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

[_Batty_]

I love this car

[L100NYY]

Leins said:

L100NYY said:

I'd still like a lil' E30 318is

Great fun in the twisties, but I didn't really enjoy it much as a daily, slogging along the motorway




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Is that your old one? Looks great

I can imagine that a motorway cruise is not it's ideal territory, not something that I would use it for anyhoo, I just find them rather appealing.

[Output Flange]

TheRocket said:

on the subject of BMW's and modified cars i'm not sure this will be appreciated on this thread but warrants a post, personally I really like bits of it (colour and wheels) but it's probably a bit too low and 'scene' but here goes, just in case

Edited by TheRocket on Tuesday 8th March 17:00

Don't mind modified BMWs, but I don't think those wheels have been very well done - the polished rim with the dull-looking magnesium doesn't work for me.

[L100NYY]

Only £5500, errrr, yes; it is the one on the left.....

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/motorsport/...

[L100NYY]

Even has my number plate.....

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mk2-Ford-Escort-/2819586...

[Leins]

L100NYY said:

Is that your old one? Looks great

I can imagine that a motorway cruise is not it's ideal territory, not something that I would use it for anyhoo, I just find them rather appealing.

Yep, lovely little car. The problem was that as soon as I'd had enough of it as a daily, I never really took it out for a hoon in preference to my C2.5. So I ended up flogging it and buying an M5, but still went for the keys of the C2.5 most of the time. I really shouldn't have sold that C2.5

[jeremyc]

L100NYY said:

Even has my number plate.....

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mk2-Ford-Escort-/2819586...

How much!
World. Mad. Gone.

Again.

[L100NYY]

jeremyc said:

ow much!
World. Mad. Gone.

Again.

Ridonculous isn't it.

[Justayellowbadge]

Whilst the little Fiat has probably been overlooked in the past, are they really this sort of money now?

http://www.silverstoneauctions.com/1984-fiat-berto...

[s m]

L100NYY said:

Even has my number plate.....

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mk2-Ford-Escort-/2819586...

1600 Sport - to think they were just a stepping stone to the RS models we really wanted.

[jeremyc]

In other old car news: trip to Silverstone & back on Sunday was 160 miles without touching a motorway.

Marvellous, if a little chilly with the roof off. Snuffling carbs, rorty exhaust, skinny tyres and a frosty early morning start on empty roads.

IMG_9515 by Haris Ahmad, on Flickr

[L100NYY]

Justayellowbadge said:

Whilst the little Fiat has probably been overlooked in the past, are they really this sort of money now?

http://www.silverstoneauctions.com/1984-fiat-berto...

I guess that they should be, ie level with Sud values.

[Gruber]

ferrisbueller said:

Let's see some more about your CS then Gruber!

MattOz had the front to sell "mine" to someone else when he'd done with it In many ways that's a good thing, I think. However, I do miss the snarl of the cold start in the garage. And the ferocity with which is approached the redline.

The sad truth is I collected it at the weekend, drove it home and (due to being wiped out by a bug these last three days) haven't driven it since.

But its enthusiasm for the redline is just as I (and you) remember. And the steering feels wonderfully direct (ETA: and not just in comparison to the Defender...). And it looks lovely.

I just need to find some time to drive it. But for now, it is sitting downstairs looking like this:

Edited by Gruber on Tuesday 8th March 23:07

[L100NYY]

CS looks great Grubes

Edited by L100NYY on Tuesday 8th March 23:03

[Leins]

Oooh, is that a 924 CGTS in the poverty corner?

[Leins]

Imitation is the sincerest form of Porkery these days I hear!


Random 4-cyl pic time:

[Diesel Meister]

Oddly appealing choice if you need four seats, if extra strong money (for my taste - no idea about values of E90s but suspect this sort of spec was rare and is increasingly so as time went on):

1. 330i
2. spanish
3. 17s
4. cloth interior
5. no nav

What's not to like (other than about £3k of Sytner Tax deducted from the price and a lightly less dull colour)?

De-badge and travel briskly (and occasionally slideways), incognito.

( ETA: Another, still silver but private sale = higher miles and slightly more sane price of £4k pre-haggle)

Edited by Diesel Meister on Wednesday 9th March 00:24

[ferrisbueller]

Yes, toppy.

That really is base spec.

Cheap(er) tax, too.

[Diesel Meister]

ferrisbueller said:

Yes, toppy.

That really is base spec.

Cheap(er) tax, too.

Agreed, but pretty much my ideal spec (no frills), other than colour and franchise wallet-violation. Even one owner, low miles cars can be obscene at the moment. This is effectively a niche spec version of a hugely mass produced vehicle (a fleet special if we're honest, the 3er). For £5-6k I'd be very interested though, provided all in order and no big bills lurking. But I guess in reality that might be a £7k car.

At that price you might as well spend more and get something else I guess.

/Goes back to hunting 986s

[Pennyroyal Tea]

Output Flange said:

TheRocket said:

on the subject of BMW's and modified cars i'm not sure this will be appreciated on this thread but warrants a post, personally I really like bits of it (colour and wheels) but it's probably a bit too low and 'scene' but here goes, just in case

Edited by TheRocket on Tuesday 8th March 17:00

Don't mind modified BMWs, but I don't think those wheels have been very well done - the polished rim with the dull-looking magnesium doesn't work for me.

Photoshop, Shirley?