|
Purple
Jul 20, 2022 9:06:47 GMT
Post by Blarno on Jul 20, 2022 9:06:47 GMT
Weird to think that the engine that powered the first gen Mono was a direct descendent of the engine in the RS2000, albeit with the exhaust and intake swapped over.
|
|
|
ST170
Jul 18, 2022 11:12:21 GMT
Post by Blarno on Jul 18, 2022 11:12:21 GMT
It’s very nice for little financial outlay. What I’ve been more surprised about is reflecting on the excitement you have for 20 year old warmed-up family cars. It made me realise that when I started driving the car to have was a Mk1 Mini Cooper - which was a 20 year old warmed-up family car….. I was having a similar conversation with a mate the other day. My first legal car was a 10 year old Vauxhall Belmont. It was rusty, it leaked,was a bit of a shed and only had 90k on it. Fast forward to now and my 330 is 14 years old, has nearly twice the mileage, yet has no rust, everything works and is decidely not a shed.
Speaking of warmed up family motors, if I still had the Clio, it would be approaching its 20th birthday, my Legacy Turbo would be 30 in August and my 205 and 309 GTis would be 35 years old.
|
|
|
ST170
Jul 18, 2022 7:21:43 GMT
Post by Blarno on Jul 18, 2022 7:21:43 GMT
Nice. One of these was in the running when I bought the Clio. The only reason I didn't buy one was when I got to the Ford dealer to test drive it, the guy before me had just bought it.
|
|
|
Purple
Jul 14, 2022 7:42:02 GMT
Post by Blarno on Jul 14, 2022 7:42:02 GMT
A mate of mine had 2 RS2000s in succession - a K plate Mk5 whose engine met a grisly end when the camchain snapped at 6+k and then an N plate Mk6 4x4 that eventually got traded in against a Mk1 RS Focus. I loved the Recaros and the red glow of the instruments in the Mk5, never got a chance to drive his Mk6, but if it was anything like the Escort GTi I had, it was a good steer.
I remember ages ago you had a Mazda 6 MPS, whatever happened to that?
|
|
|
Post by Blarno on Jul 13, 2022 11:09:08 GMT
I'm a convert to FB market place after Ebay charges got too high. You do get your fair share of idiots, but you did with Ebay as well.
|
|
|
Post by Blarno on Jul 7, 2022 9:07:56 GMT
See ya Bozza, you spineless shitbasket, self-serving, useless bag of piss and wind.
Now we have the agonising wait for whichever deranged halfwit subhuman takes his place.
|
|
|
Post by Blarno on Jul 4, 2022 15:41:39 GMT
The ID3 has been styled in such a way that it's blindingly obvious it will replace the Golf.
|
|
|
Post by Blarno on Jul 4, 2022 12:22:08 GMT
Ford have recently re-registered some old names: Escort, Cortina and Granada.
Will we see the return of the GLX or Ghia trim levels?
|
|
|
Post by Blarno on Jun 27, 2022 11:24:35 GMT
Can’t speak for Porsche, but the expensive paints for JLR products (SV paints and finishes or SV bespoke) are applied in the SV paint shop and not in the standard paint shops at any of the plants. There is an additional level of finishing too that goes some way to justify the cost. Same for us too. Although, we use specialist painters and finishers for all our cars. The bespoke stuff goes through days of masking, filling, etc before a drop of paint even touches it.
|
|
|
Post by Blarno on Jun 27, 2022 11:19:22 GMT
A mate of mine is a self made man, runs his own tipper business. Lives in a 3 bed ex council terrace and parks his R8 V10+ and his wife's C Class convertible on the drive.
|
|
|
Post by Blarno on Jun 24, 2022 15:25:35 GMT
Double or triple A? There was talk that they share architecture with the VW van, or have I missed something? I hope not, or it'll have comically over-assisted steering.
|
|
|
Post by Blarno on Jun 22, 2022 8:37:08 GMT
You know this will be bought, barely driven and stored somewhere for resale in 10 years time for a million. Like pretty much every other 22B then.
Although, I do remember the chap I bought my Legacy from having one. At the time, it was 5 years old and had been used properly - covered in mud from the Welsh lanes, battle scars, scratches, the lot.
|
|
|
Post by Blarno on Jun 21, 2022 8:10:13 GMT
You would have to really want one to pay half a million for it. That's an obscene amount of money for an Impreza. In fact, you could likely buy an ex-WRC car that would wipe the floor with it for less.
|
|
|
Post by Blarno on Jun 17, 2022 10:05:23 GMT
That does look mega, especially the interior. Not sure how the pop-up lights will fare legally though, which is a shame.
|
|
|
Post by Blarno on Jun 15, 2022 12:56:42 GMT
I've not really paid much mind to Maiden since the triumphant return on Brave New World. Every album since then has been a pale imitation of that or previous endeavours. Realistically, they could have retired when Bruce first left in 1992 with an amazing legacy and nobody would have thought any worse of them.
This kind of thing has been going through my mind recently - old rockers still touring into their 60s/70s. Look at Ozzy - he's absolutely fucked (Some would argue he has been since about 1978..), but he continues to tour (Although I'm pretty sure that's more at the behest of Sharon than him..) and sadly, he can't do his back catalogue justice. This isn't recent either, I saw Ozzy at Ozzfest 2002 at Donington, and considering the quality of bands that preceeded him, he was disappointing. His voice wasn't there, he was milling aimlessly about the stage and he pretty much phoned in the performance on every Sabbath song he did, relying on the crowd to sing the majority of the words whilst Zakk Wylde widdled away as he does.
Even Metallica, my absolute favourite band in the world. They're all in their late 50s, and whilst they can still produce it night after night live, the cracks are beginning to show - James Hetfield had a breakdown on stage a few weeks back, worrying about whether he can do it any more. Honestly, they could retire tomorrow and I wouldn't be upset. 41 years in the business is not to be sniffed at, by that point you've more than earned your retirement.
|
|
|
Post by Blarno on Jun 15, 2022 11:32:54 GMT
It has to be a Mk4 in UK spec - Twin Turbo, solid roof, manual only, full 326 bhp donkeyfest.
|
|
|
Post by Blarno on Jun 14, 2022 7:22:56 GMT
It's a toss up between:
Off the clock in my 205 GTi - the speedo went up to 140 and it was wound right round touching the stop before 0 - for a very brief moment on a straight road somewhere back in 2001.
Indicated 135 in a Diablo SV on an airfield in Peterborough.
|
|
|
Post by Blarno on Jun 9, 2022 8:34:16 GMT
That would have been 2014 when Lottie wasn't quite 2 years old. It was great being back down there again, we rented a cottage in Narberth that was so nice we booked it again for next year.
|
|
|
Post by Blarno on Jun 7, 2022 11:58:06 GMT
Jewish Racing Gold is never a good look. Mixed with purple, it gives off a lecherous, rapey bachelor vibe.
|
|
|
Post by Blarno on Jun 6, 2022 9:18:26 GMT
Several times, but only one resulted in an actual "ticket".
First time was July 2000 when I overtook an unmarked T5 in my 205 GTi. I have no idea how fast I was going because the speedo didn't work, but I would guess upwards of 85. I got a stern bollocking and a Section 59.
Second time was May 2012 when I stupidly went through a speed camera I knew was there, at 11mph over the limit. Got a speed awareness course.
Third time was March 2019 when I drove past a camera van in one direction to get to a roundabout, then, for some unknown reason. absolutely tonked it in the other direction and got clocked (luckily) at 49 in a 40. Another speed awareness course.
Fourth time was this April, on the M6 near J17, which is part of the managed motorway section. Got clocked at 67 in a 50 and I can only assume I thought the 50 limit had ended and was accelerating away, as I always use the cruise control in camera controlled sections. Too fast for a speed course so 3 points and £100 fine.
|
|
|
Post by Blarno on Jun 6, 2022 9:12:33 GMT
There's a great amount of satisfaction to be had at getting paintwork right. It's something I've always struggled with.
As an aside, I was in your neck of the woods last week. Spent a couple of days in Tenby as part of my holiday.
|
|
|
Post by Blarno on May 27, 2022 11:39:58 GMT
Been saying that for years.
|
|
|
Post by Blarno on May 25, 2022 11:34:05 GMT
It could be a Passat, or an A4, or even a Citroen C5 (Do they still make them?) Do they do an estate version? That's the killer question.
Meanwhile, we get the Arkana, which is...well, I don't know what the fuck that's meant to be. Looks like a French interpretation of an X4.
|
|
|
Random
May 23, 2022 11:18:57 GMT
Post by Blarno on May 23, 2022 11:18:57 GMT
Is there a competition going on between manufacturers to furnish cars with the smallest possible brake lights? I noticed some time ago that the Disco 5 has a vast swathe of lamp unit on the rear, yet the actual brake lights are the size of the side of a matchbox. Since then, I've noticed more and more cars with huge lamps, but tiny brake lights: One of the Teslas - it could be the 3 or the S, I don't know because they are very same sausage=different length - has matchbox sized brake lights, as well as the Ford Puma, which I only noticed as I was following my Dad in his the other day.
Sure, they're bright, as they're LEDs, but they could be a little bit bigger. Even the units we fit to the Mono R, which are tiny in comparison to almost every other car, have brake lights at least twice the size of the cars mentioned above.
|
|
|
Post by Blarno on May 16, 2022 7:57:32 GMT
Quite possibly the best looking estate car currently on sale, maybe tied with the Volvo V60.
|
|
|
Post by Blarno on May 16, 2022 7:54:44 GMT
Thirded. I would love to have another one, but a 2WD model this time so it could spend more time on the road than on axle stands. There's an L plate purple one sitting under a tree in someone's garden that I pass every day on my way home. One day I will stop and ask what he's doing with it, becuase it's a shame to leave it there getting shat on by trees and birds. Granted, it's a 2.0 model so has a cat and less power than the 1.9, but it should have leather and more toys being a last of the line job.
They were pretty rare in the first place and a lot of them donated their engine so people could make their 205 GTis even faster.
|
|
|
Post by Blarno on May 5, 2022 8:14:57 GMT
It was definitely a 6 banger, I could tell by the noise when he hoofed it away for absolutely no reason.
|
|
|
Post by Blarno on May 4, 2022 7:59:38 GMT
This morning, I encountered a BMW 135/140i (I don't know or care which and it was debadged), equipped with fartshift turned up to 11, being driven in a comically crap fashion by some youth.
The plate:
AB58 BOY, spaced to read A B58 BOY.
B58 being the engine designation for the 35/40i.
What a gigantic helmet. Engine codes on number plates, I've seen it all now.
|
|
|
BMW i7
Apr 21, 2022 11:20:01 GMT
Post by Blarno on Apr 21, 2022 11:20:01 GMT
The 7 series has been an ever increasing munter since they killed off the E38.
|
|
|
Post by Blarno on Apr 20, 2022 11:36:23 GMT
I was going to say that I don't think the Berlingo is based off a car platform as such. I know brakes and drivetrain are shared with small PSA stuff, but I wouldn't know about the suspension. People get away with it on the Caddy because the front end is all Golf and the rear end is leaf springs, so they just flip the mounting blocks to drop them on their arse.
|
|