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

[L100NYY]

braddo said:

I like the idea of a 1.6 S3 Elise as a daily driver (except I don't like the idea of needing a daily driver ).

They (Lotus) offered a Performance Pack (dealer fit) of TRD airbox and sports exhaust but imho all that was needed was the TRD.

Bloody loved that car

[braddo]

I like the idea of standard exhaust and opened induction. Quiet when you want in everyday driving, a good snort in the ear on heavy throttle.

One of my favourite memories of track days is hearing induction noise from Alfa twincams at Alfaholics track days.

[L100NYY]

Bugger.

Want another Lotus now.

[Diesel Meister]

All of you need to stop it. Now!

Thanks.

[ATM]

Talking of commutes its amazing how much stuff like this affects our car obsessions. I'm now living half my time in a new location. Yes I'm being deliberately coy about specifics. Anyway the news is this - traffic is very busy everywhere i look and almost gridlocked at rush hour, gone are the winding country lanes which were 2 minutes away from the previous place. Its not London but it is border line awful. That's why I'm now uninterested - well sort of uninterested - in my 996 and looking at lard ass coupes like the e64 or cl55/600. I don't want to be that guy but i just can't help it.

[Output Flange]

Why bother having a big V8 or V12 idling away in traffic? Why not just pick up an E220CDi for those duties?

[ATM]

Output Flange said:

Why bother having a big V8 or V12 idling away in traffic? Why not just pick up an E220CDi for those duties?

I quite like the idea of a convertible to break up the boredom and found myself admiring a new 4 series convertible yesterday. The back looks better to me with the folding roof up compared to the standard coupe. So yes i guess an e class, a5 or 4 series with a small diesel could all be in the mix.

[ferrisbueller]

Sitting in traffic in a convertible? No thanks.

[Diesel Meister]

ferrisbueller said:

Sitting in traffic in a convertible? No thanks.

This. I'm not a vert man generally but I like certain examples. I would not, however, be interested in the prospect of a jam in one though.

That said ATM, I totally get how circumstances shape your priorities, even if there is a strong undercurrent of motoring enthusiasm to satisfy as well. Horses for courses. I'd love a 500E / other W124 / R129 (or something else) for schlepping and a 911 / Lotus (other examples available) for swooshing duties. As I'm about to be in a city having been rural for a while, I'll need something that bisects that particular Venn Diagram with attainable levels of precision (and "on street park-ability")

[Output Flange]

To which the answer is two-pedal Pork.

[ATM]

Output Flange said:

To which the answer is two-pedal Pork.

Yeah got one. Maybe I just use that. But then I cant buy a new car and I'm itching for a fix.

[Output Flange]

Doesn't have to mean PDK, no. My old 986S made a decent fist of inner-city Wandsworth.

[Diesel Meister]

Not sure I could face a two-pedal solution on something that isn't barge-ish, even allowing for the pointlessness of DIY de-clutching en traffiques. Not sure I could stand having a barge without a foil.

I am a fickle so and so

[ATM]

Plus the cut and thrust of urban driving means you need to cut out of junctions with thrust!

[alpha channel]

All this talk of Elises has only gone and reignited my hankering for a K-series equipped S2. I really rather like the old K series engine, VVC for preference... well it's that or Stockholm Syndrome

[L100NYY]

Ref Elises;

One of my favourite daily drivers was a 135R. Such a well balanced package.

An S2 111S is a lovely thing too. Subtle exhaust upgrade, induction kit and jobs a good 'un.

[barchetta_boy]

L100NYY said:

Ref Elises;

One of my favourite daily drivers was a 135R. Such a well balanced package.

An S2 111S is a lovely thing too. Subtle exhaust upgrade, induction kit and jobs a good 'un.

S1 or S2 135R?

I'm now out of my Sport 160, I part-xed it for the 993RS

[L100NYY]

135R is S2 only

[Phil Dicky]

L100NYY said:

This would make a cool daily...

900T

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Saab-900-Turbo-excellen...

So ,much want.

[barchetta_boy]

Sorry was getting mixed up with Sport 135 which was S1