(21-05-2013, 10:38 AM)Arron Wrote: F*ck da hatorz!!!!

I like that

(21-05-2013, 10:28 AM)Ed Doe Wrote: CAR: Fair enough,out of interest, what would you have got? I spent a really long time looking at what was out there. I didn't want to run a 2nd car as a sunshine car, so it had to be relatively comfortable and practical as a daily (i say relatively). It had to be powerful enough to stop me getting bored of it and modifying it, as I've been trying to move away from heavily modifying cars. It had to be 'relatively' economical. I can afford 20-25mpg as a daily. And my budget was really £8k tops. I discounted the Teg dc2 as too old and a bit too hardcore for a daily, and also a bit too much of a step sideways from a '6. DC5 is still too pricey, and it just looks a little chavvy. It's the wing... :/ BMW 330ci was a little on the thirsty side, not to mention BMW tax for parts etc. Mazda 3mps is still a bit expensive, and a fair chunk less economical than the Megane. And I prefer the Meg looks. BMW Z4, but again, thirsty side, the only one I want is the m-coupe, which is way out of my price range, and again bmw tax. Mazda Eunos was considered, but way too slow, so I'd end up modifying it. VW Corrado VR6 is too old, and vws rust. I'd seriously considered an s2k, but they're hideously uneconomical, very long geared for UK roads (top of 2nd and you're breaking all speed limits), and quite expensive to insure too... Also I'd only want the GT hardtop one, and they're still £9k+. Oh, and the timing chain is a front-end off job.. VERY expensive...

(21-05-2013, 11:14 AM)Ed Doe Wrote: and the awd means you're going so silly-fast when you're near the limit you can only EVER have a bit of fun with it on track...

(21-05-2013, 03:38 PM)Niall Wrote: The look on Eds face was priceless yesterday when he noticed someone had keyed (read, stuck a bit of gaffa tape to his car) his car

(21-05-2013, 03:20 PM)JJ0063 Wrote: Good to see you've not got 306 blinkers

Epic engines in these, my mate I come to FCS with convoys with me in a blue one of these.

They are good cars but having seen how badly they crash, i'd never buy one.

Even my mates blue one handbrake failed, rolled down a hill into a car & it folded the front end up!

Good choice though, again not my cup of tea if I was spending £8k on a car, but its decent to see something different than the typical every day Leon Cupra's & VAG's etc.



Nice one

(21-05-2013, 06:41 PM)THE_Liam Wrote: I have to say Ed, I'd have had a good Corrado VR6 and 5 grand in the bank rather than this, I hate the look of them, and I just hate Renaults in general, but I've had a go in one belonging to a mate from work and they are VERY quick and a proper laugh in the bends, and I know what you mean about the ride, very firm but somehow quite comfortable, and very well damped. They fall into that category of "a bit too fast to properly thrash on the road" for me, that was why the Skoda bored me, because to get near its limits I had to be doing silly speeds. A 205 GTI with 130bhp in 900kg is more for me. Does look like a bloody minter though, and strangely I quite like that colour...

(21-05-2013, 08:27 PM)Ed Doe Wrote: Could you really have a Corrado as a daily though? Plus the vr6 is a wet engine for the displacement. Makes a lush noise but doesn't really go anywhere with it.

(21-05-2013, 08:27 PM)Ed Doe Wrote: Cheers mate as before, I'm interested in what you'd have gone for as an alternative to the Meg? As I said to CAR, having had a bloody hard look about I couldn't find anything more suitable that I'd actually want. Sure realistically I could have spent 3k on a BMW 320d e46 tourer and got good mpg, probably good reliability and generally more refinement and a more mature car as a whole, but f*ck getting an old man's car now!

(21-05-2013, 11:14 AM)Ed Doe Wrote: I'd also considered Evos, but running costs, Evo tax, servicing intervals etc, and image all aren't great. Plus I couldn't actually deal with Ruan shouting "ACTIVE YAW CONTROL!!!!!!" at me everytime I rang him

I'd briefly entertained the idea of a Caterham 7 as a second car, selling the '6 and getting an hdi as a daily, but again it wouldn't stop me modifying. I just know I'd be buying intercoolers and clutches and maps for the hdi instead...