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Re: The ebay thread
Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2023 9:24 pm
by mik
Re: The ebay thread
Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2023 8:28 pm
by jamcg
As Aston Martin f1 move into their new factory they’re flogging what looks like everything that’s not tied down from the old place
https://bidonline.ncmauctions.co.uk/auc ... 5fuY8quBa3
Re: The ebay thread
Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2023 8:35 pm
by Sundayjumper
Re: The ebay thread
Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2023 8:37 pm
by Mito Man
Does it come with the shit?
Re: The ebay thread
Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2023 8:40 pm
by Sundayjumper
Re: The ebay thread
Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2023 9:13 pm
by jamcg
Like I said- flogging anything that’s not tied down. One way to get around the budget cap
Re: The ebay thread
Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2023 10:58 pm
by nuttinnew
Re: The ebay thread
Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2023 11:13 pm
by nuttinnew
Re: The ebay thread
Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2023 11:29 pm
by integrale_evo
Re: The ebay thread
Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2023 7:07 am
by DeskJockey
Hardly a surprise, when it comes to your tastes, is it?
Re: The ebay thread
Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2023 8:01 am
by jamcg
I feel like I should like this, but the proportions just look wrong, and the overall scale is just too big
Re: The ebay thread
Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2023 8:03 pm
by nuttinnew
jamcg wrote: Sun Jun 25, 2023 8:01 am
I feel like I should like this, but the proportions just look wrong, and the overall scale is just too big
Agreed. I'd like to see the base Boxster done in the same colour, trim, wheels to compare to that. For a straight purchase I'd rather go for this;
https://collectingcars.com/for-sale/200 ... 0-spyder-4
or for less monies this (pity the reg couldn't be kept here);
https://collectingcars.com/for-sale/200 ... der-50th-6
Re: The ebay thread
Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2023 8:18 pm
by nuttinnew
said no one, ever.
I'm a bit unsure of it as presented; which bits were done for MB at the time and what's been done since? Monkey should have done a vid on it to satisfy my curiosity.
Re: The ebay thread
Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2023 10:54 am
by Sundayjumper
Stretchy Escalade. The photo looks like someone did some trickery with the panoramic setting on their phone
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204372391658
Re: The ebay thread
Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2023 11:40 am
by jamcg
Bet that needs a class c license over here, wonder how heavy it actually is
Re: The ebay thread
Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2023 12:49 pm
by nuttinnew
Re: The ebay thread
Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2023 12:26 pm
by mik
Hey, that’s cool as fu… oh balls…. Check the price.
https://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/325693142735
Seeing this always reminds be of an ex-colleague who had a nice Mk1 RS2000 that he’d owned for years - driving it sparingly. He was a long way from wealthy, but kept it good. It was stolen from his lockup about 12yrs ago - he reluctantly took the insurance money at the time (he just desperately wanted it back), but it would be worth a small fortune now.
Re: The ebay thread
Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2023 12:59 pm
by Sundayjumper
Yeah, Mk2 Escorts have always been a lot cheaper than the Mk1.
<laments yet again about selling his Mk1 Mexico for £900 in about 2001>
Re: The ebay thread
Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2023 1:09 pm
by mik
Sundayjumper wrote: Thu Jun 29, 2023 12:59 pm
Yeah, Mk2 Escorts have always been a lot cheaper than the Mk1.
<laments yet again about selling his Mk1 Mexico for £900 in about 2001>
I had a brief p-ride in his car - we reached 80 and it was howling at 4500rpm in top (4th). This only served to cement my preference for the mk2
Re: The ebay thread
Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2023 1:18 pm
by Sundayjumper
mik wrote: Thu Jun 29, 2023 1:09 pm
Sundayjumper wrote: Thu Jun 29, 2023 12:59 pm
Yeah, Mk2 Escorts have always been a lot cheaper than the Mk1.
<laments yet again about selling his Mk1 Mexico for £900 in about 2001>
I had a brief p-ride in his car - we reached 80 and it was howling at 4500rpm in top (4th). This only served to cement my preference for the mk2
TBF, the gearing in my Compact is about the same !
Edit1:
Exacerbated by running smaller than normal tyres right now, it works out like this:
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RPM MPH
8000 138.0
7500 129.4
7000 120.8
6500 112.2
6000 103.5
5500 94.9
5000 86.3
4500 77.6
4000 69.0
3500 60.4
3000 51.8
2500 43.1
2000 34.5
1500 25.9
1000 17.3
Edit2:
I was just about topping out in 3rd at Kemble, 3rd is 1:1.66, so I think that makes 120.8 / 1.66 = 73mph. Not too shabby.
1st - 1:4.20
2nd - 1:2.49
3rd - 1:1.66
4th - 1:1.24
5th - 1:1.00
