The Best ///M/Barge/General Rant/Look at this/O/T (Vol XVII)

[rejn]

s m said:

magical blue flames

[s m]

rejn said:

s m said:

magical blue flames

I should have added "out the exhaust"

[Oak Green]

olly22n said:

fk it, I'll have that.

Is anyone local and can have a look? It is in Sutton.

It's near me but the earliest I could look at it in daylight is Saturday

[L100NYY]

rejn said:

s m said:

Was a nice looking car - magical blue flames as well on a good run

Great looking car!

I'm on train going through snowy Yorkshire at the moment and I'd imagine slithering around the snowy country roads here would be great fun in an Elise!!

Elise/Exige are great fun in the snow Always my favoured transport when it all gets a bit white outside!

Upsides;
Decent amount of weight over driven wheels
Skinny tyres
Plenty of feel through steering/bum

Downsides;
Not much weight to push tyres through snow to tarmac
Light front end highlighting the above point but that is cured with the right foot (Quuef)

[L100NYY]

This looks like a hoot!!

[rejn]

L100NYY said:

This looks like a hoot!!

looks like fun - and I love the fact that there is somebody out there who loves that particular car so much he's willing to invest (what looks like) many times it's value in upgrades. Good effort.

[L100NYY]

Boxster? Really are very good cars, a great steer and a 3.2 S is a peach of an engine.

Is it a daily driver?

[L100NYY]

Gaz. said:

L100NYY said:

Boxster? Really are very good cars, a great steer and a 3.2 S is a peach of an engine.

Is it a daily driver?

I'd mentally written off the Boxster due to Cmoose wittering on about chocolate engines every few pages.

My old one is on 120k miles and lead 'a life' and other than consumables never skipped a beat.

[jeremyc]

Gaz. said:

Chaps, for £8k all in what would you replace an S2000 with?

I keep coming up with a newer S2000 and tbh I've had enough 4 bangers now

Criteria: soft/targa top, must be able to carry a set of golf clubs & trolley (woods out of the bag if neccesary) in the boot, nothing from VW/Audi and RHD, can't be longer than 4500mm as it won't fit in my garage.

A rumbly V8 in something like this?

[jeremyc]

L100NYY said:

Boxster? Really are very good cars, a great steer and a 3.2 S is a peach of an engine.

Fails on the golfist requirements, non?

[L100NYY]

jeremyc said:

L100NYY said:

Boxster? Really are very good cars, a great steer and a 3.2 S is a peach of an engine.

Fails on the golfist requirements, non?

Never tried! I gave up the most stressful stress relieving sport years ago!!

ETA Chims are great just not from there.

[Patrick Bateman]

How long is the gearing in the 986 Boxster S?

I test drove one last year but can't remember for sure but my inclination is that it's quite tall?

[L100NYY]

Patrick Bateman said:

How long is the gearing in the 986 Boxster S?

I test drove one last year but can't remember for sure but my inclination is that it's quite tall?

Never had an issue with the gearing. Lovely gearbox and a very nicely sharp throttle response for heel and toe. Pedals are very well positioned for this too.

I really liked mine.

[Patrick Bateman]

I'm still toying with one as a third car eventually.

[L100NYY]

I really want this......although I'm old and blind, what colour is it?

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C548689




Plus it is parked on grass which means it is worth the asking price

[jeremyc]

L100NYY said:

I really want this......although I'm old and blind, what colour is it?

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C548689




Plus it is parked on grass which means it is worth the asking price

I'd say it was blick (with grey and tree inside).

[L100NYY]

I thought that but wasn't sure if it was the dark grey outside.

[S3_Graham]

braddo said:

W00DY said:

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/b...

Ripe for turning into a cmoose-style special.

That colour and done moose-style would be a welcome contrast to the sea of monochrome on today's roads. Approved!

(I'm a hypocrite, both my cars are black; there was very little choice at the time of purchase, however!)

The car park at work is depressing.

left hand side of the car park is silver cars and right hand side is grey/black.

Had to drive the M3 into work just to break up the sea of bland-ness.

[mft]

rejn said:

mft said:

rejn said:

By the way, the dealer has gone quiet on that Cat D elise 160 from a few pages back. As time passes, I'm also starting to think that if I go down the Elise route, a good 160 is the way to go, so I think I've mentally moved on from the cat D "bargain".

Also consider an s1 111s. A little less peak power and perhaps less instantly attractive (not as low, I think?) but a very well-behaved engine compared to the 160.

Agreed - S160 is my first choice, but a 111S would be a good second. Or I quite fancy a Honda-engined S1 - not many around and often too expensive.

I'm sure I've seen quite good-value ones popping up from time to time - ~15-16k for a Honda'd s1, often with other goodies such as Nitrons? Keep an eye on SELOC as well as PH.

[richtea78]

braddo said:

A great little sleeper!

How the hell is a 2 seater sports car a sleeper by any definition?