I would recommend it to any petrol head. The roads are as good as anything anywhere in Europe IMHO.That really is something special to do isn't it
The black M3 owner has 10+ supercars.
He bought the M3 and drove the wheels off it without a care in the world.
A few of my friends have gone the old M3 route of late for fun and track days, usually with the famous (but utter crap) line of "I am going to keep it standard" at which point they then throw the buy price again at the car in upgrades.
I think my car was probably the perfect car for the trip actually and several said it was their choice. I did bottom it awfully on one shot cut we all took, the noise nearly making me cry like a baby. Then followed by people laying on their backs telling me "stop being a tit Housey, it's fine" whilst patting me on the head with comforting 'there there's'.
I think my car was probably the perfect car for the trip actually and several said it was their choice. I did bottom it awfully on one shot cut we all took, the noise nearly making me cry like a baby. Then followed by people laying on their backs telling me "stop being a tit Housey, it's fine" whilst patting me on the head with comforting 'there there's'.
We had 2 flats on the trip and both were sorted with phone calls and money. Not easy with cars like this, not like popping into Quick Fit with a Ford Focus.And less risk of the impending shame of a hard shoulder breakdown, at least for some of those cars (*cough* McLaren)
That road is off the scale, serious up and downs with some great surfaces. There were several others, some even better.Must admit, I do like that road from Glen Shee down to the Spittal now that it's been resurfaced
I thought I would do a small update for those who are interested, not least as I close in on 10,000 miles added in my ownership. I love the car and it is the best car I have ever owned, taking the crown from my old GT3. I was advised by a few friends who know me well enough that it was "the car for me" and they were right.
A special car, massively quick on all but the wettest and coldest days and instills a level of confidence in the dry I have got from no other car. I have done some great road trips in the car, not least my Scotland road trip posted elsewhere, which gave me a good chance to run with 4 or 5 properly rapid drivers on the best roads in our country. I would not have changed my car for a single car on that tour it was epic.
I also popped to see my mate Jack who does the Number27 videos on YouTube. I let him drive the car and we took it across the road that Harry Metcalfe uses for his videos. I then drove it back at pace and he said he had never seen any car do that road as quick. Left foot braking means you can pivot the car and added to four wheel steering it makes a big car feel very small.
It has not been all glory though. As mentioned before I had to have suspension sensors replaced just after delivery after I got a message on the dash. First time I opened up the car on a bumpy road, annoying but fixed under warranty (£4K).
It also throws sensors on occasion and twice when hitting the rev limit (used to a V10) it went into limp mode, somewhat disconcertingly. Turing it off and on again fixes that, but lesson learned. Both times were due to it not picking the next gear when I pressed the right paddle too!
First service and Mercedes Macclesfield decided to overfill the oil, a pet hate of mine, so were told to take it out. Why garages do this is beyond me, but first 3-4 times my old M3 was done it was overfilled, even after I had told them to be careful.
New tyres 2K miles back were close to £1500 for MO Cup 2 but are immense when up to temp and 15mpg average in my ownership means it's thirsty, though 580bhp and 700nm torque that is hardly a surprise.
The noise it makes turns me into a little kid and none of my cars have got the love (bar one dweeb in an A3 a few weeks back) that this car gets. Women love the thing, I have had SEVERAL stop me to talk about the car, one in the middle of the road as I gave way, another in Scotland who pushed passed all the Ferraris and Lambos to get to her 'dream car'. Nice part of the ownership is getting little kids in the seat and there will be a few social media pics out there I suspect of kids in my car with proud mum and dad taking photos.
So all in all great, fun and enjoyable car to own.
A special car, massively quick on all but the wettest and coldest days and instills a level of confidence in the dry I have got from no other car. I have done some great road trips in the car, not least my Scotland road trip posted elsewhere, which gave me a good chance to run with 4 or 5 properly rapid drivers on the best roads in our country. I would not have changed my car for a single car on that tour it was epic.
I also popped to see my mate Jack who does the Number27 videos on YouTube. I let him drive the car and we took it across the road that Harry Metcalfe uses for his videos. I then drove it back at pace and he said he had never seen any car do that road as quick. Left foot braking means you can pivot the car and added to four wheel steering it makes a big car feel very small.
It has not been all glory though. As mentioned before I had to have suspension sensors replaced just after delivery after I got a message on the dash. First time I opened up the car on a bumpy road, annoying but fixed under warranty (£4K).
It also throws sensors on occasion and twice when hitting the rev limit (used to a V10) it went into limp mode, somewhat disconcertingly. Turing it off and on again fixes that, but lesson learned. Both times were due to it not picking the next gear when I pressed the right paddle too!
First service and Mercedes Macclesfield decided to overfill the oil, a pet hate of mine, so were told to take it out. Why garages do this is beyond me, but first 3-4 times my old M3 was done it was overfilled, even after I had told them to be careful.
New tyres 2K miles back were close to £1500 for MO Cup 2 but are immense when up to temp and 15mpg average in my ownership means it's thirsty, though 580bhp and 700nm torque that is hardly a surprise.
The noise it makes turns me into a little kid and none of my cars have got the love (bar one dweeb in an A3 a few weeks back) that this car gets. Women love the thing, I have had SEVERAL stop me to talk about the car, one in the middle of the road as I gave way, another in Scotland who pushed passed all the Ferraris and Lambos to get to her 'dream car'. Nice part of the ownership is getting little kids in the seat and there will be a few social media pics out there I suspect of kids in my car with proud mum and dad taking photos.
So all in all great, fun and enjoyable car to own.
It does get a disproportionate amount of female interest. No idea why, they just seem to really like it to an extent where they come up and talk about it. Never had that with another car, they must smell I am divorced.
It's my favourite view.
That was the thought at first, but it's not really his demographic. We may do one at some point, I think it impressed him greatly but I took a work colleague to meet him who was follower too and who is building up a BMW 2002 which I suspect will be his thing. Glad he didn't have a camera in when we drove cross country
Have you driven the GT R specifically?
It does indeed and it is funny watching the faces of people coming the other way more often than any car I've ever had. It does stand out being so low and wide.
This was the video provided by the dealer to the person I bought the car off before he bought it. I had to replace the music with musak due to copyright n stuff.
He did me a video for me, which I will share in due course but explains why I bought the car and how fastidious he was.
He did me a video for me, which I will share in due course but explains why I bought the car and how fastidious he was.
You mean Rodney?Steve? I always had you as a Dave
Epic car.
I've had the car for over 10,000 miles now so am very comfy with it but it is a proper handful on cold, damp and mucky roads and needs respect. However you can slide it around traffic islands and slide it around easily and safely due to the clever TC. You have to careful at all legal speeds giving it full beans in said conditions as it will light up the rears, even at 70mph.
Will be getting something else to sit alongside it soon, roads of late are disgusting so need something that doesn't make me wince all the time when the road gets stone filled or mucky.
Will be getting something else to sit alongside it soon, roads of late are disgusting so need something that doesn't make me wince all the time when the road gets stone filled or mucky.
Nooooo too much car for me as I get older.
BMW/Mercedes waft box looking most likely, maybe F10 M5 / E92 M3/4 if I feel 'in the moment'.
I think they evolved to be decent. I took one out when they first came out, it felt a step up in performance but also inside was a bit cheap I felt. Never really got on with it, didn't feel it was special enough, oddly. I have driven a couple since M4/3 and liked them more. Represent OK value right now I think and the looks have grown on me too.
So, in another one of my 'oh **** I am getting old' moments....
It seems my Sat Nav/Command Media screen is borked, but that is nothing to do with SD card. In my head I had thought I once removed it and the screen stopped, so when it stopped again and the screen was blank I put 2 and 2 together and got 34249029238083204832 when there was not card in the slot. I am still convinced I did this, but even without said SD card (or my imagined one) it should work.
So booked in to Macclesfield Mercedes to diagnose and fix the screen issue.
Question: Anyone know if you can reboot/reset Mercedes Command in my car WITHOUT access to the screen. So think a combination of button presses etc?
It seems my Sat Nav/Command Media screen is borked, but that is nothing to do with SD card. In my head I had thought I once removed it and the screen stopped, so when it stopped again and the screen was blank I put 2 and 2 together and got 34249029238083204832 when there was not card in the slot. I am still convinced I did this, but even without said SD card (or my imagined one) it should work.
So booked in to Macclesfield Mercedes to diagnose and fix the screen issue.
Question: Anyone know if you can reboot/reset Mercedes Command in my car WITHOUT access to the screen. So think a combination of button presses etc?
