Here's what I saw today, mark 3 (don't quote pictures, 24h ban!)

SmartinMartin

New 2 horsepower Vito!
M1 today:

advertsfox

That Type-R is sublime!

tossy

MarkN wrote: »

Potent is the word. Potent.

SmartinMartin wrote: »

New 2 horsepower Vito!
M1 today:

2 pics containing cars packing big horses that catch the eye

humberklog

This left hooker 280SE on ZV plates drove past my shop today, it was beautiful...

ION08

That type R is great. But I just can’t get over how worn the seat bolster already is on a practically brand new car :eek:

newmember2

ION08 wrote: »

That type R is great. But I just can’t get over how worn the seat bolster already is on a practically brand new car :eek:

"Beauty is in the eye of..." and all that, but I think it looks total skanger.

Wibbs

ION08 wrote: »

That type R is great. But I just can’t get over how worn the seat bolster already is on a practically brand new car :eek:

Not a shock ION. High bolsters like that don't wear well and don't last long. Add in alacantara and the miles show very rapidly. It's a cool looking material but ages and wears rapidly. I think that's Honda's press car demonstrator? The reg seems familiar.

newmember? wrote: »

"Beauty is in the eye of..." and all that, but I think it looks total skanger.

It's an extremely capable car, but yeah IMHO too, they went way overboard on the "styling". The fake grills really irritate me. Where the rear doors cut into the quarter panel flares another. The three exhausts is a bit try hard. All the Halfords stuff doesn't help the bloat either. It's well over a hundred kilos heavier than the non R. For me "Type R" has always meant stripped out racing snake, lighter, with minimum extras, little more than a brilliantly sorted chassis and engine with seats attached.

If today I was in the market(and had the wallet required) and wanted the "Type R" experience I'd be saving up for an Alpine A110. They went full nerd on the weight saving for a start.

26000 Elephants

Wibbs wrote: »

It's well over a hundred kilos heavier than the non R.

Seriously, there's no excuse for that. Doesn't sound like they were focused on making it the best car it could be, just the most attractive to their target market.

Wibbs

Feck all that though, I take it MarkN we're about to get a notification of your review of the R on the oul Youtubes? If you are, at some point you have to say...



T'is an internet rule*.

If ye haven't already check out one of our own's channel. Good reviews IMHO, without the Clarkson stuff too may try and fail at**. And nicely done too.






*even if it's got more turbo than VTEC...

** Clarkson was good at it, but too many tried and failed to follow...

tossy

Wibbs wrote: »

Not a shock ION. High bolsters like that don't wear well and don't last long.

I've one that's 10 years old and isn't as bad as that, the problem is people sitting 'side saddle' while checking out the interior - either sit into it fully and do it properly or feel the wrath

MarkN

The VTEC power band is gone alight but I think it's a better option to have low down power too. I had a 2014 GTI PP following me with a camera attached in the Dublin mountains yesterday and it simply couldn't keep up due to traction and handling. The Type R is also a good bit lighter than the Focus RS and Golf R.

If you can leave the subjective looks aside, it is a fantastic car to drive. Just as I finished recording yesterday the sunset popped out of the clouds and lit up the Sally Gap.

cullow123

Aston Martin DB11:
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Porsche Panamera 4S:
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Big Nasty

PJ Masks?

Kevin Finnerty

Big Nasty wrote: »

PJ Masks?

2? God help us all🀣🀣

Saw a gorgeous Panamera in Cork Thursday night. Very nervous driver by the carry on of it. Or on the phone. Surely social media doesn't overtake driving one of those😕

cullow123

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humberklog

bear1

Cant hold a phone while driving but you can have a tv screen behind the steering wheel now.

MetzgerMeister

That's very like the bus The Prodigy used to promote and appears on the cover of their new album:

humberklog

I'd say there's quite a few of them still knocking out a living. There's another one in Dublin done up fancy as a victorian tea room doing tours.

This one had an American company doing a restaurant pub tour. The 2 men operating the bus bus were only back from a 3 week stint in Manchester doing promotions for the new Manchester branch of The Ivy restaurant.

cadaliac

@ cullow123 - M5 looks like the ultimate sleeper (in those photos)

Vicxas

Had the absolute pleasure of driving this on my holidays, wasnt much to shout about. Unless you put her into sport mode that is.



Also, there are some beautiful cars knocking around Orlando. Mostly Comaro's/Corvettes:



And this bad boy was sitting in Epcot's Test Track:



Sorry about the sizes, tried to edit them and made a balls of it!

Voodoomelon

8 Series launch in Dublin last night. Hugely impressive vehicle.
Starting at €109,000, this was specced to about €135,000. 850i starts at €160,000+.

rex-x

bear1 wrote: »

Cant hold a phone while driving but you can have a tv screen behind the steering wheel now.

Digital dash, the worst thing to happen to cars in the last 20 years

newmember2

rex-x wrote: »

Digital dash, the worst thing to happen to cars in the last 20 years

more like LED display or something - permanently lit up - don't forget to turn your lights on!

blade1

newmember? wrote: »

more like LED display or something - permanently lit up - don't forget to turn your lights on!

Everyone should just use auto lights at this stage.

Oh and BMW owners tell me there's too much going on on the dash of my lexus!? :pac:

Hogzy

Are they OLED displays yet? If they were at least the black pixels would go completely dark.

mailforkev

First one of these I’ve seen, pushing 250k USD so several times that at home I’d imagine.

Regular Gs are quite common in NYC, the squared still stood out.

Chriscl1

jozi

I'd love to own a Lotus some day (Elise or Exige) and that blue Silvia is gorgeous also!

What was the event at Mondello?

Vicxas

An NSX in the wild, what a beauty!