Today’s want

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ZedLeg wrote: Tue Sep 27, 2022 1:50 pm @Sundayjumper you know you want to :lol:

https://collectingcars.com/for-sale/200 ... stradale-4
I expect a CS would be too hardcore for me, but apart from that it's very lovely. Just a slight problem with the price....
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Sundayjumper wrote: Tue Sep 27, 2022 5:43 pm
ZedLeg wrote: Tue Sep 27, 2022 1:50 pm @Sundayjumper you know you want to :lol:

https://collectingcars.com/for-sale/200 ... stradale-4
I expect a CS would be too hardcore for me, but apart from that it's very lovely. Just a slight problem with the price....
Looks awesome in that hue 8-) but yeah - that’s pretty close in price to what Pete @revsRus paid for a 2018 600LT with 11k miles on it. :shock:
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Today's want, is the new Honda Civic! :oops: Intrigued by the e:HEV tech, a bit like the Nissan e-Power. No gearbox but amusing fakes gear changes in Sport mode.
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JonMad wrote: Sat Oct 01, 2022 9:15 am Today's want, is the new Honda Civic! :oops: Intrigued by the e:HEV tech, a bit like the Nissan e-Power. No gearbox but amusing fakes gear changes in Sport mode.
I watched the Carwow Mat Watson video of it last week and thought it all sounded great for a normal hatch.

Sounded fairly food until he did the 0-60 test then it was just full revs and didn't sound very nice. Not going to be doing that most of the time I suppose, but essentially EV drivetrain would be pretty good.
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KevH18 wrote: Sat Oct 01, 2022 11:43 am
JonMad wrote: Sat Oct 01, 2022 9:15 am Today's want, is the new Honda Civic! :oops: Intrigued by the e:HEV tech, a bit like the Nissan e-Power. No gearbox but amusing fakes gear changes in Sport mode.
I watched the Carwow Mat Watson video of it last week and thought it all sounded great for a normal hatch.

Sounded fairly food until he did the 0-60 test then it was just full revs and didn't sound very nice. Not going to be doing that most of the time I suppose, but essentially EV drivetrain would be pretty good.
Yeah, that was odd, especially as in this video it's more like you'd expect from 0mph
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:shock: on the price...but...check out that stereo.
Paging @integrale_evo 8-) 8-)

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Matty wrote: Sun Oct 02, 2022 12:32 pm :shock: on the price...but...check out that stereo.
Paging @integrale_evo 8-) 8-)

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& Jobbo for the interior in general.
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That's awesome. Massive want.
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One of the coolest cars I’ve ever seen.

Dave!
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Rich B wrote: Sun Oct 02, 2022 1:51 pm That's awesome. Massive want.
Aye, my favourite Esprit colour scheme.

Need to get our resident painted letters on a Lotus’s tyres expert in here @mik
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ZedLeg wrote: Sun Oct 02, 2022 3:31 pm Need to get our resident painted letters on a Lotus’s tyres expert in here @mik
J’approuve
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Went out in my mates 991.2 turbo s yesterday. Absolutely mind blowingly quick going, stopping, cornering the lot. And yet just pootles along the next minute with no firmness noticeable at all. Unreal. 100 in 6 seconds is very real.

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Don’t like the wheels.

Other than that, massive want.
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Matty wrote: Sun Oct 02, 2022 12:32 pm :shock: on the price...but...check out that stereo.
Paging @integrale_evo 8-) 8-)

https://www.uksportscars.com/view/lotus ... -cars-ltd/
Love the whole thing, especially the stereo 😀

I still have my uncles ancient pre-din clarion stack system, tempted to make a centre console for the Alfa to house it if I can get it in without having to chop up any of the original interior.
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I didn't realise Chris Harris has sold his M2 CS via Collecting Cars, must have missed that one. Meanwhile he's been saying that the M5 CS is quickly becoming one of his favourite BMWs ever...
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Sundayjumper wrote: Sun Oct 02, 2022 1:12 pm & Jobbo for the interior in general.
I love the Michelin Man seats.
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mik wrote: Tue Sep 27, 2022 5:56 pm
Sundayjumper wrote: Tue Sep 27, 2022 5:43 pm
ZedLeg wrote: Tue Sep 27, 2022 1:50 pm @Sundayjumper you know you want to :lol:

https://collectingcars.com/for-sale/200 ... stradale-4
I expect a CS would be too hardcore for me, but apart from that it's very lovely. Just a slight problem with the price....
Looks awesome in that hue 8-) but yeah - that’s pretty close in price to what Pete @revsRus paid for a 2018 600LT with 11k miles on it. :shock:
Following on from that…
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Plus £6k buyers fee, plus the cost of a new warranty, plus all the uncertainty of a private sale.

There’s a similar one on auto trader at McLaren Birmingham for £150k. Haggle £5k off that and there’s really not much in it.
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Sundayjumper wrote: Mon Oct 03, 2022 5:43 pm Plus £6k buyers fee, plus the cost of a new warranty, plus all the uncertainty of a private sale.

There’s a similar one on auto trader at McLaren Birmingham for £150k. Haggle £5k off that and there’s really not much in it.
My point was more that you can get a 3yr old 1-owner Macca (of various flavours) for the price of a 2004 6-owner 360 Challenge Stradale, more than holding up that 720S as the bargain of the century.

(Although now you have mentioned it, the Birmingham car is a 2018 as opposed to 2019, and if you want a warranty on the 2019 car then you’d want one on that too Shirley? So even haggling £5k off leaves it £12k more than the CollectingCars buyer paid for a slightly newer car).
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