The Best ///M/Barge/General Rant/Look at this/O/T(Vol XVIII)
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ATM said:
ferrisbueller said:
ferrisbueller said:
Gents, tyre time again. Lots of recent additions to the market and a few older stalwarts. Not a believer in scrimping on tyres but looking at some significant price variations now.
Short list includes
Dunlop Sport Maxx £75
Bridgestone Potenza RE050 £75
Michelin PS4 £90
Good Year Eagle F1 Assymetric 3 £75
Continental Sport Contact 5 £85
Any thoughts? Any must avoids?
The Yokohama 105 is about the same price as the Michelin as far as I can see. I'm not adverse to trying a set. No mention of the Dunplop. Are they poo?Short list includes
Dunlop Sport Maxx £75
Michelin PS4 £90
Good Year Eagle F1 Assymetric 3 £75
Continental Sport Contact 5 £85
Any thoughts? Any must avoids?
Patrick Bateman said:
What car is it on? I would say, how often is Michelin's latest high performance tyre anything other than one of the best couple available?
Factor in wear vs. the Continental- which is meant to be very poor on the SC5, it'd be a no brainer for me at £5 a tyre dearer.
Mundane BMW.Factor in wear vs. the Continental- which is meant to be very poor on the SC5, it'd be a no brainer for me at £5 a tyre dearer.
Ends up being £15 a corner based on much interneting.
I take your point though.
louiebaby said:
I'm just smarting at the appreciation of my former fleet members. 
TVR Cerbera: £30K+
DB7 Vantage: £45K
GT3: £70K+
RS2: £80K
Still, at least I still have a Defender.
Talking of Listers......
I spotted this in the paddock at Brands last weekend;
And a couple of other spots including a rare sighting of two Alfasud Sprints in the same place (mine is on the right, I think that the other one belongs to one of the marshalls), I think possibly my old R400 and a 2002 the same as my old one....
I spotted this in the paddock at Brands last weekend;
And a couple of other spots including a rare sighting of two Alfasud Sprints in the same place (mine is on the right, I think that the other one belongs to one of the marshalls), I think possibly my old R400 and a 2002 the same as my old one....
dave-the-diver said:
Gents,
Went out looking at somber, restrained FFRR Autobiographies in the £50k range. One or two nice cars out there.
Mrs D-T-D then fell absolutely in love with DKR over DKR 3.0 diesel Cayenne.
http://www.saxton4x4.co.uk/used/4x4/porsche/cayenn...
It is really a bit, umm, sudden.
But that aside, knowing nothing about these, does it have all the right bits (donkey excepted).
Thoughts?
David
Love the exterior, not so convinced on the red on the interior.Went out looking at somber, restrained FFRR Autobiographies in the £50k range. One or two nice cars out there.
Mrs D-T-D then fell absolutely in love with DKR over DKR 3.0 diesel Cayenne.
http://www.saxton4x4.co.uk/used/4x4/porsche/cayenn...
It is really a bit, umm, sudden.
But that aside, knowing nothing about these, does it have all the right bits (donkey excepted).
Thoughts?
David
Know nothing about the right bits to have, sorry.
anonymous said:
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WTF.Good though the Spyder is supposed to be, that makes little or no sense to me, limited supply or otherwise. It's also a PDK which seems fairly pointless in a car that is supposedly about a driving package that majors on simplicity and tactility (and with a nice Spanish option). Choice is good but a £70k Box is taking the pesh imo.
I am clearly a cheapskate
dave-the-diver said:
Gents,
Went out looking at somber, restrained FFRR Autobiographies in the £50k range. One or two nice cars out there.
Mrs D-T-D then fell absolutely in love with DKR over DKR 3.0 diesel Cayenne.
http://www.saxton4x4.co.uk/used/4x4/porsche/cayenn...
It is really a bit, umm, sudden.
But that aside, knowing nothing about these, does it have all the right bits (donkey excepted).
Thoughts?
David
Research the seller!Went out looking at somber, restrained FFRR Autobiographies in the £50k range. One or two nice cars out there.
Mrs D-T-D then fell absolutely in love with DKR over DKR 3.0 diesel Cayenne.
http://www.saxton4x4.co.uk/used/4x4/porsche/cayenn...
It is really a bit, umm, sudden.
But that aside, knowing nothing about these, does it have all the right bits (donkey excepted).
Thoughts?
David
A hot and sunny weekend close to the summer solstice - an early blat into the countryside beckoned.
I was in the car at 5:30am, the first drive since parking it up after the Silverstone track day a few weeks ago so it's still covered in splattered insects, the wheels are covered in brake dust and melted rubber, tyre pressures are too low and some of the melted rubber/marbles from the track day are still on the tyres. There are slightly odd sounds as they gradually detach from the tyres over the first 10-15 miles. I put some air in the tyres while sipping a rubbish service station coffee.
Once I get out into the countryside the high contrast between sun and shade from the dense foliage is made worse by the bug splattered windscreen so I have to stop again and scrub the windscreen by hand. There is the occasional cyclist out and they're worryingly hard to see in the shady bits. As I'm cleaning the windscreen a couple of convoys of Dub-scene cars go past. I wonder if I'll see more as I head towards Goodwood and sure enough there's some sort of event there today.
There are some nicely done cars (not all VAG group) scattered in amongst all these scene cars queueing up to get in, but there's definitely a theme of excessive lowering and comedy wheel camber. I follow a Lupo briefly on the way down and the rear wheels have probably 5-7 degrees of negative camber and the wheel rims are sitting completely proud of the tyres.
Oh well, at least there are still some young guys into their cars. And it certainly didn't dilute the fun of quiet, twisty country roads on a beautiful summer's morning.
I was in the car at 5:30am, the first drive since parking it up after the Silverstone track day a few weeks ago so it's still covered in splattered insects, the wheels are covered in brake dust and melted rubber, tyre pressures are too low and some of the melted rubber/marbles from the track day are still on the tyres. There are slightly odd sounds as they gradually detach from the tyres over the first 10-15 miles. I put some air in the tyres while sipping a rubbish service station coffee.
Once I get out into the countryside the high contrast between sun and shade from the dense foliage is made worse by the bug splattered windscreen so I have to stop again and scrub the windscreen by hand. There is the occasional cyclist out and they're worryingly hard to see in the shady bits. As I'm cleaning the windscreen a couple of convoys of Dub-scene cars go past. I wonder if I'll see more as I head towards Goodwood and sure enough there's some sort of event there today.
There are some nicely done cars (not all VAG group) scattered in amongst all these scene cars queueing up to get in, but there's definitely a theme of excessive lowering and comedy wheel camber. I follow a Lupo briefly on the way down and the rear wheels have probably 5-7 degrees of negative camber and the wheel rims are sitting completely proud of the tyres.
Oh well, at least there are still some young guys into their cars. And it certainly didn't dilute the fun of quiet, twisty country roads on a beautiful summer's morning.
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