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

[LHD]

rejn said:

LHD said:

So after many difficulties with the Boxster living on the street and it been damaged 4 times in 4 months i've decided to change it for something a bit more discreet.

Current thoughts:



http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2016...

Mountune short shift kit £165 fitted, well worth it seemingly.

Opinions?

The same price would get you into a 3 year old mk7 Golf GTI. I didn't drive the focus though as our last Ford was stolen a few weeks ago and the police specifically advised me that Fords are being targeted (easy to steal apparently now that thieves have software to get round the car security) in our neck of the wood.

Thing is, i can buy a 15-plate ST facelift for about £16k with Nav trade and the Golf doesn't blow my frock up as much as a fast Ford does.

[jeremyc]

olly22n said:

I'm bored.

Any good project/restoration threads you can recommend?

I don't mind be it house/car whatever, needs to have lots of pictures!

Have you seen GetCarter's house build site?

If you get bored with that he's also got lots of cute fluffy dogs and pine martens.

[olly755]

olly22n said:

I'm bored.

Any good project/restoration threads you can recommend?

I don't mind be it house/car whatever, needs to have lots of pictures!

Read mine only if you're really bored.

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

Not as palatial as some, but very much built and not bought.

[ferrisbueller]

Output Flange said:

jeremyc said:

Bash-friendly cushions at the ready.

Has that got the quickshift kit fitted?

[jeremyc]

Dimma 205GTI

Passat shed

[rejn]

olly755 said:

olly22n said:

I'm bored.

Any good project/restoration threads you can recommend?

I don't mind be it house/car whatever, needs to have lots of pictures!

Read mine only if you're really bored.

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

Not as palatial as some, but very much built and not bought.

Wow. Very impressive Olly. I Wish I could make and fix stuff like that.

[L100NYY]

LHD said:

So after many difficulties with the Boxster living on the street and it been damaged 4 times in 4 months i've decided to change it for something a bit more discreet.

Current thoughts:



http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2016...

Mountune short shift kit £165 fitted, well worth it seemingly.

Opinions?

My Mother has a new one of these and I have driven it a bit and it is a fantastic bit of kit. Maybe not as focused as RenaultSport thingamy nor as hewn from granite as Golf GTI but it sits very nicely in the middle imo.

I would.

[Patrick Bateman]

LHD said:

Been driven into three times and got keyed on Wednesday. Of the three times it's been driven into not one of them left a note.

What a bks.

The worst I've had in the Boxster so far is a 12 year old shouting 'fanny!' at me. On balance, I'll take it.

[ferrisbueller]

rejn said:

olly755 said:

olly22n said:

I'm bored.

Any good project/restoration threads you can recommend?

I don't mind be it house/car whatever, needs to have lots of pictures!

Read mine only if you're really bored.

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

Not as palatial as some, but very much built and not bought.

Wow. Very impressive Olly. I Wish I could make and fix stuff like that.

Ditto.

Phenomenal.

[Gompo]

olly22n said:

I'm bored.

Any good project/restoration threads you can recommend?

I don't mind be it house/car whatever, needs to have lots of pictures!

I don't generally read many project/rides threads, but this is my favourite

http://m.retrorides.proboards.com/thread/37171/xbo...

However, you may need to appreciate the lower end of the automotive sphere from the late 70s onwards to enjoy it.

[twizellb]

Patrick Bateman said:

What a bks.

The worst I've had in the Boxster so far is a 12 year old shouting 'fanny!' at me. On balance, I'll take it.

I had a few instances of this when I had mine too sadly.

[ferrisbueller]

LHD said:

So after many difficulties with the Boxster living on the street and it been damaged 4 times in 4 months i've decided to change it for something a bit more discreet.

This is horrible and an all too familiar set of circumstances. I wonder whether such behaviours are the reserve of our fair Isles? I've long been off the mindset that nice things can't be left out where the great unwashed can get to it. I've seen people climbing on complete strangers cars for pictures at car shows because they felt "that's why they're here", brolleys scraped down the flanks of cars, a woman wheeled her suitcase in to one of my cars transfixed on the conversation she was having about shoes with the woman behind her........the list goes on.

Not being able to have, or enjoy, nice things because other people ruin it really is one of life's st tricks.

[jeremyc]

Another couple of snaps to make rejn's wait even more difficult.

[rejn]

looking very nice indeed!!!

[jeremyc]

In other Aston news, saw the 'plate 'V8' today on a proper V8 Vantage.

Proper old school chap driving as well.

ETA: Ha! The power of t'interweb.

Edited by jeremyc on Saturday 8th October 23:31

[Output Flange]

That's bloody lovely, irrespective of plate.

In my head (and without bothering to Google) they've got about 300bhp. Now there's the Aston-MB tie-up, I like the idea of the last gen 63 lump in that body.

[NomduJour]

olly22n said:

Output Flange said:

That's bloody lovely, irrespective of plate.

In my head (and without bothering to Google) they've got about 300bhp. Now there's the Aston-MB tie-up, I like the idea of the last gen 63 lump in that body.

I would go one further and have that donkey and then have it eagle-fied (if such a thing could happen)

RSW 7 litre can make over 500 bhp, or sick a V550/600 Vantage engine.

[braddo]

Mmm, a DBS on the later wheels.

[L100NYY]

DBS is such a handsome ol' thing

[Output Flange]

anonymous said:

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At least he's changed the angle of the shots so as not to have the housing estate in the background.