Show Us Your Motors!

mike gunnz · 7 May 2014 at 22:50

Lovely car that mk1 RS. 292bhp on that chassis must be immense fun.

peige · 9 May 2014 at 08:17

IMG_9884 by peige10101, on Flickr

120d M Sport with toys.

Love it, such a polished car. I love all the details and the level of tech that comes with it, remote apps, media and satnav, much more.

My first BMW and I suspect not my last.

It replaces my megane coupe which did 80k miles without anything other than servicing (not even a set of brake pads)

Relentless81 · 9 May 2014 at 08:25

What engine was in your Megane and what year was it please?

peige · 9 May 2014 at 08:39

Relentless81 said:
What engine was in your Megane and what year was it please?

2ltr 130hp, 2010. Megane Coupe dynamque TTom. I run 21k a year on A roads/motorway, had it from just under 10k and sold it just under 80k.
Started every day, averaged over 50mpg over its whole ownership. Can't fault it.

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phatboy · 9 May 2014 at 08:47

Have such a HUGE soft spot for these cars, my wife has a 1.6 Zetec...admittedly nowhere near the same level but it is such a well put together and great handling car, the RS must be fantastic to drive!

There are a few kicking around Aylesbury all very tidy examples and sound lush

phatboy · 9 May 2014 at 08:51

The SR...Actually clean, wont exactly set the world alight, but it is a great little family car

China Man · 9 May 2014 at 09:38

With kids my budget for my cars just getting smaller and smaller :eek:

peige · 9 May 2014 at 09:47

China Man said:
With kids my budget for my cars just getting smaller and smaller

Hopefully not your fuel budget!

Loved having one of these, full tilt through a tunnel with all the ports open at 9k revs :cool:

Tax and fuel though, what a killer of joy...

phatboy · 9 May 2014 at 09:54

Do like RX8's and they are in my price range

as you say its the oil and fuel bills that still kind of put me off.....is the Renesis still bad for required rebuilds etc or they got past that?

IvanDobskey · 9 May 2014 at 09:55

Wow an rx8, you must be pretty brave :eek:

17mpg and an engine that is worn out by 60k...

Enjoyable to drive when they actually work though.

Dup · 9 May 2014 at 10:17

I'm still of the belief that the RX8 could be a great track car. For the purchase price you could strip and resell most of the stripped parts to save weight and probably remake the purchase cost back. Put that money into a full once over and go play on track.

I do want a rotary powered car one day, love the FD3S.

DAIR · 9 May 2014 at 10:37

Fun cars to drive. I enjoyed the 9 months of ownership before getting.......... A corsa vxr.

LizardKing · 9 May 2014 at 11:21

Dup said:
I'm still of the belief that the RX8 could be a great track car. For the purchase price you could strip and resell most of the stripped parts to save weight and probably remake the purchase cost back. Put that money into a full once over and go play on track.

I do want a rotary powered car one day, love the FD3S.

Theres a garage round here that specialises in the v8 conversion and running them for drifting, seems a much better use of the car

J1nxy · 9 May 2014 at 11:57

My XF, still one of the best looking saloons on the market in my opinion...

SDK^ · 9 May 2014 at 12:03

They do look great but that touch screen interface and some other interior niggles really lets it down.

J1nxy · 9 May 2014 at 12:07

SDK^ said:
They do look great but that touch screen interface and some other interior niggles really lets it down.

On the facelifted cars the touch screen is much better, and for the vast majority of things works perfectly. I use the Nav and audio controls all the time and once used to it it becomes second nature.

What interior niggles????

Jonnycoupe · 9 May 2014 at 15:59

Yeah the nav is a bit old but works and the novelty of all the feature/function wears off anyway. Recent phase is better and the Incontrol interface to phones apps is pretty good. Will be getting better next time round

J1nxy · 9 May 2014 at 16:02

Jonnycoupe said:
Yeah the nav is a bit old but works and the novelty of all the feature/function wears off anyway. Recent phase is better and the Incontrol interface to phones apps is pretty good. Will be getting better next time round

I assume your referring to the XE? Was talking to my dealer about it yesterday as they should be available in the window for replacing my XF...I just want the high powered 3.0 v6 Supercharged engine...

AndrewNR · 9 May 2014 at 18:54

peige said:
IMG_0748 by peige10101, on Flickr

IMG_9884 by peige10101, on Flickr

120d M Sport with toys.

Love it, such a polished car. I love all the details and the level of tech that comes with it, remote apps, media and satnav, much more.

My first BMW and I suspect not my last.

It replaces my megane coupe which did 80k miles without anything other than servicing (not even a set of brake pads)

Absolutely wonderful interior.

Blackhawk47 · 9 May 2014 at 19:05

Interior looks good but I'm not so keen on the fishnet details...