Aaaargh the weather!

[Shrek667]

The seems to be the week for people acquiring new cars and my 2009 V12V arrived yesterday to the cold and wet Midlands. It's replacing a 2011 V8 and I couldn't be more excited except for the weather, the only bit I can try at the moment is the boot mounted umbrella.

No decent pictures at the moment but heres a rubbish one from the garage.



I just want the rain to stop and the temperature to creep up a bit now.

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Neilc123 said:

What was it like driving in the horrible rain with it?

I haven't driven it in the rain yet. It was delivered a day earlier than originally planned by Stratstones (I bought it from Amersham) so my insurance only came into effect today and it's so lousy I'm waiting for slightly better weather.

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Retman said:

Great car Shrek. Forecast is ste so you might have a long wait. Not even tempted for a quick 'spin' around the block?

Come what may, it's coming out of the garage tommorow.

Retman said:

quick 'spin' around the block?

That is the worry, I live in Redditch - renowned for our roundabouts and fk all else!

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AMDBSNick said:

MTFU and get out there

I'm scouring ebay for a larger set of testicles as I post

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SLacKer said:

What about the Trees, Fast Dual Carriageways and a lack of traffic jams

I live in Redditch as well.

That's a good point, how could I forget all the tree's. As an immigrant to Redditch from Birmingham, I spent the first 3 months after moving here getting lost within 2 miles of my house because the only visible 'landmarks' were trees .

I took the car out this morning and love it - though I've never managed to light up traction control lights while trying to accelerate relatively gently in a straight line at ~70m.p.h before (and the noise ....) .

By the way I followed you down to Gaydon for the PH factory tour earlier in the year in my previous V8.

Brian

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sjp63 said:

where did you get your floor tiles?

The tiles came from mototile.com

ripley500 said:

Nice car, is this the quantum one they had for sale?
At least when the good weather comes it will feel like a new car.
Paul

It is the quantum one. I took it out yesterday and it wasn't too bad, just got to learn to be more careful with the right foot!

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David W. said:

also, if you park a wet/dropping car on them can the water get down the joints and make the floor damp underneath or are the joints sealed please.
dw

The tiles 'click together' pretty tightly but I doubt they would be entirely waterproof. I would have thought that you could lay a polythene waterproof membrane underneath pretty cheaply if you wanted the setup waterproof.

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ripley500 said:

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It's a really great example, mint condition, new tyres and armourfend across the front & sides which is nice and a good spec also - have you got the garage door opener enabled?

Congratulations a truly great car - here's hoping for some dry roads over Christmas - enjoy

Thanks for the cogratulations - I'm trully in love! I have had a go at getting the door opener working which would be really nice. However, after numerous tries and checking the documentation for my garage doors, I suspect that my garage door opener isn't 'homelink' compatible.