Show Us Your Motors!

Kaeo · 8 Jun 2016 at 11:47

Looking shiny! I've seen a few 2s out in the last few days with the hoods down. Makes me miss mine.

Cleisthenes · 8 Jun 2016 at 11:48

I can't get on with the looks of that gen MR2, I'm sure they're good fun to drive though

Born_2_Kill_83 · 8 Jun 2016 at 12:29

Drove the Jaaaaaag down to Spain (Catalonia), no photo editing this time to keep the old goats happy.

RoboCod · 8 Jun 2016 at 12:57

"bleeeeeet" (I approve)

Ryan-3 · 8 Jun 2016 at 13:28

[bore]Shouldn't it have GB on it somewhere if the plate does not?[/bore]

Some very nice stuff to look at there.

Cookeh · 8 Jun 2016 at 14:08

Cleisthenes said:
I can't get on with the looks of that gen MR2, I'm sure they're good fun to drive though

Couldnt disagree more, always really liked their appearance!

Born_2_Kill_83 · 8 Jun 2016 at 15:14

Ryan-3 said:
[bore]Shouldn't it have GB on it somewhere if the plate does not?[/bore]

Just for France

[TW]Fox · 8 Jun 2016 at 15:18

Born_2_Kill_83 said:
Just for France

Not true, it's compulsory to have a GB sticker throughout the EU unless you have GB plates.

Born_2_Kill_83 · 8 Jun 2016 at 15:22

Haha knew your'd be the one to jump on that, or Geekman.
Truth is I've never bothered with the GB sticker and never had a problem yet.

Janesy B · 8 Jun 2016 at 15:25

It's compulsory but no one really cares.

Adz · 8 Jun 2016 at 17:07

Fr0dders said:
It's fox's way of telling you that he's suspicious of you. Not that you care of course because you're the one driving a speciale

P.S. nice upgrade from your brand new M5. That didn't last long!

I've still got that. We did this in it at the weekend. Not me driving, I'm front seat passenger.

ajf · 8 Jun 2016 at 17:13

rare said:
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Oooh, very nice.
Which specific Abarth 595 model is it?
Just been looking at these myself as with a new one just out there seem to be some great deals on nearly new previous models and not really fussed about the minor changes.
The ones I saw are the 595 Turismo.

peterattheboro · 8 Jun 2016 at 17:17

Adz said:
I've still got that. We did this in it at the weekend. Not me driving, I'm front seat passenger.

Actually been looking for a headrest mount

Adz · 8 Jun 2016 at 17:20

peterattheboro said:
Actually been looking for a headrest mount

They're genuinely great, buy one - tell Chris that Adam Smith sent you.

peterattheboro · 8 Jun 2016 at 17:29

Adz said:
They're genuinely great, buy one - tell Chris that Adam Smith sent you.

A shame it wouldn't attach to this

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/keeps looking

geekman · 8 Jun 2016 at 18:18

Born_2_Kill_83 said:
Haha knew your'd be the one to jump on that, or Geekman.
Truth is I've never bothered with the GB sticker and never had a problem yet.

Don't blame you! It always makes me laugh when people spend ages getting every little thing organised exactly according to French law, when the police don't seem to care at all.

Car looks great, what MPG did you get on the way down?

rare · 8 Jun 2016 at 18:27

Oooh, very nice.
Which specific Abarth 595 model is it?
Just been looking at these myself as with a new one just out there seem to be some great deals on nearly new previous models and not really fussed about the minor changes.
The ones I saw are the 595 Turismo.

It's a 180hp Comp with the larger turbo

As you say the series 4 has just hit dealers so there are some good deals for series 3 cars if your not too fussed about the new changes.

^JP^ · 8 Jun 2016 at 19:57

Went to meet some friends at Cromer cliff top to fly the Phantom 4.
I was only wearing shorts and a t-shirt thinking it would be a nice sunny day but it was cold and windy so we didn't stay long enough to get any decent aerial photos worth sharing.

But, my friend took this one to show his mates and I thought it looked cool showing how practical the car is

the case fits perfectly in the boot space

I promise the matching red foam in the pelican box was just a coincidence!

Born_2_Kill_83 · 8 Jun 2016 at 21:23

geekman said:
Don't blame you! It always makes me laugh when people spend ages getting every little thing organised exactly according to French law, when the police don't seem to care at all.

Car looks great, what MPG did you get on the way down?

Before window tints I just used to display a high vis jacket on the parcel shelf, can you imagine getting a bulb kit and headlight reflectors sorted for these sort of cars.

Not as good as I was hoping, I pulled 30.4 on the English roads (3 hours) and 27.5 through France (85mph). I know the car can do better I just put it down to the car weighing over 2 tonne with luggage and passengers onboard. Then gave up on the 2 hour toll road diversions due to flooding.

geekman · 8 Jun 2016 at 21:55

Born_2_Kill_83 said:
Before window tints I just used to display a high vis jacket on the parcel shelf, can you imagine getting a bulb kit and headlight reflectors sorted for these sort of cars.

Not as good as I was hoping, I pulled 30.4 on the English roads (3 hours) and 27.5 through France (85mph). I know the car can do better I just put it down to the car weighing over 2 tonne with luggage and passengers onboard. Then gave up on the 2 hour toll road diversions due to flooding.

Headlight reflectors aren't even a legal requirement, the ferry companies just try to convince people they are so they can sell them at vastly inflated prices.

27.5 at 85MPH is decent. I managed 30 at the same speed, which reduced to 29 once I got into the mountains. But that was just with me and a boot full of luggage, so I'd imagine your figures are pretty much spot on.

One of the main reasons I chose this car was the economy at motorway speeds: I can think of very few sub £10k cars with 400BHP which can get anywhere close to those figures.