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[ShiWarrior]

Nice. We can't have that engine here. Diesel or PHEV only.

Yeah not even in the 6 or 3
3.3 and a turbo? No where near that here in a petrol

 

[sigma]

Finally getting some decent weather again and now freshly cleaned.

Do want

 

[Housey]

MOT time and then a bit of a nose underneath. Used but in good shape and all greens on the MOT, though gonna need some new tyres after Silverstone finished them off from when I got some dry running. In the wet I could have walked the lap quicker.

 

[grudas]

@Housey how have the running costs been? Is it reliable? Have you done a lot of miles in it? Just interesting to see how modern high performance mercs are.



Washed the civic. Loving this car.

 

[Housey]

I'll update my thread @grudas rather than rambling on in here.

 

[adam cool dude]

Been a while since I have just gone for a drive for the sake of it. Took my little boy with me for some B-road blasting on a lovely day

 

[kinger8938]

Been a while since I have just gone for a drive for the sake of it. Took my little boy with me for some B-road blasting on a lovely day

Really liking this in red now, works well!

 

[Conscript]

Been a while since I have just gone for a drive for the sake of it. Took my little boy with me for some B-road blasting on a lovely day

Same, I was up and out at 5am for a bit of a blast, love light mornings
Took my camera but ended up not stopping anywhere to snap photos.

 

[MrRockliffe]

250 miles today around various beautiful roads in Dorchester and western Hampshire with PCGB.








Car is absolutely nuts around bends, and I’m happy to say that my early concerns with the PS4S have been rectified. The tyres are seemingly made of glue.

 

[cu3ed]

Picked up on Sat..

 

[Akagi]

Yep, that is an car alright!
The steering wheel looks nice and chunky.

 

[Janesy B]

Yep, that is an car alright!
The steering wheel looks nice and chunky.

Pretty much the same wheel as the MK4 ST I had, shame the rest of the interior doesn't really match up.

 

[Simon]

Sat at work a few months SORN. Drove it last week after taxing to get fuel then the next day the front spring snapped and took out a tyre. Found some H&R sport springs on m3 fb group at short notice which the guy gave me (I gave him £50 beer money as I sent the £300 new ones back today) fitted on Saturday which lowered slightly more than the competition pack springs, more on the front which always looked a little high vs front . Also removed the pins for max front camber. Happy with how it sits now. Just want to get tracking checked before Combe on Friday.

Tyre after 2 miles. Went bang as I turned on the drive as the spring rubbed the sidewall away. Smokey ! £216 for a new one

The fleet. M3 feels tiny after the cupra.

 

[dlockers]

How long have you had that now @Simon ? An old colleague had a black one and it was a right rotter. They are starting to get more and more appealing though...

 

[Simon]

How long have you had that now @Simon ? An old colleague had a black one and it was a right rotter. They are starting to get more and more appealing though...

7yrs 32k miles bought. Now 68k. Still in good nick they just don’t like being parked. Think I need a new battery too (limped it since Covid )

 

[Akagi]

Silly little turd.

 

[Dup]

Love it. If you get the rest of the engine bay and underside of bonnet all detailed it'll looks really tidy.

 

[panthro]

The SSQV is stupidly large in that engine bay.

 

[Akagi]

Love it. If you get the rest of the engine bay and underside of bonnet all detailed it'll looks really tidy.

Thanks. The engine bay is as good as its going to get, I gave it a good scrubbing and touched up a few bits when the engine was out.
I will clean the underside of the bonnet at some point though!

The SSQV is stupidly large in that engine bay.

It is! And I had to get a 45 degree hose and set it at *precisely* that angle so that it fits under the stock bonnet with millimetres to spare.

I don't really like the ridiculous noise it makes to be honest, but it looks cool and its a genuine 2000's HKS nugget so it stays.

 

[sgavan]

@Simon Nice the Cupra looks huge I'm due to swap my car soon and the Cupra Born is in my top three considerations