New car time

[procta]

i f*ckin want that !!

Wait....you dont want it Liam!?

yeah he does have tom, also congrads on your civil partnership with niall. iam sure you two will exchange mpg stories while riding each other :o

[Toms306]

Yeah, sorry we kept it quiet lol....Infact niall kept it so quiet I didn't even know.

[declantg]

Dibs on metal monkey fan controls

[Jonny81191]

Is this the works car by any chance or have you really got boring?

[Niall]

6 is gone mate! I've gone all Eco friendly!

[Jonny81191]

Yeah I know the '6 is gone, but really? Eco friendly?


Sad times..

[Toms306]

Everyone should be thinking about thier carbon footprint!!












Not that I give a f*ck, our parents ruined the earth, so we might as well aol drive v8s now.

[declantg]

Niall sell me that bit damnit xx

[procta]

6 is gone mate! I've gone all Eco friendly!

shame you ditched the 6, could you not run it as a second car on a limit mileage policy?

[Niall]

6 is gone mate! I've gone all Eco friendly!

shame you ditched the 6, could you not run it as a second car on a limit mileage policy?

No cant afford it and now im working longer hours, i rarely get a chance to use it. It just sat there for 3 weeks before it sold because any driving i did was long distance so it made sense not to use 306 and use the work bus but now ive had to get rid of that, i couldnt afford two cars!

Seriously though, been driving it tonight for a while. Dont know why i didnt buy a newer car sooner.....i am starting to see where tom is coming from now.

[Pete]

To be fair Kia's have moved on allot in the last few years! Trouble is people still have images of the early 90's Kia Pride (most ironic name ever lol) and the like. They'll shake off the image problem like Skoda did.

[Ricky]

It may handle like a '6, be just as quick as one and do epic mpg.






But it will still look like you've borrowed the car from an elderly relative.

[Niall]

To be fair Kia's have moved on allot in the last few years! Trouble is people still have images of the early 90's Kia Pride (most ironic name ever lol) and the like. They'll shake off the image problem like Skoda did.

Was just about to say, skoda had the same rep but now people are realising they are just a vw, they are selling really well!

[Strikeforce]

As quick as a 6 eh?

Serious question btw, what are these packing?

[Scott]

About 130bph iirc

[puglove]

But when that turbo spools up it 999 bhp and still doing 150 mpg .......... Kia ftw

[C.A.R.]

Thought this was a wind-up at first, and that the KIA was just a company car...

I can see the appeal of a new car but I don't find any 'new cars' appealing, if that makes sense. This is like you have aged 30 years in the space of 5 minutes.

I also have my doubts that it handles as well as a GTi6, I would guess it's more relative to the fact the car has a much, much wider track and fatter tyres, whilst every component is brand new and has no wear on it yet...

Also, do you not get that underlying feeling that it's not really 'your' car?

[Stephen]

I think youl enjoy the newness and everything for a month or two and then you'll start to miss the awesomeness of a 306.

That's what happened to me when my dturbo threw a rod and I got a Mondeo. I was all like this is great it's so comfy has all these options blah blah blah.

But at the end of the day it's just bloody boring in comparison to a 306

[Niall]

Tom will wank him self silly. 98mpg ftw.

[Mattcheese31]

i'd still rather shit in my hands and clap . . . . . i still think this is a wind up . . .

[Toms306]

Tom will wank him self silly. 98mpg ftw.

Well thats just proved how shit HDi's are...

/letsnotopenthatcanofwormsagain.


But seriously, thats not the long range mpg reader is it.

[Jonny81191]

It is tom. I can vouch for it.

[Niall]

It genuinely is Tom. We got on the motorway and it just started to shoot right up!

[Toms306]

Ok fair enough then...but I bet you don't get anywhere near that over a tankful.
















If you do I'll give up on what I was going for and get a f*cking kia instead!

[Scott]

It's actually a really nice car, I prefer the looks of the 306 but would be seriously tempted by one if I got offered a good deal. It is every part as fast as a 6 and handles well, though goes without saying a 6 would have it in the twisties.

[Grant]

Sitting in this bus now, its nice. Comfortable, no rattles, no clonks or bangs, smells of new car too!

[Matt]

306 miles bitch

[Jonny81191]

So much win. Really like this car after my initial doubts. Gonna test drive one when I get home, seriously tempted to get one.

[procta]

Tom will wank him self silly. 98mpg ftw.

christ niall, tom would have blew his load well hard over will he not!

[THE_Liam]

I know this might not make sense, but a nice low miles XK8 can be had for 5 grand, and will probably still be worth about that in 5 years, and the Kia will probably be worth about the same at the most...

I'd have been tempted to buy the Jag and spend the finance money on fuel and insurance, I bet after 5 years you'd be no worse off...

How much was the Kia? Basically, I'm trying to justify an XK8 to myself