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

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Continued from here.

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LHD said:

Hello everyone

What are you currently smoking about in?

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LHD said:

You still driving that other orange thing?

And the yellow thing. And the blue one. And the silver one. And the new snot green thing.

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I also discovered yesterday that my offices are next to the Frazer Nash Archives



It was a lovely place to have a quick look around. Very tweedy. Very Loon.

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L100NYY said:

Frazer Nash Le Mans Rep is one of my all time favourite cars

They had a working party when I visited restoring factory service records (mostly getting rid of grubby, oily finger prints ).

The factory saved costs by typing the service records on the back of old cut up promotional cards and posters.

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LHD said:

Snot green thing?

How the Falkirk do you fit in that???

It is surprisingly capacious. None of this modern safety tat to cart around, taking up space and adding weight.

My passenger here (the Beaker lookalike ) is well over 6'5".

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LHD said:

Ones new chariot.

Seems to be missing some braaaahn. Is it in the interior?

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Beefmeister said:

I can report that despite their best efforts, even JLR's chassis wizards can't make a 2-tonne SUV on 22" alloys ride well.



I did hope given how well the XE-S rides on 20's, but I guess the odds were stacked against them on this one.

Awaits big cat/pussy jokes.

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braddo said:

I had a track evening at snetterton today, just realised that the last time I was there was the royal wedding weekend when I met a bunch of threadists, as organised by V8mate.

Whilst V8mate is clearly old enough, PH wasn't even around in 1981.



Sounds like a fun evening.

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ATM said:

anonymous said:

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I seem to have forgotten the cramped driving position for gentlemen a little over 6 foot 1. Good reminder.

Left hooker might fix that for you.*

*6'3" former LHD 996 owner.

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Pulse said:

My head's all over the place. Help me threadists!

S1 Elise



Don't limit yourself to a hatch as the second car, go for something much more practical.

RS4 Avant

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ATM said:

I had a B6 S4. I found it a bit boring. Perhaps if I expand... I found the ride quite hard and the steering quite understeery. Is the RS that much better-er?

I haven't driven the B6 S4 so can't make a direct comparison, but the RS4 has a rear-biased split to the 4WD so hopefully is a little less understeery (it can certainly be oversteery if provoked ); the ride can seem hard but is very well controlled with the DRC dishing up some very capable handling, especially when the going gets twisty - did the S4 have DRC?

There's only one real answer: go try one.

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tenfour said:

Well, today I want this:

And I have absolutely no idea why.

Step away from the polished rimz.

And hand your Thread card in at the door.

The sun has clearly got to you ...

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In fact if you're going to do it, go the whole hog.

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Leins said:

Still quite like the RS2 also :

Leins said:

(Apologies in advance to those who aren't interested in this stuff, I really do need to keep my inner car nerd in check sometimes wink)

Is this where we challenge you to name all the Porsche parts fitted to the RS2?

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ManOpener said:

From memory, it was:

Wheels
Brake disks and calipers
Hubs (PCD is Porsche, not Audi)
Wing mirrors
Steering wheel.

The Turbocharger was a KKK one, but was also used on something Porsche. I can't remember what.
The inlet manifold was badged "powered by Porsche", but wasn't actually a Porsche item I don't think

Injectors, exhaust (I think) cam, exhaust system in general, intercooler, water pump, airbox and ECU were unique.

Wheels are the trick part of the question: they're not exactly the same as Porsche Cups - the 'ole in the middle is a different size.

Other bits include: wing mirrors, and I believe front fog light and indicators.

Edited by jeremyc on Thursday 4th August 16:18

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Output Flange said:

It's easy to get distracted by the tactility of something like an Elise's steering and forget that, for a daily driver, you spend a significant amount of time in contact with the ancillary features. The Germans tend towards above-averageness in this regard, but it's the French who really go to town - the delightful suppleness of the rear-window lockout switch's return motion in a 2002 Laguna is merely a single example of where Jean-Pierre's understanding of the importance of the secondary controls can be observed.

Talking of which I saw the perfect Flangio Wagon at Goodwood on Sunday: a 1969 Renault 4 in badly touched-up burgundy'n'rust. With a straight through side exit exhaust.

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jeremyc said:

alking of which I saw the perfect Flangio Wagon at Goodwood on Sunday: a 1969 Renault 4 in badly touched-up burgundy'n'rust. With a straight through side exit exhaust.

Mais oui!

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Patrick Bateman said:

What's the etiquette for getting input into my for sale advert here without just appearing to try and advertise the thing?

What input do you need?

General advice is the use the classifieds to gauge the right price. If it isn't selling, then it is too expensive.

ETA: it doesn't appear to be advertised here on PH, so first step is to put it up for sale.

You might also consider removing some of your 'My Garage' comments ...

Edited by jeremyc on Friday 12th August 14:05