What Do We All Drive/car Stuff

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  1. a19tgg

    a19tgg First Team

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

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  2. Arakel

    Arakel First Team

    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.
     
  3. How it started

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    How it is now
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    However for fun, (in Hornet colours)

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  4. Lloyd

    Lloyd Squad Player

    LOL!
     
  5. 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.
     
  6. Bwood_Horn

    Bwood_Horn Squad Player

    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):

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  7. a19tgg

    a19tgg First Team

    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.
     
  8. Bahrain Hornet

    Bahrain Hornet Academy Graduate

    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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  9. Ybotcoombes

    Ybotcoombes Justworkedouthowtochange

    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

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    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.
     
  10. lm_wfc

    lm_wfc First Team

    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?
     
  11. Ybotcoombes

    Ybotcoombes Justworkedouthowtochange

    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
     
  12. Has it got the Quaife gearbox?

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

    UEA_Hornet First Team Captain

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

    Ybotcoombes Justworkedouthowtochange

    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 0EE04FD0-62A5-4AB6-8821-A13F36A005BE.jpeg
     
  15. hornmeister

    hornmeister Tired

    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.
     
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  16. HappyHornet24

    HappyHornet24 Crapster Staff Member

    Finally got a car for the 17 yr old to drive. Don’t know if it was mad or not, but I ended up getting a 17 Reg Fiesta from Cinch. Seemed a bit too good to be true - simply click on it like you would something on Amazon, then choose a two hour delivery slot - but it’s here and all seems to be in order. However, the teen and I have only driven it round the driveway so far as I haven’t driven a manual for 15 yrs and she’s only had 5 driving lessons - we’re getting the hang of it together!
     
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  17. Malteser2

    Malteser2 Reservist

    Did it arrive with that annoying Rylon bloke in the front seat?
     
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  18. HappyHornet24

    HappyHornet24 Crapster Staff Member

    Ha! The chap who did deliver it said he’d heard he gets paid £5m for that gig :eek:
     
  19. hornmeister

    hornmeister Tired

    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.
     
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  20. hornmeister

    hornmeister Tired

    Will barely cover toothpaste bills.
     
  21. Teide1

    Teide1 Squad Player

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

    Robert Peel Squad Player

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

    PowerJugs Doyley Fanatic

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

    hornmeister Tired

    Congratulations.

    Now start saving for insurance.
     
  25. HappyHornet24

    HappyHornet24 Crapster Staff Member

    Congrats
     
  26. Bwood_Horn

    Bwood_Horn Squad Player

  27. PowerJugs

    PowerJugs Doyley Fanatic

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

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  28. a19tgg

    a19tgg First Team

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

    Moose First Team Captain

    Coming to the end of a lease.

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

    hatterhater Academy Graduate

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

    cyaninternetdog Forum Hippie

    2002 Gold Volvo V40 1.9TDi, 169000 miles on her and just keeps going. Want to get a V70R next if possible.
     
  32. 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!)
     
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  33. GarbeliaHornet

    GarbeliaHornet Academy Graduate

    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.
     
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  34. Moose

    Moose First Team Captain

    That’s a proper motor. Did you get it to Japfest at Silverstone?
     
  35. a19tgg

    a19tgg First Team

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

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