Show Us Your Motors!

Tom|Nbk · 13 Nov 2018 at 18:51

Acme said:
I know its an innocent question but its obvious you aren't actually curious and are implying something. Please just be happy and not critical, cynical, accusatory, or otherwise negative. I swear its every single post you make these days.

Hows the Bimmer treating you?

It has been for the last 7 years. Some serious effort to be that miserable for so long

Firestar_3x · 13 Nov 2018 at 19:28

Tom|Nbk said:
It has been for the last 7 years. Some serious effort to be that miserable for so long

He got worse just after sticking his BMW into a hedge, i think the shame has eaten him up.

Tom|Nbk · 13 Nov 2018 at 19:40

Firestar_3x said:
He got worse just after sticking his BMW into a hedge, i think the shame has eaten him up.

I thought it started after the crease in the leather?

Simon · 13 Nov 2018 at 19:49

Or fitting winter tyres to a mini

vanpeebles · 13 Nov 2018 at 20:27

Poor Fox

Joe T · 13 Nov 2018 at 20:34

Tom|Nbk said:
I thought it started after the crease in the leather?

Legendary thread.

cymatty · 13 Nov 2018 at 21:28

Finally got my new Cupra 290 after 9 months waiting and selling my Celica gt4 back in June.

Three last 5 months driving a 1.1 55bhp panda has been painful.

acemastr · 13 Nov 2018 at 21:57

Not sure I'd want to wait for that tbh

vanpeebles · 14 Nov 2018 at 08:26

Going from a Celica GT4 to that, have you had a baby?

kona786 · 14 Nov 2018 at 08:37

Nice enough Cupra, mate has one and they are rapid. But those seats, man they should be sportier than that!

cymatty · 14 Nov 2018 at 08:55

kona786 said:
Nice enough Cupra, mate has one and they are rapid. But those seats, man they should be sportier than that!

They are the base seats, more supportive than they look but you can pay more for sports seats but on a lease doesnt make sense.

vanpeebles said:
Going from a Celica GT4 to that, have you had a baby?

Nah haha we are moving from 2 to 1 cars so has to be practical to carry partners roller hockey gear, whilst still being entertaining for me.

As much as I loved the Celica I had it for 11 years and it was getting to the stage where it needed serious money spending on it.

vanpeebles · 14 Nov 2018 at 09:01

Hehe, definitely an end of era, you won't see many GT4 around in the future.

adam cool dude · 14 Nov 2018 at 09:17

vanpeebles said:
Hehe, definitely an end of era, you won't see many GT4 around in the future.

Meh

I can totally understand where you are coming from Cymatty. They are not the cheapest thing to run and with the constant fear of ringlands in the back of you head! Mines a keeper though. Currently speccing up a forged engine for next year!

Dup · 14 Nov 2018 at 10:18

Shame about the GT4 Simon, was it a tough decision?
Remember squeezing into the back "seat" for a passenger ride

See a lot of hot Seats around these days, they must be doing something right

cymatty · 14 Nov 2018 at 11:11

Dup said:
Shame about the GT4 Simon, was it a tough decision?
Remember squeezing into the back "seat" for a passenger ride

See a lot of hot Seats around these days, they must be doing something right

Yeah I think leasing them for £269 a month has helped shift a few I imagine.

adam cool dude said:
I can totally understand where you are coming from Cymatty. They are not the cheapest thing to run and with the constant fear of ringlands in the back of you head! Mines a keeper though. Currently speccing up a forged engine for next year!

The engine on mine was fine, it was stupid stuff like the heater was not working properly, the alarm being funny so needing to disconnect the battery when parked up. It also needed wheel refurb and some painting and the general 23 year old maintenance.

For the 3k miles I did it got expensive per mile.

vanpeebles · 14 Nov 2018 at 22:47

adam cool dude said:
Meh

I can totally understand where you are coming from Cymatty. They are not the cheapest thing to run and with the constant fear of ringlands in the back of you head! Mines a keeper though. Currently speccing up a forged engine for next year!

Looks dynamite!!!

Flack88 · 16 Nov 2018 at 19:53

Old vs 'new'. I think one could do with a wash

Jumper118 · 16 Nov 2018 at 23:24

thread is getting better

agw_01 · 16 Nov 2018 at 23:41

cymatty said:
It also needed wheel refurb

That's because you never washed them!!

I certainly understand the running costs though. For those lucky enough to be able to do it themselves, it really does keep the costs down. If you have to rely on garages/other people I'm sure it can get expensive very quickly? Do you know what the new owner has planned for the GT4, will it live on?

Seat looks good, do these have the same engine as the Golf R?

Akagi · 17 Nov 2018 at 00:37