. :)

Mark

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Follow Up By: tim_c - Wednesday, Jun 10, 2009 at 18:53

Wednesday, Jun 10, 2009 at 18:53

Oh I'm sorry :) Personally, I'm still trying to decide if I want the grey one or dark blue, or should that be "Graphite" or "Midnight Blue"?! The "Graphite" looks better in the piccies on the website but I haven't been able to find a proper pic of the blue one. I think the solid (non-metallic) paints are generally more robust... hey, I'd be happy with either I think!

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Follow Up By: Marny - Thursday, Jun 11, 2009 at 11:04

Thursday, Jun 11, 2009 at 11:04

Dark colours look great when they are clean but unfortunately the slightest of scratches show up. only white cars from now on for me! Marn

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Follow Up By: sjp - Thursday, Jun 11, 2009 at 20:02

Thursday, Jun 11, 2009 at 20:02

can someone explain to me why white cars always always have a grey primer and dark cars have a light primer?????

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Reply By: Ino - Wednesday, Jun 10, 2009 at 20:45

Wednesday, Jun 10, 2009 at 20:45

Aaah - I have it now! Oh this car is sweet. Already put about 100Km on the clock, and I am very happy with it.

And yes - it is not white... it is French Vanilla! Mais oui - ma cherie, mon bonbon! Vive la France! Vive la Revolution!

A few things to notice:
*) the rearview is a bit of a pain - it's like looking through a key-hole.
*) people keep tailgating something fierce! I'm doing the speed-limit and I can't see the bonnet at all for the loser behind me. Oh well - his loss. Maybe I should put one of those marital aids on my tow-bar and a small-font sticker reading "If you can read this, your radiator's f@#$d!"

Other than that.... "She drives like a steakhouse, but handles like a bistro!"

Ino!~ (Lucky with the ears to stop the smile, otherwise the top of my head would fall off)

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Follow Up By: Richard Kovac - Thursday, Jun 11, 2009 at 02:46

Thursday, Jun 11, 2009 at 02:46

what Ino..
your never driven one?

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Follow Up By: Member - Tour Boy ( Bundy QLD) - Thursday, Jun 11, 2009 at 15:49

Thursday, Jun 11, 2009 at 15:49

Well...where are the pics?

Cheers,
Dave
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Follow Up By: Ino - Thursday, Jun 18, 2009 at 10:06

Thursday, Jun 18, 2009 at 10:06

Well... I need to get off my behind and post-and-link them at some point in time.

So far, it drives very very nicely. Surprisingly enough - I seem to be doing about 10.5l/100Km - just driving to and from work while my sedan is getting fixed. I'm doing about 100Km/day roundtrip and about half of it is suburban traffic.

Initially it started going through 11.2l/100Km, but after about 1000Km - it dropped to 10.5l.

Thanks to everyone who replied to this thread. :)

Ino!~

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