Considering a car change in March-April next year and looking to spend upto 45k

Phate · 23 Dec 2010 at 20:06

Lashout_UK said:
What you do in your own time should be kept private, Phate.

You should hear the list of promises this man makes!

DM · 23 Dec 2010 at 20:09

Phate said:
You should hear the list of promises this man makes!

You get a bar b q and a few quid round here mate, no kinky favours!!

Lashout_UK · 23 Dec 2010 at 20:10

Phate said:
You should hear the list of promises this man makes!

-whoosh-

mjt · 23 Dec 2010 at 20:11

I don't understand all the TT hate in here. It's a good car! Quick too, especially after a little fettling..

Joshy said:
I've decided that Gibbo needs to stop being a peasant and buy one of these:

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1351983.htm

Is that all they cost now? Bargain.

Liampope · 23 Dec 2010 at 20:12

I think there's some conflict in Gibbo's decision making process that needs sorting first. £45k is a big amount to drop on a car that will get some serious exotica - proper top marque sports cars and GTs. And such machines are rightly being considered. But in the next breath he's thinking about his commute down some dodgy sounding country lane. Fact is these machines aren't designed for that sort of thing. So Gibbo - decide what you really want - if you want a B-road blaster for the commute, keep the Evo. If you want a proper car, stop worrying about how wide it is and get one (a Corvette, that is

). Either change your commute route or get a Corsa for that purpose and use the proper car on proper roads.

Or get the Vauxhall - all boxes ticked

Only kidding.

Janesy B · 23 Dec 2010 at 20:14

mjt said:
I don't understand all the TT hate in here. It's a good car! Quick too, especially after a little fettling..

Is that all they cost now? Bargain.

I'm not hating it at all, but alongside what else you can buy for the money, it makes little sense.

[TW]Fox · 23 Dec 2010 at 20:16

mjt said:
I don't understand all the TT hate in here. It's a good car! Quick too, especially after a little fettling..

Because it's a £50k car. If it was £35k, there would be much love. The TT isnt a £50k car, it doesnt look or feel like a £50k car.

Fett · 23 Dec 2010 at 20:19

Gibbo said:
The in the middle option is I guess the GTR, but the running cost truly scare me, they are epic, more so than any other car here.

We both know why Kris got rid of his GT-R, so if he was your only source of info for running costs, it might be worth looking at it again. Your previous figures were high, at smaller intervals...Litchfields are reasonable and you can source your own fluids outside of the HPC which could save a penny. Plenty of fellers on GTROC watching the pennies on a high consumption car like this and seem to be managing. I'd give you a list if I thought it would help, but I'm a HPC **** and it's not the clever way to shop.

Regarding the sharpness, if you have only driven KP's, try another... The difference between the standard geo and race geo is huge (obviously at the expense of the rubber). Regarding the weight, you need to push and be in N or R susp mode and then you'll see why every journo says "it doesn't feel big or heavy". Huge suspension mod potential as well...if you want a quick way of driving a fairly well-prepped GT-R, handling how it should, get a test drive in the 2011 GT-R @ Middlehursts. Honestly, a stock GT-R is a wonderful thing but properly tweaked, they'll twist your mind a bit.

Housey said:
From what I know of you I don't believe a 997 C2 will give you what you seek, it's too accomplished and I also don't think you'd get close to exploiting it on the road, much like the CSL. Now that is not to suggest you don't drive quickly it just outlines that cars that are so accomplished only start to show themselves at SERIOUS licence losing speeds.

Sense. Stop talking it.

DM · 23 Dec 2010 at 20:23

[TW]Fox;18064527 said:
Because it's a £50k car. If it was £35k, there would be much love. The TT isnt a £50k car, it doesnt look or feel like a £50k car.

35K its a anopther plastic fantastic that looks 20k to me. anyway iv goit an announcement to make, im geetting hammered tonight so if any of my many haters want to argue tonight is a good night for you to win

mjt · 23 Dec 2010 at 20:24

Janesy B said:
I'm not hating it at all, but alongside what else you can buy for the money, it makes little sense.

Running costs will be drastically lower than every single other car on his list though. Food for thought IMHO.

[TW]Fox;18064527 said:
Because it's a £50k car. If it was £35k, there would be much love. The TT isnt a £50k car, it doesnt look or feel like a £50k car.

One could argue the same of an E92 320i M Sport and an M3..

I dunno, maybe I'm just biased. I've always liked the TT

Phate · 23 Dec 2010 at 20:24

DiamondMark said:
You get a bar b q and a few quid round here mate, no kinky favours!!

Just the camera it is then

Janesy B · 23 Dec 2010 at 20:27

mjt said:
Running costs will be drastically lower than every single other car on his list though. Food for thought IMHO.

Since when have RS Audis been cheap to run?

Joshy · 23 Dec 2010 at 20:29

DiamondMark said:
im geetting hammered tonight so if any of my many haters want to argue tonight is a good night for you to win

What are you on tonight?

I've just poured another pint of my tramp cider. It's the first time this week that it hasn't tasted like pish

DM · 23 Dec 2010 at 20:30

mjt said:
Running costs will be drastically lower than every single other car on his list though. Food for thought IMHO.

I'd rather pay for services than suffer that nasty depreciaTION

mjt · 23 Dec 2010 at 20:30

Janesy B said:
Since when have RS Audis been cheap to run?

This has a 2.5 litre 5 cylinder with one turbo.
This is not a twin turbo V10, or a blown V8 or a twin turbo V6.
It's still going to be cheaper to run than a Porsche.

Firestar_3x · 23 Dec 2010 at 20:30

Won't be cheaper to run than a Vette.

DM · 23 Dec 2010 at 20:31

Joshy said:
What are you on tonight?

I've just poured another pint of my tramp cider. It's the first time this week that it hasn't tasted like pish

Just had these superb bottles of brandy delivereed today and 6 scotch, i cant tell you how good it is

Joshy · 23 Dec 2010 at 20:34

DiamondMark said:
Just had these superb bottles of brandy delivereed today and 6 scotch, i cant tell you how good it is

Too posh for me.

2 bottles of the strongest cider I could find in Tescos. Should keep me fuelled by the forseeable future

Janesy B · 23 Dec 2010 at 20:35

mjt said:
This has a 2.5 litre 5 cylinder with one turbo.
This is not a twin turbo V10, or a blown V8 or a twin turbo V6.
It's still going to be cheaper to run than a Porsche.

Well if you want to play that game, he can lose the pretentious badge, keep the 2.5T warble, still look like a chav and save a good £25k by buying a Focus RS. It'll also be cheaper to run.

[TW]Fox · 23 Dec 2010 at 20:42

mjt said:
This has a 2.5 litre 5 cylinder with one turbo.
This is not a twin turbo V10, or a blown V8 or a twin turbo V6.
It's still going to be cheaper to run than a Porsche.

And an Audi RS4 has no turbos.

Ask Housey how cheap they are to run.