Show Us Your Motors!

[TW]Fox · 26 Jul 2012 at 22:41

It's not the M-Tech kit, not sure what it is because it isn't the SE Aeredynamic pack either.

Yaayuh! · 26 Jul 2012 at 22:41

Blackhawk47 said:

You went for boring interior!!?

Me and my girlfriend went for wasabi green

MM-Seat · 26 Jul 2012 at 23:07

Skoda fabia VRS can be had for a LOT less.

thecremeegg · 26 Jul 2012 at 23:32

Back to the F40 please....amazing car!

Vita · 27 Jul 2012 at 00:58

Really nice F40.

Dr House · 27 Jul 2012 at 01:35

Raymond Lin said:
So for almost £7,000 to lease a car and end up with no car after 2 years.

Or pay another £8,600 to keep a 2 year old car.

I don't think I can ever stomach buying a new car. The mere thought of giving someone a deposit of that size and then monthly payment and not able to keep the car seems alien to me.

I can make sense some times.

I contract hired a car for my wife, 1.2k down and 400 + Vat per month over 2 years. So total cost over 2 years is 12.5k. Which is less then I would suffer in depreciation, I don't have to pay road tax, tyres are all new, my money is not stuck in a car and finally I don't have to mess around trying to sell the car after 2 years.

So the over all cost of ownership is about the same as me buying a 1 year old car and keeping it 2 years.

EyeDot · 27 Jul 2012 at 02:58

thecremeegg said:
Back to the F40 please....amazing car!

What would you like to know thecremeegg?

phil675 · 27 Jul 2012 at 09:18

Quite literally a shed.

Should have gone in Daily Encounters really, oh well

Kimi · 27 Jul 2012 at 12:22

F40? just close the thread, there is nothing more to see here!

dr_volki · 27 Jul 2012 at 12:34

Kimi said:
F40? just close the thread, there is nothing more to see here!

not even if i would say this is my garage:

love the F40 though , jealous

captainrobwash · 27 Jul 2012 at 12:39

This is my Focus 1.6 zetec s lov it really nice car to drive not the fastest but I got kids to think about.

Duke · 27 Jul 2012 at 12:44

Tidy

mjt · 27 Jul 2012 at 12:44

Good car the new Focus. Too many buttons and a touch on the dull side, but a good car nonetheless

Logsi · 27 Jul 2012 at 13:01

Love the Zetec S Focus!

The MK3 has really grown on me!

NathWraith · 27 Jul 2012 at 13:40

had to double take on that focus, thought it was a fiesta at first. They look surprisingly similar from this angle.

Phil W · 27 Jul 2012 at 13:47

Really like the Fords in Zetec S guise

Rizo-UK · 27 Jul 2012 at 16:40

Rizo-UK said:
Hey,
Quite a list to be fair.

Uprated K04 Turbo
NGK Irdidiums
Forge Recirc Valve
Large TXA Front Mount Intercooler
Regal billet lightweight flywheel
Sachs organic Clutch + Uprated Cover (good for 500bhp)
Turbo back Milltek Resonated Exhaust
EBC Yellowstuff & D+G Discs
Whiteline Adjustable Rear Antiroll Bar
VXR shocks
Eiabach Sportlines f50/r40

Think thats it

Mapping done!

295bhp and 335lbft

Lovely smooth progressive drive, overboost of 20psi and holding 18psi

Quicker than a new M3 in a straight line

NathWraith · 27 Jul 2012 at 16:43

Rizo-UK said:
Quicker than a new M3 in a straight line

How? New M3's have more than 400BHP! Even the E46 has 344BHP

agw_01 · 27 Jul 2012 at 16:46

I bet that Astra is a bit rapid!

Gibbo · 27 Jul 2012 at 16:47

Rizo-UK said:
Quicker than a new M3 in a straight line

Unless you've done some serious stripping of weight, then I am sorry but errrr no.

Knew a person who used to have a VXR Astra, he was running 330BHP at the flywheel.

My EVO X at the time was running about 390BHP.

Upto some crazy leptons from a roll from say 50mph, the EVO X was only just nudging ahead, 1-2 car lengths at maximum.

Having driven a new M3 and having friends owned them, once on a roll they were quicker than my EVO X, and above 100mph, the difference was quite noticable, as in the M3 started driving away.

So your Astra is either very light compared to a new one, or the M3 you came across was not trying quite as hard as you.

P.S. Off course all of the above was performed on an airfield!!