The G Man

2016 Mazda 2.2 diesel, £0 tax, loads of poke, clean car, by the time the diesel twats catch up with you, you’ll be in an EV

Jay Leno hit the head on the nail when he talked about the relationship with man and the horse re the onset of the automobile, all types of woe were eulogised as to the end of the horse. what happened instead was the horse moved on to leisure activities and didn’t disappear. Instead it moved onto a thing that was used at the weekends. Same thing will happen with the onset of electric cars and the same consequence of the combustion engine, it’ll be used For leisure. We’ll all be in EV’s in 5-10 years

Not updated my wee Mustang thread for donkeys, so a wee update. Upgraded the headers to 1” 7/8 dia and had a new tune installed, gone is the canned Dream Science 439 tune with JLT intake (intake still there), in comes the X Force Headers and bespoke Lund tune (500 dyno’d). Today the X Force with Varex smart box arrived, getting installed tomorrow. Gone the Ford Racing by Borla (3” from cats to 2.5” and a bit of a compromise adaptation ( X pipe had to go), to full 3” engine back system. Unfortunately, no pics of the headers, but here’s the X Force Cat Back: Should auger well for Whipple install forgot to add new 18 model manifold as well

Very similar I’d say, supercharged S550 by recognised Ford partnership tuner, the Roush puts out 720bhp. Same supercharger, some different cosmetics, Roush suspension, not FP, Roush active exhaust, RHD, 10 speed auto or 6 speed manual. Pretty much the same, here it is in the same Twister Orange, except in Oz https://www.ford.com.au/performance/mustang-rspec/

You can buy a Roush licensed built U.K. spec car from here, https://www.parks.uk.com/ford/used-cars/9723613-ford-mustang-5.0-v8-gt-2-dr-auto-coupe/ .with 3 year full warranty, one in the advert is pre registered, new it’s £90k

That’s probably a bit optimistic for the U.K. market. If a base one is $60k, plus 24% VAT + duty, that’s $75k before shipping, add in the extra build cost of a RHD, middlemen costs in getting them over here and supported, the small numbers that would probably be involved and the £ bombing against the $ at the minute, I’d say nearer £85k -£90k for a reasonably well spec’d model. That’s highish end 911 territory, but if it’s as good as has been written...... I don’t think Chevy will put the effort Ford did into the Mustang as a ‘glogbal’ brand and at the Mustangs launch in the U.K., the £ v $ was around $1.75ish. I’d love to see The Camaro being pushed as a global brand, with competitive pricing against the global Mustang. Will that happen? Who knows, but a Mustang GT is getting close to £50k now (again exchange rate not helping) Anyway, if I had £85-90k I’d buy one

Got the colour wrong, it’s shadow black chrome, not black chrome

.....and the bonus that the car is now clad in MPSS rather than P Zeros

Spare set of alloys have been painted Chrome Black, pic of the car with one on the front, stock on the rear. Picture not doing it justice really but paint job really thins the stock alloy down. all the detritus is due to sorting out a bent mud flap and cleaning the Brembo other picture with both on.

Cracking wee motor Some really nice touches and a good wee power output, super

Christ Almighty, that’s a rotten thing tae happen. There’ll be some technical reason for the airbag not going off, I couldn’t begin tae speculate I’m afraid. All ok is a good result the motor is just a piece of metal and will be replaced. Hope the perp gets a thoroughly good ‘thrashing’ figuratively speaking, from the law!

Wow, 10 years ffs!

That was her face as I was trying tae explain, RWHP and Crank

Rosie was just told that my car has now got 540 RWHP, 620 at the crank

Big giant really old kids (one for you two )

Lighten the mood a bit from car meet maniacs:

I would suspect that one of the perpetrators, at least, will be a member on here. No doubt they’ll not be posting much soon. Sadly this is a tragedy for all involved, more so the injured or the dead’s, if any, relatives, but also for the two drivers, their lives will also be ruined. This will happen again sooner or later unfortunately, it’s inevitable, given the modding scene and the social media input to such meets. Together with people mixing up ambition with ability on the driving skill side, youthful exuberance and encouragement from peers, this will happen again. I’ve no answers other than for all involved in these collaborations to enthuse moderation and common sense. As of 10mins ago, https://apple.news/AnteHgVrOT9Kb2y4RmkmqEg

It got more disappointing as the series wore on. Flintoff got more wooden, McGuinnes is no motoring journalist (the Supra spot was excruciating to listen to) and Harris looked a little more desperate as time went on. Didn't finish well IMO, hopefully there’ll be more cars in the next series, once the two ‘amatuer’ drivers hone their skills.

Thanks, just want to get a feel for them. I’ve read some of the reviews of shiply, not delved into particular quotes yet as to their reviews.

Anyone used this service and got any useful feedback on it! Recommend or not. The way it works is putting out to ‘tender’ for shipping quotes from various ‘man with van’ type businesses. I’ve had parts picked up that I’ve sold to members on here by similar type concerns. I’ve got a few quotes from them and comms from each are pretty good so far, as are prices. Ta.

No probs, are their!

So, is there any tranny’s on here?

That comin fae ma da

Cheers Alex, this is what I mean by experienced and considered advice What’d ye mean I’ve no got a race car