Greetings Posted March 4, 2014 Report Share Posted March 4, 2014 Never seen an Evo thrown around and driven with so much hate before: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxNo3tKRcjQ Absolutely amazing driver. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted March 4, 2014 Report Share Posted March 4, 2014 Haha, pretty much. It turned out I wanted it to turn left more than it didn't want to turn left, so after some unpleasant noises I parked in the bay at Sainsburys like a boss. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukasMcNeal Posted March 4, 2014 Report Share Posted March 4, 2014 (edited) edit: that was to the zoo lander thing Edited March 4, 2014 by LukasMcNeal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete.M Posted March 4, 2014 Report Share Posted March 4, 2014 Mark, check Gumtree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azarathal Posted March 4, 2014 Report Share Posted March 4, 2014 Parked my car behind work and when I went to get something from it some guy had parked another mr2 next to it and was taking a picture when I walked up he got in his car and drove off like I'd scared him 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skoze Posted March 5, 2014 Report Share Posted March 5, 2014 A friend of mine in Southampton used to drive a Capri until it destroyed his license, and when we stopped to get petrol once some weird old dude came up to me as I waited by the car and started asking if we put sandbags over the rear axles or not. Got plenty of looks/chat courtesy of that car. Can't be long 'til mine starts to take a shine to my clean license either... Have had the same old men asking about the bags of cement etc, and telling me that I will be killed if I don't carry some. What kinda new whip are you after? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted March 5, 2014 Report Share Posted March 5, 2014 Something: - Cheap 'cos it's just going to get f**ked by constant bike and/or human loading/unloading - Hatchback-y/Estate-y so I can fit stuff in it - Diesel-y - With a reasonable sized engine for the millions of motorway miles I do - That won't look like it's on fire in every time I stop - That will be willing to turn in a direction of my choosing, at any time, without complaint - That isn't going to be hassle to maintain/fix if anything breaks Basically Said friend with the Capri had to ditch driving for a bit, but when he was allowed to again he got a f**king sweet M3. Some people never learn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pashley26 Posted March 5, 2014 Report Share Posted March 5, 2014 (edited) You need a Passat or a Skoda Octavia estate Mark. Edited March 5, 2014 by Pashley26 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dann2707 Posted March 5, 2014 Report Share Posted March 5, 2014 I was thinking the exact same car (octavia) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamR28 Posted March 5, 2014 Report Share Posted March 5, 2014 Same, or Mondeo? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pashley26 Posted March 5, 2014 Report Share Posted March 5, 2014 Or a Honda Accord. Hugely under estimated luxury load lugger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skoze Posted March 5, 2014 Report Share Posted March 5, 2014 Mongdeo would be a good shout, the estates are properly hugely huge though. In SUPEREXCITEDNEWS, I just found the owner of my dad's Capri again after we lost touch for nearly 4 years - currently trying to arrange a meet with him. Oh lawd. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greetings Posted March 5, 2014 Report Share Posted March 5, 2014 Well my rear springs are 120Kgf/mm which is so completely wrong it's actually funny. How can AST make such a mistake. It's a bit like building a stock bike up on 20" wheels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamR28 Posted March 5, 2014 Report Share Posted March 5, 2014 Haha, that's insane. What are they meant for, a 20 ton dumper truck!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greetings Posted March 5, 2014 Report Share Posted March 5, 2014 Haha, that's insane. What are they meant for, a 20 ton dumper truck!? Sounds like it Probably for GTR cars though. Went to the workshop which will remove some 250-50 and 180-70 springs off a racing M3 for me, saw this in the parking lot: Seems like an ordinary M3 until you look at the instrument cluster. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pashley26 Posted March 5, 2014 Report Share Posted March 5, 2014 (edited) S2FOOOOUUZAAAAND. Oh, I have bought an EK9. Edited March 5, 2014 by Pashley26 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Booth Posted March 5, 2014 Report Share Posted March 5, 2014 Mark, passat estate all day long. Mondeos are bland as hell and rot something evil. 1.9tdi passat will do all you ask. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake. Posted March 5, 2014 Report Share Posted March 5, 2014 In SUPEREXCITEDNEWS, I just found the owner of my dad's Capri again after we lost touch for nearly 4 years - currently trying to arrange a meet with him. Oh lawd.Can't believe no-one said anything yet! How did you manage to find him? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamKidney Posted March 5, 2014 Report Share Posted March 5, 2014 S2FOOOOUUZAAAAND.Oh, I have bought an EK9. Pictures, please. B16B? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skoze Posted March 5, 2014 Report Share Posted March 5, 2014 Can't believe no-one said anything yet! How did you manage to find him? Googled his oldskoolford username, one of the results ended up being someone on a retro bmx forum! been e-mailing him all afternoon, should be meeting up over easter. The car's been sat in his garage for 15 years after getting rebuilt and covering about 500 miles. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinJI Posted March 5, 2014 Report Share Posted March 5, 2014 (edited) Jardo, I was wondering what had replaced the derv A3. Type R? Also, strikes me as a little ironic after your ranting about turbo's earlier in the week! haha. They do look like fun. As said, get some pictures up. Skoze. Awesome, that is all! Oh, and I went and took some pictures on Monday night because I was bored, I was pretty pleased with this one, shame the car was filthy! I was wondering the other night what the deal was with 'upgrading' to LED bulbs. I keep seeing trouble-shooting from fitting them on forums, and although I do get why LED's are 'technically' better than normal halogens (lifespan and power-consumption), I fail to see the real world implications. Lifespan doesn't really bother me; I've been driving 6 years, and I've had 2 bulbs blow in the ~117000 miles I've covered in that time. Plus halogen bulbs cost like 50p, it's hardly a big deal if they blow once every 3 years. Power consumption adds up to about 0.3bhp used by halogens with the dipped beams on, going up to a MAX of ~1bhp if you're breaking while reversing with your hazards and high beams on in a car with 4 high beams, 2 fogs and 2 reversing lights, so it's hardly a massive amount to save. I've heard of them being used on racing cars to allow the use of narrower (and therefore lighter) wiring, but never really got retro-fitting them to a car designed for halogens. I'll gladly be proved wrong though if anyone knows a good reason for using them? Edited March 5, 2014 by RobinJI 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadManMike Posted March 5, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2014 Looks great that, love the wheels! In my car news, my new wishbones, bushes and ball joints turned up today... Is it advisable to change track rod ends and top mounts while I'm at it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forteh Posted March 5, 2014 Report Share Posted March 5, 2014 I just had wishbones, arb bushes, drop links and track rod ends done and it has transformed the car. For the extra 30 quid it's worth doing the lot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Booth Posted March 5, 2014 Report Share Posted March 5, 2014 Saw that picture on Facebook the other day Robin, it looks Sooo soo epic on those wheels. I love it so much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted March 5, 2014 Report Share Posted March 5, 2014 Mark, passat estate all day long. Mondeos are bland as hell and rot something evil. 1.9tdi passat will do all you ask. I did see a Mondeo on Autotrader for just under a grand that seemed pretty reasonable, although it was the saloon rather than estate version so I'm assuming the load space would be restricted quite a bit. Had cruise control 'n' shit though which would probably be good fuel economy wise. You need a Passat or a Skoda Octavia estate Mark. I was thinking the exact same car (octavia) Only Octavias I can see are either petrol and cheap or diesel and pretty pricey, unfortunately. Or a Honda Accord. Hugely under estimated luxury load lugger. Saw a relatively cheap Accord the other day, but wasn't really too sure what they were actually like. Maybe I'll look into it a bit more... Thanks for all the suggestions too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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