Reply With QuoteBlimey. And I was quite pleased with my Mazda 3Originally Posted by Shrek
It's a 675LT. The colour is Sarthe Grey and looks grey under a dull sky but when it catches the sun, the blue pops out. I said I wasn't going to have another grey car but this looks so nice in the flesh.
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All done now, wheel alignment and new gear nob, let the track days commence
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Recently took delivery of a G82 M4 Competition
It joins my Up GTI daily
My two money pits. 500hp forester daily, and my 3.6 996 C2. There's a ratty 944 turbo tucked away somewhere too..
Love to see all the nice things on this thread!
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More info on the Forester please! I do like Subarus
How much time have you got
Forged 2.5, six speed conversion with matching diff etc. 8 pot brakes, syvecs ECU (with anti lag, rolling anti lag, flat shift etc) ...and cruise control..
60-100 in 4th in 4.5 secs..
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If you were going to pick a standard Forester, which would be the one to get?
By the sound of the additions above, presumably the stock engine and drive train are fairly bullet-proof?
Assuming you mean a turbo. Subaru turbo engines have a bad reputation for head gaskets and bottom ends, and the 2.5's also for ring land failure when tuned.
Having said that, on a stock engine (or mildly tuned eg on stock size turbo) in my experience if they've been serviced well then they are fine. I ran the stock 2.5 in this at 220 wheel hp to 100,000 miles and it looked great when it was pulled apart at that point. The 2.0 engines are stronger, and the forester's have smaller turbos than the imprezas so they tend to last even better.
But the best advice really is keep something in your back pocket for at least a head gasket top end rebuild.. you might be lucky, you might not.
Drivetrains are excellent. The 5 speeds will only take around 350hp
STI's are always the strongest and have all the better supporting parts (brakes, drivetrain etc) but they command strong money at the moment and the engines are not a lot stronger (forged pistons are the only real difference between the ej255 XT engine and the STI EJ257)
Lots of nice standard 2.0 XT cars around. Also a good halfway house is a JDM cross sports which is a kind of halfway house between an XT and an STI. But most are autos
Hope that helps!! Feel free to let me know if you need any more info, happy to help if I can.
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Just realised that doesn't answer your which one to buy question.. if you've got the budget get an STI.. you can still find them for £10k ish. If not I'd probably err towards a manual 2.0 xt and do some upgrades to make it what I want.. which I pretty much what I did with mine.
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Gratuitous better forester pic. Will be swapping it onto Michelin Alpins for the winter next week.
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Love that Forester...I ran an Impreza Turbo 2000 for ten years and it never missed a beat....still miss it 12 years on..even the kids still ask "Dad why did you get rid of that fast and noisy car ?"
I loved my old turbo 2000 wagon.
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I had an R plate Wagon, piggyback ECU decat 4 pots and remap, loved it
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Picked up this 90’s Jap today:
For a split second I thought that was the Ford Probe.
A local lad had a Probe 24v and a Scorpio Cosworth for sale at sensible money and I came very close to buying both.
Luckily, a very sane friend talked me out of it.
Brilliant cars. Wish I still had this tbh.
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Taff, that's brilliant.
I occasionally make runs to Brecon from East Anglia and have been thinking for some time about getting something a bit more capable in more challenging conditions. Sounds like this is a possible candidate.
New addition to replace the wife's Golf GTI £20 RFL and brilliant fuel consumption...fun to drive too.
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That is quite a jump from the daily! Have you had any of the previous M3/4 generations to compare against?Recently took delivery of a G82 M4 Competition
It joins my Up GTI daily
G82 is lovely, have had a few sideways rides in them!Recently took delivery of a G82 M4 Competition
It joins my Up GTI daily
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I enjoyed owning this one. It ran like it was on rails.Brilliant cars. Wish I still had this tbh.
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The G82 is my second car , the UP is my daily runaround, its my first M car
Previously I had a modified M235i
Before that a modified XFR Jag
and before that a supercharged 370z
Cheers, some interesting metal over the years; love to hear your views once the G82 is run in.
Will have to get out in one at some point to compare vs the prior generation I owned, but could not get confident with the damping when pushing on.
Mine is the orange one
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Outside WBAC??!?
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Outside but not being sold.
Not sure *any* covers a Bugatti
Now long time lurker JonMurgie was the first to post a car on this thread. The photo has long gone, but it was a lovely Forrester STI in blue. It looks the nuts.
Gratuitous better forester pic. Will be swapping it onto Michelin Alpins for the winter next week.
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My Z4 M40i
Sorry to disappoint but I am a hopeless driver, so I prefer to use a motorcycle. My daily ride now is a 650cc single, but I used an 1150 Adventure for 14 years and racked up 225,000 miles on it. I had the R80GS to use as well and for a while a tatty old standard 1150GS with a long range tank, that was sold with 98,000 on it. I still have the 80GS.
The daily ride:
The R80GS:
Had any previous ones? Interested to know how you feel about the new one.My Z4 M40i
As a household we have had 1 x E85, 2 x E86, 1 x E85 M, 1 x E89 the latter of which was a mistake my wife wished she kept her E85 and kept stealing my M.
Our new family wagon. Definitely my favourite pre baby purchase
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Just love the shapes going on there!Mine is the orange one
Started out with nothing. Still have most of it left.
This was my daily for 5 or so years, about 10k plus a year. It now just pops out for an occasional blast about the back lanes.
Stock WRX with Prodrive performance pack - putting out 273bhp from a recent check - not messed about with/tuned but serviced with no expense spared, plus a few improved handling components etc., and an STI front bumper (after I cracked the original and could not get a replacement WRX one for love nor money!)
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Ah, pictured in its natural habitat - the filling station forecourt!Our new family wagon. Definitely my favourite pre baby purchase
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(I only joke as mine is probably worse!)
I have a GTC vxr as a daily (not that I actually go anywhere anymore) and a little toy for the weekends. Top marks for anyone that knows what it is
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Yes I PXd my 59-plate E89 35i DCT (bought from Sales Corner) for the new one.
I had the E89 for over five years and really liked it, but for me the G29 is a massive step up in just about every respect - performance, handling, equipment/tech, refinement, ride, comfort, interior and overall sense of occasion are off the scale by comparison IMO.
Love the cream leatherOur new family wagon. Definitely my favourite pre baby purchase
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Amazing car.
Nissan Pulsar Gti R
I have a GTC vxr as a daily (not that I actually go anywhere anymore) and a little toy for the weekends. Top marks for anyone that knows what it is
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Top marks mffw
Do you have an interest in 80s & 90s hot hatches?
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Do you have more than one car? I only ask as I'm looking at estates at the minute and the 5 series/E class/A6/V90 series cars are much better value and way better equipped than the 3 series/c class/a4/v60 etc.
I'm guessing it's hard to park on the high street?
Great colour combinationOur new family wagon. Definitely my favourite pre baby purchase
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In a way, I think I just love things that are a little out of the ordinary.
Recent cars for me were.
Audi TT mark 1
Subaru Legacy spec B
Nissan 200 SX turbo
Toyota Carina E GTI
BMW E30 M3
Ford Escort RS Turbo
I have had more mundane cars as well.
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I think you’ve nailed it on the head, the E89 lacked a sense of occasion compared to the previous generation. Glad to see it has returned again.
Lovely, always wanted to have one as a play thing. Have you kept it standard?
I have a GTC vxr as a daily (not that I actually go anywhere anymore) and a little toy for the weekends. Top marks for anyone that knows what it is
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I had these 2...fabulous cars the Gen5 GT4.I enjoyed owning this one. It ran like it was on rails.
Nice lineup that. I had a 200sx s14a for about 8 years. Superb car
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I imported it about 3.5 years ago and hadn’t intended on doing much with it. But quickly found it was way too well looked after to modify so I’ve kept standard. It’s only done 43k miles so I’m just maintaining and enjoying it
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Agree. I haven’t had any experience of BMW or Volvo, but always thought that the A6 and E class were much better value (than A4/C class) when comparing like for like. Actually at one point a new A6 was marginally cheaper than an A4 when you spec’d the A4 to the same level.
The other thing, when buying used, is that that it seems to be easier to get better cared for/lower mileage/higher spec examples of E class than C class. That’s why I’m currently driving a 2013 E class coupe with every option ticked and only 26k miles - there was only 13k when I bought it two years ago.
I always wonder what Mercedes drivers get up to. Always the lowest miles used of any "premium" car company. Are the cars so bad they just don't use them? We have a GLC and it's average at best. My bottom spec 116d drove better.
Part of me wants to get a V60/V90 cross country but I'm sure that will be the depreciation game on expert mode which means we'll have to run it into the ground.
Funny how my wife swore she would never have an estate due to them being "funeral cars" and now we're 3-5 weeks away from a Tesla Model 3 being delivered she's sending me links to estates on auto trader. She definitely hates the Tesla.
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