So what car have you been obsessing about today?? (Vol 2)

So what car have you been obsessing about today?? (Vol 2)

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AmosMoses

4,039 posts

164 months

Friday 17th August 2018
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991.2 GT3 Manual for me.

Popped into Porsche Centre Leeds today to have a look at the mouth watering selection they have. Salesman was very friendly and I had a good look around eveything.

They had an all black GT3, I sat in it and felt this immediate sense of hmmmmmm this is it.

Drove home and bought a lottery ticket laugh

Glasgowrob

3,232 posts

120 months

Friday 17th August 2018
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Glasgowrob said:
seen an Omega MV6 i like on Ebay. seems decent for the money MOT'd it runs and ticks all the boxes on my wierd RWD vauxhall fetish list.


only problem is i cant get time off work and its in Ruddy southampton.(i'm in Glasgow)

currently trying to figure out if i can do Glasgow to Southampton whilst still working on the train then drive home and be in work the next morning. and if the wife will notice a third black Omega appearing. (yes i've already got 2 MV6s but their a 2.6 and 3.0 this is a 3.2 i'm looking at. and whilst pretty much the same the 3.2 is a much better engine and well sod it to be honest i just want another Omega.
quick update,

decided to go for it, only for it to have sold bugger.

currently eyes are on a 3.0 awd Xtype jag but hearts not in it, want another Omega

Harry Flashman

19,282 posts

241 months

Friday 17th August 2018
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blearyeyedboy said:
An owner's thread beckons, Harry. Chop to it... smile
Plenty of ownership threads already in the archives- this is Chris Harris' old Merc loaner!

Which means it has on the one hand been faultlessly maintained, and on the other ragged very hard indeed. Drives like a new car though - lovely thing, and bonkers when required.

https://www.pistonheads.com/regulars/ph-fleet/merc...

https://www.pistonheads.com/regulars/ph-fleet/cls6...


Edited by Harry Flashman on Friday 17th August 23:05

blearyeyedboy

6,252 posts

178 months

Friday 17th August 2018
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Harry Flashman said:
Plenty of ownership threads already in the archives- this is Chris Harris' old Merc loaner!

Which means it has on the one hand been faultlessly maintained, and on the other ragged very hard indeed. Drives like a new car though - lovely thing, and bonkers when required.

https://www.pistonheads.com/regulars/ph-fleet/merc...

https://www.pistonheads.com/regulars/ph-fleet/cls6...
Very interesting... New gearbox since? wink

Filibuster

3,116 posts

214 months

Tuesday 21st August 2018
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Today, I have almost found one of my unicorn cars!









Ideally it would be the B204GT engine instead of the B200ET one (the former is a 16V head developed by Porsche), but it is manual!!
Most of them are na 2.8 V6 PVA engines with an auto gearbox vomit

Interior is exactly the colour I'd always wanted, the exterior would be even nicer in a dark blue, but close enough!

I can't stop looking at it spinwobblenutscloud9

Liquid Knight

15,754 posts

182 months

Saturday 13th October 2018
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Payday and eBay sales looming I have been thinking about a spiritual successor to my Alfa 145 Cloverleaf.

Shopping list.

1/ As quick or quicker than my Alfa.
2/ Quirky.
3/ Parts bin upgrades and after market potential.
4/ Uncool, seriously uncool. Low profile.
5/ Left field. I don't want to see a dozen of them on my way to work.
6/ Two or three doors.

My current steed is a Rover 620Ti that happily fills all those boxes apart from being a bit of a wagon. I forgive that due to the classic insurance. wink

So my thoughts have been mostly. VW Beetle 2.3 V5 or 1.8 20V Turbo.

1/ Yes.
2/ It's not a Golf.
3/ Audi S3 four wheel drive is a bolt on job apparently (if not the 20V engine is very capable. V5? Not so much but sounds bonkers).
4/ It's not a Golf so the Scene lot haven't vaped over it as much.
5/ Plenty of 1.6 and 2.0 engine and diesels about but not many V5's or turbo ones.
6/ Two doors.

I absolutely hate the Golf I've had nine and they have all been terrible so getting a Beetle (Golf in a retro frock) would be a middle digit which is a bonus. wink

Have I completely lost it? silly




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Daston

6,074 posts

202 months

Sunday 14th October 2018
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This weeks obsession has been over the Gallardo, I have been a massive fan of Lamborghini scince cannonball run as a kid. Always thought the exotic supercars would be £100's of thousands and wasnt until i started looking at R8s did I realise how "cheap" the baby lambos have become.

Still way out of my price range frown still with the rising prices of Japanese sports cars who knows smile

essdaytwelve

5,053 posts

210 months

Sunday 14th October 2018
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Daston said:
This weeks obsession has been over the Gallardo, I have been a massive fan of Lamborghini scince cannonball run as a kid. Always thought the exotic supercars would be £100's of thousands and wasnt until i started looking at R8s did I realise how "cheap" the baby lambos have become.

Still way out of my price range frown still with the rising prices of Japanese sports cars who knows smile
I looked at Gallardos but a £5000 clutch every 20,000 miles smarts a bit.

Daston

6,074 posts

202 months

Sunday 14th October 2018
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Been doing some research and it looks like they sorted that with the later clutches. Suprised that the service costs arent too far off what i used to pay on the tuscan. One day smile

SimianWonder

1,144 posts

151 months

Sunday 14th October 2018
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Had a run out in a 2012 C63 AMG Coupe last week. Didn't get to drive it (don't blame the owner, who'd hand over their near 500bhp RWD car to a stranger?) but the want is very strong.

The 6.2 V8 still makes one of the best noises of any combustion engine ever made, and still felt savagely fast under full throttle.

giblet

8,824 posts

176 months

Sunday 14th October 2018
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SimianWonder said:
Had a run out in a 2012 C63 AMG Coupe last week. Didn't get to drive it (don't blame the owner, who'd hand over their near 500bhp RWD car to a stranger?) but the want is very strong.

The 6.2 V8 still makes one of the best noises of any combustion engine ever made, and still felt savagely fast under full throttle.
Bought a ratty old E39 530i recently that has turned out to be a bag of utter ste. I was after a Saab 9-3 Aero estate but couldn’t find any for sale locally. Now I have a hankering for a C63 AMG estate instead. The W204 makes a filthy sound, shame about the image of them.

Luke.

10,944 posts

249 months

Sunday 14th October 2018
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SimianWonder said:
Had a run out in a 2012 C63 AMG Coupe last week. Didn't get to drive it (don't blame the owner, who'd hand over their near 500bhp RWD car to a stranger?) but the want is very strong.

The 6.2 V8 still makes one of the best noises of any combustion engine ever made, and still felt savagely fast under full throttle.
You've clearly not been in an Abarth 124...

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giblet

8,824 posts

176 months

Sunday 14th October 2018
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Luke. said:
You've clearly not been in an Abarth 124...

biggrin
I followed one back when I had the 4C, it sounded fruity but doesn’t match the filthy note of the C63

Liquid Knight

15,754 posts

182 months

Monday 15th October 2018
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SimianWonder said:
Had a run out in a 2012 C63 AMG Coupe last week. Didn't get to drive it (don't blame the owner, who'd hand over their near 500bhp RWD car to a stranger?) but the want is very strong.

The 6.2 V8 still makes one of the best noises of any combustion engine ever made, and still felt savagely fast under full throttle.
There's one in Wisbech with a flap in the exhaust. The owner regularly races it up and down Mount Pleasant Road against an Audi RS7 with similar exhaust flaps. Both fully open and both setting car/house/factory alarms off as the drive by.

Who says there's no money in drugs these days? rolleyes

aka_kerrly

12,415 posts

209 months

Tuesday 16th October 2018
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Liquid Knight said:
My current steed is a Rover 620Ti that happily fills all those boxes apart from being a bit of a wagon. I forgive that due to the classic insurance. wink

So my thoughts have been mostly. VW Beetle 2.3 V5 or 1.8 20V Turbo.

1/ Yes.
2/ It's not a Golf.
3/ Audi S3 four wheel drive is a bolt on job apparently (if not the 20V engine is very capable. V5? Not so much but sounds bonkers).
4/ It's not a Golf so the Scene lot haven't vaped over it as much.
5/ Plenty of 1.6 and 2.0 engine and diesels about but not many V5's or turbo ones.
6/ Two doors.

I absolutely hate the Golf I've had nine and they have all been terrible so getting a Beetle (Golf in a retro frock) would be a middle digit which is a bonus. wink

Have I completely lost it? silly
Personally I would stick with the 620ti and consider some upgrades... remember the 600 is double wishbone an shares a lot with the Accord type R chassis so there are some good suspension/bracing/steering upgrades available.

regarding the Beetle, a AWD conversion is not a "bolt in" event and would require an entire mk4 Awd car to cannibalise the whole floor pan. Yes a 20vt powered one is an rarity and will be the weedy ko3 150hp model, id prefer a V5 one an accept that it's not a rocket but sounds better and is a more enjoyable engine than a 20vt.


Or....buy any Beetle and a TT 3.2 vr6 and build a RSI tribute

Bernie_78

244 posts

195 months

Tuesday 16th October 2018
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Glasgowrob said:
seen an Omega MV6 i like on Ebay. seems decent for the money MOT'd it runs and ticks all the boxes on my wierd RWD vauxhall fetish list.


only problem is i cant get time off work and its in Ruddy southampton.(i'm in Glasgow)

currently trying to figure out if i can do Glasgow to Southampton whilst still working on the train then drive home and be in work the next morning. and if the wife will notice a third black Omega appearing. (yes i've already got 2 MV6s but their a 2.6 and 3.0 this is a 3.2 i'm looking at. and whilst pretty much the same the 3.2 is a much better engine and well sod it to be honest i just want another Omega.
Spat my cornflakes at the dog, tell me you now have 3 Omegas?

Speed Badger

2,667 posts

116 months

Tuesday 16th October 2018
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Ex-Police officer who just can't let go?!

Francis85

176 posts

67 months

Tuesday 16th October 2018
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Mercedes CL500 w216

Obi Wan

2,081 posts

214 months

Tuesday 16th October 2018
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A black c63 AMG 507 coupe and the Golf r420 that may or may not enter production.

AmosMoses

4,039 posts

164 months

Tuesday 16th October 2018
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Got a real thing for C63 Estates currently...