I've got a brand new combine harvestor

[old.Jernau]

Before I got the Rover I had a Mini. And before that I had another Mini.

This is the second of two...

http://www.gamesinferno.com/jernau/mini/mini.htm

Yes it's a go-kart but I defy you to name of a car that's more fun to drive

J

 

[~Lazarus~]

Originally posted by DAN200


Hmmmmmmmmm................ Excuse accepted after much pondering.

Excuses should not be necessary.

If certain people learned to read the instructions :

Ok lads, for those of you old enough to drive

In other words - adolscents piss off

 

[~Lazarus~]

Originally posted by SomeGuy
Hmm...

Currently pootling around in a MG Montego EFi 2.0 litre, no imbolizer, parked on driveway.

Handful of months away from a Mazda MX-5 1.8i in racing green. Okay, so it's no Aston Martin but it's affordable, nippy and convertible.

Nice car m8 (the MX5 not the montego - they're for old poofs and farmers)

Always fancied the MX-5 - even drove one in the snow - THAT was an experience. No matter how fast you went - you never got anywhere

 

[Will]

My saxo cost £350 to fit the exhaust, and it's not quite right - bloody Kwik-Fit.

Went go-karting yesterday. That was a laugh.

 

[Moön]

I took my 300hp pulsar around a race track once bloody good fun and it never blew up

 

[old.ignus]

Originally posted by Lazarus


Excuses should not be necessary.

If certain people learned to read the instructions :

Ok lads, for those of you old enough to drive

In other words - adolscents piss off

thats a good point m8 but it wasn't actually an excuse, it was a reason.

 

[Will]

And as if adolescents will listen to that! Don't smoke, don't steal cars, don't shoplift, don't take drugs!

 

[~Lazarus~]

Originally posted by ItchyTrigaFinga
My saxo cost £350 to fit the exhaust, and it's not quite right - bloody Kwik-Fit.

Went go-karting yesterday. That was a laugh.

Hate to say I told you so ......

I got mine fixed (catalytic convertor) for £190

 

[Durzel]

I've got a Vauxhall/Rieger Astra GTE, chipped, dynotuned and lowered by 40mm for top head-turning fun. Security in the form of a Clifford Concept alarm (Thatcham 1) with all the sensors you can buy, and a Cobra immobilisor (Thatcham 2). Comes with the territory for this kind of car.

(pre-lowering)

Not a very modern car but it's me pride and joy (cue the usual suspects taking the piss)

Incidentally..

I have a Nissan pulsar gtir

Bastard.

 

[Embattle]

I prefer the two wheel kind of vehicle, first peddle bikes and then motorbikes which kick the arse of any fancy cars

 

[~Lazarus~]

Originally posted by Embattle
I prefer the two wheel kind of vehicle, first peddle bikes and then motorbikes which kick the arse of any fancy cars

What kind of bike you got Emb ?

Driven a few in my time (TZR250, GPZ500, Virago 600) but never managed to get one of my one (for various reasons)

 

[]SK[]

I got a 1.8 Mondeo GLX
Currently a Golf GTi whilst my dad fixes my car

 

[old.ignus]

Originally posted by Embattle
then motorbikes which kick the arse of any fancy cars

Erm I beg to differ, did you not watch Clarkson when it was on, they raced a bike and a car and the car won, you see bikes have excellent acceleration, but they're shit around corners thus giving the car the advantage. Don't get me wrong I like bikes, but I prefer the practicality of the car.

 

[Sir Frizz]

Fireblades r nice

 

[]SK[]

fireblades!?!...oh thought u said rollerblades

 

[Sir Frizz]

cheeky monkeh

 

[Moön]

Durzel has a tidy Astra, Seen lots of atempts to make em nice but thats a good 1 .

See its not the car its the work people put into it thats nice to see, I hope it still looks like that m8

 

[old.ignus]

nah I bet he took it through the car wash as it ripped all the poor paint work and bumpers off. Then it got covered in bird shit. Only joking m8 nice car.

 

[Durzel]

It's still the same, only 40mm lower (I hadn't planned to lower it, I needed to replace one spring and a friend managed to source a set of Eilbach racing springs for a little less than R.R.P - unfortunately he neglected to tell me they lowered the car by ~40mm ).

Although I fully admit that generally speaking Astras are the sole domain of bwoy racers, etc - my car has no non-factory stickers, no Halfords style window-tinting or any other boy-racer style ancillaries on it.

It is pretty tuned but it would be soundly whupped by your GTi-R - it's about the same speed as a 2.5 V6 Vectra.

 

[Will]

Do you not find the lowering leads to problems with speed bumps? Skinning the nose and all.

 

[Durzel]

In short, yes.

For a start, the offset on my wheels is wrong, the tyres are too wide for the car. When I originally bought the alloys I had no concept of wheel offsets and the need to ensure that you follow the manufacturer guidelines, and the place I bought the wheels from didn't seem to care either way.

Since it's now lowered I have about 1cm (fingers width) clearance on the front wheels on the front arches, and have had to have the rear arches (which are already flared out slightly more than standard GTE's, was a custom job) grinded down to ensure no rubbing took place.

I drove it over to Leeds to visit a friend last weekend and during the journey I managed to scrape the underside of the car (somewhere) on an undulation, smack the left front arch at about 90mph on another undulation etc. Generally speaking, although the above sounds bad, it's ok as long as I'm careful how I drive it.

The front spoiler is now actually lower than most kerbs which should give a rough idea as to how close it is to the ground. Without actually measuring it I would guess its at most 2 inches from the tarmac. So speed bumps are out of the question unless I trundle over them at about 0.2 mph.

 

[Embattle]

Originally posted by ignus


Erm I beg to differ, did you not watch Clarkson when it was on, they raced a bike and a car and the car won, you see bikes have excellent acceleration, but they're shit around corners thus giving the car the advantage. Don't get me wrong I like bikes, but I prefer the practicality of the car.

It depends of the weather and the track....if its wet then yes.

I do believe it was pissing down in the clarkson test.

 

[Embattle]

Originally posted by Lazarus


What kind of bike you got Emb ?

Driven a few in my time (TZR250, GPZ500, Virago 600) but never managed to get one of my one (for various reasons)

None atm

 

[Durzel]

I do believe it was pissing down in the clarkson test.

It wasn't - it was as dry as a Nun's vadge.

(Unless I need my eyes testing)

 

[Embattle]

I've seen a few tests...sure two of them was pissing it down...either way a 9 thousand pound bike will beat your car

 

[Embattle]

Maxx TT is a fucking amazing race to watch

 

[Durzel]

either way a 9 thousand pound bike will beat your car

My car isn't worth £9,000 however, so the argument is invalid.

If an "average" sports car like a Porsche Boxster shits on the fastest motorbike available (according to Clarkson's test) on a course that has an equal (fair) amount of straights and corners - then clearly cars shite on bikes for day-to-day purposes.

 

[Summo]

This is meh first ever car. A £150 Mark II Ford Escort, decked out in grooveh Riviera Blue. Note the rust-hole on the front wing. The bloody thing was more newspaper and Pollifilla than metal. . It was rear-wheel drive so you could really slide it round corners

This photo was taken as a trial run for some publicity shots for a theatre company I owned (oooh, hark at me! ) On the day of the shoot we replaced my car with a gorgeous 1920s classic. In the background is vast New Hall all-girls secondary school which used to be one of Thomas Cromwell's stately homes.

Sadly, the car suffered a major oil leak a few years ago and the engine seized up into a big, hot fist of fused metal. Still, me and my mates got the whole thing on tape. We mourn the day...

 

[Embattle]

Originally posted by Durzel
My car isn't worth £9,000 however, so the argument is invalid.

If an "average" sports car like a Porsche Boxster shits on the fastest motorbike available (according to Clarkson's test) on a course that has an equal (fair) amount of straights and corners - then clearly cars shite on bikes for day-to-day purposes.

No sorry your argument is totally invalid since Clarkson is a car lover and its stupid to say that just coz you car isn't worth £9,000 that the arguement is invalid since your car new or the equivalent new version of it would cost more than £9000. I could still pick up a motorbike of the same value that would shit all over your car....so naaaa

A boxster costs more than £30,000 and can't even do a sub 6 second 0-62mph.....oh and is a girls car

Oh and its quicker to get around places on a bike due to massive amounts of traffic and thus its a quicker vehicle to use day-to-day....you don't get many race track corners on that many roads.

In London I can cycle around a lot faster than cars can drive around and I don't have to pay tax or the road tolls etc etc

 

[Embattle]

Originally posted by SomeGuy
This is meh first ever car. A £150 Mark II Ford Escort, decked out in grooveh Riviera Blue. Note the rust-hole on the front wing. The bloody thing was more newspaper and Pollifilla than metal. . It was rear-wheel drive so you could really slide it round corners

This photo was taken as a trial run for some publicity shots for a theatre company I owned (oooh, hark at me! ) On the day of the shoot we replaced my car with a gorgeous 1920s classic. In the background is vast New Hall all-girls secondary school which used to be one of Thomas Cromwell's stately homes.

Sadly, the car suffered a major oil leak a few years ago and the engine seized up into a big, hot fist of fused metal. Still, me and my mates got the whole thing on tape. We mourn the day...

Nice one...or bad one depending on how you take it