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

[7ss]

rejn said:

I also found myself being briefly drawn to this Subaru for £2,650


What do we think?

Recently picked up a similar legacy estate as a cheap runaround for the wife. Really been impressed with it. Barely feels run in at 100k. Still looks respectable, a great workhorse & not a bad drive. 5 star shedding.

[L100NYY]

Hell. Yes.

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

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This looks a hoot for not a lot of money

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C635673

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[olly755]

L100NYY said:

Hell. Yes.

First 911 I ever drove, back in the late nineties. Father had an identical RHD one in grey with some nice factory RS bits. Got some pics somewhere. Accustomed to Imprezas, I nearly put it off over a big drop on the Cat 'n Fiddle. Nice introduction to 911's. I chose not to tell him. It's in HK now: current owner has done a neat little promotion job (with some expansion of the truth) to ensure his investment is probably the most prolific (and therefore valuable) example of all.

Old boy sold it around the millennium with a 4 figure mileage, for around £38k IIRC. I've chosen not to show him that ad.

[L100NYY]

Nice introduction to driving some Pork Olly

[rejn]

L100NYY said:

Hell. Yes.

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

It does look lovely and I remember watching these at £30-40k thinking they had investment potential, but are they really £200k+ cars these days?
Maybe they are, but wow.

[L100NYY]

On the subject of current unobtanium......this weeks desire;

[MattHall91]

L100NYY said:

On the subject of current unobtanium......this weeks desire;

Oh yes, the blue one!

[illmonkey]

Whats with the blue ones plate, not real, surely?

[Alfa numeric]

illmonkey said:

Whats with the blue ones plate, not real, surely?

I think that's Flemke's, in which case I'm guessing the magazine he leant it to has manipulated the photo to protect his privacy.

[L100NYY]

illmonkey said:

Whats with the blue ones plate, not real, surely?

False plates for Evo's shoot

[ferrisbueller]

Alfa numeric said:

illmonkey said:

Whats with the blue ones plate, not real, surely?

I think that's Flemke's, in which case I'm guessing the magazine he leant it to has manipulated the photo to protect his privacy.

You could start a thread to ask him?

[illmonkey]

ferrisbueller said:

Alfa numeric said:

illmonkey said:

Whats with the blue ones plate, not real, surely?

I think that's Flemke's, in which case I'm guessing the magazine he leant it to has manipulated the photo to protect his privacy.

You could start a thread to ask him?

Nah, probably won't get a reply.

[Beefmeister]

L100NYY said:

On the subject of current unobtanium......this weeks desire;

Seems apt to post this. Have spent a fair bit of time with Gavin (TurboTeriffic9 on here) and his F1 after I found he lived about 2miles down the road from me. He's taken me out in it a few times and by God it's every bit as incredible as I hoped, especially with its new sports exhaust from McLaren. I actually think the passengers get a better aural experience as they're closer to the engine and intake.



Been out in its garage mate too. Possibly the best two car collection I could imagine, even though there's an Eagle E-Type, Merc 190SL Roadster, Ferrari FF etc as well....

[F1GTRUeno]

The F1 will always be the ultimate for me, a 90's child and a McLaren fan.

That engine will go down in history as one of the greatest things man ever created.

[L100NYY]

iirc offside passenger gets the best noise experience

[Crook]

I have a ticket for Saturday's Silverstone Classic but I am now unable to go. It's up for grabs for £55 plus registered post cost. Please pm me if anyone is interested. Tickets are now £62.

Thanks

[bungle]

I seem to be obsessing about getting a 350z at the moment. Dug out an old brochure (when I was toying with getting one new in 2006), looked up an Evo review in my old magazine stash, shot off a couple of emails to dealer just now. Maybe it's the 2 glasses of (very nice) red, but they've been on my mind for a while now. Not that I need another car, got 2 already...

Any experiences, anything to look out for in a now 10 yr old 350z?

[dom9]

Just checking back in as we were discussing the 545/550i a few pages back and my 545i SE Touring.

I had a full cat-back built by these guys, yesterday: http://www.profusioncustoms.com/

Absolutely epic! I am literally in love! Still virtually silent on a motorway cruise with no drone whatsoever but it's quite deep and menacing slowly accelerating from low revs and really howls when you floor it.

The best mod I have done to any car, by far. I am loving pulling up at the lights and hearing the exhaust play a tune as the 'box shuffles down the gears. Absolutely magical. Need to get a sound clip up but it's not so easy on your own!

My mate (not into cars but previously owned a V8V) said "love the sound of your engine" last night and I just took it over to my Dad's who said it "sounds like a race car". Now I want a 550i Saloon for when I don't have the dog with me!

[rejn]

Beefmeister said:

Oh. My. God.

As 2 car pairings go, I'd struggle to think of anything to beat that. You could swap the 250GTO out for a DB4GT Zagato maybe, but that it just incredible.

I really should have worked harder at school...!

[Ali2202]

rejn said:

Oh. My. God.

As 2 car pairings go, I'd struggle to think of anything to beat that. You could swap the 250GTO out for a DB4GT Zagato maybe, but that it just incredible.

I really should have worked harder at school...!

Think that's a 250 SWB. No?