Show Us Your Motors!

peterattheboro · 4 Dec 2019 at 17:05

Was out taking some pictures so snapped one of the car despite the filth.

gumpy321 · 4 Dec 2019 at 23:43

Got this in May. A nice change.

Chris1712 · 5 Dec 2019 at 10:29

Little preview of my winter beater.

Pick it up next weekend, cannot wait! Bit worried I've gone full retard though.

Will be lots more on my Instagram @chrisatronic

Maccy · 5 Dec 2019 at 10:47

Ooohhh lovely, I almost considered one instead of the 911 but just couldn't bring myself to do it!

Cleisthenes · 5 Dec 2019 at 10:52

Ohh yes.

Love seeing these. The last time was an old boy trying to get a large piece of furniture in the passenger seat outside John Lews

Chris1712 · 5 Dec 2019 at 11:36

I tried plenty of others, but I decided I should take the chance while I can to have something truly impractical

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I was set on a 991.1 2S, but finding one with good spec is a faff and I was worried it would lose its special feeling too quickly. The R8 V8 wasn't noisy enough either.

I think the 4C is truly something special, and somewhat of a bargain. It feels like someone grabbed a boosty 90s Turbo rally engine and chucked it in a roller skate, bloody brilliant.

Gibbo · 5 Dec 2019 at 14:36

Chris1712 said:
I tried plenty of others, but I decided I should take the chance while I can to have something truly impractical .

I was set on a 991.1 2S, but finding one with good spec is a faff and I was worried it would lose its special feeling too quickly. The R8 V8 wasn't noisy enough either.

I think the 4C is truly something special, and somewhat of a bargain. It feels like someone grabbed a boosty 90s Turbo rally engine and chucked it in a roller skate, bloody brilliant.

911's are such great all rounders. But agreed finding one in right specification can be very difficult.
R8 V8 you'd hate, they are slow, V10 or nothing and then maybe a bit boring at legal speeds, but if you want attention they get it for sure.

You made right choice, a car that is rare, exotic, feels truly special to drive, it will annoy you on cold days for lack of able to drive it hard due to fear of binning it or crashing, but when the weather shines it will be totally awesome drive. Enjoy it!

ShiWarrior · 5 Dec 2019 at 15:35

Chris1712 said:
Little preview of my winter beater.

Pick it up next weekend, cannot wait! Bit worried I've gone full retard though.

Will be lots more on my Instagram @chrisatronic

The BMW will do you well in Winter

you dont want anything sporty for winter !, it will get ruined !

Akagi · 5 Dec 2019 at 15:38

Awesome car, the likes of which I'll probably never own! But the rear wheel to arch fitment is annoying.

grudas · 5 Dec 2019 at 15:56

Acme said:
Awesome car, the likes of which I'll probably never own! But the rear wheel to arch fitment is annoying.

get out you slam and destroy everything chav

Akagi · 5 Dec 2019 at 16:05

grudas said:
get out you slam and destroy everything chav

You see it too...

ShiWarrior · 5 Dec 2019 at 16:07

@Acme, you not changed your sig yet ? to Volvo ?

Akagi · 5 Dec 2019 at 16:07

ShiWarrior said:
@Acme, you not changed your sig yet ? to Volvo ?

Haven't felt like I can be arsed yet.

Chris1712 · 5 Dec 2019 at 17:06

Gibbo said:
911's are such great all rounders. But agreed finding one in right specification can be very difficult.
R8 V8 you'd hate, they are slow, V10 or nothing and then maybe a bit boring at legal speeds, but if you want attention they get it for sure.

You made right choice, a car that is rare, exotic, feels truly special to drive, it will annoy you on cold days for lack of able to drive it hard due to fear of binning it or crashing, but when the weather shines it will be totally awesome drive. Enjoy it!

I did test drive...

991.1 C2S & GTS (Way over budget but let me have a go so why not!)
981 Cayman S (Fantastic, but didn't feel special enough. Had budget for GTS but don't think it's worth it)
R8 V8 S-Tronic (Mostly liked it, but not noisy/quick enough)

Alfa came into my mind about a month ago. Feels special, quite rare on the roads, low running costs and seemingly good reliability. If I could put up with the R8 practicality I can put up with this aswell, the road noise is a bit lol though. Also I want to do more track days next year, and cheaper brakes/tyres on this.

ShiWarrior said:
The BMW will do you well in Winter

you dont want anything sporty for winter !, it will get ruined !

Z4 is gone! 4C will be my daily as of next week, at least I won't be buying any big presents for friends & family as they sure as hell won't fit in the boot anyway!

Acme said:
Awesome car, the likes of which I'll probably never own! But the rear wheel to arch fitment is annoying.

It's handbuilt by Italians from fibreglass/plastic, what do you expect

. Spacers are on the list, but only when I can get the Geo done at the same time.

Si. · 6 Dec 2019 at 01:26

A little different form the usual pictures of sporty cars, but thought I'd post a picture while it's still clean

vanpeebles · 6 Dec 2019 at 08:04

I do like that, such a beast

Rilot · 6 Dec 2019 at 08:30

That's the business. Love it.

ShiWarrior · 6 Dec 2019 at 08:40

Best Jeep in my opinion, they look robust, mean and aggressive all in one, it means business

geekman · 6 Dec 2019 at 14:30

Si. said:
A little different form the usual pictures of sporty cars, but thought I'd post a picture while it's still clean

How are you finding it reliability-wise? I love them but have heard mixed reports about the newer models, which is a shame as the old ones were built like tanks.

scotty63 · 6 Dec 2019 at 15:02

Here's one of my Classic Jags, 1964, 3.8, Manual O/D, Spent 25+ years in California from 6 months old, When imported back it was cleaned, Etch primed and rustproofed underneath so it's pretty rot free, It's pretty much bodily 98% original, Excuse the winter wires!