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I was out the other night and spied this



2.5 Executive.

I was in another car so never got any other pictures but its rare to see another up here.

I recognise that car! I saw it on ebay last year! I remember thinking about buying it because it was blue (fav colour as a kid) and I wanted a towbar!

I used to see quite a few around at one point but they're definitely becoming a rare breed now.

We have another member here - earwicker - who I used to see drive past me every few days a few years back as he's in the same county. He's sold that car now but I used to see if every 4-5 days on average. Little did I know it once belonged to another Safrane friend of mine a few years before that!

We used to have one around here that had a 'Supercharged' badge on the back too. I used keep a very sharp eye out for it and once followed it to work hoping it would pull over on the way and I'd get to ask him about it. He carried on past my work so that didn't work but a few months later I pulled up next to him at some traffic lights - would down our windows, said hello etc.. turned out he'd stuck the badge on and it was just a normal 2.5. He said he'd been hoping to catch hold of me as he knew I'd got a few safranes and he needed a part for his (unfortunately I didn't have it). I've also been followed, done the following etc. One night I was on my way to Standstead airport (about 2am) when I had a car right up my backside. It eventually overtook me and slowed down as its front windows became level with mine. Sped up, pulling in front it slowed down again to reveal its back end - Safrane - at 2am in the morning! What are the odds eh?

I don't normally have a camera to hand with me when I see Safranes out in the wild (my phone doesn't have one either) so I rarely manage to get pics but I did see this one a couple of years back and snap it - then met the owner (french):


It was a 2.2 diesel from France, cloth seats, knackered sill under the drivers door, nail in the bumper holding the headlight washer on etc.. bit of a banger but the chap loved it to bits saying his family had owned it for many years and it had been a very reliable car that had been passed to him by his father. He was very pleased with it (That reminds me, I told him I'd put that pic on the site - that was 2.5 years ago - it's finally made it today!).

This is mine (the gold one) and my mates green 2L (The guy that once owned earwickers car) - I think he's got rid of it now as its cambelt went:


I think those are the only two pics I've got that I've taken myself of other peoples cars but this is definitely and interesting idea for a topic!

I see the odd Phase 2 most weeks,there are a couple of old boys floating around in them near me,i never see a Phase 1 though,i used to but they are vanishing.I,am just waiting for one in my local scrapyard,but so far no go..

I just don't like the questor grille, it cheapens it imo.

If you knew the price of them you'd think differently! £200 for that silver bit of plastic on the grille!

The one on my friends green 2L there cost him £65 I think he said and its got a crack in it too.

I must admit, I always liked the big open grille myself, it makes the car look a bit more like the business however I do think the chrome grill smartens it up a bit but at the cost of its 'mean' image. IMO it's a tradeoff - you either have the 'mans' car or you have the smart respectable gents car.

I couldn't decide so when I found one on ebay on a car being broken up, I offered the guy a cheeky £20 for it - to my surprise he took it and it came through in mint condition! I can now switch between the two of them.

Also worth noting, the chrome effect grille wasn't just fitted to the questor, it was a 98 enhancement and was fitted to normal safranes along with the questor. The questor was purely a safrane with onboard satnav fitted and the questor badges on the front doors.

my Safrane was registered march 1999 on a T plate and has the old style grille.

I think chrome plastic on anything is awful.

I stuck a new front number plate on mine today, much better, has taken years off the car.