Show Us Your Motors!

NathWraith · 17 Dec 2020 at 18:41

wedrum said:
@NathWraith she looks stunning.
you still got the NSX ?

Thanks mate. No sadly, sold it a few months ago.

Found the Supra did 99% of what I wanted from a 2 seater sports car.

wedrum · 17 Dec 2020 at 18:43

NathWraith said:
Thanks mate. No sadly, sold it a few months ago.

Found the Supra did 99% of what I wanted from a 2 seater sports car.

fair enough pal loved the look of that NSX.

Whats next pal ?

NathWraith · 17 Dec 2020 at 20:12

wedrum said:
fair enough pal loved the look of that NSX.

Whats next pal ?

Well nothing really.

bought a C63 estate recently so got a more rounded 3 car garage now.

- Supra - sportscar
- CRZ Supercharged - hot hatch
- C63 Estate - practical cruiser

Uncle_Gravy · 18 Dec 2020 at 10:19

New Supra was screaming a spoiler imo, Does actually make it look tidy.

wedrum · 18 Dec 2020 at 17:45

NathWraith said:
Well nothing really.

bought a C63 estate recently so got a more rounded 3 car garage now.

- Supra - sportscar
- CRZ Supercharged - hot hatch
- C63 Estate - practical cruiser

any room for a Ferrari 812 superfast just because Ferrari

CaptainRAVE · 18 Dec 2020 at 18:28

Wife bought one of these. Seems decent enough and she’s happy which makes my life easier! TT was starting to throw up some expensive issues. She’s already noticing the lack of grip in comparison though.

Akagi · 18 Dec 2020 at 18:40

CaptainRAVE said:
Wife bought one of these. Seems decent enough and she’s happy which makes my life easier! TT was starting to throw up some expensive issues. She’s already noticing the lack of grip in comparison though.

Really? What tyres are on it?

Or is she a speed demon?

CaptainRAVE · 18 Dec 2020 at 18:45

Acme said:
Really? What tyres are on it?

Or is she a speed demon?

I mean, she always runs late, so hammers the throttle without a gradual warmup

. I shudder everytime.

Oh, and doesn’t slow for speed humps either...

Dis86 · 18 Dec 2020 at 22:22

Noticing the lack of grip in a car renowned for its handling vs a car that's renowned for its poor handling?!

CaptainRAVE · 18 Dec 2020 at 22:26

Dis86 said:
Noticing the lack of grip in a car renowned for its handling vs a car that's renowned for its poor handling?!

It’s all relative though - the TT will be compared to cars of a different class to the mini. Quattro and wide tyres in the damp/cold vs skinny tyres with 2 wheel drive.

NathWraith · 18 Dec 2020 at 23:30

wedrum said:
any room for a Ferrari 812 superfast just because Ferrari

Big fan of the 812 but super car ownership is cool but flawed really. Most of it seems to be about showing off. Plus most are incredibly impractical.

The 812 ticks the right boxes though no doubt

Joe T · 19 Dec 2020 at 08:17

NathWraith said:
Big fan of the 812 but super car ownership is cool but flawed really. Most of it seems to be about showing off.

I have no idea what you could be referring to there!

[TW]Fox · 19 Dec 2020 at 08:20

CaptainRAVE said:
It’s all relative though - the TT will be compared to cars of a different class to the mini. Quattro and wide tyres in the damp/cold vs skinny tyres with 2 wheel drive.

Skinny tyres? I doubt there is much difference at all in tyre width. They look like the 17 inch wheels which are 205 width, the standard wheels on a MK2 TT were 215 width? In the real world probably of no noticeable difference at all.

I can't say I have ever noticed a lack of grip in the Mini, so I echo the comments about crap tyres. The TT isn't even full time 4wd anyway.

sigma · 19 Dec 2020 at 09:00

NathWraith said:
Big fan of the 812 but super car ownership is cool but flawed really. Most of it seems to be about showing off. Plus most are incredibly impractical.

The 812 ticks the right boxes though no doubt

One cannot purchase class.

CaptainRAVE · 19 Dec 2020 at 10:07

[TW]Fox said:
Skinny tyres? I doubt there is much difference at all in tyre width. They look like the 17 inch wheels which are 205 width, the standard wheels on a MK2 TT were 215 width? In the real world probably of no noticeable difference at all.

I can't say I have ever noticed a lack of grip in the Mini, so I echo the comments about crap tyres. The TT isn't even full time 4wd anyway.

255 on all four corners of the black edition TT vs 205 on the mini. That’s enough to make a huge difference.

[TW]Fox · 19 Dec 2020 at 10:25

CaptainRAVE said:
255 on all four corners of the black edition TT vs 205 on the mini. That’s enough to make a huge difference.

If you're finding grip issues on the Mini something is wrong. What make and model of tyres are fitted to it? I'm no stranger to the grip properties afforded by additional tyre width as my other car has 275 width tyres on it. There is something else at play here.

If the Mini does have decent tyres on it then I have to worry about how it's being driven if you're overwhelming 205 width decent tyres in a car with just 140bhp :eek:

wedrum · 19 Dec 2020 at 10:51

a badly handling mini i have heard it all now.

maybe needs to check her driving.

sigma · 19 Dec 2020 at 11:03

CaptainRAVE said:
255 on all four corners of the black edition TT vs 205 on the mini. That’s enough to make a huge difference.

People don't seem to be able to tell the difference between grip and handling.

The roads are also quite slippery at the moment.

CaptainRAVE · 19 Dec 2020 at 12:45

sigma said:
People don't seem to be able to tell the difference between grip and handling.

The roads are also quite slippery at the moment.

Quite. Grip, not handling.

Akagi · 19 Dec 2020 at 16:50

Fwd 205 width vs 255 awd width yeah fair enough.

Probably just losing traction slightly out of junctions and stuff which she's not used to