2nd car to the main event....

2nd car to the main event....

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GusB

Original Poster:

269 posts

158 months

Wednesday 26th July 2017
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I thought I would take some soundings as to what people use day to day as looking for a change from my R32 (Mk5) as a daily drive when not using the 599.... thinking of M3 (E92 4 door) or XFR or something else... what do you drive / find the best combination...

Thank you for your inspiration....

GusB


Never you mind

1,507 posts

111 months

Thursday 27th July 2017
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"Main event" car is the Gallardo. I've just got a boring Merc estate. Does everything well and I can chuck the dogs in the back. My city car (AKA the wife's car) is a Abarth 595 Competizone. Superb for blasting around the lanes and great for when we are in city.

Nano2nd

3,426 posts

255 months

Thursday 27th July 2017
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i've got an M4 to supplement the F430, performance wise they're pretty similar, however the drive and experience is completely different... i still get the some of the looks, sound and performance (and practicality) if i need 4 seats with the M4 but then i still get that special car feeling when i go for a blast in the Ferrari. I recently did a trip to Disneyland Paris (via Reims) int he M4 with the missus and our 3 year old, i'd have flown if i'd have to drive in her Tiguan lol

great combo IMO


Minnsy14

83 posts

128 months

Thursday 27th July 2017
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Seconded on the M4! I have the F83 convertible that was my daily when I was living and working in the UK. My main event is my brand new Huracan.

The M4 is comfortable, pretty spacious, offers plenty of performance. I guess it could be sketchy in winter, but other than heavy snow just drive to the conditions and should be fine.


Ferruccio

1,832 posts

118 months

Thursday 27th July 2017
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Ducati Panigalle.
Clears your head after work.

Spindoctor

781 posts

199 months

Thursday 27th July 2017
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Macan S on order to replace the current daily Land Rover.

willy wombat

906 posts

147 months

Thursday 27th July 2017
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Audi S4 Avant. More than fast enough for a d/d but also practical and 4WD useful in the winter.

ZX10R NIN

27,490 posts

124 months

Thursday 27th July 2017
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I'd say get one of these:

Alpina B3/B3 S

https://www.pistonheads.com/news/ph-driven/alpina-...

They're great drivers cars (I'm bias as I have a D3) & the ride is superb as is the handling, they're also not lacking in go either.

Oh & you can get them as a touring too or an alternative is the RS3 but it really doesn't compare.

BigR

335 posts

161 months

Thursday 27th July 2017
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Used to have a C63 which I swapped the day before I collected the Huracan, although the intent was to keep it (a combination of shoddy build quality and shoddy MB dealership behaviour changed this). My daily is now a Maserati GranTurismo, coupled with a Defender (the latter having signed its own death warrant by landing me with ANOTHER 3 grand bill - so I'll probably end up with another Volvo...).

Hughesie

12,568 posts

281 months

Thursday 27th July 2017
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R56 MINI Cooper S - its a right hoot and complete contrast to the 599 i have as well !

GusB

Original Poster:

269 posts

158 months

Thursday 27th July 2017
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Thanks all. Off to M3/M4 section of pistonheads...

GusB

Pioneer

1,309 posts

130 months

Thursday 27th July 2017
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Minnsy14 said:
Seconded on the M4! I have the F83 convertible that was my daily when I was living and working in the UK. My main event is my brand new Huracan.

The M4 is comfortable, pretty spacious, offers plenty of performance. I guess it could be sketchy in winter, but other than heavy snow just drive to the conditions and should be fine.

Great combo. Is that a Cerbera hiding in the garage?

jimmybell

583 posts

116 months

Thursday 27th July 2017
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If only they made an M4 estate. Ironically picking 'the main event' is the easy bit, it's finding a suitable secondary that i find so hard... (and one the Mrs would be satisfied 'owning')

I need to swap my C63 for something more practical (estate/hatch rather than saloon), don't really wanna swap for a C63 estate as it's a bit 'old man' for me.

Any suggestions?

ZX10R NIN

27,490 posts

124 months

Thursday 27th July 2017
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andrew

9,952 posts

191 months

Thursday 27th July 2017
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Hughesie said:
R56 MINI Cooper S - its a right hoot and complete contrast to the 599 i have as well !
+1 on the r56 mini cooper s !
the contrast makes the superleggera feel even edgier and quicker

Yipper

5,964 posts

89 months

Thursday 27th July 2017
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Audi RS6 with ~750bhp remap is the way to go.

Minnsy14

83 posts

128 months

Friday 28th July 2017
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Pioneer said:
Great combo. Is that a Cerbera hiding in the garage?
Thank you. Its actually a 96' Chimaera 400, completely standard and original. Not exactly the pinnacle of performance these days but they still make a noise to die for! Fantastic fun to blow the cobwebs away on a nice dry sunny day biggrin

Nano2nd

3,426 posts

255 months

Friday 28th July 2017
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Minnsy14 said:
Thank you. Its actually a 96' Chimaera 400, completely standard and original. Not exactly the pinnacle of performance these days but they still make a noise to die for! Fantastic fun to blow the cobwebs away on a nice dry sunny day biggrin
nice smile still miss my 450 with its straight through pipes! i remember thinking a few years ago they hadn't aged well, then i saw one the other week and thought it looked stunning! still kicking myself for not buying a Sag at £30k frown

Pioneer

1,309 posts

130 months

Friday 28th July 2017
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Minnsy14 said:
Thank you. Its actually a 96' Chimaera 400, completely standard and original. Not exactly the pinnacle of performance these days but they still make a noise to die for! Fantastic fun to blow the cobwebs away on a nice dry sunny day biggrin
Ah wasn't sure. I had a 96' 4ltr Chim in Paris Blue for a few years when I was in my 20's. Lovely thing until it came across a pile-up on the M10 late one night. Car was a real mess afterwards but amazingly the cockpit was untouched. I walked away with nothing but regret that I'd just spent money out on a service and ally dashboard the day before! Was written off but found out it was back on the road a year or so later. The insurance paid the deposit on my first house, I remember that smile

Beni997

390 posts

110 months

Friday 28th July 2017
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Interesting to hear a couple of you have M4's. I would be interested to hear what you think of them as when i test drove one when they were first released I was very disappointed in it.

I have a new Range Rover Sport that i use daily which I love and a California T for the weekend, but keep toying with the idea of giving the RRS to the Mrs and buying an M4 although i haven't been in one since i first test drove one when they first came out so would love to hear your thoughts.