Show Us Your Motors!

mjt · 10 Dec 2023 at 09:47

Where do they source the cars? Do they buy them on the second-hand market or directly from sellers or what?

Yaayuh! · 10 Dec 2023 at 10:50

mjt said:
Where do they source the cars? Do they buy them on the second-hand market or directly from sellers or what?

Unsure. Some are brand new, some are old and rebuilt (There’s a Corsa b coming up soon).

I assume they just look around at anything interesting new or old.

ChrisD. · 11 Dec 2023 at 13:21

After F1 Autocentre made a mess of my alloys fitting new tyres (damage to the outer face, and I've since found out the barrels and inner lips also had damage), I've just picked it up from the detailers post refurbishment. I'm glad I had very little resistance from F1 in agreeing to pay for the wheels to be refurbed, although payment is apparently 'in progress'.

ShiWarrior · 11 Dec 2023 at 15:44

bet that cost a fair whack to get refurb, diamond cut I assume ?

I love the colour, really cool :cool:

ChrisD. · 11 Dec 2023 at 16:55

ShiWarrior said:
bet that cost a fair whack to get refurb, diamond cut I assume ?

Yeah they are diamond cut, it was ~£520 for 3 wheels + ceramic coating reapplied to each wheel. The 4th wheel was untouched by the garage surprisingly.

ShiWarrior said:
I love the colour, really cool

Thanks!

dlockers · 11 Dec 2023 at 21:29

So nice. There is some goon on here with a matching R8

£520 cheaper than I expected; maybe I can get my one kerbed Merc wheel done!

mrk · 11 Dec 2023 at 22:16

Just a bit of fun, but I somehow must have seats like what Bing AI has drawm, they look so comfy lol.

ristac · 11 Dec 2023 at 22:35

ChrisD. said:
After F1 Autocentre made a mess of my alloys fitting new tyres (damage to the outer face, and I've since found out the barrels and inner lips also had damage), I've just picked it up from the detailers post refurbishment. I'm glad I had very little resistance from F1 in agreeing to pay for the wheels to be refurbed, although payment is apparently 'in progress'.

Love the colour

V_R · 11 Dec 2023 at 23:06

Took a visit to Revo today, ECU and TCU stage 1 done.

MrRockliffe · 11 Dec 2023 at 23:17

V_R said:
Took a visit to Revo today, ECU and TCU stage 1 done.

Nice. Thoughts so far?

MattAli · 11 Dec 2023 at 23:47

Akagi · 12 Dec 2023 at 00:46

Decided the colour was a bit much?

Rroff · 12 Dec 2023 at 03:01

Sunset Orange can work really well on the M3 IMO but the shade of Burnt Orange or whatever variant that is on it doesn't work for me.

MattAli · 12 Dec 2023 at 03:09

Fire Orange IMO is a stunning colour but I'm biased, I spent months looking for an LCI F90 in the same colour too with not luck and got the Donnington, I still check every week to see if one come up for sale

Had to look up sunset orange, don’t do it for me, each to their own ‍

Akagi · 12 Dec 2023 at 03:36

Rroff said:
the shade of Burnt Orange or whatever variant that is on it doesn't work for me.

Hi-vis vest orange

GhostWKD · 12 Dec 2023 at 09:29

mjt said:
Where do they source the cars? Do they buy them on the second-hand market or directly from sellers or what?

All over the place I believe. They have some cars which are fresh imports with DCG as first owner. Others get sourced by people who approach them to buy their cars. Otherwise I expect they just trawl fb pages etc keeping an eye out for anything interesting and decent.

When I sold my last Evo I messaged them before advertising it and they jumped at the chance of buying it back off me to have on the site again

Silent_Scone · 12 Dec 2023 at 09:51

Nice one, I never win anything on those so best I stick to building a new one from scratch

Coming together slowly, just needs finishing touches

bennyx_o · 12 Dec 2023 at 10:26

V_R said:
Took a visit to Revo today, ECU and TCU stage 1 done.

My R has been mapped (Revo ECU & TCU also) for little over a year now and still get a great chuckle out of it. Have considered changing for a while and looked into M2s and S5s but always decide to stick with the R - 3dr 7.5s are hard to come by these days if I ever do regret it (at least here in Ireland anyway)

MrRockliffe · 12 Dec 2023 at 10:59

It's a lovely colour that orange, but a little clashy for me with the red tail lights

MrRockliffe · 12 Dec 2023 at 11:03

bennyx_o said:
My R has been mapped (Revo ECU & TCU also) for little over a year now and still get a great chuckle out of it. Have considered changing for a while and looked into M2s and S5s but always decide to stick with the R - 3dr 7.5s are hard to come by these days if I ever do regret it (at least here in Ireland anyway)

The guy I sold my S5 to said that at the time, it was a bit cheaper to fly over from Northern Ireland, pick my car up and drive it back, due to how few decent cars there are in NI. Is it the same in Ireland?