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

[Diesel Meister]

Sweet posting Loonmeister. It is eerily quiet atm, although I'm being gradually crushed by an unusually belligerent in box

[L100NYY]

Diesel Meister said:

Sweet posting Loonmeister. It is eerily quiet atm, although I'm being gradually crushed by an unusually belligerent in box

It goes that way in here but that is just the way of the Thread really, the other day there were pages of (beardy) posts that I had no interest in so I didn't post but that doesn't mean that the Thread shouldn't live on

OOf....

[braddo]

Loon, what does the Vauxhall weigh? Are the driving controls set out much differently from more modern stuff?

[L100NYY]

ve it

braddo said:

Loon, what does the Vauxhall weigh? Are the driving controls set out much differently from more modern stuff?

It's a proper VSCC special....

Engine is around 4.5 to 5.0 litres
Throttle pedal is in the middle and the brakes are rubbish
Clocked at over 104mph recently
Hates cambers and white lines on the road
Love it!

[Gruber]

Evening all

Anyone fancy helping me with a "what car?" conundrum?

We're moving to Switzerland - Mrs Grubes has been offered a job out there (Geneva), the timing works and I quite fancy learning to ski. But this means the current fleet is being sold and we will start again out there. Everything is flippin' expensive in the land of the cuckoo clock, including road tax, insurance, servicing and used car prices.

We need two cars that combine the following characteristics: one of them needs to be big enough for family holidays, one of them needs to be au pair / grandparent friendly, one of them needs to be fun for me to explore mountain passes in, and it'd be helpful if at least one of them had 4wd.

I'm currently thinking the solution is a B7 RS4 estate and a Kangoo / Berlingo type thing.

Any thoughts?

[olly755]

L100NYY said:

Went to go look at this stunning SLR but now sold, loved it

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

>nods<

Although this is the Seven I keep dribbling over at the mo.



http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&alt=...

Decided the other day that if I ask Caterham nicely, they can build me a 620S with a Millington Diamond in it when my eight score draws come up.

[L100NYY]

Our mechanic has the most stunning TC engined 7.

Edited by L100NYY on Monday 4th July 23:27

[jeremyc]

olly755 said:

Although this is the Seven I keep dribbling over at the mo.



http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&alt=...

Decided the other day that if I ask Caterham nicely, they can build me a 620S with a Millington Diamond in it when my eight score draws come up.

Wheel, seat and wings fail for me, but all that can be fixed.

Superlight R FTW (as the kids say).

[Cheburator mk2]

Gruber said:

Evening all

Anyone fancy helping me with a "what car?" conundrum?

We're moving to Switzerland - Mrs Grubes has been offered a job out there (Geneva), the timing works and I quite fancy learning to ski. But this means the current fleet is being sold and we will start again out there. Everything is flippin' expensive in the land of the cuckoo clock, including road tax, insurance, servicing and used car prices.

We need two cars that combine the following characteristics: one of them needs to be big enough for family holidays, one of them needs to be au pair / grandparent friendly, one of them needs to be fun for me to explore mountain passes in, and it'd be helpful if at least one of them had 4wd.

I'm currently thinking the solution is a B7 RS4 estate and a Kangoo / Berlingo type thing.

Any thoughts?

Swiss car prices WERE cheaper, but thanks to our friends BoJo, Gove and Farage, are now on par. The good news for you is that the Swiss MOT is super strict compared to ours, so cars tend to be better looked after.

One thing which works for you is that Europe got plenty of X-drive models by BMW. Somehow they were allowed to build "fun" stuff like E46 330dX Tourings or E61 535dX Tourings, which would make for a great all round family car, while allowing you to explore something really bonkers for yourself. Have you realized that 996 GT3s can be had for about £50k equivalent after haggling?

[olly755]

jeremyc said:

Wheel, seat and wings fail for me, but all that can be fixed.

Superlight R FTW (as the kids say).

I know, needs Lotus Cortina steelies

Do like the 90's look though, the period at which I first starting to drool over Sevens.

[jeremyc]

olly755 said:

I know, needs Lotus Cortina steelies

Anything so long as they are 13" in diameter. I usually have covert meetings in car parks to transact wheels with the Loonster.

[jeremyc]

Gruber said:

We need two cars that combine the following characteristics: one of them needs to be big enough for family holidays, one of them needs to be au pair / grandparent friendly, one of them needs to be fun for me to explore mountain passes in, and it'd be helpful if at least one of them had 4wd.

I'm currently thinking the solution is a B7 RS4 estate and a Kangoo / Berlingo type thing.

Any thoughts?

Skodi Yeti Outdoor does the family/4WD duties, 996 GT3 for the mountains.

ETA: Yeti can be turned up to 300bhp.

[Scho]

braddo said:

Awesome. How were the traffic levels at the 'ring?

I was there weekend before last, Sunday was pretty busy 11 onwards, there was a 15 car pile up at around 2 which pretty much stopped play for us.

Going back weekend after next to pick up my 996 which decided to drop all its water 10mins outside Adenau. Not too devastated, new water pump and she's good as new. Plus the RAC are picking up the bill for the trip. Hapy days.



Excuse the stickers! Stag do :-s

[barchetta_boy]

braddo said:

Awesome. How were the traffic levels at the 'ring?

Quiet by 2016 standards but there were still 3 closures on saturday. The last couple of hours were very quiet though.

[TheRocket]

olly755 said:

>nods<

Although this is the Seven I keep dribbling over at the mo.



http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&alt=...

Decided the other day that if I ask Caterham nicely, they can build me a 620S with a Millington Diamond in it when my eight score draws come up.

As much as I'd love a Superlight R, I love the idea of a 90's Caterham with a Ford BDA and twin Webbers and I really like the old wings as change from the cycle wings they all have nowadays, good find

[Krikkit]

jeremyc said:

Gruber said:

We need two cars that combine the following characteristics: one of them needs to be big enough for family holidays, one of them needs to be au pair / grandparent friendly, one of them needs to be fun for me to explore mountain passes in, and it'd be helpful if at least one of them had 4wd.

I'm currently thinking the solution is a B7 RS4 estate and a Kangoo / Berlingo type thing.

Any thoughts?

Skodi Yeti Outdoor does the family/4WD duties, 996 GT3 for the mountains.

ETA: Yeti can be turned up to 300bhp.

IIRC it's still very awkward modifying cars in Switzerland...

[Leins]

Gruber said:

I'm currently thinking the solution is a B7 RS4 estate and a Kangoo / Berlingo type thing.

Any thoughts?

A6 Allroad & R26R?

[Diesel Meister]

Leins said:

Gruber said:

I'm currently thinking the solution is a B7 RS4 estate and a Kangoo / Berlingo type thing.

Any thoughts?

A6 Allroad & R26R?

Nice.

My vote is as follows:

1. Family duties: anything with 5 seats, AWD and not less than 150-200bhp per ton; plus
2. Fun stuff: something pork flavoured, maybe a 996/997 C2 or C4?

[Gruber]

Thanks for the thoughts, gents. The exchange rate has dropped further today (down from about 1.45 a few weeks ago to 1.27 now). At this rate I'll be lucky to keep my bicycle...

[Leins]

Been briefly chatting E30 Alpinas to DM on another thread, and one of these really needs to be in my life at some stage: