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neilthefunkeone · 07-12-2009 11:10am

Deleted User wrote: »

It's for sale from January onwards if you're interested! I've just got 40mm springs to get into it and she's ready to go..

Ah wants and needs!! Just got my car a couple of weeks ago... You should just garage it when you go away.. shame to sell it!!

Atomic Pineapple · 07-12-2009 11:45am

Voodoomelon wrote: »

Was playing about with ISO settings for the first time, took few more pics:

high iso leaves the picture very grainy, better off getting a tripod and taking a longer exposure

Voodoomelon · 07-12-2009 12:21pm

lol, thats what I did. Hope none of the neighbours saw me with a tripod in the back of the car...

07-12-2009 12:46pm

neilthefunkeone wrote: »

Ah wants and needs!! Just got my car a couple of weeks ago... You should just garage it when you go away.. shame to sell it!!

I'm really considering that actually.. I've a bit of a loan to pay of on it but if I leave it garaged back in Monaghan, manage to pay of the loan and save enough to travel, I'll definately keep it.

It's garaged though from January though no matter what.. only 3-4 more weeks of driving it

Your yoke is class lookin by the way! It's the m42 engine in it just like mine I believe

conneem-TT · 07-12-2009 1:42pm

neilthefunkeone wrote: »

Oh i want that.. i want that bad!!!!!!

My newer 318is..

Very nice e36. Those alloys are one of my all time favourite on any car

fluffer wrote: »

Audi TT 2.0TFSI 2008

Nice. Good spec too, magma leather is lovely and nice to see the extended leather and xenons

Omega28 · 07-12-2009 1:49pm

Deleted User wrote: »

I'm really considering that actually.. I've a bit of a loan to pay of on it but if I leave it garaged back in Monaghan, manage to pay of the loan and save enough to travel, I'll definately keep it.

It's garaged though from January though no matter what.. only 3-4 more weeks of driving it

Your yoke is class lookin by the way! It's the m42 engine in it just like mine I believe

Id be interested inb buyin her in Jan if your sellin her!

MetzgerMeister · 07-12-2009 2:08pm

Here's my 2nd car, 2002 MG ZR 105+...

My 3rd car, 1999 E46 BMW 318i M...

My current car, 2004 Mazda RX-8...

Berty · 07-12-2009 2:11pm

Not a bad way to work your way up through the cars I must say einheisserschre

MetzgerMeister · 07-12-2009 2:14pm

Haha it's all to do with age, money, experience and NCB

I'm not going to bother posting my first one.....rover 400

Yeah I know, we all make mistakes!

Alanstrainor · 07-12-2009 2:27pm

yeah that's definitely a nice progression there einheisserschre

MetzgerMeister · 07-12-2009 2:43pm

Cheers

jimmyw · 07-12-2009 2:47pm

The-Game wrote: »

How did she manage to go up in flames??

Some chav tried to nick her!!;) No it happened last year a month before I was made redundant:(.Was a frosty morn and I ran out of de-icer so had to put water on the windows, and when I came out the window switches between the front two seats were ablaze!!

What a bummer, nice car too. The insurance company paid out 2500 too after I made a complaint to the insurance fed.

ArphaRima · 07-12-2009 3:15pm

Audi TT 2.0TFSI 2008

My 1st attempt didnt work very well. Here goes..

Alanstrainor · 07-12-2009 3:17pm

Nice. Love the red interior, it looks well.

The-Game · 07-12-2009 3:19pm

jimmyw wrote: »

Some chav tried to nick her!! No it happened last year a month before I was made redundant.Was a frosty morn and I ran out of de-icer so had to put water on the windows, and when I came out the window switches between the front two seats were ablaze!!What a bummer, nice car too. The insurance company paid out 2500 too after I made a complaint to the insurance fed.

Done well on the payout from the insurance anyways, quite the mystery though as to how it went up!!

Fluffer- Beautifull car, looks amazing with the red interior, very nice indeed.

07-12-2009 4:52pm

I don't even want to know how "fluffer" got the money for that car

ArphaRima · 07-12-2009 5:07pm

I don't even want to know how "fluffer" got the money for that car

Oooh lots of hard work. Hard, hard work.

07-12-2009 6:20pm

Well if it's not hard work, you're not doing your job right.

antomorro-sei · 07-12-2009 6:27pm

Some of you guys have some cars :eek:

Suppose I'll post my car here. It's only my first car so... meh

07-12-2009 7:33pm

Dylanmc111 wrote: »

Id be interested inb buyin her in Jan if your sellin her!

Well I'd be lookin round 4k - 4.5k depending on what I do with it before then.. Tyres, springs etc.

I'll garage it till things pick up again if I can't get the money for it.

Omega28 · 07-12-2009 7:38pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Well I'd be lookin round 4k - 4.5k depending on what I do with it before then.. Tyres, springs etc.

I'll garage it till things pick up again if I can't get the money for it.

would ya be able to send us a few pics? been lookin around for a fine example like this!

HungryJoey · 07-12-2009 8:26pm

Got this clean example from the UK in september, I have since done 9K Miles.

2003 Toledo 2.3L VR 5-Cylinder 20v 170BHP

07-12-2009 8:27pm

Dylanmc111 wrote: »

would ya be able to send us a few pics? been lookin around for a fine example like this!

PM'd !

07-12-2009 8:27pm

Looks really well Joey! Very very clean..

neilthefunkeone · 08-12-2009 12:20am

Deleted User wrote: »

I'm really considering that actually.. I've a bit of a loan to pay of on it but if I leave it garaged back in Monaghan, manage to pay of the loan and save enough to travel, I'll definately keep it.

It's garaged though from January though no matter what.. only 3-4 more weeks of driving it

Your yoke is class lookin by the way! It's the m42 engine in it just like mine I believe

Yeah the e30 is a lovely looking car.. No mine is the M44.. Car was produced in Feb 99.. last of the e36 production..

NLane · 08-12-2009 4:36pm

sorry about the dull pictures....

love the car, pleasure to drive!

NLane · 08-12-2009 4:42pm

betafrog wrote: »

The black roof looks great

yeh especially with the black wing mirrors too i think

thirtythirty · 08-12-2009 4:52pm

This is a low point in my one's life!

Seperate · 08-12-2009 4:56pm

spottyelephant wrote: »

This is a low point in my one's life!

Oh dear, what happened?

MetzgerMeister · 08-12-2009 4:56pm

spottyelephant wrote: »

This is a low point in my one's life!

Please don't say you got it towed due to the whole not starting/engine flooding thing??? Mine did that when I first got it AND it had the mazda flash! Not anymore though

thirtythirty · 08-12-2009 5:16pm

Seperate wrote: »

Oh dear, what happened?

Unfortunately a v low car with 4 people in it meant that when I was pulling into a driveway with a particularily high gate stopper in the middle meant I did a bit of damage to the underside that would have been impossible to drive with without doing even moe damage! Heartbreaking : -(. All fixed now though!

Voodoomelon · 08-12-2009 6:49pm

What got damaged may i ask?

SV · 08-12-2009 7:02pm

I'd guess at oil sump?

MetzgerMeister · 08-12-2009 7:06pm

Ah that's not too bad. Yeah sump is probably what ya damaged since it's the lowest part under the car. The only trouble I've had with mine is the hard to start craic. Fortunately I got an AccessPort from america and that solved it while also taking off the speed limiter (limited to 118mph since it's a jap import) and increasing the BHP and torque

thirtythirty · 08-12-2009 7:17pm

A bracket got bent around so it was touching the driveshaft, the heatshield got badly pinched, and the petrol tank got a dint. Id been in and out of the driveway all day but that waz the only time I got caught! I didn't have to absolutly change the petrol tank but i decided to anyway,weird thing is tho I swear I get better mileage with the new tank! Maybe the dropwell pump wasn't workin properly on the old one or something

MetzgerMeister · 08-12-2009 9:32pm

Ah nasty! Did you fork out yourself of did the owner of the offending gate stump?

SV · 08-12-2009 9:40pm

Like this picture of mine a lot, can't see the black roof though..or my new license plates but ah well..

MetzgerMeister · 09-12-2009 9:34am

Is the black roof carbon fibre or just painted black??

thirtythirty · 09-12-2009 9:36am

einheisserschre wrote: »

Ah nasty! Did you fork out yourself of did the owner of the offending gate stump?

The owner was a friend of mine so no I couldn't really do that...though a week later his electric gates "clamped" another friend's car and she was pretty close to making him fork out! Neither of us have been to his house since.

MetzgerMeister · 09-12-2009 9:38am

haha and rightly so! How do you find your 8?? Is it 190 or 230?

thirtythirty · 09-12-2009 10:27am

I love it, coming up on having it for a year now. I came from a clio dynamique (10 more bhp than standard clio, woo!) so hearing the whine everytime I go to the shops just never gets old. I mulled over the 190 vs 230 for quite a while and in the end went for 190. Can't remember if it affected my insurance getting the 230, but a perfect 190 became available (fsh, only ever run on non-synthetic oil etc) and i got an excellent warranty from joe duffy so i just went for it. I've got my money's worth from that warranty too - two tows (1st one being that silly accident i did myself), and recently one of my spark plugs disintegrated which in turn burnt out the starter coil, all fixed within the day for free! No other problems though, and never flooded.

It's also an excellent daily car cuz both the boot and the backseats have so much room. I fitted a dice ipod/mp3 adapter too which i wired down through the gearstick console so it can be completely covered by the arm rest and i can still control it through the radio

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I can see myself owning it for years!

MetzgerMeister · 09-12-2009 11:56am

I know exactly what you mean

If you ever have to buy plugs or anything like that you should get them from america. I do all my car-part shopping on www.rotaryfx.com

They specialise in parts for the rx-8 and the rx-8 only! Everything is very well priced. You can get a set of either Mazda/NGK plugs or just NGK plugs (which are exactly the same just don't have the mazda logo on the boxes) for less than half the price you'd pay a dealer here and that includes p&p!

I have the 250bhp jap model but wasn't happy with that power so I got an AccessPort and increased it to 275

next step will be a turbo!

You're right about the space in the car. So much of it in such a car is nearly unheard of! I'll have had mine for 2 years in December and I don't see myself getting rid of it for at least another 4 to 5 years. I love it!

SV · 09-12-2009 1:08pm

einheisserschre wrote: »

Is the black roof carbon fibre or just painted black??

It's just painted.
Same effect, just..a lot...lot cheaper.

MetzgerMeister · 09-12-2009 2:26pm

Same COLOUR effect you mean

doubt it would contribute towards weight loss!

SV · 09-12-2009 2:29pm

einheisserschre wrote: »

Same COLOUR effect you mean doubt it would contribute towards weight loss!

hah, well yeah, but it's not like the car sees the track(well it has, but it won't with me) so it's a bit pointless going down that route!

Might be getting the car resprayed anyway, not too sure. If I do that the black roof will be gone!

Funxy · 09-12-2009 5:56pm

I posted earlier in this thread or maybe the previous thread. But i got some nice pictures at the weekend. Sorry for so many!

P.s post was moved to hwist but i thought it was more appropriate here as this is my car

kazul · 09-12-2009 8:12pm

Nice Lotus, I've seen it in Jervis car park recently. Even my 2 year old appreciated it, said "lovely car". The neighbour's VW transporter is "kakky" and a land rover defender is "look daddy, tractor"