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Ekona

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  1. Best in grey really, looks like any other large family car then. But yeah, red is nice. Local dealer refused to take our order if specced the yellow as we wanted It'd look amazing, but he knew he'd never shift it on again.
  2. F*ck me, FF is now almost £150?! That's just ridiculous. Serious amount of car for the cash .
  3. It looks like you filmed in Tard 'O Vision!
  4. X6 is one of the ugliest cars of the generation. It's Ssang-Yong Rodius ugly! X5 is smart, and inoffensive. And I'd still buy the dynamically better Porsche Cayenne. Do go try a Cayman and a 235/240i. The small BMWs are better than the M4 by some margin.
  5. Bottom of the market? No thanks. Early car too, plus that trader doesn't have a great rep tbh. If you can haggle £10k off a £160k Huracan then fair enough, but they're still in demand so I think you'll struggle to achieve that for cash.
  6. I'm sleeping ok, it's just that I seem to awake mid-fever so sweating like crazy then shivering when I get out of bed to cool down. Temp just taken, still at 37.6.
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    Definitive Cars

    Name what your car is the definitive version of chaps, not just a list of cars you like ...as otherwise stuff like this makes no sense. I'm struggling to think what the E39 is the definitive car of, the E34 was better looking and the E60 the better engine.
  8. Properly setup, yes they work. Just thrown on they can do as much harm as anything. Proven that on my own car! I make no excuses, it's purely for looks over any kind of lift prevention,
  9. Still here chaps! Been a bit quiet today as the fever has been spiking and the hallucinations were getting a bit silly at times, so I stopped morphine and concentrated on sleep. Hurt like hell when I woke up, but at least I wasn't talking to the desk or pushing StevoD's head away as it blocked my iPad, despite Stevo being at work in Cambridge all day... Saw the consultant, not looking promising. The infection needs to disappear asap so I can get the op in in time, atm it's not even starting to get better yet so we'll see. Bit of a downer tbh, so no jokes today.
  10. You won't get a genuine Huracan coupe for £150k, unless it's a crap colour with a poor spec. And I don't think people realise how BIG these cars are on the roads, you'd struggle to do the better roads in Scotland and Wales, for example.
  11. A 458 would be bottom of the market at that price, plus I'd want the Spider. So no Fezza. A 991 Turbo would be staggering performance, but 4WD? No thanks. So no Gallardo or R8 either. 540/570 are too ugly, and you won't get many options for your £150k so nope. I'd want something that made me feel special, but that I felt comfortable spanking the arse off of. If we're assuming this isn't a lottery win so I can't replace it the next day if I bin it, then I'm going to pick one car that's track friendly but not road unfriendly, it has to make a nice noise, and it has to be affordable to run. Must be showy without being flash, must be premium but not poncy. Above all, it must reward as a driver. ONE CAR CHOICE 991.1 GT3, in Racing Yellow. On the basis you cannot buy a 991.2 GT3 even if you have the cash, I'll take the earlier car. 9k rpm, 475bhp, flappy paddles but at least I know I like flappy paddles in 911s, and it would have to be the Clubsport model. Available from about £135k. TWO CAR CHOICE Exige Sport 380. For me a track car must always have the option of a roof, and Lotus make the best tin-topped track cars so here you go. I've never drive of these, however we all know it's bloody superb. £70k I reckon with options plus a haggle. 997.2 GTS, in Basalt Black. 2WD manual option. Still the best car I've ever owned, and for the road I don't need anything else. Perfect size, balance, weight, power, seats. The one car that does it all, I would find room for again in my collection. Truth be told I'd buy it again tomorrow if I had £60k spare.
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    Definitive Cars

    Nope, E-Type or Dino
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    Definitive Cars

    00' Supercar - Enzo or CGT. Enzo becaise it was flappy paddle, CGT because manual! 00' Everyday hero - Megane RS 225
  14. Super-sticky semi slicks? Yes, I agree. But we're just talking about regular road tyres. In no way would a car on equivalents from Michelin and Avon be having any less fun on the Avons. They'd just be going slower on more rubbish tyres
  15. Hope so! I've done the Pyramids as a very young kid, like 12 or so, maybe younger. I was too young to appreciate it all, sadly
  16. Nah, no point if you can get the 4S. It'd be like fitting an LS1 when you've got the option of an LS3 í ½í¸‰
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    Definitive Cars

    Hot hatch: VW Golf GTi, mk2. Just pips the original as it was muchly the same car, just that little bit better and more iconic in every aspect. Lightweight road/track toy: Lotus 7. It'll always be better and purer than the Elise, plus the Lotus is the original where he really did just add lightness. Nearly went for Supra over R34, but just couldn't bring myself to. I'd rather own the Supra, but out of the two I'd give it to the Datsun.
  18. Oh in that case a set of MPS4S are going to amazing in 295 on the rear, more grip than a grippy thing
  19. Be it new or historical, some cars can or will always be *the* car that manufactures want to beat, or which fans consider to be the ultimate example. I'll start off, add your own categories or change mine, if you think you've got a better reason '80s Supercar: Ferrari F40. First to top 200mph, reputation as tough to drive, carbon everywhere. Modern Premium Sports Coupe: Porsche 911, regular Carrera S. Classic lines, practical, easy to drive t a challenge to master. '90s Japanese Tuner Car: R34 GT-R. Definitive version of the PlayStation generation car. I don't even really like no1 or no2, but they're the Definitives..
  20. Actually, we should start a new thread based on this: Gimme a sec...
  21. 956 and 962 saw the DCT before Audi. I don't get how someone so competent to do their own setup on their cars (hell, I couldn't which is why i take it to places like CG!) can't understand the huge differences between comparable tyres in the Avon and Michelin ranges, for example.
  22. I was gonna say, in your life mate you've def done enough adventuring to put us all to shame! Did you ever spend any time out there?
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