Stablemate to the chim?

[phazed]

TV8 said:

how about a mondeo st220 or what ever they are called? V6 and will handle well

I was just looking at the ST smoker and thought I'd have a peak at the 220!

[QBee]

phazed said:

TV8 said:

how about a mondeo st220 or what ever they are called? V6 and will handle well

I was just looking at the ST smoker and thought I'd have a peak at the 220!

ST Smoker?
Is that the STD?
Such a suitable name.....

[phazed]

TV8 said:

how about a mondeo st220 or what ever they are called? V6 and will handle well

I was just looking at the ST smoker and thought I'd have a peak at the 220!

[TV8]

They are fairly rare. One advert calls them an investment..

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2015...

[macdeb]

phazed said:

http://www2.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

http://www2.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

What am I looking at!

Crap.

[Rib]

just got my sister and her other half 2 alfas, a 159 and GT, both lovely cars. love the 159 for a modern car, still feels quite sporty to sit in. didnt realise they did a 4wd version too. the 2.4 is pretty quick and very tuneable. plus they look so much better than ANYTHING else.

[phazed]

macdeb said:

phazed said:

http://www2.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

http://www2.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

What am I looking at!

Crap.

You say crap but unbelievably my old remapped MK1 held its own on a Pistonheads early morning run against Exiges, Porsches etc.

In fact I've never driven so slow, not! On pubic roads...............................actually bottomed out at 120 grams per acres.

[QBee]

phazed said:

..............................actually bottomed out at 120 grams per acres.

is this Pistonheads or Farmers' Weekly?


Are we blaming the Iprod or the Cabernet Sauvignon?

[Topper_Harley]

Keep up Anthony. It's all about fathoms per furlong these days!

[QBee]

phazed said:

.............. held its own on a Pistonheads early morning run against Exiges, Porsches etc.

.................

That explains what I have been seeing on the A1 at 6 am.......Audi and BMW drivers doing 85-95 mph with only one hand on the wheel....

Clearly they were holding their own.....

[Hoofy]

Cars I owned during my Chimaera ownership:
-Cinquecento Sporting
-Mondeo something
-Skyline GTS-T
-200SX 1.8 Turbo

People did ask why I had the latter cars when I had a TVR.

[phazed]

Or

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

[griffdude]

phazed said:

Or

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

That's in Northern Ireland.

How about this with less than 1/2 mileage, local(ish) & you'll get it for 7k.

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

[QBee]

phazed said:

Or

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

For what you want the car for daily driver-wise, that makes a lot of sense, and would probably be quite a lot of fun on a monsoon track day, as well as on the Surrey twisties.
Do check that the semi-auto gear box works fast enough - all the so called tiptronic boxes I have had on auto Audis, Mercs etc have been woefully slow. The Merc was the worst - fully 4 seconds from selection to cog swap. Not good for a £40,000+ car

[griffdude]

Considered one of these?

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

[Alexdaredevils]

griffdude said:

Considered one of these?

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

Best suggestion by mile!

I've been reading some really terrible suggestions

That particular one is a real minter

Edited by Alexdaredevils on Wednesday 29th July 23:07

[phazed]

Alexdaredevils said:

griffdude said:

Considered one of these?

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

Best suggestion by mile!

I've been reading some really terrible suggestions

That particular one is a real minter

Edited by Alexdaredevils on Wednesday 29th July 23:07

That does look really good...........

[phazed]

After a fleeting dance with a stand in daily driver, a Vel Satis, (don't smirk laugh or mention it) I found the perfect car for peanuts.

Here's an exert from the add on fleabay;


2003, 171820 miles but still using so will change,I

Last 6 years has been all motorway driving and drives perfectly more like a 50k car.

MOT runs out June 9th 2016,


Climate control with ice cold air con,


cruise control


electric windows x 4


electric sunroof


remote locking and 2 full keys.


HUGE Boot..


Fast and smooth car.


has bilstien b8 dampers all round with h&r 20mm lowering springs (still goes over all speed bumps I have encountered)


eds tuning single mass lightweight flywheel


eibach front and rear anti roll bars wolfrace alloy wheels (standard size)


skoda headlight protectors


miltek cat back stainless exhaust, nice sound not loud.


forge motorsport 007p dump valve, again not to loud.


piper cross panel filter


minted 1144 brake pads on the front wheels,


Tyres on front wheels are 2 months old (continental sport contact 5 all round),


cat is about 1 year old,


windscreen is 8 weeks old,


drivers side rear caliper is 8 weeks old.


Car has sun roof, working climate control, genuine skoda cruise control and genuine vrs floor mats in the whole car.


Service history with car, never skimped on maintaining car.


drives as it should, in excellent condition all round in every way.


really has been looked after and the miles are from long motorway drives. does not look or feel like its done even half those miles...








Only been out for a 40 mile spin today but it is as tight as a drum and goes like stink!

Having had my old vRS mapped, I reckon this has been as well.

The body hasn't any scratches, dings or rust.

And the price, ......................................£999.00

[fatboychim]

That does look good, although I can't believe you haven't looked at one of these Peter

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2015...

Admittedly 5x the price but asthetically 5x better looking. IMHO

Edited to say sorry I didn't read properly, you have already bought it, a little late for suggestions now me thinks.

Edited by fatboychim on Sunday 20th September 07:52

[phazed]

Nice but as you say, price x 5,

It's not just the price, at the drop of a hat you could take this on a wet track dsy and leave the chim at home.

It's very comfortable and on my short initial run averaged a tad under 40mpg according to the on board computer.