The Best ///M/Barge/General Rant/Look at this/O/T (Vol XVII)
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Diesel Meister said:
Chaps, this is epic imo:
popopbanbangs 996 C4 - sweet spec, 300k miles!
Helps if you can / have access to people that know what they're doing.
/Heads off to browse classifieds (ok, I always have a couple of tabs open
)...
Wow. I only use the word a couple of times a year but that most definitely is epic!popopbanbangs 996 C4 - sweet spec, 300k miles!
Helps if you can / have access to people that know what they're doing.
/Heads off to browse classifieds (ok, I always have a couple of tabs open
)...Diesel Meister said:
Chaps, this is epic imo:
popopbanbangs 996 C4 - sweet spec, 300k miles!
Helps if you can / have access to people that know what they're doing.
/Heads off to browse classifieds (ok, I always have a couple of tabs open )...
Very cool. Love that kind of thing, Reminds me a bit of Axel Roy's E39 M5. popopbanbangs 996 C4 - sweet spec, 300k miles!
Helps if you can / have access to people that know what they're doing.
/Heads off to browse classifieds (ok, I always have a couple of tabs open
)...
my thoughts too. Our friend tenfour agreed! Nearly tipped me into E39 M-funf ownership that story.Love the Alex Roy funf. Proper car.
O/T, but anyone fancy a smart cabrio? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2004-SMART-ROADSTER-PIEC...
O/T, but anyone fancy a smart cabrio? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2004-SMART-ROADSTER-PIEC...
Tom_Spotley_When said:
Love the Alex Roy funf. Proper car.
O/T, but anyone fancy a smart cabrio? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2004-SMART-ROADSTER-PIEC...
Her clothes he is auctioning off makes for a better read IMOO/T, but anyone fancy a smart cabrio? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2004-SMART-ROADSTER-PIEC...
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/291791395259?clk_rvr_id=...
Leins said:
Are these latest ones based on a Mk7 platform, or do they lag behind like the Golf Convertibles of yore?
Thought I'd post up, since I read up on these a while ago, and may be useful to the person looking. If I remember correctly, yes, that's why they're cheaper - they are based on the old platform (much like the Scirocco was as well). The Golf hatch is normally 1 generation ahead of both of those.Justayellowbadge said:
Who's at FOS this year?
I have just returned from a trip oop north and coincided that with a day at Cholmondeley Pageant of Power which was utterly fantastic, very similar to how the FoS was 10/15 years ago. I may well do the FoS on the Thursday as I did last year as I got to see all I would want to see on the normal (weekend) days but without the crowding.
L100NYY said:
Justayellowbadge said:
Who's at FOS this year?
I have just returned from a trip oop north and coincided that with a day at Cholmondeley Pageant of Power which was utterly fantastic, very similar to how the FoS was 10/15 years ago. I may well do the FoS on the Thursday as I did last year as I got to see all I would want to see on the normal (weekend) days but without the crowding.
Diesel Meister said:
Chaps, this is epic imo:
popopbanbangs 996 C4 - sweet spec, 300k miles!
Helps if you can / have access to people that know what they're doing.
/Heads off to browse classifieds (ok, I always have a couple of tabs open )...
I think this might possibly be the answer to that question from a few pages back. It looks devastating. I knew a chap with a Jag S type R which had blues and twos for organ transport work... that sounded like an enjoyable job and a great seat to be in to do it.popopbanbangs 996 C4 - sweet spec, 300k miles!
Helps if you can / have access to people that know what they're doing.
/Heads off to browse classifieds (ok, I always have a couple of tabs open
)...And just to rub our respective 9-5, wife, 2.4 kids, mortgage'd noses in it even more:
I think I want to have his babies. In the 996.
poppopbangbang said:
Some more random pictures I have dug out, no particular order just gives a little more insight into the cars life:
1170 miles, that's not dirt up the rear near the lights.... that's brake dust. Hence going to larger rears.
>bites fist<
1170 miles, that's not dirt up the rear near the lights.... that's brake dust. Hence going to larger rears.
I think I want to have his babies. In the 996.
My recently painted 4200 , had it for 4 months , love it but always wanted a Quattroporte , funds weren't there hence the 4200 , funds now there so I put it up for sale, guy came to view it and everything about me wanted him to say no but as he'd come 100 miles I let him look round it.
Thankfully he bought a Monaro instead , I paid a deposit on a grand Cherokee lease that afternoon thanks to the lease deal thread so now it's staying
Thankfully he bought a Monaro instead , I paid a deposit on a grand Cherokee lease that afternoon thanks to the lease deal thread so now it's staying
tenfour said:
And just to rub our respective 9-5, wife, 2.4 kids, mortgage'd noses in it even more:
I think I want to have his babies. In the 996.
That pic does show up some of the beautiful curves on the 996 doesn't it? poppopbangbang said:
Some more random pictures I have dug out, no particular order just gives a little more insight into the cars life:
1170 miles, that's not dirt up the rear near the lights.... that's brake dust. Hence going to larger rears.
>bites fist<1170 miles, that's not dirt up the rear near the lights.... that's brake dust. Hence going to larger rears.
I think I want to have his babies. In the 996.
Off to the classifieds...
Great 996 thread
Interesting, thanks Pulse!
Pulse said:
Leins said:
Are these latest ones based on a Mk7 platform, or do they lag behind like the Golf Convertibles of yore?
Thought I'd post up, since I read up on these a while ago, and may be useful to the person looking. If I remember correctly, yes, that's why they're cheaper - they are based on the old platform (much like the Scirocco was as well). The Golf hatch is normally 1 generation ahead of both of those.
I keep convincing myself I don't want a 996.
I keep saying that the engine issues are going to leave me eating dried noodles for the rest of my days.
I keep convincing myself I can't fit a dog in the back for trips to the pub.
I keep convincing myself that what I really want is a Jag XK-R or an M3 or an M5 Touring or something.
Then I read that and go all the way back to square one and want to sod it all and throw caution to the wind and buy one. With ambers and hard-back seats and multi-spoke wheels and a manual gearbox and I want to travel all the way to Italy and all the way back again just because.
I keep saying that the engine issues are going to leave me eating dried noodles for the rest of my days.
I keep convincing myself I can't fit a dog in the back for trips to the pub.
I keep convincing myself that what I really want is a Jag XK-R or an M3 or an M5 Touring or something.
Then I read that and go all the way back to square one and want to sod it all and throw caution to the wind and buy one. With ambers and hard-back seats and multi-spoke wheels and a manual gearbox and I want to travel all the way to Italy and all the way back again just because.
Speaking of black Fezzas, this didn't sell at the weekend. I can still remember the news reports with "disgraced" athlete Ben Johnson driving out of his house in one back in '88, and thinking how unbelievably cool it was 
: http://www.historics.co.uk/buying/auctions/2016-06...
: http://www.historics.co.uk/buying/auctions/2016-06...Leins said:
Speaking of black Fezzas, this didn't sell at the weekend. I can still remember the news reports with "disgraced" athlete Ben Johnson driving out of his house in one back in '88, and thinking how unbelievably cool it was : http://www.historics.co.uk/buying/auctions/2016-06...
: http://www.historics.co.uk/buying/auctions/2016-06...
Michael Jordan apparently had one. f
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