The East Anglia Spotted Thread

[B'stard Child]

woodytype S said:

terenceb said:

I 8 the rear styling.

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I assumed some attempt at txt spk to say I Hate the i8.( well the rear view anyway)

[slippery]

B'stard Child said:

I assumed some attempt at txt spk to say I Hate the i8.( well the rear view anyway)

I think it's bold, but I don't hate it. The i8 styling was best summed up by whoever said it looks like it's just driven straight off the set of Tron.

[ziontrain]

and it's stting out a 911 :P

[threesixty]

Looks awful in my opinion, it's going to look even worse in a few years.

Great deal if you own your own business though, company directors sports car of choice I reckon!

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ziontrain said:

and it's stting out a 911 :P

The uprated version, called i9 in most circles, will probably do that for real.

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threesixty said:

Looks awful in my opinion, it's going to look even worse in a few years.

Great deal if you own your own business though, company directors sports car of choice I reckon!

That was my man maths justification. I certainly don't think it looks awful, although I do accept it divides opinion, which is to be expected.
As you say, it makes great financial sense in certain circumstances, which just happen to be mine. When I did the maths on the tax paid money I was going to have to spend on the alternatives as a personal purchase, even though I wanted a used 12C, the BMW was a fraction of that price when bought as a company car. I expect to be upgrading it to the much hinted at i9 at the first opportunity, as long as they manage to pull off a similarly impressive set of emissions figures, to allow the existing company purchase financial benefits to remain in place.

[Puddenchucker]

Just spotted an i8 in Bowthorpe. Despite the fact it was black, my eyes were drawn to it - distinctive styling but still recognisable as a BMW. I was undecided over it's looks before, but now I've seen one in the metal, I like it.

The Tron reference made a few posts up is apt.

[ChrisChros87]

Seen a few i8s about now.

Saw a white MP4 in Norton on Friday morning then Ford Raptor in Woolpit a few minutes later.

[thainy77]

I saw the Coopers i8 this morning, i quite like the look of them but i don't know how well they will age.

[thainy77]

I saw the Coopers i8 this morning, i quite like the look of them but i don't know how well they will age.

[slippery]

The front profile looks very much like a modern take on the M1.

[Rob197]

Yellow 911 and a lotus carlton going under the bridge as I was leaving snetterton today about 2

[Konan]

I spotted sticker on a white 7/Caterham style car on track at Snetterton today.

And a few other members loitering around

[jayemm89]

White litchfield BMW e90 m3 at McDonald's on the a428 today, sounded ace.

[iluvmercs]

Rob197 said:

Yellow 911 and a lotus carlton going under the bridge as I was leaving snetterton today about 2

Tut! Tut! You should also noticed the rest of us, too!

We were all heading up to AT Power after a lovely lunch in Larling

Darren

[MrML]

I think my first 'sticker' spotted this morning - nice red Fiesta ST (with grey wheels & a private plate I think) on the Norwich ring road.

[kamilb1998]

Spotted a smiley on the back of a 335i I followed near the UEA in city this morning.

[steve954]

MrML said:

I think my first 'sticker' spotted this morning - nice red Fiesta ST (with grey wheels & a private plate I think) on the Norwich ring road.

That could be kidders in his orange st

[Kidders]

Wasn't me.

[KelWedge]

A nice TVR Chim going thro Harleston this morning, just as I got home.