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    What do you drive?

    Quote Originally Posted by solwisesteve View Post
    He (the Detailer) has told me NO dust covers... let it get dusty and then rinse it off and blow dry (I now have a proper car dryer/blower!).
    What brand/model is it? I only ask because I have just got a black car. Never had black.
    Despite using special shampoo, which is supposed to stop water marks, the car looked a mess without having been dried off.
    Still water marks on the roof, the rest came clean.

    Need to find a good drying solution.

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    Very economical they say, 50mpg when cruising rather actively during my 700km roadtrip. 3-liter straight six, very nice. However, using a passing lane I noticed two trucks ahead and thought that the remaining 500m of double lanes to a strong uphill would allow for a safe overtaking. Well, making it safe resulted in the end speed of 150km/h -Polices posted at the top of passing lane were happy to give me a four figure fine. I've started thinking if something like 318i would be a wiser choice..

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dave O'Sullivan View Post
    Different folks and all that.
    99% of people in the world would think it's crazy that a large group of men spend what we all do on something that tells the time!
    Quite.
    When you look long into an abyss, the abyss looks long into you.........

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    I'll find out tomorrow about my bid for this:



    Nothing special but the mileage:



    Makes it worth a punt.
    Last edited by Dave O'Sullivan; 23rd April 2017 at 22:11.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mikiejack View Post
    What brand/model is it? I only ask because I have just got a black car. Never had black.
    Despite using special shampoo, which is supposed to stop water marks, the car looked a mess without having been dried off.
    Still water marks on the roof, the rest came clean.

    Need to find a good drying solution.
    The dryer..? it's the smallest in the Metroc Vac range, the Blaster Sidekick



    The detailer guy's been using this for a number of years but he recently went for one of their grown up models and I admit, watching him in action, the new big-boy is a lot faster but then that's over two hundred quid.



    I think doing a final rinse with softened water helps a lot as well. I've always towel dried up to now but I'll be trying the rinse with soft water (a couple of watering cans) and then blast dry. If you're in a hard water area (I am but have a water softener installed for the house) then you can get inline disposable water filters for your hose pipe which, according to the write ups, are very good BUT they work out at £1.50 per wash :-(

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    Have now had Herman 2 yrs this month, best car I've ever owned. Love this car.







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    A little off topic but I'll probably get my ass kicked for starting another "what car" thread. What car should I be sinking £6500 into? A coupe or saloon ideally - no MX5s though as it will be a daily driver which I will need to carry stuff in for work.

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    I've just ordered a new Mercedes E63s AMG.... am I excited or what!

    Like this one.... not this actual car, mine is due to be ready for me during September.
    I can hardly wait.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Nev View Post
    Have now had Herman 2 yrs this month, best car I've ever owned. Love this car.






    Same colour and similar spec to my old 630i which has to be one of my favourite cars ever. Enjoy!

    PS IMHO silver really brings out the detail in what is probably Chris Bangle's best effort.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dave O'Sullivan View Post
    I'll find out tomorrow about my bid for this:



    Nothing special but the mileage:



    Makes it worth a punt.
    I believe you're in the trade, and I know very little, but i always thought you should avoid very low mileage cars for their age?

    I thought frequent short runs without getting a car up to temperature was about the worst thing you could do.

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    I fancied a weekend with this

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    Quote Originally Posted by noTAGlove View Post
    I believe you're in the trade, and I know very little, but i always thought you should avoid very low mileage cars for their age?

    I thought frequent short runs without getting a car up to temperature was about the worst thing you could do.
    You are correct to a point yes. This particular car though was maintained very well and used on a gentle 150 mile run every now and then. Also stored in a heated garage. It's all academic now anyway, I didn't get it!

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    Was it at an auction Dave or Ebay, looked nice

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    Mini Cooper S JCW.
    I love it.
    Some pics of a road trip round Scotland last weekend.








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    Picked this one up at the weekend and love it:

    20170509_100721 by mcridland, on Flickr

    Mark

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    Quote Originally Posted by Grandiloquence View Post
    A little off topic but I'll probably get my ass kicked for starting another "what car" thread. What car should I be sinking £6500 into? A coupe or saloon ideally - no MX5s though as it will be a daily driver which I will need to carry stuff in for work.
    Petrol /diesel, auto /manual, mileage etc etc?

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    Just picked up this F56 Cooper S for the wife, surprised to say it but I really, really like it....it will be getting mapped very soon!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nev View Post
    Have now had Herman 2 yrs this month, best car I've ever owned. Love this car.






    My 635d has been great for 2 years, but is booked in on Thursday for a fault with dpf and glow plugs, £708 :(


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    new Audi B9 S4 currently running 407ps and over 600nm via a plug and play tuning box from DTUK

    https://www.diesel-performance.co.uk...0-tfsi-(2017-)




    And the family bus...


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    Picking this up on Friday (apologies for poor iPhone picture):

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    Quote Originally Posted by j0hnbarker View Post
    Picking this up on Friday (apologies for poor iPhone picture):
    Great sounding engine, and in the correct chassis ;)


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    Quote Originally Posted by Cat7 View Post
    Was it at an auction Dave or Ebay, looked nice
    Somebody I knew. A mate of his had first refusal so I never got a look in.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Guido-K View Post
    Great sounding engine, and in the correct chassis ;)


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    Sounds even better with the Eisenmann exhaust!

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    Picked up this 997 Carrera S a couple of weeks back, very happy with it :)


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    Quote Originally Posted by WarrenVrs View Post
    Petrol /diesel, auto /manual, mileage etc etc?

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    Sorry - only just seen this reply. Probably a petrol manual with sub 50k on it. Ideally cheap tax and 40+ mpg.

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    Got this for the summer




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    Ok, it's not turbo powered or mapped or tuned, but it is very quick for a Hybrid and ridiculously well specced in my options :)

    And it makes driving around a city pleasant again.


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    ^^^^^
    Hi, does that have a straight 'electric' mode and if so, what's the range please?
    Thinking of a hybrid or REX electric as my commute has changed to an 11 mile round trip to the train station...
    I still do the occasional longer journey though.
    Thanks.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bowie View Post
    Got this for the summer



    That's looking bang tidy

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    Quote Originally Posted by CardShark View Post
    That's looking bang tidy
    Just what I was going to say - is it an S-Special?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Abyss View Post
    new Audi B9 S4 currently running 407ps and over 600nm via a plug and play tuning box from DTUK

    https://www.diesel-performance.co.uk...0-tfsi-(2017-)




    And the family bus...

    Love the family wagon. We had to unfortunately get rid of our T5 as it wasn't practical with our twin girls car seats with the one sided access. I will get another one day. Do you attend any of the VW weekends?
    We replaced it with an A4 b8 avant 2.0tdi. How do you find the DTUK box? Looking at getting one but a bit sceptical fitting a generic box appose to having a remap created to my specific engine.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bigup View Post
    I always have a soft spot for an Octavia vRS.

    I had a mark 1 from new to 90+K and it did everything you could want of it.

    I was less keen on the mark 2 (looked a bit bloated and blobby), but the new ones look good!

    They should make a vRR in my view, based on the Golf R platform.

    M.

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    Quote Originally Posted by westy View Post
    ^^^^^
    Hi, does that have a straight 'electric' mode and if so, what's the range please?
    Thinking of a hybrid or REX electric as my commute has changed to an 11 mile round trip to the train station...
    I still do the occasional longer journey though.
    Thanks.
    Hi it does have an option to run entirety on battery but the range is tiny, only a mile or so with a full charge.

    Saying that though I've found it very economical, especially for short town trips as it uses the battery whenever possible, I'm averaging 55-60 mpg even on short runs in traffic.

    It is also surprisingly nippy in Sports mode as it uses the battery charge combined with the petrol engine to give a boost, it won't challenge many of the cars in this topic but it gets to 30 mph pretty fast:)

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    Thanks for the info.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bmwrover View Post
    Really nice.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bmwrover View Post
    There are quite a few desirable cars in this thread. This one is at or very near the top of them.
    'Against stupidity, the gods themselves struggle in vain' - Schiller.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bmwrover View Post
    Very nice indeed

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    Love the old Range Rovers, back when they used to be 'proper' off roaders ;)

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    Got this about a month or so but been busy getting a few things tidied up on it, so much bang for your buck and the handling is amazing, and the sound of the flat six


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    Quote Originally Posted by maxwellwd View Post
    Got this about a month or so but been busy getting a few things tidied up on it, so much bang for your buck and the handling is amazing, and the sound of the flat six

    Sheppey - outside the Playa Club. Thought it looked familiar. The wife's family used to live just up from that many years ago.

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    I seriously considered one of these and may well look at one later (when they have dropped a little form the scary starting price!). Love the brutal performance coupled with near limo luxury! Did you drive one?

    Quote Originally Posted by Jim W View Post
    I've just ordered a new Mercedes E63s AMG.... am I excited or what!

    Like this one.... not this actual car, mine is due to be ready for me during September.
    I can hardly wait.


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    Quote Originally Posted by verv View Post
    Mini Cooper S JCW.
    I love it.
    Some pics of a road trip round Scotland last weekend.







    Lovely!

    Reindeer......Cairngorms? Was up there two weeks ago and not a drop of rain ☹️

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    Pickled this up yesterday, stunning so far!!



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    Quote Originally Posted by zanderpants View Post
    Pickled this up yesterday, stunning so far!!



    Lovely colour - and the car's not too bad either!

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    Wow! That is stunning, great colour.

    Quote Originally Posted by zanderpants View Post
    Pickled this up yesterday, stunning so far!!



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    Quote Originally Posted by BSB View Post
    Sheppey - outside the Playa Club. Thought it looked familiar. The wife's family used to live just up from that many years ago.
    Yes, don't tend to go in there much these days. Has always been an overpriced place, but nice in the summer. The Leas is a very nice road

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    Dusted the cobwebs off this today after a winter tucked away


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    Quote Originally Posted by maxwellwd View Post
    Got this about a month or so but been busy getting a few things tidied up on it, so much bang for your buck and the handling is amazing, and the sound of the flat six

    986 looks so much nicer in that colour than standard silver.

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