Plans for your car 2017.

Disk and pad change, service including gearbox oil and filter, wash it regularly, maybe go ahead with the audio upgrade I have considered.
 
What I would like to do:

Remap
carbon ceramic brakes
wider light weight alloys
light weight titanium exhaust

What I actually will do
Nothing and Probably sell the car in 6 months :D
 
Porsche - Suspension setup and refresh. Possibly fit air induction kit that takes out the sound deadener and gives the airbox 1/3 extra space. Want to get rear wheels refurbed and couple of rear tyres I think. Also get cabriolet roof looked at. Get it serviced by Porsche and looked over. Fit braided brake lines, change fluid.

Then sell it. :) I've had a Porsche 911 so that's one off the bucket list. :)

Focus - MOT it and put petrol in it lol.
 
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2006 MR2 Roadster

Sell it!

2003 Evo 8 FQ-300

Keep fixing whatever breaks!

2005 EP3 CTR Prem

Induction kit, back box and suspension upgrade!
 
Golf R

Might get a Oettinger rear spoiler as the current OE looks a bit small.
DTUK Pedalbox to get rid of the sometimes annoy pedal lag i get when pressing on a bit.

Finding a decent local detailer as well
 
I would quite like it to just work for a few months in a row so I can pretty much forget all about doing anything other than using it for a family bus and having it serviced.

Depending on its performance at this momentous task it may or may not survive in my ownership beyond March, which could be very expensive given the amount spent on it and it's relatively low worth, but I've had about enough
 
Take it on a European road trip. Tempted to drive it through Germany over to Italy then head back along the south of France then back up through France. Make a couple of weeks of it with some nice stops
 
Bought a brand new car last august with half the funds being by a loan put over 3 years

Would really like to pay it off by the end of 2017...
But will most likely end up paying it off sometime in 2018

Plus am waiting to see what the new model 2017 or 2018 fiesta ST is going be like as I may trade in my focus ST for one..

;);) There also been rumours of a new fiesta RS coming out..;);)
 
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On my Cooper S:

Hopefully, looking at a new exhaust with ECU remap (Or equivalent), which should bring the power from 190 to around 250-260. Maybe a new set of tyres, will see.

Get rid of some of the exterior chrome. Both front and rear light rings will be first. Might also change the fuel cap, but I do want to keep some of the chrome so I'll just wait and see how it looks.

I may also change the rear spoiler to the JCW one. Kind of kicking myself now as I would have gotten it cheaper when ordering the car. :o
 
On my Clio 200 hopefully:

New brake pads, discs, fluid and braided lines (just for a refresh more than anything)
Lowering springs/coilovers and stub axle spacers
Remap
Trackdays

And then little bits to finish off the car (retrimmed steering wheel, gearknob etc)
 
By March I hope to have it replaced with something faster. I have to do test drives as my shortlist is a mish-mash of sorts, basically just cars I really want to own at some point with no actual logic to them:

E90 M3
VXR8/Monaro
Evo X
Focus RS

It'll be one of those.
 
Chassis rail repair
MK2.5 brake servo
Braided lines
Coilovers (Gaz?)
Mid box removal
Better cold air intake
New wheeeeels
Hard top
Duck tail (?)

Later in the year *maybe*

Turbo/SC setup
New clutch
 
Been thinking of a new exhaust setup and remap to add a bit of character to the engine, and to try and alleviate it's biggest problem, that of the "torque dip" in the mid range. I'm due a service at Abbey Motorsport within the next couple of months, so while it's in I'm going to speak to them about some options...seems the best option might be a new header, high flow cat and a remap. It will first time I've dabbled with engine mods on a car.
 
As of June my car will owe me pretty much nothing, as my work car allowance will have covered what I paid for the car in the first place. Being a 320d though it's a case of whether the timing chain goes before then or not, but if it makes it that far I predict it'll be on about 160k by then, we'll see.

I suspect I'll end up buying something new anyway though. Alas, my annual mileage (30-35k) puts me in 2.0d territory so I'm going to have to see what I can find that's a diesel with half decent fuel economy and at least 180bhp as I don't want anything slower than what I've already got.
 
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