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[jamesbilluk]

Another new purchase.... M2 has been sold,
Fancied a convertible, and one that the family could come out in, I wanted to stick with manual,
Managed to find this Sakhir orange M4 convertible not far from me. Really liking the car so far, feels more raw than the M2, I don’t get the bad press towards the S55 sound either, sounds great to me! I’m not sure about the front splitter, so that may have to come off, and the M performance carbon one in its place.

[cerb4.5lee]

jamesbilluk said:

Another new purchase.... M2 has been sold,
Fancied a convertible, and one that the family could come out in, I wanted to stick with manual,
Managed to find this Sakhir orange M4 convertible not far from me. Really liking the car so far, feels more raw than the M2, I don’t get the bad press towards the S55 sound either, sounds great to me! I’m not sure about the front splitter, so that may have to come off, and the M performance carbon one in its place.

Very nice and I really like these.

I thought that it sounded pretty good as well when I test drove one with the roof down. Enjoy it.

[jamesbilluk]

cerb4.5lee said:

Very nice and I really like these.

I thought that it sounded pretty good as well when I test drove one with the roof down. Enjoy it.

Thank you Really pleased to find a manual, though the DCT is a great box too.

Seems to sound raw compared to the N55 in the M2, that was more of a characterful engine, but do enjoy this with the roof down for a stock exhaust system!

[blueg33]

New family car for us. Picked up last week ,but straight to UK Detailing for full ceramic paint protection. Many thanks to Rich (pH user Poshtwit) and his team who have done a great job as usual.

No great pics, but the car looks great, is really comfy and smooth, 250bhp is ok.

Volvo V60 T5 CrossCountry

[idealstandard]

jamesbilluk said:

Another new purchase.... M2 has been sold,

A mate of mine just bought one of these in Silverstone Grey, with DCT. He managed to spin it three times on the M4 yesterday, Clarkson style. Be careful out there!

As for me, my 599 has been in the garage for so long waiting a new accumulator that I started looking at V8V in January....then I started looking at V12V and couldn't get them out of my head.

Picked this up this morning! Great car. Probably put 2-3k on this before the accumulator arrives from Italy...!

[Zippee]

blueg33 said:

New family car for us. Picked up last week ,but straight to UK Detailing for full ceramic paint protection. Many thanks to Rich (pH user Poshtwit) and his team who have done a great job as usual.

No great pics, but the car looks great, is really comfy and smooth, 250bhp is ok.

Volvo V60 T5 CrossCountry

I'm getting old before my time but I really like the current v60/90 range from Volvo. I seriously considered a v90 t8 hybrid recently before the child in me tied the old man up and went for a merc amg gts
- going to make it a little more difficult when I go mountain biking

[blueg33]

Zippee said:

blueg33 said:

New family car for us. Picked up last week ,but straight to UK Detailing for full ceramic paint protection. Many thanks to Rich (pH user Poshtwit) and his team who have done a great job as usual.

No great pics, but the car looks great, is really comfy and smooth, 250bhp is ok.

Volvo V60 T5 CrossCountry

I'm getting old before my time but I really like the current v60/90 range from Volvo. I seriously considered a v90 t8 hybrid recently before the child in me tied the old man up and went for a merc amg gts
- going to make it a little more difficult when I go mountain biking

In some of the pics you can see my Evora next to the Volvo - so I don't think I qualify as old before my time. Our family car is usually some sort of crossover - Outback, then Octavia Scout and now the Volvo. In its category we felt the Volvo was the best all round package, A4 allroad, Merc c class 4 matic and BMW x-drive just didnt hit the spot. As a family car it seems pretty hard to beat if you don't like SUV's (which I don't)

[Jonny TVR]

idealstandard said:

A mate of mine just bought one of these in Silverstone Grey, with DCT. He managed to spin it three times on the M4 yesterday, Clarkson style. Be careful out there!

As for me, my 599 has been in the garage for so long waiting a new accumulator that I started looking at V8V in January....then I started looking at V12V and couldn't get them out of my head.

Picked this up this morning! Great car. Probably put 2-3k on this before the accumulator arrives from Italy...!

How does it compare to the 599?

[idealstandard]

Jonny TVR said:

How does it compare to the 599?

Tighter, smaller and more nimble feeling. Proper manual gearbox which is good. Similar feeling in terms of power delivery/acceleration.

[cerb4.5lee]

blueg33 said:

In some of the pics you can see my Evora next to the Volvo - so I don't think I qualify as old before my time. Our family car is usually some sort of crossover - Outback, then Octavia Scout and now the Volvo. In its category we felt the Volvo was the best all round package, A4 allroad, Merc c class 4 matic and BMW x-drive just didnt hit the spot. As a family car it seems pretty hard to beat if you don't like SUV's (which I don't)

I never had a Volvo(although I have driven 4 of them over the years). I've currently got a 2019 XC90(I actually quite like SUV's ) as a loan car with the 250bhp petrol engine and I've really fell for it as a family car(24mpg aside). The whole Volvo thing has really drawn me in and they just feel so right I reckon.

The touch screen just works well and I find the steering really accurate(to say its electric), the seats are comfortable and even the ride is decent enough(even on the massive 22in wheels that actually look small because the wheel arches are so vast!).

I'd definitely consider buying a Volvo now for sure.

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griffsomething said:

Bought this two weeks ago.

Maserati GranTurismo 4.2. Sounds fantastic, can’t stop looking at it, and so comfy. Taking it to Europe this year.

Hopelessly in love with it already.

Lovely, how are you getting on with it? I'm looking at these more or less on a daily basis, really really want one having seen it in the flesh. What is it like to live with?

ij said:

This, though not taking delivery for a couple of weeks...

Enjoy! I've had mine a short while, absolutely love it. A great drive and you don't need to be doing anything near 3 figures to enjoy it.

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My new daily

[Chrismawa]

Just picked up this B7 A4 to replace my R56 as needed something bigger. Its probably the cleanest car I've ever bought. Fantastic condition for its age.