The time has come to say farewell......

Foghorn Leghorn · Post by **Foghorn Leghorn** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 7:50 pm

No, not me

Blame Darren for this thread with his new Mi16.

Fast forward to the point when its time to chop in old faithful (and no bloody D9 jokes James

), what have you got your eye on for your next trusty steed.

Lets hear what you've got your eye on, and then I'll tell you my evil plan.

Fog

puggy · Post by **puggy** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 8:07 pm

You fooking tart foggy !!! had me worried then thought i was

going to lose my fellow bidder

Post by **DaiRees** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 8:25 pm

I dunno, here's nowt I want really.

I love the estate, so it'll have to be another one of them....

No run of the mill jap stuff, soulless crap!, but I could possibly be swayed by a big scooby.

I like the BMW 5 series, Audis and the Jag X type 'states

Or maybe a Discovery or summat, but then I'd take it off road and wreck it

Playtime_Fontayne · Post by **Playtime_Fontayne** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 10:17 pm

The 530d estate is lovley, cavernous load area too. If I had more money I'd have gone for one of those probably

neildavies · Post by **neildavies** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 10:21 pm

I can't think that far ahead, but now I've done the coupe thing, my next car is likely to be th sort that I don't mind parking near asda's front door and not at the back of the car park, and that I don't feel paranoid about parking anywhere. Allthough, I do remember doing all these things when I had my 2.1td saloon, so I think it's just a "Neil's car" thing that I'm stuck with.

I'd like to have a car where you know that something's wrong when it starts making funny noise, or won't start at all, not just get a F***ing engine management light on!

TooT · Post by **TooT** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 10:53 pm

In ideal world i would go out and buy a black Passat W8 tomorrow

niz406 · Post by **niz406** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 11:53 pm

In all hoesnty.... a tuned UK 550hp supra twin turbo manual 6speed or an R33/R34 GTR with same power !

Foghorn Leghorn · Post by **Foghorn Leghorn** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 12:45 am

Well, I'm very seriously considering either one of these

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Saab-9-5-Estate-H ... dZViewItem

or one of these

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VOLVO-V70-T5-SE-2 ... dZViewItem

Not these exact ones of course (want a manual).
Both 2.3 turbo kicking out 250bhp, and are selling for silly money now. £5k should get a 2001 model with sub 100k mileage. T5 engine is good for nearly 500bhp before there are serious issues (wouldn't want to go that far bought a bit of tuning would be nice

)

Currently doing my homework as to common issues and things to look out for. Insurance for the volvo is only £30 a year more than the 406

Shame the only do about 20-25mpg, which is why the winner will be paying a visit to Warrington autogas for an lpg conversion.

If I go for it I will probably start looking seriously in spring next year.

Fog

Post by **Welly** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 8:29 am

My list (idealy):

Nissan Silvia 2.0 Turbo S15 (must be totally standard)
Nissan Skyline R34 GTS single turbo (must be totally standard)
Honda Integra Type R DC2 in white (must be low miles and standard)
Vauxhall Monaro V8

On the other hand:

A top spec VW or Audi.

The funny thing is, my 406 is such a high spec I would miss some of the toys like memory heated seats etc and would almost find a replacement difficult and a compromise.

niz406 · Post by **niz406** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 10:08 am

Welton wrote:Nissan Skyline R34 GTS single turbo (must be totally standard)

Does the R34 come in a GTS flavor??

I thought the R34 was in GT and GTT flavor??

STALLED · Post by **STALLED** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 11:04 am

niz406 wrote:
Welton wrote:Nissan Skyline R34 GTS single turbo (must be totally standard)
Does the R34 come in a GTS flavor??

I thought the R34 was in GT and GTT flavor??

Yeah the R33 came in GTS and GTS-T form, the R34 being the GT and the GTT!

niz406 · Post by **niz406** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 11:21 am

STALLED wrote:
niz406 wrote:
Welton wrote:Nissan Skyline R34 GTS single turbo (must be totally standard)
Does the R34 come in a GTS flavor??

I thought the R34 was in GT and GTT flavor??
Yeah the R33 came in GTS and GTS-T form, the R34 being the GT and the GTT!

Joel,

Me thinks you miss-read my comment, I know the R33 comes in GTS and GTS-T flavour

Post by **Welly** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 11:22 am

I meant an R34 but a single turbo, sorry (a less stressed out machine and representing a much safer buy in standard guise).

niz406 · Post by **niz406** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 11:38 am

Welton wrote:I meant an R34 but a single turbo, sorry (a less stressed out machine and representing a much safer buy in standard guise).

LIAR......

YOu want some rear wheel drifting action

STALLED · Post by **STALLED** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 1:05 pm

Welton wrote:I meant an R34 but a single turbo, sorry (a less stressed out machine and representing a much safer buy in standard guise).

Are Skylinez all the rage over there in the UK atm? How much does a good condition MANUAL (not that auto/tiptronic shite) go for over your way?