Show Us Your Motors!

acemastr · 31 Jan 2013 at 08:44

tummelv said:
That smart! 90hp in a training shoe! What's the 0-60 like?

I think you may be expecting a bit much

rossk26 · 31 Jan 2013 at 09:19

tummelv said:
That smart! 90hp in a training shoe! What's the 0-60 like?

The delay in the gearbox makes it around 89 seconds 0-60

unrealrocks · 31 Jan 2013 at 09:50

rossk26 said:
The delay in the gearbox makes it around 89 seconds 0-60

Heh you're not wrong! It is probably around 9 seconds. That said the gear changes are hilarious as it is an automated manual - I have looked into 'remapping' the gearbox which is possible to increase the speed of the changes however it is a fairly limited number of companies who do this ... I may look into it in the future.

That said with the turbo the in gear performance is surprising and does keep up and pulls well.

Outline · 31 Jan 2013 at 15:28

She hasn't had any proper photos taken of her, as it's been too mucky out, but...

I'm chuffed with it. First 'grown up' car I've had, and boy what a step up it is.

Now to look after her.

Brookert · 31 Jan 2013 at 16:17

Outline said:
She hasn't had any proper photos taken of her, as it's been too mucky out, but...

I'm chuffed with it. First 'grown up' car I've had, and boy what a step up it is.

Now to look after her.

Fellow TT owner! How is yours then? Didn't fancy the 225 ps one?

Yaayuh! · 31 Jan 2013 at 16:27

unrealrocks said:
Heh you're not wrong! It is probably around 9 seconds. That said the gear changes are hilarious as it is an automated manual - I have looked into 'remapping' the gearbox which is possible to increase the speed of the changes however it is a fairly limited number of companies who do this ... I may look into it in the future.

That said with the turbo the in gear performance is surprising and does keep up and pulls well.

Yeah a few people on the smart forums get there over 100hp and remap the gearbox for some serious fun

Outline · 1 Feb 2013 at 09:14

Brookert said:
Fellow TT owner! How is yours then? Didn't fancy the 225 ps one?

Unfortunately, insurance says no.

But it's a gorgeous car to drive, silky smooth and just the right balance between power and MPG for me.

icehot · 1 Feb 2013 at 16:22

Nice light on my beamer

Janesy B · 1 Feb 2013 at 16:46

Nice light? I can't see most of it

Cosimo · 1 Feb 2013 at 16:48

Janesy B said:
Nice light? I can't see most of it

It's a day/night shot.

[TW]Fox · 1 Feb 2013 at 17:53

icehot said:
Nice light on my beamer

Errr yea, perhaps not. If you could go and find some actually 'nice light' and get another shot that'd be great because it looks like a really great car

tummelv · 1 Feb 2013 at 19:52

Modern Beemers are rather ugly so very little light is a nice light.

InvaderGIR · 1 Feb 2013 at 20:20

Jonny ///M · 1 Feb 2013 at 23:34

tummelv said:
Modern Beemers are rather ugly so very little light is a nice light.

Lies!

I think the new 3 has a very lovely shape in M sport style.

Shame I can only dream of an E46 in Estoril Blue rather than a brand new car.

Brookert · 2 Feb 2013 at 00:54

Outline said:
Unfortunately, insurance says no.

But it's a gorgeous car to drive, silky smooth and just the right balance between power and MPG for me.

Sucks, my insurance was no different between the 180ps and 225ps, so I thought, why not go the whole hog

Quick question, how is the idle on yours? is it dead still or is there a little needle movement?

[TW]Fox · 2 Feb 2013 at 11:02

I always worry a bit when I see insurance given as a reason for buying a particular variant of an old performance car that can be quite expensive to run - if the insurance was a problem what about the rest of the costs?

Steedie · 2 Feb 2013 at 11:49

Glamorous location, of course

Sui · 2 Feb 2013 at 11:54

Top parking

Antineo69 · 2 Feb 2013 at 12:08

Mighty Kia Ceed 3 CRDI
Picture taken on the way back from Scotland 2011

Relentless81 · 2 Feb 2013 at 12:09

How did you get that car back to the 50's