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

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

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Diesel Meister

2,044 posts

201 months

Friday 10th March 2017
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Gents, I think our collective geek is showing with all this rev-matching chat hehe Would tickles me most is the lack of queefism - i.e. mortals attempting to enjoy driving rather than the usual bravado. We must try harder!

brad - thumbup I'd not kick a 997 GT3 out of bed though wink

moose - That 996 is tasty as single malt on a winters eve. I even like the duck tail which I wasn't sure about to begin with on the 996. Those wheels and that drop are unequivocally fabulous though. Keep the stickers and leave the keys on the coffee table, ta.

Love a bit of judiciously weaponised oinky-oink.


s m

23,222 posts

203 months

Friday 10th March 2017
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Diesel Meister said:
Gents, I think our collective geek is showing with all this rev-matching chat hehe Would tickles me most is the lack of queefism - i.e. mortals attempting to enjoy driving rather than the usual bravado. We must try harder!

brad - thumbup I'd not kick a 997 GT3 out of bed though wink

moose - That 996 is tasty as single malt on a winters eve. I even like the duck tail which I wasn't sure about to begin with on the 996. Those wheels and that drop are unequivocally fabulous though. Keep the stickers and leave the keys on the coffee table, ta.

Love a bit of judiciously weaponised oinky-oink.
I don't think that pic does them any favours on my screen though as they look 'mismatched' front to back.

(I'm sure they look fine in real life)

TheRocket

1,512 posts

249 months

Friday 10th March 2017
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Looks great, just out of interest what is the cost to bring it up to this Spec ?

Diesel Meister

2,044 posts

201 months

Friday 10th March 2017
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TheRocket said:
Looks great, just out of interest what is the cost to bring it up to this Spec ?
Not cheap - full house looks like £20k on top of the car!

Still tasty, although I'd pass on any non-mechanical mods personally to save a few shekels (if possible), but the temptation of carbon bits is strong even if I'm less keen on the aero-kit skirts and air dam.

Patrick Bateman

12,175 posts

174 months

Friday 10th March 2017
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A nail in my tyre and now this on the way to work.



What is it about things coming in threes...

Diesel Meister

2,044 posts

201 months

Friday 10th March 2017
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On the clio? Ouch. One thing I'm not looking forward to in going back to an older car!

Patrick Bateman

12,175 posts

174 months

Friday 10th March 2017
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Aye.

AA man made a good temporary fix, doesn't sound like a 5" bore chav exhaust now.


Only phoned the garage this morning to book it in and investigate a blowing exhaust. hehe

Diesel Meister

2,044 posts

201 months

Friday 10th March 2017
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Patrick Bateman said:
Aye.

AA man made a good temporary fix, doesn't sound like a 5" bore chav exhaust now.


Only phoned the garage this morning to book it in and investigate a blowing exhaust. hehe
Typical! Totally blown exhaust I'd say! hehe

Good luck. Will be checking into thew Trophy forums to see if anything's going. got a nice VW Slowlo for anyone looking to trade down in terms of sass and up in terms of passenger door count, soft touch plastics, bluetooth and DAB hehe

John D.

17,840 posts

209 months

Friday 10th March 2017
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Patrick Bateman said:
Only phoned the garage this morning to book it in and investigate a blowing exhaust. hehe
The back box on my 172 Cup was 'just blowing' right up until it fell off on the way to get a replacement fitted. That was fun on the M3 for 15min!!

0a

23,900 posts

194 months

Friday 10th March 2017
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For you pork fans I must admit I rather fell in love with this today - 65k euros. What a colour!




Diesel Meister

2,044 posts

201 months

Friday 10th March 2017
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clap

Crook

6,754 posts

224 months

Saturday 11th March 2017
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65k E? Wow. Vey nice though.

Crook

6,754 posts

224 months

Saturday 11th March 2017
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Not sure if this is anywhere on PH but was sent a link by younger bro'.
Is mental which would make it perfect for those summer Euro race jaunts.

900bhp RV

Happy Camper




John D.

17,840 posts

209 months

Saturday 11th March 2017
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Yes!!

gowmonster

2,471 posts

167 months

Sunday 12th March 2017
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the engine pic above is that the new engine or the old engine, i only see this in their blog as the new engine


however it does look like a blower ontop of an LS motor.

Crook

6,754 posts

224 months

Sunday 12th March 2017
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No idea re block. The article I read showed the green one but I think any blown V8 is a good V8 smile

Patrick Bateman

12,175 posts

174 months

Sunday 12th March 2017
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Patrick Bateman said:
A nail in my tyre and now this on the way to work.



What is it about things coming in threes...
True to form, have a Boxster spring. Thunder.


Patrick Bateman

12,175 posts

174 months

Sunday 12th March 2017
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Yes, going by the service book.

It had rear springs replaced at 60k miles (nudging 76k now).

Know of any good online sources for OEM springs? Can barely find anything.

Edited by Patrick Bateman on Sunday 12th March 21:24

ATM

18,281 posts

219 months

Monday 13th March 2017
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Is that brarn on the mirrors and wheel centres???

GraemeP

770 posts

229 months

Monday 13th March 2017
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How do - a Monday teaser you good internet folk may feel inclined to indulge me with. I've never spent more than £15k on buying a car, but may be in a position to realise one of my bucket list ownership experiences. At present the ultimate goal (997 Turbo or GT3/S) is still out of reach (they've all shot up as well), so I want my first M car. I can spend up to £27-30k, and fancy a late competition pack, DCT M3. Is it worth thinking about borrowing £10k to get into an M4? I need to think a little about resale in a few years, possibly to make the Porsche dream real.

Also, if I find a private M3 in the south (Guildford area), is there anyone recommended to do inspections, and ways to get warranty with value??
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