Biggest car upgrades you have seen...

[TopGear7]

Driving around your local area you become familiar with certain cars you see everyday / most days. Recently I've encountered two pretty monumental car upgrades (I know it's the same people due to the same private plates on the new cars)

The first is a guy I see daily as he lives not too far who has upgraded from a previous shape diesel C Class Mercedes to a Maserati QP.

Second is a guy who I've seen driving an Audi A3 diesel for about 2 years who has recently upgraded to an R8!


Anyone else witnessed similar?

[kayzee]

Lady in my road has just gone from a bog standard 2007 Megane to a 2012 S3!

Guy a few roads away has gone from an R8 to a Bently CGT Convertable what was he thinking...

[englisharcher]

Guy I work with, went from no car, to V8 Range Rover classic.

[AnimalMkIV]

I went from a lhd Smart ForTwo to a MkIV Supra

[TameRacingDriver]

Probably not the biggest, but I went from a 2000 Clio 172 to a 2006 350Z Roadster GT this week.

My mate went from a Pug 206 diesel to an E36 328 Sport.

Other than that, most people just go from one generation of dull car to the next.

[Riknos]

I remember the last time this post was around - My friend posted in that so wonder if he'll post in this

He went from a 1.3 Fiesta to an E46 M3 - bit of a jump!

[stewjohnst]

I went from a grands worth of Mk3 Prelude to a new BMW 520d last year...shame really as I was enjoying myself playing bangernomics with gap cars till the company mule arrived.

[Codswallop]

Neighbour has been making good use of the cheap Mercedes-Benz lease deals lately - went from 1.8T Audi A5 and 53 plate Mini Cooper to a new C63 saloon and a new SLK200. The C63 sounds epic, and the guy doesn't hang around .

[Donatello]

Someone on our estate must've had a very productive 12 months.

I've seen the same private plate go from a '11 plate Fiesta Zetec S Diesel last summer, to a Mk2 Focus RS in around March and last week I saw him in a new M3.

Scruffy looking bd aswell!

[Whitean3]

I went from an empty garage space (for over a year) to a 911
Still take the tram to work though!

[C8LNJ]

In the past few years I've went backwards i think.

Finding it harder to justify the expense of owning a silly car at the moment!

[V8covin]

back in the 90's I went from a 1.3 Maestro to a Nissan 300zx twin turbo

[clockworks]

Six months ago, my only car was a Fiat Qubo 1.3 diesel - one of the slowest accelerating cars available today, with just 75bhp.
Now I've got a 911 (964) and a 525d E61.

[daveky]

Inheritance. Lots of it about.

[crxdave]

1989 1.4 Civic to E46 M3...?

Saving.

[Funk]

I'm going the other way

Had a tough year financially and have been cutting cloth accordingly... Went from a new £20k Focus ST to a new £30k BMW 123d to an R-plate 328i.

I've spotted a pleasing pattern though, I've gone:

2.8 6cyl petrol > 2.5T 5cyl petrol > 2.0 4cyl diesel > 2.8 6cyl petrol...

[FLGirl]

Funk said:

I'm going the other way

Had a tough year financially and have been cutting cloth accordingly... Went from a new £20k Focus ST to a new £30k BMW 123d to an R-plate 328i.

I've spotted a pleasing pattern though, I've gone:

2.8 6cyl petrol > 2.5T 5cyl petrol > 2.0 4cyl diesel > 2.8 6cyl petrol...

Hope you're well. 2.8 6cyl for the win!

I went from an £800 Mk2 MR2 N/A to a 911.

Then back down again to a 2.8 Z3

Ironically I love the Z much much more.

[West4x4]

im thinking of selling my fiat 126 (652cc and 27bhp) and getting an Audi S6!

[danjama]

Im attempting to go from a Fiesta 1.4 to a MR2 2.0T.

[Funk]

FLGirl said:

Funk said:

I'm going the other way

Had a tough year financially and have been cutting cloth accordingly... Went from a new £20k Focus ST to a new £30k BMW 123d to an R-plate 328i.

I've spotted a pleasing pattern though, I've gone:

2.8 6cyl petrol > 2.5T 5cyl petrol > 2.0 4cyl diesel > 2.8 6cyl petrol...

Hope you're well. 2.8 6cyl for the win!

I went from an £800 Mk2 MR2 N/A to a 911.

Then back down again to a 2.8 Z3
Ironically I love the Z much much more.

Hello FLG, not heard from you in a while then you pop up on my LinkedIn as 'someone I might know' this morning and here too! (I'm still mildly spooked by LI's accuracy..).

We'll have to organise something for the SCers, it's been too long. Your Z3 looks cracking, always had a soft spot for those (and 2.8 straight sixes definitely win!). Here's my 'new' smoker: