Post a picture of your car here, part 3 (Quote A Photo, GET A 24 HOUR BAN!!!)

dgt

A dashing shade of brown :cool:

That brings me back to some cars I remember going about years and years ago, when they were rotten crocks









This however is pretty damn cool

keysersoze0330

thedarksh1te wrote: »

Had a nice 3 series myself

And me!:(. Sorry to see it go.

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Marlow

Brown ??




It was a common enough color for Merc and Porsche.

/M

dar83

If it's that Ford Lunar Metallic I'm thinking of, it's actually quite nice and much cooler than Silver. (but anything is, really)

Marty McFly

I used to own this brown car while were on about brown cars have to say I quite liked the color of it.

MetzgerMeister

^^^ exact same place in which an Accord is parked right now

Marty McFly

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

^^^ exact same place in which an Accord is parked right now

For now .

MetzgerMeister

Marty McFly wrote: »

For now .

Oh really??? Do tell!!

Marty McFly

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

Oh really??? Do tell!!

Ah ill be starting my hunt for a replacement in a few weeks , at the moment im possibly thinking 530i but well see what happens.

Ardennes1944

Your accord has the lovely lip kit doesn't it?
E39 or e60?

Marty McFly

Ardennes1944 wrote: »

Your accord has the lovely lip kit doesn't it?
E39 or e60?

Yeh it has the lip kit its a Type S accord Irish Type S not Uk.

E60 is what Im thinking but could end up in a Micra yet :pac:.

Foxhole Norman

dar83 wrote: »

If it's that Ford Lunar Metallic I'm thinking of, it's actually quite nice and much cooler than Silver. (but anything is, really)

That's the one alright. Just had a change of heart towards the end. I'll be sad to see the Superb go though if we don't manage to buy it .

dar83

Positive thoughts dude, positive thoughts.

Ardennes1944

Marty McFly wrote: »

Yeh it has the lip kit its a Type S accord Irish Type S not Uk.

E60 is what Im thinking but could end up in a Micra yet :pac:.

youre like me so, my sights range from an IQ to an ep3 :pac:

MuppetCheck

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

That's the one alright. Just had a change of heart towards the end. I'll be sad to see the Superb go though if we don't manage to buy it .

How come he went for the Mondeo over the Superb?

MetzgerMeister

MuppetCheck wrote: »

How come he went for the Mondeo over the Superb?

He's going from a Superb to the Mondeo I thought?? And FN was supposed to be getting the Superb.

MuppetCheck

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

He's going from a Superb to the Mondeo I thought?? And FN was supposed to be getting the Superb.

I have read that. I meant another superb.

SEAN_DUB

Not a good pic, but there she is!!!!

renofan

emeldc wrote: »

My bog standard low mileage 318ci, but I like it

Fantastic to see a 13 year old car in that condition. How long have you had it and what mileage is on it? Please keep it as is, not too many unmodified ones left, especially in that condition.

MetzgerMeister

renofan wrote: »

Fantastic to see a 13 year old car in that condition. How long have you had it and what mileage is on it? Please keep it as is, not too many unmodified ones left, especially in that condition.

Good to have you back

renofan

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

Good to have you back

Jaysus you have me blushing here

Foxhole Norman

MuppetCheck wrote: »

I have read that. I meant another superb.

There was a mix up on the lists this time around where his boss didn't get any input on the cars chosen, if he had some input there would have been a better choice of cars. My dad was trying his best to get another Superb but no luck.

There's also a weird thing with prices with Leaseplan where they don't give you a straight value to use to get different spec on cars. For example another car on his list was the Insignia Tourer costing I think 30K base which would have gotten an Elegance Superb. The Mondeo was also only valued around 25k base but that didn't leave 5k for spec/extras etc.

Plug

Im ordering one of these Falcon XR6 Turbo's on Monday with that colour and alloys. TBH Im not sure which colour, there is a nice green aswell(like the RS). Also note Im getting nearly $11000 off the price:p

Mc Love

That is a really nice ford - why dont they sell that here!

Cungi

Plug wrote: »

Im ordering one of these Falcon XR6 Turbo's on Monday with that colour and alloys. TBH Im not sure which colour, there is a nice green aswell(like the RS). Also note Im getting nearly $11000 off the price:p

You lucky, lucky bastard! I'd love a Falcon. Any tips on importing one?

ShadowHearth

how much would that falcon in your spec will set you back? Somehow i have a feeling we could only afford a low spec fiesta for same money here.

Matt Simis

Plug wrote: »

Im ordering one of these Falcon XR6 Turbo's on Monday with that colour and alloys. TBH Im not sure which colour, there is a nice green aswell(like the RS). Also note Im getting nearly $11000 off the price:p

Very nice. What were your thoughts on Falcon vs HSV GTS (or whatever HSV it competes with)?

Mc Love wrote: »

That is a really nice ford - why dont they sell that here!

Unsurprisingly the same reason as lots of stuff will never make it here, I checked and it would have over EUR2000 tax per annum, off the wall rate VRT (due to high CO2) and gets about 20mpg. In Oz its sold with the option from factory of LPG or Liquid-injection LPG (higher performance version).. neither of which are applicable here.

Its a great example of what totally sucks about our part of the world.

Supergurrier

Ireland is just one of the most anti motoring enthusiasm nations there is

Ardennes1944

Ireland is...backwards

calistro

Supergurrier wrote: »

Ireland is just one of the most anti motoring enthusiasm nations there is

+1. That's the reason I exported my Ford Explorer 4.0L to Spain where I can enjoy driving it!

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Plug

Mc Love wrote: »

That is a really nice ford - why dont they sell that here!

Because Ireland is destroyed when it comes to motoring, you need to be rich to own cars like that back home:(

Cungi wrote: »

You lucky, lucky bastard! I'd love a Falcon. Any tips on importing one?

Thanks. Seven months ago I was struggling to keep a 99 ford focus on the road. Lesson number one, leave the country!
To import one will be very expensive, shipping container, VRT, customs etc.

ShadowHearth wrote: »

how much would that falcon in your spec will set you back? Somehow i have a feeling we could only afford a low spec fiesta for same money here.

About $42000 with over 10k off. I had a look into getting an FPV model but they are too expensive to maintain and buy. A set of brake pads cost $1000 for example:eek:

Matt Simis wrote: »

Very nice. What were your thoughts on Falcon vs HSV GTS (or whatever HSV it competes with)?

Holden dosen't do turbo models, just V6's and V8's. Since the introduction of the FG Falcon in 08 it seems to be the better car. I know a few people who had commodores and once they drove the FG Falcon they never looked back. The Ford also wins in the reliability department too. The Holden commodore SS equivalent to this is a 6 litre V8, same torque and same power. This Falcon is a 4 litre turbo. It has the same roughly torque as a Lamborghini Gallardo.
The good thing about the turbo is it can be tuned up easily enough. Once I get the alloys sprayed black and get it lower a bit I'll tune it to about 450 - 500 hp.
The HSV models are higher spec than this so thats why Ford have the FPV range which piss on the Holdens. Ill upload a few pics onto the HWIST thread.

tc20

(also posted in the classics section) -

excuse the crappy phone pic quality - this has been my (mostly daily) driver for nigh on 5 years, but alas its time to move her on

BUBBLE WRAP

Supergurrier wrote: »

Ireland is just one of the most anti motoring enthusiasm nations there is

Maybe, but you can't bate the spuds..

Bpmull

I know there not eactly the most loved car around here but i couldnt resist.
My parents octavias together.

Bpmull

double post which wont delete for some reason.

Matt Simis

Dear god, almost the same colour too. Are your parent robots? :pac:

MetzgerMeister

Double Octavia and double post - because the Octavia's boot isn't quite big enough anymore :pac:





YES I WENT THERE!!!!!

JohnBoy26

The pre facelift front end of those Octavias looks alot nicer than the facelift imo.

Bpmull

Matt Simis wrote: »

Dear god, almost the same colour too. Are your parent robots? :pac:

The same colour was not a deliberate choice. we bought the 11 reg new and liked that colour so picked it. Then when my dad went to buy a second hand one the above one was the cleanest one he could find. The colour didnt really bother him. it is funny though same car practically same colour.

Big Nasty

Do your folks pick matching outfits when going shopping too!?! :pac:

Bpmull

MCMLXXV wrote: »

Do your folks pick matching outfits when going shopping too!?! :pac:

No nothing like that.:D

Big Nasty

Plug wrote: »

Thanks. Seven months ago I was struggling to keep a 99 ford focus on the road. Lesson number one, leave the country!

Nice work dude!

IIRC you only qualified last year. Ya obviously fecked off to Aus and are living the high life now.

Well done man!

SniperSight

(Well played by my cat for walking on the bonnet before last pic)

gollywog

Thats beautiful!

I know this is blasphemy, but what are the running costs like??
Could well be my next car....

transam

lovely S4 , not many of them around ...

MetzgerMeister

That S4...

dgt

Nice! Spotless (I know last pic)

We need moar pics of the cat :pac:

Foxhole Norman

Took some pictures of my brothers car while he was cleaning it to try out the camera:



















Nevermind the bumper, was changed back to the stock color after these photos were taken and it looks much better.

Big Nasty

Why the camber on the rears?

Not really good for everyday use.

MetzgerMeister

MCMLXXV wrote: »

Why the camber on the rears?

Not really good for everyday use.

Never mind the camber, check out the spoiler