Show Us Your Motors!
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Excellent, the will to get up early is always a good signSounds good! BMW is away having some stuff done this week but can go for a drive/picture session at some point soon hopefully. Where abouts have you moved to, still around the Medway?
Yes, moved to Wainscott. Can wash the car more often now that I have a driveway and easy access to power/water
And I didn't end up going for a drive this morning. Ended up lying in a bit instead. Nevermind.
My 1.6 Focus was 98BHP IIRC (about 99PS?) and that was not fast but definitely adequate, although I guess it would be slightly lighter than a new Focus too.
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A few pictures my friend took at my recent track day at Blyton Park
Yeah I had a 1.6 Focus years ago and it was a horrible engine, absolutely gutless.
Had a read up on this one and it does certainly look impressive for a 1.0 though the real life MPG figures don't seem to get anywhere close to what Ford state. Can see it being good in a Fiesta or Ka but the Focus is a big car and will need a fair bit of torque to get it going.
Would be interested to hear how it drives from Steedie after coming from the XF.
Edit: Nevermind just saw your new car thread
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That engine's supposed to be going in a mondeo at some point too!
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Can't understand why they haven't put the 1 litre Ecoboost in a Ka. Would be a hoot. Remapped to 140ps and call it a Ka ST, would be a fun little car comparable to an Abarth 500.
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hmm, need to wire wool the exhaust tail pipes again.
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Better
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I will harm you spaz.
Lovely colour. Puts my S3 to shameA few pictures my friend took at my recent track day at Blyton Park
Looking good! Love it
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Dont know about putting it to shame, s3 is a lovely looking car in black too
Do like the BBS' on Xez's car though
Do like the BBS' on Xez's car though
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Hmmm, think it gets a bit lost all black, the standard colour wheels make it a bit more stand out
S2000 is just one of those cars that looks "right" in standard trim
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He's pulling my leg m8. Thanks to a previous owner with questionable taste my alloys used to look like this:
Now they look more like this:
Hope Fox doesn't spot the Falken's
Now they look more like this:
Hope Fox doesn't spot the Falken's
Yes, moved to Wainscott. Can wash the car more often now that I have a driveway and easy access to power/water
Nice, GFs nan lived there until very recently (bungalow on Iden road, don't suppose it was you who bought the house?
) and seemed like a decent area
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He's pulling my leg m8. Thanks to a previous owner with questionable taste my alloys used to look like this:
Hope Fox doesn't spot the Falken's
Ahhh lol fair enough!
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Used to wonder the same with the old Ka and Ford's zippy 1.25 Zetec engine out of the Fiesta, though when I mentioned the idea to a Ford sales person she thought they'd all end up on their roofs!
But there was also the fact that the 1.25 Zetec Fiestas cost maybe a grand more than those running the 1.3 8valve jobbie and probably would have taken the Ka out of it's price bracket.
With the current Ka engine coming from Fiat it'd take a fair bit of engineering to get a Ford ecoboost engine in it's place, and Fiat may not have the capacity to cater for a significantly different variant of Ka. I'd expect Ford being happy enough with the amount of Fiesta ST's they're shifting instead.
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MUGEN $wag
Some pics from the RR of my bae
Some pics from the RR of my bae
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Disabled space? 
I do like the look of the CR-Z, but I think slightly bigger wheels would look better.
I do like the look of the CR-Z, but I think slightly bigger wheels would look better.