Show Us Your Motors!

GhostWKD said:
Slightly different take on it perhaps but I have family in Iceland who have a motorhome and in Spring/Summer/Autumn they list their apartment on AirBnB and whenever they get a booking they just move into the motorhome and go on an adventure somewhere. Apparently the AirBnB rentals cover the cost of camper & associated travels as accommodation prices in Iceland are crazy especially in summer.
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That's 200iq. Would love to end up like that!
 
Insurance virtually demands to be stored in a compound which I got within a mile of work, cost is £48 monthly.

Have this in Wales at Borth (so kinda used to the idea), which has one amazing beach miles long.

The Motorhome is for nipping over to Belgium to see my Daughter and grandchild, 7 hour trip go in the early morning miss all the traffic to the tunnel.

Tried flying, driving, hotels etc, just seemed a better proposition. Can go on to tour from there.

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Uther said:
Usually people keep them in a very secure storage facility, as they get stolen a lot. Quite a few of my friends have got motorhomes (presumably blowing their 25% tax free pension amount on them :p ) but I've never seen the point really.
The money spent on something like that would pay for an awful lot of nice holidays and hotel rooms.
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You could literally live the winter months in Spain in one of these. I know someone's retired parents do exactly that. Spending 3-4 months in Spain will soon add up. 15-20k in hotel bills. Over a 5 year period you are close to 100k. AirBnB your house during the winter months as already mentioned.

Also with todays rates you save about 1.5k a year on utilities during the winter so that is 7 and half grand over 5 years in itself. :cry:

If I was ever going to do it I would convert a Rigid truck (DAF/SCANIA/VOLVO) with a box on the back then maybe add a couple of motorbikes for local transport.
 
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Awesome, the R8 awesome looks a different colour now from the presvious shots.
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Yeah, they discovered the bonnet had been repainted really bad, in short it was as if the lacquer had not cured right, the paint was smooth but the bonnet had like a haze/milky look to it making it quite dull and they thought it was beyond rescue. They tried what they call velvet pads which are far harsher in certain circumstances but not as harsh as just going to a harsh foam pad and heavy cut, in short the different pad worked wonders on the bonnet and fixed the lacquer issue, rest of car was just really swirly due to poor washing techniques and having a really nasty car cover on the car. I am over the moon with it, in theory the 5yr ceramic should make future washing easy, which will be the test as I did the 360 and Clio myself using Gtechniq 5yr ceramic followed by their EXO, that is a truly superb product and really keeps the cars clean and mega easy to wash, so be cool to see how Autobrites product compares over coming weeks/months. :)
 
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Collected at the start of this month, and what a month it's been.

2020 Fiesta ST 3, with all the trimmings; Heated Seats/Steering wheel as standard, Android auto, Upgraded LED Headlights (brilliant), Performance Pack (LSD is incredible) reversing camera, panoramic sunroof.

Absolutely stunning colour (Silver Fox) I've made a few mods so far, switched the plain stock gear knob for a carbon effect knob, wing mirrors have had the indicators changed to 'sweep' in sync with the Matrix LED headlight indicators and I've also had them wrapped in gloss black.

Then last week I managed to find an Air Tec induction kit on ebay for £100; it would've been rude not to. It makes silly noises which make me giggle like a child. I have a short-shifter arriving tomorrow too.

Haven't managed to sell my Mk 7 yet which sucks. I wasn't expecting to struggle so much!
 
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NooBish AbbZ said:
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Collected at the start of this month, and what a month it's been.

2020 Fiesta ST 3, with all the trimmings; Heated Seats/Steering wheel as standard, Android auto, Upgraded LED Headlights (brilliant), Performance Pack (LSD is incredible) reversing camera, panoramic sunroof.

Absolutely stunning colour (Silver Fox) I've made a few mods so far, switched the plain stock gear knob for a carbon effect knob, wing mirrors have had the indicators changed to 'sweep' in sync with the Matrix LED headlight indicators and I've also had them wrapped in gloss black.

Then last week I managed to find an Air Tec induction kit on ebay for £100; it would've been rude not to. It makes silly noises which make me giggle like a child. I have a short-shifter arriving tomorrow too.

Haven't managed to sell my Mk 7 yet which sucks. I wasn't expecting to struggle so much!
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Looks good. Maybe consider getting some proper tyres for it?
 
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GhostWKD said:
Well, I had a slightly insane turn of luck on Friday night. Sat at home with a broken boiler trying to work out how to fund the replacement (beyond economical repair) on the phone to parents talking through options and I missed a phonecall. Turned out I'd won an Evo :D

Picked it up Sunday and literally haven't been home in daylight hours since picking it up, but it is an insane piece of kit. 552bhp on high boost with switchable antilag (childish side of me loves it) along with a full underside restoration in the near past.

Hopefully you'll allow the pictures direct from DCG, it's every bit as clean as it looks :D

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I rarely do such comps, but I think I tried for this one too! Well done mate, beaut
 
mjt said:
Looks good. Maybe consider getting some proper tyres for it?
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Front left is of a different brand to the rest. Rear Right will also need changing in a few thousand miles. The other pair are Pilot Sport 4's which I'll be going with all around. Good eye though, unless I've missed something! :p
 
These are my two toys, I love this shape Vantage and have been coveting the N430 since its release, couldnt afford it when it first came out in 2014 (and not sure I can now either..) but it happened, been on a few road trips to Wales/Norfolk with it so far, it had 14k miles on it when i got it last year, that is increasing quite quickly at the moment.

The Atom is like a 4 wheeled motorbike, 3rd one I have owned and imo the best of the 3, 350bhp and 510kg's it is a weapon and a lot of fun, not ideal for winter but the service and MOT are due in January so that should be interesting... :S


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Nice that they left you some major issues to fix at least. Thoughtful of them. :p

I try to enter competitions for undesirable rubbish, because I think less people will enter and my odds will be better. Since I'd only sell whatever I win so I could buy something different anyway.

It hasn't worked yet. :p
 
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Acme said:
Nice that they left you some major issues to fix at least. Thoughtful of them. :p

I try to enter competitions for undesirable rubbish, because I think less people will enter and my odds will be better. Since I'd only sell whatever I win so I could buy something different anyway.

It hasn't worked yet. :p
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Though the odds are low always worth entering the Autotrader EV giveaway - costs nothing (well except your soul if you win...).
 
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