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

[CharlesdeGaulle]

Leins said:

I've never really been much of a Jag fan, except when it comes to the XJS. That XJR-S, or even better a Lister, would be rather nice!

I've got one and they are wonderful things.



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

[Leins]

No probs braddo!

Some serious E28 pics there Sutts. Looking forward to reading that

CharlesdeGaulle said:

I've got one and they are wonderful things.



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

Oooff! Loving that

[ATM]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/262588012073

[S3_Graham]

I actually like the wheels.. the rest is a bit interesting though!

[ATM]

Back to Hot Caymans or a home brewed Cayman R. If I got myself a vanilla Cayman S gen 2 and added some buckets, coil overs and ARB's is that it?

[Pulse]

olly22n said:

anonymous said:

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Boom!

September 24th?

I'm not here - gutted. You chaps enjoy though! (Alternatively, 25th, the Sunday, is free for me)

[braddo]

ATM said:

Back to Hot Caymans or a home brewed Cayman R. If I got myself a vanilla Cayman S gen 2 and added some buckets, coil overs and ARB's is that it?

Would've thought it will be pretty close. LSD? Perhaps aim for as basic spec as possible to keep the weight down (did the R get lighter doors to trim the weight a bit?).

[E24man]

ATM said:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/262588012073

[Patrick Bateman]

All this talk of R's and tweaks, pah, back down to earth, new arrival-



Just had a grand spent on it at Motortune, not sure how big the seller's margin was...

Options include steering wheel, gear lever and folding roof.

Did think the gearing was a bit long initially but it turns out it's probably the easiest car to heel and toe that I've driven. Combined with the fact that the engine feels just as at home at 6000rpm as it does at 3000rpm means you don't feel like you're killing it using 2nd all the time.

Edited by Patrick Bateman on Friday 2nd September 12:41

[Patrick Bateman]

Heated seats and cruise control are the two that I'd really want. At least cruise control can be retrofitted.

[ferrisbueller]

Not seen one of these for a while.

Quite the sleeper.

[ferrisbueller]

Am I the only threadist who has never owned/doesn't own a Porsche?

[E24man]

ferrisbueller said:

Am I the only threadist who has never owned/doesn't own a Porsche?

No.

[Pulse]

ferrisbueller said:

Am I the only threadist who has never owned/doesn't own a Porsche?

Nope, no Porsche for me (yet). Waiting to see if they make a 718 GT4.

[ManOpener]

S3_Graham said:

I actually like the wheels.. the rest is a bit interesting though!

Ditch the silly ride height and air, and pinstripes, and belts, and I like that a lot.
So, basically make it a standard 840ci with nice seats and wheels...

[ferrisbueller]

olly22n said:

ferrisbueller said:

Am I the only threadist who has never owned/doesn't own a Porsche?

Yes.

Get out.

[ATM]

olly22n said:

E24man said:

ferrisbueller said:

Am I the only threadist who has never owned/doesn't own a Porsche?

No.

You too.

Dont worry. Some people in here might have Porsches but dont consider themselves yet a true threadist - just casual observers.

[Leins]

ferrisbueller said:

Not seen one of these for a while.

Quite the sleeper.

Had nearly forgotten about those. Never seen one in the flesh, but remember a test BMWCar did back in the day against a 3.4 B3S and think they quite liked it. Not so sure about the whole "appreciating" thing though


As an aside, I visited Schnitzer Motorsport a number of years ago. Well worth seeing if you're down Munich way

[MattOz]

olly22n said:

E24man said:

ferrisbueller said:

Am I the only threadist who has never owned/doesn't own a Porsche?

No.

You too.

Me neither. I'll get my coat.

[ATM]

anonymous said:

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Maybe the standard S will be good enough as is. And hopefully different enough to the 981 to warrant the extra car purchase. I'm hoping manual and the different rack will swing it. I've never driven a Cayman anyway. Test drives next.