What do you drive?

[Guido-K]

Yep, that's right but I'm thinking of changing. Maybe all this talk of Maseratis is drawing me in!


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Gran Turismo?

[CardShark]

But miss this from 5 years ago:

I love a well turned out Supra, that's no exception. Awesome looking motor car.

[Optimum]

Gran Turismo?

Funny you should say that...

[pacifichrono]

[Optimum]

And it's bye bye Boxster...

[alfat33]

And it's bye bye Boxster...

Excellent colour choice :)

[Guido-K]

And it's bye bye Boxster...

Nice :)

[Guido-K]

I love a well turned out Supra, that's no exception. Awesome looking motor car.

Thanks mate
I sold it as we had a baby and it didn't suit lugging all the baby stuff around, still miss it though.

[Mikey-r]

Bought this a couple of weeks ago. Not my first 'M' but it is my first convertible. First impressions: Love it! Engine is a peach, gearbox (manual) is solid if a little long on the throw and really enjoying the roof-off experience, especially the engine noise @ high revs!

[mk1974]

Bought this a couple of weeks ago. Not my first 'M' but it is my first convertible. First impressions: Love it! Engine is a peach, gearbox (manual) is solid if a little long on the throw and really enjoying the roof-off experience, especially the engine noise @ high revs!

I've been looking at getting a weekend toy and I think I've settled on one of these ,they seem good value at the minute,having had the coupe a few years back I think I may try a convertible


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[bazza.]

But miss this from 5 years ago:



I had this Supra TT around 9 years ago, great cars but feel old and heavy today

[bazza.]

I just had the Keiichi Tsuchiya aka The Drift King sign my Type R :)
If your into Japanese cars or watch Best Motoring or seen
The Fast and the Furious tokyo drift this guy is a legend

[Grandiloquence]

Love those older Japanese sports cars. Always had a soft spot for Supras, 300ZX and GTO/3000GTs.

[Guido-K]

But miss this from 5 years ago:



I had this Supra TT around 9 years ago, great cars but feel old and heavy today

I agree with them being old, but with 600bhp and 520 lbft it was plenty fast enough for a road car. Too heavy as a track car though.

[AlphaOmega]

I agree with them being old, but with 600bhp and 520 lbft it was plenty fast enough for a road car. Too heavy as a track car though.

Always wondered about insurance for heavily modded stuff - if you've a variable boost control, do you let the insurer know the standard power or the max output?

[Guido-K]

Always wondered about insurance for heavily modded stuff - if you've a variable boost control, do you just let the insurer know the standard power or the max output?

I declared everything with Sky insurance, and gave them the max power figs, it was £600 per year.

[bazza.]

My one only had 450bhp its the weight which is the killer

I had 480 bhp in this and boost started at only 2400rpm felt a lot better
It was costing £1500 a year to insure lol



I'm thinking of remapping my new Type R there is 375bhp doing the rounds I may go for

[AlphaOmega]

I declared everything with Sky insurance, it was £600 per year.

That sounds pretty reasonable. Limited mileage and over 40 years old?

[Guido-K]

That sounds pretty reasonable. Limited mileage and over 40 years old?

Daily driver 8000 miles, I was 32 at the time, but that was 5 years ago. The Beemer is remapped and costs me £420 with the Mrs Invcluded, she wasn't on the Supra as she was scared of it.

[Guido-K]

My one only had 450bhp its the weight which is the killer

Mine made about 410bhp bpu, it was about as fast as a cls 55 amg, with the gt35 r on it would take out bikes up to 600cc. The 1000cc plus was a different game though.

I had 480 bhp in this and boost started at only 2400rpm felt a lot better
It was costing £1500 a year to insure lol

The GT35R made 1 bar at 2800rpm and 1.6 at about 3600rpm


I'm thinking of remapping my new Type R there is 375bhp doing the rounds I may go for

[bazza.]

I think I'm paying around 750/800 for the Type R
and £500 for my little smarty :)

[AlphaOmega]

^Thanks. Obviously there are a lot of variables (condition of licence, post code etc.) but that's lower than I expected.

Edit: £750 sounds quite toppy for the Type R, bazza - about double what I'm paying for the S2K but then I am old.

[bazza.]

I was running a HKS GTII 7460R I was offered 600bhp for the same price but was told the boost wouldn't
Start unit 3500rpm but the HKS was the same as standard 2400 ish so I went with that and ran 2bar

The Supra I wanted to keep the twin turbo system was still good for around 185mph

The Evo X even with the extra power and rev limiter still at 8k top out at about 165 ish

But my standard Civc Type R does 170 the remap they say gives you 180 plus

Believe or not the Smart does 130mph it has had a remap and giving it a hole 120bhp :)
But only weighs in at 800kg

[bazza.]

^Thanks. Obviously there are a lot of variables (condition of licence, post code etc.) but that's lower than I expected.

Edit: £750 sounds quite toppy for the Type R, bazza - about double what I'm paying for the S2K but then I am old.

I was paying about a £100 less for my S2k but I have full 12 month green insurance there are only 2 companies in the UK
how will do that I believe thats why its high

[AlphaOmega]

I was running a HKS GTII 7460R I was offered 600bhp for the same price but was told the boost wouldn't
Start unit 3500rpm but the HKS was the same as standard 2400 ish so I went with that and ran 2bar

The Supra I wanted to keep the twin turbo system was still good for around 185mph

The Evo X even with the extra power and rev limiter still at 8k top out at about 165 ish

But my standard Civc Type R does 170 the remap they say gives you 180 plus

Believe or not the Smart does 130mph it has had a remap and giving it a hole 120bhp :)
But only weighs in at 800kg

Whoops I didn't realise the Type R was that quick. Makes sense then - love the Smart by the way.

[bazza.]

Ive had the smart for a few years now I even worked on the Clay Model for Smart at there design studio in German back in the day its a great car



My old S2k

[jwillans]

Here are pics of my recently acquired BMW 5 Series Gran Turismo. Super comfortable, well equipped and rarely seen on the road.

[Guido-K]

Ive had the smart for a few years now I even worked on the Clay Model for Smart at there design studio in German back in the day its a great car



My old S2k

Did you sell your supra to a lad named Kev?

[bazza.]

Did you sell your supra to a lad named Kev?

No the car ended up in Germany after a blowout on the autobahn was only was doing
80mph and the rear tyre blowout only good thing was a police car seen it all and said
I wasn't to blame
The next week I went AWD and got myself an Evo 8 :)

[Guido-K]

No the car ended up in Germany after a blowout on the autobahn was only was doing
80mph and the rear tyre blowout only good thing was a police car seen it all and said
I wasn't to blame
The next week I went AWD and got myself an Evo 8 :)

Nasty mate, were you ok?

[Guido-K]

This is the first one I bought, back in 2004. I sold it but missed it so much I bought the other one within a month:

[bazza.]

Nasty mate, were you ok?

I did a 180 and hit the barrier on the hard shoulder first on the rear and then
Spun round and hit the front end , I had time to see what was happening and
Pushed myself back into the seat and was all ok

I got this next

[Guido-K]

I did a 180 and hit the barrier on the hard shoulder first on the rear and then
Spun round and hit the front end , I had time to see what was happening and
Pushed myself back into the seat and was all ok

I got this next

What did you think to the evos?

[bazza.]

What did you think to the evos?

Ive had two an Evo 8 410bhp and an Evo X FQ360 with 480bhp
0-60 both could do it in 3.5sec the X a little less in the wet they
Will beat anything on the road , rain or snow doesn't stops them
The 8 was more fun I'd say but both are weapons

[Guido-K]

Ive had two an Evo 8 410bhp and an Evo X FQ360 with 480bhp
0-60 both could do it in 3.5sec the X a little less in the wet they
Will beat anything on the road , rain or snow doesn't stops them
The 8 was more fun I'd say but both are weapons

I think the X looks better, does it have a nicer interior than the VIII?

[bazza.]

Both have great seats but the X is a nicer place to be plus it has a great sound system and in-car infotainment system
Plus it has 20gig hard drive for all your music the navi was spot on and G-meter the 8 had a G-meter but not in the same
league as the X , The X was aimed at the M3 , I had carbon fitted to the dash looked pretty good

[PDE]

Brand new & just collected from the dealers this morning

[jwillans]

Brand new & just collected from the dealers this morning

Lovely looking car and great colour combination.

[Bluemoon7]

That is gorgeous.......

Chris

[Golfpaul]

Brand new & just collected from the dealers this morning

Beauty, that really is stunning! Enjoy it!

[PJdB]

Love the elongated bonnet and square nose. What's it like to drive?

[Kirk280]

I just took my new commuting vehicle into work to add some sp2 carbon....

[Alex L]

I just took my new commuting vehicle into work to add some sp2 carbon....

I really want one of these. Last time I was on track at Silverstone there were 4 factory cars and 2 privately owned. Unfortunately one of the private cars blew their engine on the pit straight.

[Agd47]

Brand new & just collected from the dealers this morning

Congrats, love the colour.

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[GC2012]

That Mercedes is stunning!

[paule23]

Brand new & just collected from the dealers this morning

What size engine has that thing got? That is an exceptionally long bonnet.


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[markc]

I just took my new commuting vehicle into work to add some sp2 carbon....

Hey - that's my old place of work - which dept are you?

Mark C

[Kirk280]

I'm helping to establish the 'Sir Henry Royce Institute for Advanced Materials' - graphene and 2D materials are part of our remit.

[mk1974]

pleased to have picked this up this week,2002 with 43k on the clock,originally from jersey ,great condition for its age


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[BluePurpleRed]

Just sold on my TVR Tuscan ( for a decent profit which was nice ) and am now nervously getting used to a Maserati Quattroporte.

I haven't taken any pictures of it yet! Doh.