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Need EP3 and the new model to complete collection!My two at the moment.
Pfft... No collection is complete without EK9
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True, probably quite rare/over priced these days?
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@Gibbo - awesome pictures and the car is looking amazing as usual.
Have to agree about driver engagement and enjoyment. Did a supercar taster day with a Gallardo, 997TT tiptronic and an Aerial Atom a while back (model years from “peak car” as described above). Found the Lamborghini outrageously fast, but the pedals were too close together for my flipper like feet and it felt very cramped, the 997TT tip was so easy to drive at insane speeds it almost felt underwhelming and disconnected from the track and the Atom was far too intimidating to just jump in and drive for 3 laps with a nervy “instructor”. I remember jumping back in my S2000 on some good B roads on the way home and thinking that it was so easy to drive, but also I felt connected to the car and fun. In fact the track day I did in the S2000 was probably the best day’s motoring that I’ve had, even though we were slowest round the track by quite some margin!
Have to agree about driver engagement and enjoyment. Did a supercar taster day with a Gallardo, 997TT tiptronic and an Aerial Atom a while back (model years from “peak car” as described above). Found the Lamborghini outrageously fast, but the pedals were too close together for my flipper like feet and it felt very cramped, the 997TT tip was so easy to drive at insane speeds it almost felt underwhelming and disconnected from the track and the Atom was far too intimidating to just jump in and drive for 3 laps with a nervy “instructor”. I remember jumping back in my S2000 on some good B roads on the way home and thinking that it was so easy to drive, but also I felt connected to the car and fun. In fact the track day I did in the S2000 was probably the best day’s motoring that I’ve had, even though we were slowest round the track by quite some margin!
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Yeaaah, sounds about right. How much did she charge? (I want my cut).
Yeah those are probably also the worse cars for engagement from that era Atom aside:
997 TT: beautiful cars, bonkers capable but totally underwhelming, the tiptronic box is woeful and a total opposite to the manual car. From this era the 2.9 Boxster and Boxster Spyder are their best and most engaging road cars then followed by peak Porsche the 997.2 GT3 4.0 RS manual.
Gallardo: it is all looks and noise the actual drive again like the Porsche TT is numb but it’s even worse, horrible pedal box, cramped cabin, a seriously poor designer car, very capable when pushed but somewhat lifeless to do so. The Ferrari 360 manual is a far far superior drivers car, far more engaging, better feel and so entertaining without going fast, 355 as good as well but they feel rather fragile whereas the 360 greatly improved on this, not the bargain they once were but at 60k for a 360 manual still a relative bargain and probably a sound car to enjoy and not shed a tonne of money.
Atom: masterclass but the early cars are very intimidating, I’ve never spun a car more than early Atom, I find a Caterham far more natural and better balanced, hence buying the latter.
Try to get yourself on a Caterham drift experience day, they run them out of Brands now and be best car experience you can have have followed by a Jonathon Palmer day.
These experience days blow your mind with massive performance cars but generally are a waste of money as most instructors are their to protect the cars but I’d always recommend trying a McLaren Sports series, Porsche GT series, V12 Aston, Ferrari 360/430/458, Atom, Caterham or anything that is light and low powered you’ll always have more fun than say a big power GTR or Lamborghini.
Used to love doing the same when my Mum had hers, almost to the point I considered an Up GTI. It is why the whole 1980-1990's hot hatches have gone bonkers in price, truly engaging and ability to drive them like an absolute nutter but never be exceeding 80-90mph, I did love my Clio 172 Cup for this, only car I got caught speeding in as I literally drove everywhere with the red mist fully engaged, got clocked at like 93mph coming of a roundabout sideways onto a dual carriage-way, thankfully it was an NSL stretch and the van was on opposite side of carriage-way but he clearly heard me coming and took an interest. Just one of those moments when you clock your favourite roundabout empty, so calculate the perfect line and try to go round it faster than you have ever done and then propel out the other side full chat, felt great and got the photo evidence for it, I was so in the zone and totally missed the cash collector on opposite side of road.
What made it such good fun as you could drive so hard, so flat out on an NSL, be smiling like a Cheshire cat and if an officer ask for a photo well its just 3 points, whereas in a super car you'd be risking picking up the soap.
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@tom_nieto fuel prices have dropped recently but yeah going with the 97 or 99.
It has a fuel tank of 70 litres though which isn’t too bad apparently around 400 miles is possible from a tank.
You don’t buy a V8 for the fuel economy anyway
It has a fuel tank of 70 litres though which isn’t too bad apparently around 400 miles is possible from a tank.
You don’t buy a V8 for the fuel economy anyway
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I did it boys (Greggs drive-thru, motor not pictured):
Would have been faster to get out and go in the shop (no queue) but I had driven there
I was picking up my car yesterday from a garage on an industrial estate, and as I was walking there from the local train station I noticed a Greggs - really weird location and building, but made total sense when I thought about it
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Out in the bargain Boxster, love this car
2001 Boxster S - Manual
2001 Boxster S - Manual
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The FN2 looks amazing in that colour and the additions look great on it. Where did you get the Team Dynamics? Thought they stopped selling or are they old/refurbedMy two at the moment.
Hey guys, been a while. I used to work at OcUK for a while, here's my beast.
Very nice mate, what times did you run at Santa Pod?
It was a mega hot day (35c+) so the best time was 11.2 - it could break into 10s on a cooler day, most likely.
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Our cube is gone… replaced with a Toyota crown athlete G. 3.5 V6 310ish bhp. Other half wanted something comfier so my suggestion was a crown
