new toy has arrived...
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Shes looks cracking Tom good choice, took your time with the pics mind
5 days
some of us have lots of work and a new car to enjoy in the rest of the day!
personally I love the colour, it was that or a white one as I think the lighther colours look much better on the E92. but finding a decent priced white M3 is pretty tricky!
this one came with most of the options i wanted, including the important 19's, EDC and uprated stereo, and was a pretty good price in the current market i think.
no chance on another Noble, always breaking & expensive when they do, totally impracitcal.
down to one car for the forseeable future, this was the case after I worked out how much money I had spent on cars in a year!
Splendid, well done old boy! There should be an MTorque meet shortly at Thorney's you should bring it down and get it on the rollers and see how much more bhp it has than my RS4
must resist miltek and remap...
must resist....
Not sure if you've had chance to get it on some proper country roads yet but how does it feel to drive vs the CSL? As in steering feedback / how usable the engine power is vs the unit in the CSL (more of less responsive) etc, from an outsiders view it looks like a much nicer place to sit for a long trip.
had a stag do over the weekend and driving back was nice and comfy, about 1.5 hr drive from oxford through london. in the CSL i would have been ready to kill someone after that!
engine nice and flexible, both units good at high revs, new engine feels much smoother and a bit more torquey down low, so you dont feel the need to keep revs up quite so much in any given situation.
not really pushed it yet, but grip levels seem good and turn in nice with little understeer.
cheapest ones are sub £35k, but most that i saw on the internet of viewed were either crap spec and or colour, high mileage or bad condition or all of the above. this was a private sale and was £33k which i think is pretty good considering this is reasonable good colour (demand wise) with a good spec & condition and 10k miles.
£33k, original invoice for £57k including options 18 months ago and 10k miles ago.
Can I ask, why on earth did you have 3 cars last year? I never see the point of having lots of cars (This is a genuine question before anyone starts going 'ooo jealous'.)
Back to topic, its a nice car
because the noble fits one other person and a toothbrush in, apart from being generally inpractical and not the easiest to park or get out of etc. etc. etc.
got the skyline when this was in the garage for 2 months having an engine rebuild and tune up.
Very nice
Were you not tempted by an M-DCT car after having the SMG CSL?
not massively, fancied a change back to manual anyways and the DCT cars are all much newer and hence more expensive. wasnt willing to stretch the budget that far.
EDC
19's
LOGIC 7 stereo
6 CD changer
carbon look leather trim
bluetooth
shadowline exterior trim
front PDC (rear standard)
USB connection
heated front seats
DAB
sliding armrest
adaptive headlights
folding mirrors
extended storage (cup holders!)
havent tried the ipod yet, but there is also a line in the centre armrest right by the USB.
wasnt listed as an option and got them on mine, so i guess those lights are standard. looks very cool when you open the car up at night!
the interior may look bland, granted all black, but all the materials are very nice up close and you really need to sit in it in real life to appreciate what you are getting, its not garish, just neat and tidy with lots of nice little touches, I am finding it just like a cosy more compact version of the M5 in many ways.
what you driving now Will? still get round the docklands area from time to time?
As I'm a bit more awake now, I've just re-read the price & depreciation..... Wow!
Thats one big hit the initial owner has taken, I assume its price will at least for a while, continue to plummet.
Regardless though, you still have imo an absolute bargain.
Whats the MPG like? - Theres a chap I work with (not a driver!) who has a 57 plate like yours, he gets around 16mpg!- To put that in perspective, my 44ton Scania with a 12litre engine manages around 9mpg...
prices have firmed up this year, so hoping it will stay like that, although i think i will be keeping this as least a year, which is a lot for me!
can easily beat, currently getting 11.5mpg around london. by comparison the CSL was about 13-14mpg and the M5 was 10mpg in the same conditions.