As above has to be the best value sports car you can buy
Was looking for one for the back end of the Summer there but too late for me now.
It would just sit there with the battery going flat.
Will look again in January
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Congrats! Mine is 2010, I've had it for two years now and it still makes me smile every time I drive it!
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911 definitely a completely different class of car now, my 993 was smaller than a Cayman.
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That is amazing & probably why the cayman feels right for me from a size perspective. It’s amazing how much cars have bloated and parking spaces have not!
Hood, completely agree on the F80 comments, chasing power and not finesse. I am yet to try the latest M versions, but the front has put me off entirely.
Just wish I had car play in the 981 without spending many hundreds to get it sorted. My only gripe, well aside from having to take half the rear of the car apart to get to air filters!
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Really liking all the BMW content, especially the clown shoe, very nice indeed.
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Here’s mine.
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Had this for a week and almost 1000 miles in already. Photo taken at the Bluewater Shopping Centre, Tesla collection area
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I still have the Golf GTI and traded my Scirocco for the Cupra Born. I have also sold the VW T5 Campervan I built a few years ago along with the VW T4 Motorhome to fund the Karmann.
The Karmann is a 2007 RHD Colorado 550 with 18k, 1 of 3 RHD in the UK, made a few changes like new upholstery plus a few other tweaks.
The Born is a V2 eboost with tech L pack.
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It is an interesting development in the market that's for sure and you are welcome to not like it or understand it but it clearly works for a lot of people.
From Audi's Nardo grey to BMW's Brooklyn grey and Porsche's Crayon and even Skoda's meteor grey that contrast from a flat grey paint job with dark grey and black trim does look good and just works.
If you are going to criticise it then you probably need to balance the argument by stating why the hugely popular but very boring and derivative metallic grey looks better?
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And yes I’m a little biased. [emoji6]
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Each to their own - as I made clear it is *my* opinion and *my* view and as I also made very clear, it's the buyer's money and their choice. Just one that still baffles me.
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Re: the comparison with Silver / Metallic Grey - there are many objects finished in those colours and cars are no exception. Imagine painting your watch collection in matt grey/beige? :-)
It is strange, I think crayon seems to work better on the larger cars. When I saw a cayman in it, I was a little underwhelmed compared to how good I thought it would look.
Almost has to be larger than 911 size to carry it off IMHO. Not sure how I got to that, but love it with the larger ones.
I'm a big fan of primer
Had a Nardo car ,Crayon,Kemora grey and Hockenheim silver
All flat colours and look great when it's overcast which is much of the time up here.
Smokey have you"bonded" with the Macan?
Read your thread on Macan forum that you were undecided.
It’s a great car and I’m maybe expecting too much from it. Beautifully built and handles very well but just lacks a little personality.
If I wanted more excitement probably should have gone for an M3 or C63 but then they’d both have comprises.
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It's not really a new development - James Bond reportedly had a Bentley "in rough, not gloss, battleship grey" in the Thunderball novel, set in the 1960s:
Bond had the most selfish car in England. It was a Mark II Continental Bentley that some rich idiot had married to a telegraph pole on the Great West Road. Bond had bought the bits for £1,500 and Rolls had straightened the bend in the chassis and fitted new clockwork—the Mark IV engine with 9.5 compression. Then Bond had gone to Mulliners with £3,000, which was half his total capital, and they had sawn off the old cramped sports saloon body and had fitted a trim, rather square convertible two-seater affair, power-operated, with only two large armed bucket seats in black leather. The rest of the blunt end was all knife-edged, rather ugly, boot. The car was painted in rough, not gloss, battleship grey and the upholstery was black morocco. She went like a bird and a bomb and Bond loved her more than all the women at present in his life rolled, if that were feasible, together.
Loved it last time you posted it & smiled again now.
Hoping our Smart does similar, 15 plate so a long way to go but added 31k since purchasing 3 years ago, far more than our other cars have managed.
A small, park anywhere car is the most relaxing thing to leave in a car park. We love it.
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That is great quality Japmobiles for you.
Same here, never failed an MOT except for maybe a routine replacement item like a bulb, tyres or brake pads.
The Agila is a Japmobile (Suzuki Wagon R) with a Vauxhall badge and engine. The only issue we have had is with, surprise, surprise, the engine (new water pump).
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I’ve been driving a vw caddy for past four years so getting the m4 last week has been a game changer !!!
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Big service on the 7 today with all fluids replaced. Anyone who's worked on these will know what a PITA changing the diff oil and gearbox (type 9) oil is. Took most of the day. Garage looks a mess but it's all tidy now!https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...9fb698438f.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...da04c5483b.jpg
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Looking at that photo I realise what I miss. My car is electric and I’m not permitted to open the moment to see what’s going on. The thought of changing fluids is quite exciting.
Still in my 2011 Civic. I feel if I am to achieve my dream of owning something V8 powered it will have to be soon as I foresee a time when they will be banned!
Been eyeing up luxobarges, an LS 430 would be nice...
I must admit, I do love it. Quite messy though. Nothing like hot oil running up your arm! The gearbox is the most challenging. The gap to get the plug is about 1.5 inches, and can only be removed with a cut-down allen key. Brakes were bled with a Gunston easi-bleed using air from one of the tyres. Luckily the present Mrs Hocuspocus is good with tea and bacon.
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Bloody steep hill though.
Drive needs weeding.
just taxed my old 1992 Surf.i used to use this as my service/tow in wagon before i [semi]retired. now only gets used for the shooting season.owned it for 16 years and in that time the only essential parts its needed have been a radiator and a starter motor.been asked to sell it many times but its one of the family now.my boys are starting to think it will be part of their inheritance.:sentimental:.https://i.imgur.com/Qry8qda.jpg
This is the only fluid that I’m supposed to top up. Alas, no battery fluid [emoji51]
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Popped on the winter boots today. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...9143487113.jpg
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Lovely car that I’ve just purchased it’s big brother. Although I’m not sure Porsche got it right with Red callipers?
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They are more obvious with those 19 inch rims, much less so with the original 21 inchers.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...f5e4103fd2.jpg
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Yes you are right, the summer wheels look very nice!
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The company has informed us they wish to take back company cars at the end of the month and offer a car allowance instead. I've been very impressed by the high-spec Skoda Octavia they've been providing recently that I thought I'd replace it with a Superb. Great build quality, loads of kit, economical, refined and so much space, I know I can take up taxi-driving as a sideline if things get tough lol.
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It's now in winter hibernation and I can only look longinly back to these fantastic late August 30+ evenings.
This day I left work, usual 16:30 and it took me over 2h to get home (commute is 10min). I called my wife, she said fine, enjoy and I did.
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The one car is for comfort, big dog duties and general pottering around in....
....The other car isn't.
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