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Post by chocy on Feb 19, 2019 12:56:24 GMT
 My current car. Unfortunately it's for sale as I just don't use it I work in Edinburgh City centre and travelling by car is no fun. Currently the quickest way for me to get home is to run the 5 mile distance, plus that's probably best for my health also. Shame, I know you love a nice Golf! Rebecca's the same, though not quite to the extent of running to (or from) work. Yet. However, unless it's totally pissing down or snowing heavily , she's been cycling to work and back, saving the running for her days off - and sometimes after boxing class! Good stuff. I will probably cycle when it gets lighter, annoyingly, it's probably the best way to get around. |
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Post by grampa on Mar 18, 2019 12:10:35 GMT
Haven't posted the Maxi yet - not the most artistic of photos! - bonnet stripes now also gone  |
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Post by Roadrunner on Mar 18, 2019 12:45:12 GMT
looks great and is the same colour as our, soon-to-arrive, new one. Ours didn't have bonnet stripes, but we are having them added!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2019 15:27:54 GMT
That does work well - I don't normally care for black wheels, but with that paint colour and the car's shape in general it does seem to work.
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Post by michael on Mar 18, 2019 15:41:18 GMT
That does look good. I have to agree on the black wheels, too. They suit it.
Do have an irrational hatred for a couple details on these cars and one is the brake lights. I really don't like how the main light unit on the back doesn't contain the brake lights and they're instead relegated to the bumper.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2019 17:26:17 GMT
Haven't posted the Maxi yet - not the most artistic of photos! - bonnet stripes now also gone Don't worry, we'll walk in the road. |
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Post by grampa on Mar 18, 2019 17:51:54 GMT
Unwritten rule in our road, like many that weren’t really built for the number of cars people have these days - pavement on our side for parking, the road or pavement on the other side for walking - park in the road and cars can’t get past. Most people walk down the middle of the road irrespective of whether the pavement is blocked or not - no through road so there’s only about 10 cars a day use it.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2019 17:56:51 GMT
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Post by grampa on Mar 18, 2019 22:35:54 GMT
Very lucky with our neighbours - everyone gets on and if necessary people are ok with blocking each other in (checking it’s ok first of course) if for instance you have a few guests, or sharing drives etc
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Post by cbeaks1 on Mar 31, 2019 18:01:10 GMT
 Old shape 140ps St Line X replaced with a 2019 125ps ST Line X in Magnetic Grey. Aside from the colour identical to the red one I had as a company car. No options as nothing needed really. Has half leather, heated seats, nav, front and rear sensors, sign recognition, lane keep etc. I really like this spec in this colour - quite sharky. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 1, 2019 7:00:21 GMT
Did I read somewhere that grey is now the most popular car colour? Suits it well.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 1, 2019 9:33:43 GMT
It does look good, some similarity to the Mazda 3.
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Post by Tim on Apr 1, 2019 10:28:50 GMT
Our Micra is grey and while it looks ok a more distinctive colour would enable us to spot it more easily in a car park.
There are a lot of small(ish) cars that look very similar from the front - Auris, Last gen Civic, the small Mazda, etc.
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Post by cbeaks1 on Jan 1, 2020 20:21:16 GMT
About a day after suggesting Chris M should get a Tourneo Connect I did the maths and located a high spec one to sign up for. A replacement for my wife’s Focus ST Line X (thoroughly excellent bar my ability to kerb the alloys and gouge lumps out of the tyre).
As it turns out I have not taken leave of my senses, and divorce appears distant. I flipping love it to be honest. It also makes a fair amount of financial sense as I have paid what I am hoping is what it will still be worth in a year’s time.
5 seats, stovepipe headroom, 700 litre boot, heated seats, sat nav w/CarPlay, f and r parking sensors, rear camera, and 999cc’s of loveliness.
It is a Titanium 1.0 100ps petrol. Magnetic Grey with 16” alloys, privacy glass and silver roof rails.
I knew it would drive well as I have taken a 1.0 Courier van around a track a few times and enjoyed it hugely. If you want to make progress it has to be thrashed but the 1.0 is a lot of fun, and it is surprising grippy and roll free. 50mpg on a run too, which I was surprised by.
£100 a month less than the Focus for a car that will do about 5000 a year and has all the spec and space you could need seemed like a no brainier assuming one could live with a van with windows.
It also coincided with the pre-order of a Mustang Mach-E for late next year so I will squirrel away the savings. If the monthly cost looks too high I can cancel and get my deposit back so no risk.
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Post by michael on Jan 1, 2020 21:04:50 GMT
Got a picture of the Connect?
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Post by cbeaks1 on Jan 1, 2020 21:12:54 GMT
I’ll try to do it tomorrow. No custard.
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Post by cbeaks1 on Jan 1, 2020 21:13:52 GMT
Not sure how this happened, but it is a Courier not a Connect. I suspect that is not auto correct, just a fail by me.
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Post by cbeaks1 on Jan 1, 2020 21:19:13 GMT
Identical to this beauty.  |
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Post by racingteatray on Jan 7, 2020 20:38:33 GMT
Took a couple of shots of the 4GC reflecting a truly epic Italian sunset at my father-in-law's house on Christmas Eve:
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Post by rodge on Jan 14, 2020 5:59:14 GMT
Looks great Racing!
Not a photo but my Lexus is about to hit 270,000 miles today, in its 20th year.
Doesn’t look much now, but is still going well.
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Post by racingteatray on Jan 14, 2020 11:12:36 GMT
It's a bit grubby in those photos as I hadn't yet washed it after the 1,000 mile schlepp from London, but yes it still looked good.
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Post by Tim on Jan 14, 2020 14:35:41 GMT
It's a bit grubby in those photos ....... Er, that's not grubby    |
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Post by Martin on Jan 14, 2020 15:05:46 GMT
That’s not just grubby, it’s illegal!
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Post by racingteatray on Jan 14, 2020 15:07:47 GMT
Yes, but mud is cheating. Look at those front alloys. They are diamond-cut and usually pretty sparkly. By the time I cleaned it, they were practically the same colour as the tyres. when clean:  |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 14, 2020 15:24:12 GMT
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Post by Tim on Jan 14, 2020 15:36:05 GMT
That’s not just grubby, it’s illegal! Somewhere, Chris is having a lie down in a dark room!  Those photos are from 26th December. It's got worse since then (although the numberplate has been cleaned). |
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Post by rodge on Apr 21, 2020 2:17:33 GMT
The new (to me) motor. Done about 300 miles in it so far. Needs to be cleaned already! Also I know it’s a BMW and is parked across a disabled bay- that was the mechanic who had just replaced the rear brake pads.  |
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Post by johnc on Apr 21, 2020 6:50:09 GMT
Nice motor Rodge. I always thought that was the best looking of the X5's. What is the engine?
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Post by rodge on Apr 21, 2020 19:31:51 GMT
Nice motor Rodge. I always thought that was the best looking of the X5's. What is the engine? It’s the 3.0 twin turbo. Nicely appointed inside though it is black leather which I’m not a big fan of. Very comfortable to drive but handles well too. There’s also a nice kick when the second turbo spins up, meaning what I thought was 70mph was actually 90 when I glanced at the speedo. |
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Post by michael on Jun 2, 2020 12:11:17 GMT
I was on the Moors yesterday and got a picture of the Discovery with it's older relative. Looks like a 86-88 90" from the graphics   |
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