What Do We All Drive/car Stuff

Wow, was just looking at air fresheners and forgot about these, a real blast from the past!

 

It's called the Fit over here, but I test drove one back when I bought my current car back in 2007 and I nearly got the Fit instead. Perfect little commute vehicle as far as I'm concerned and a surprisingly fun drive, like you mentioned.

 

How it started



How it is now


However for fun, (in Hornet colours)

 

LOL!

 

I've just bought my 4th e class. I've had dalliances with other brands but I find myself keep going back to carl for more.

Got it for a song, ex-demo registered a year ago as the world went into lockdown and sat parked up at a dealership gathering dust. Less than a 1000 miles on it, and I paid >half the list price. The straight 6 is buttery smooth.

And from the proceeds left from the RS6 I've still got a deposit when I find the right used mobile home as a project.

 

Envious of you. I really, really regret walking away from buying one of these (at the time you could actually still order parts for it from Daimler):

 

Beautiful. I have a list of about 20 cars that were relatively affordable that I never pulled the trigger on and now massively regret it. The thing is you know that in the long run, financially you never will regret, it’s just having the space, time, money and inclination to look after it along the way.

 

Got a similar deal on my current BMW M2 Competition, ex demo fully loaded. Part Xed my Audi S3 and got it with a huge discount as was also parked up. Just under 4K on the clock but due to lockdown hardly many miles on it, such a fun car to drive with the S55 engine in it!


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My worst car was an Ital , the boot would leak and fill up with water , this made an already badly handling car much more unpredictable.

My favourite car was an Elise but had to sell as frankly I looked ridiculous climbing out of it, now I drive a Ford Ranger (leased , would recommend leasing)

I have however (a couple of months ago) just had a mid life crisis and purchase this



In the garage having some work done , when I put it in the hedge I want to know that it was lack of driving skill rather than mechanical.

 

That's a proper mid life crisis car. I would t even call it a crisis.

None of this "the boot is too small on the mx5 so I might as well get a sporty diesel" nonsense.

How does it compare to the Elise?

 

only driven it 5 miles (to the garage ) but I thought the Elise was low, this is so much lower, it has a 2 litre engine in it and only weighs about 500kg so when sorted should be very very quick

 

Has it got the Quaife gearbox?

Also, nice car but you have to lose the shades on the headlamps. Look like Noddy's car!

 

Haha. Once you've seen it you can't unsee it!

 

no standard gearbox, thinking about swapping the engine out for a bike engine and sequential gearbox

yeah the headlamps and few other things are on my todo list

One of my mates said it looks like this

 

Westfield? Nice.
My mate has a Caterham. First thing he did is put some cross cut (road legal just) slicks on it. Grip increased massively and his argument was he wouldn't drive it in the rain as it didn't have doors or a windscreen anyway.
We did manage to get to LeMans one year in it with crash helmets on.
Drop some nice LED headlamps on it and tbh if you're considering an engine swap don't rule out going electric.

 

Did it arrive with that annoying Rylon bloke in the front seat?

 

I've had semi autos (flappy paddles) for the past 9 years but have on occasion driven a manual in that period and really didn't find any issue other than a couple of stalls on maneuvering and once spending 2 mins trying to find reverse, which was pull up the lever to the left and forward of first. It sort of came naturally so you should be OK. Fiesta is a good choice as well. Solid reliable and cheap to run.

 

Will barely cover toothpaste bills.

 

Obscene if true, we’ve got some players who wouldn’t mind that gig!

 

Sadly, that sounds about right. I know Snoop Dogg got £5.3m for the JustEat one.

 

Just passed my test today, so will have to sort this whole car side of things now.

 

Congratulations.

Now start saving for insurance.

 

Get some decent wheels you pussies:

https://www.lloydsonline.com.au/AuctionLots.aspx?smode=0&aid=25652

 

Just need to scale this up by 46x. That's how it works, right?

 

I’ve only recently discovered Bangers and Cash, what a great show.

 

Coming to the end of a lease.

Who has had experience of going electric, fully electric or PHEV?

 

Mitsubishi fto gpx passion red cost me a fortune every mot that's why only about 20 or so left in UK now

 

2002 Gold Volvo V40 1.9TDi, 169000 miles on her and just keeps going. Want to get a V70R next if possible.

 

I have a Hyundai Ioniq PHEV. Most journeys I get there and back on battery (40 miles summer, 30 winter). MPG average to date about 120. Does about 65mpg on motorways for longer journeys. No range angst, although I'd like to go full electric when infrastructure is better. Got just about every bell and whistle you could want - adaptive smart cruise, emergency collision intervention, lane deviation warning, blind spot warning lights in the side mirrors, lane keeping steering; good stereo (DAB of course) satnav, 2 zone climate control, heated leather seats, cooled vented seats, heated steering wheel; reversing camera and sensors. Cost £23k 6 months old with 14,000 miles.

Bad - not much; not very 'involving', and because no electric heater, if you want heat in winter petrol engine comes on. (however, if you are determined not to use petrol, a warm coat and the heated seats and steering wheel make life tolerable!)

 

Got a Kia E-niro (fully electric) earlier this year. Amazingly smooth, and the chargepoint worry is mostly just a myth. Charging it off our solar panels with a Zappi.

 

That’s a proper motor. Did you get it to Japfest at Silverstone?

 

Always wanted one of those but was too young and couldn’t quite stretch to it. Had two FTOs instead.