the 'what car' musings thread

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http://www.summitracing.com/int/parts/vta-954164/o...

anything specialist of a certain age depreciates like a stone here. that m5 is the first i've seen with reasonable miles tho.

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excellent choice. emininently sensible and practical. i approve!

sepang's a great colour too, i'll look forward to the pics.

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http://dubai.dubizzle.com/motors/used-cars/other-m...

hmmmmmm. want. wonder what mrb is upto this weekend....

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that 944 turbo is pretty sweet. they have really great stock at the moment including a flat nose 911 turbo, a turquoise 993 turbo s, a sweet renault gta, loads of 80s bmws and a merc pullman!

i can confirm that the elise is indeed in the uae. i can also confirm that the seller's a great guy and the new owner has a jeep and a clio for sale

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i did a lengthy but very mediocre job of cleaning it but have neglected to take pics. i'll bring it to DA thurs if you're along for the ZRT test?

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spaff

http://dubai.dubizzle.com/motors/used-cars/alfa-ro...

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nomnomnom

http://dubai.dubizzle.com/motors/used-cars/porsche...

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cheap 140bhp karmann ghia with aircon.

http://dubai.dubizzle.com/motors/used-cars/volkswa...

form an orderly queue for this one:

http://dubai.dubizzle.com/motors/used-cars/lotus/e...

Edited by shirt on Sunday 5th April 12:02

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Eccentric M said:

HOLY fk THAT LOTUS ESPRIT HHHHHNNGGGGGGGGGG

keep them coming shirt, i like your posts, even if u troll me every tiem

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that's not a g63, its either a g500 or 55 with a bodykit. this tells me all i need to know about the seller.

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there's plenty of honest ones around, no need to go for an import or chavved up one. wait til you get here, G wagens are everywhere.

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really depends what kind of offloading you want to do and the mix of on/off road driving.

i had a 2005 wrangler 4.0l with 6 speed manual. 3" lift, bilstein racing shocks and 33" tyres. was unstoppable on the dunes, bouncy as fk on trails, wobbled your fillings free in the wadis and couldn't top 130kph on road whilst roaring like a jet with all the road noise. i loved it and still have a soft spot for the old bus [sold to a colleague] but wouldn't go there again.

not sure why you think the patrol isn't good off road. its the king of the desert and has the strongest drivetrain and axles. totally tuneable up to 750bhp on largely stock internals. also the super safari has a fridge and the previous gen. can still be had new as a grey import for 120k.

cayenne and RR also decent off road, just need smaller rims to allow larger tyres. a colleague has a supercharged v6 land rover LR4 on 16" wheels which is hugely capable and a lovely place to it. key is tyre choice, MT's make a ton of noise, you want AT's or even sand tyres [de rigeur on a lifted patrol]. you'd be surprised just what can be driven in the sand [once saw a quashquai on top of fossil rock] once you learn how. the off road driving course run by the emirates motorsport federation will help here.

are you going to be bashing virgin dunes? if not your list of mods can be much shorter. dune bashing is fun but if your mates can't follow you there's not much point. the social side of offloading is all about driving trails, smaller dunes, wadis, camping etc. for this you can be virtually stock and donut even need a manual as long as you can lock the diffs and gear selection.

defender is in budget, there's a very tidy v8 double cab on sale for 80k at al awir. g wagen sadly out of range. what do raptors fetch second hand? total beast off road and on, well mannered, comfy and a huge v8. also the toyota tundra is cheap, moddable via the TRD parts bin and has an equally huge v8. i think a lifted tundra would be the way to go as you could stick the bike in the back for track days, go off road, camping, tow space shuttles, etc.


PS - welcome to the emirates. a few of us are out for beers in AD tomorrow night if you fancy it. Trackday first at Yas and then 10pm is beer o clock.

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20k over but 620bhp and perfectly comfortable on tarmac, dirt and sand.

http://dubai.dubizzle.com/motors/used-cars/ford/f-...

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this, then 100k left over for a manual cayman s

http://abudhabi.dubizzle.com/motors/used-cars/suba...

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have you called them?

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LHD noble:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lotus-Other-Base-Convertib...

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bargain pork? albeit in the most boring colour combo available.

996
http://tnydu.biz/DOr4t5

or boxster [plus aftermarket hardtop]
http://tnydu.biz/DOr0Lp

left field mentalist option, how how a non-chavvy twin turbo v6 nissan?
http://tnydu.biz/DOrNRb



double the budget but i would never have thought the words '996' 'targa' and 'nice' would ever go together. liking this:
http://tnydu.biz/DOr4bC

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reckon you could bag this for close to 50k

http://abudhabi.dubizzle.com/motors/used-cars/toyo...

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they're not as highly priced to begin with. i was buying parts from the toyota showroom and the TRD edition in there was 120k if i remember rightly. jase told me the std models were up for 90k during ramadan sales last year which is £8-9k cheaper than the UK.

i agree, once these hit 30k [i've seen a US import for mid 40s so not too far away] i'm chucking a cage and supercharger in, stupidest drift bodykit i can find and going JDM Yo!

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the 350 looks to have a decent spec. and the lack of chav kit suggests a petrolhead owner. has to be comfortably 450-500bhp.