OV9

Rich B wrote: ↑Fri May 03, 2024 4:43 pm

DeskJockey wrote: ↑Fri May 03, 2024 4:37 pm FTAO @Jobbo: MX5 just coming down the road with the plate MX51GET spaced as you'd expect.

first glance I thought you were making a dig at Jobbos size!

It's a double whammy

25 years yesterday. Lest we forget.

This is probably in budget with only a little haggling:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... llion.html

It would be great to have a house in an area of beautiful unspoiled countryside. The risk of course, is that some selfish cnut builds a house there and ruins the beautiful unspoiled countryside near your house.

Hmmm it’s not utterly awful but the seats do look a bit tired ? Maybe worth a look as it’s local but I’d personally hold out for black interior.

Gavster wrote: ↑Fri May 03, 2024 8:35 am ...would need to be close to a major town so I can pop in to catch Covid whenver I want to spice up my life.

Ian spends a large part of his life sitting in a sealed metal tube with a couple of hundred strangers, I think he's got the COVID side covered

Come on, share the link !

The only thing that would put off a very early car is that the dash illumination was green and that was quite quickly superseded by white which looks much much better IMO. Slight change to the seat design too but that's not a big deal.

10 Aggravated burglary. (b) “weapon of offence” means any article made or adapted for use for causing injury to or incapacitating a person, or intended by the person having it with him for such use ; and So carrying a 'not fucking about' weapon on your person when breaking in. To be fair, a cucumbe...

Spotted yesterday - “2 MEN” which I’ll admit did raise my eyebrow

edit - I’ve just googled and it doesn’t come back as a valid reg but I’m sure that’s what it was.

Didn’t you or your parents live in Hartley Wintney ? I’ve never looked at the house prices but the high street is very nice and judging by the cars you see parked there it’s exactly the kind of area you’re looking for.

Not even hypermiling, that was sitting with the other traffic @ 70-80mph. I’ve done the same trip plenty of times in the Bentley and even consciously keeping it under 70 it only just gets 20mpg. Twenty-point-something if you’re lucky. Sounds like splitting hairs over a couple of mpg but at this leve...

Doug visits OV9, clearly I just forced myself to sit through that for the sake of the car but dear god his voice is annoying. Constantly up & down like a pubescent teenager. And he's doing it on purpose, it occasionally slips and he talks normally for a couple of sentences, which is a blessed r...

A lot of differences though.


I can’t find a photo that really does it justice. Looks much better IRL.

Explosive Newt wrote: ↑Thu May 02, 2024 7:22 pm

Matty wrote: ↑Thu May 02, 2024 5:13 pm Doug visits OV9, clearly

He's right.
Although he's a bit obsessed about interior parts sharing.

The Volvo bits ? Does not bother me in the slightest. The instrument panel makes up for everything. Best I’ve ever had, by miles. Gorgeous.

I took the 360 to work today and used it as an opportunity to finally do a brim-to-brim check on the fuel consumption. It has no OBC so I’ve just been putting in £50 at a time and not paying any attention.

164 miles consumed 28.88 litres of Tesco super, which makes 25.8mpg. I’m quite impressed !

...while the handling is more sports car. That bit really caught my attention here, especially knowing you have Boxster experience, as I've always thought the Aston feels quite big & heavy compared to my 996. I'm far more confident throwing the Porsche around. Not knocking the Aston though. For...

GG. wrote: ↑Wed May 01, 2024 6:47 pm

Sundayjumper wrote: ↑Wed May 01, 2024 6:32 pm I’m sure it’s not what you meant, but that kinda makes it sound like the gearboxes only last 15k miles

Unless that is what you meant

That's how long the first one has lasted!!

Oh. Nearly £1/mile just on the front gearbox. Fcuk that.

This chap is a Ferrari specialist and has an excellent blog on technical stuff for the 360/430:

https://aldousvoice.com/

Anything you'd do differently if you were buying another 360? That's a really good question ! I didn't do it "right" by any of the normal advice you get about car buying. It was the first one I looked at, it wasn't really the colour I wanted, it was from a slightly shifty non-specialist b...

GG. wrote: ↑Wed May 01, 2024 6:13 pm …I don't want to have to do it again in another 15,000 miles when it isn't under powerplus warranty

I’m sure it’s not what you meant, but that kinda makes it sound like the gearboxes only last 15k miles

Unless that is what you meant