An XJ with Uniroyal tyres is a sad sight...
Why? Whilst not as good as proper premium tyres the Rainsport 3 is a cracking tyre for the money!
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Why? Whilst not as good as proper premium tyres the Rainsport 3 is a cracking tyre for the money!
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Those wheels
Carrera S wheels. That's how they come! Also not my favourite wheel pattern or colour (nor is the car for that matter!) however the spec was worth making some sacrifices for.
I don't do gloss black wheels hence getting rid of them of my SVR, but I do quite like those wheels, my 911 had similar and they really suited it, though the ceramics did help with keeping the gloss black looking clean which is impossible with iron brakes.
It's funny, I'm not a fan of gloss black either yet the last 3 cars I've bought have them. I toyed with changing them on the 640 til the day I got rid. Think they look great on the cooper s though. Not got my mind made up on the Boxster yet. The car is outstanding though. Grips like nothing I've driven, even better than the Cayman s I test drove due to the options.
Red leather would set it off nicely. Bet it's black though?
Aye it's black. I did quite like the red but the trouble is split colours are a rarity so when you say red literally everything is red.
I couldn't live with that.
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An XJ with Uniroyal tyres is a sad sight...
Rainsport 3's are some of the best tyres I've had on a car, especially in the winter conditions we get 300 days of the year. Soon as the tyres had worn down it came with I couldn't wait to put them on, hardly cheap either
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Rainsport 3's are some of the best tyres I've had on a car, especially in the winter conditions we get 300 days of the year. Soon as the tyres had worn down it came with I couldn't wait to put them on, hardly cheap either
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Aye it's black. I did quite like the red but the trouble is split colours are a rarity so when you say red literally everything is red.
I couldn't live with that.
That interior is hideous, not my taste at all.
Especially in the winter conditions we get 300 days of the year.
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Ah.
I've not seen a Blue and Grey one in person.
What's annoying thought is some of them don't look too bad on the configuration but IRL they are horrid.
That reminds me of the lurid turquoise and pink interiors from Porsche's air-cooled daysAye it's black. I did quite like the red but the trouble is split colours are a rarity so when you say red literally everything is red.
I couldn't live with that.
Its not clean and my iPhone makes it look darker than it is, one day will remember to bring the proper camera out and take some photos, but having great fun today smoking around in the M3 and driving like a typical M car owner, sideways and smoking the tyres. 
Still it does look good.
Car goes in tonight for a much neater and tidier rear seat delete than what I had done a few years ago, exterior all sorted, so time to sort interior, probably going to get a pair of Recaro Pole Positions and Recaro seat mounts too. Then its in with Spires tuning next Friday for some suspension tweaking and track alignment and car shall be doing Donnington evening trackday May/June for a shakedown, see how it copes, if all is well, then a set of new wheels with sticky tyres and some full days booked up at Oulton, Donnington and Bedford all being well.
Still it does look good.
Car goes in tonight for a much neater and tidier rear seat delete than what I had done a few years ago, exterior all sorted, so time to sort interior, probably going to get a pair of Recaro Pole Positions and Recaro seat mounts too. Then its in with Spires tuning next Friday for some suspension tweaking and track alignment and car shall be doing Donnington evening trackday May/June for a shakedown, see how it copes, if all is well, then a set of new wheels with sticky tyres and some full days booked up at Oulton, Donnington and Bedford all being well.
Oulton Park is really great.
Donnington is fast and flowing and generally suits road cars with 250HP upwards or Caterhams with 150HP upwards.
Oulton Park has a lot more tighter corner so is not as fast or flowing but is fun in a different way, though it suits smaller cars better it still remains fun in a bigger heavier car. But you can fun at Oulton in say a 100HP Caterham or a 150HP road car, but I'd say its harder on the brakes due to lower speed tighter corners and there been a few of them so do make sure your brakes are more than upto the task.
I've done Bedford, Silverstone, Anglesey but never find myself wanting to return there, but Donnington and Oulton are always calling, only other track I totally love is Spa, but its a bit more than an hours drive away and Spa definetely suits cars with 300HP upwards or the proper fast Caterhams as though it has some tight corners its got epic straights and some really fast corners too where horsepower is important, again strong brakes are required as in a car with some power you braking hard from 150-180mph on the back straight.