OV9

Guess the car.

Current:
E46 330ci convertible. It's getting too 'projecty' for my liking and I have someone lined up to take it off my hands.

Replacement:
Newer, bit smaller, lighter, five door hatch so more practical, more economical, nice auto box on it, german.

Should be collecting it this weekend if all goes to plan.

M135i?

MINI.

Hopefully an m135

116d se

Mk3 Astra

Mk2 golf driver

DeskJockey wrote: ↑Mon Feb 05, 2024 9:01 pmM135i?

Congratulations, you win a prize. It's the prize of having a good memory from when we all chatted about it over Christmas

viewtopic.php?t=12539

Yeah, Zonda offered to let me have a sniff aboot his one, see if I fit in it, etc. So popped up to the Proper North, went for a drive out with him behind the wheel driving at least part of the door handles off it in Sports+ which was...eye opening a bit organ-rearranging, involving a lot of giggling, and I was kinda unexpectedly offered to drive it back - so I pootled it into town in Comfort mode (I'm not hammering a +300bhp car I've never driven, in the pissing rain...) and was quite impressed with the whole package.

Particularly the ZF 8-speed box, it was very smooth when I wanted it to be, seemed to have a nicely balanced 'bite' point, nicely tuned with the engines torque band etc - just all hangs together nicely and was not even remotely odd or weird to drive - which was my main concern, that I'd just not like it. I was being pretty ginger with it given it was my first time ever driving an auto and I was barely using 1/3rd throttle and had no idea whether it'd need stabbing or not - but no, not a single slip, stall or other oddness. Apart from stopping in his drive and confusing park/handbrake etc, but I didn't hit anything so we don't talk about that

So rather than deal with ragged, fucked, "don't know if it's been decatted" sort of cars from Bradford might as well save a lot of that bollocks and take Zondas one off his hands.

Congrats then!

all round.

Oh that's definitely approved.

I can't recall if Zonda ever did an e-start vid though......

Yay !!! About time too

Nice one Beanster

Good work! Just don't do a 720 degree splin in it like Clarkson

Also - we expect true Beany potato cam pictures in due course.

GG. wrote: ↑Mon Feb 05, 2024 10:15 pm Good work! Just don't do a 720 degree splin in it like Clarkson

Or a 720 like wot Zonda did with me in his 200SX at Donno, a time long enough ago that we'll just politely call it 'indeterminate'

Suffice to say I have no plans to turn off the traction control and then do 120+ mph in standing water for views.

Semi-related to your exciting adventures, insurance is likely to be a bit of a twat - comparison sites talking double what I currently pay - but I'm hoping SafelyInsured/formerly Sky Insurance, former beer token supplier for Alex88 of this place, will be able to make me a reasonable offer given they specialise in oddities (classics, modifed, young, etc)

Beany wrote: ↑Mon Feb 05, 2024 10:18 pm (classics, modifed, young, etc)

Are you still talking about insurance or online viewing preferences now

Yes hopefully someone will 'quote you happy'.

I'm getting quotes cheaper if I put a telematics box in it!

Who the fuck, at >40 years old, buying a >£10k car, is putting in telematics on a 320bhp car, to save £100 on insurance???

Beany wrote: ↑Mon Feb 05, 2024 8:53 pm

Yeah, about that...; https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-68205765

Well ain't that just fuckin' typical

Noice!

Happy to have my finders fee as a cheque, cash, or BroccersCoin:
viewtopic.php?p=198270#p198270

Matty wrote: ↑Mon Feb 05, 2024 11:04 pm Noice!

Happy to have my finders fee as a cheque, cash, or BroccersCoin:
viewtopic.php?p=198270#p198270

I'll get you an NFT worth £250. Wait, £25. Wait, 25p.

Look, I'll just appreciate the heads up, it's probably worth more at this rate.