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Agreed. White Turinis on Racing Blue is a great combination. They work perfectly together, and make it look a bit like an R3 rally car :cool:

Welcome! That looks almost exactly like my old 197. Looks great!

I must say, I wasn't a big fan of those wheels on your car in the standard colour. They didn't seem to work somehow. They look loadsssss better now they're gold though!

Power-to-weight probably isn't a million miles off a Clio, so I wouldn't expect much difference in straight-line performance, especially once you factor in drivers and other conditions. Put both on a wet, muddy B-road and it would probably be a different story.

Not seen his missus I guess then.

Nope, just a regular state school. Calling him a silver-spoon tosser is a bit extreme though. Just don't watch his videos if you don't like them.

His parents were reasonably wealthy, and he went to a decent school I think. He made money in IT or something I think. If you watch the interview with him on Jonny Smith's YouTube channel, it sounds like he has grafted quite a lot too though. I don't see why being from a wealthy family, or...

Some of you lot are pretty angry. He's just a bloke posting videos. Did he shag your missus or something?

My friend had a Celtic Tuning map put on his 1.6TDI Golf - I was surprised by how quick it felt afterwards!

Agreed. He used to piss me off quite a bit but, ultimately, he's doing what he enjoys, so good luck to him. I don't like his content, but it seems plenty of people do, so at least he is doing something to get people interested in cars.

Doesn't surprise me at all. You only have to watch the likes of Adam LZ, TJ Hunt etc on YouTube. They've created massive hype about JDM cars over there. People are going absolutely bonkers for them. Good for current owners I guess, but bad for anyone that wants to buy one. I've heard there are...

Prices for this stuff are going mad, so hopefully it will be a decent investment. It looks great. Think I'd have to change the wheels for something a bit more period rally style personally, as I don't think the ones on it do much for it.

Nice, love these. Is it modified much?

Love the ST205 Celica. Great looking car. Pure Sega Rally magic :LOL:

Thought I would give this thread a bit more love with a slightly oddball car - a Clio N5. These are built by RMC Motorsport in Spain and use a longitudinally mounted engine that is fitted into a variety of cars: Not sure about the front bumper, but the arches are quite cool!

BMW 1M spotted last night:

That's awesome

Dash dodgers can also be a pain in the arse when getting in and out of the car. In my old Escort, I endlessly kicked the front leg of the cage, as it was right in the way when getting into the car. Obviously a cage that goes through the dash and has double door bars will be awkward too, but at...

My mate's 182 rally car:

Nice. I want to say that did the Cadwell round of the MSN series, but I might be wrong.

That's certainly going to deal with a good chunk of it. It's going to stuff the engine tuning business anyway, so the economic argument for the tuning industry becomes a moot point from an engine perspective.

I think what's more scary is the amount of cars driving around with really shitty quality parts on them. I bet there are hundreds of thousands of cars with shite, pattern catalytic converters that barely pass emissions tests (and are probably more polluting than a lot of modified cars), or with...

I think that's the point I was making though. The example of the Golf is one that should be dealt with by common sense. If it's got so much camber that only 1/4 of the tyre is on the road, or the exhaust is loud enough to set off car alarms, then the Police should be dishing out tickets, or an...

The bit at the end about exhaust noise is also ridiculous. It's an enforcement issue, not a car modification issue.

The comments in the debate about "boy racers" (an infuriating term if ever there was one) seem entirely irrelevant to this issue in a way. That's a police matter. Driving standard are something should be managed by effective roads policing, whether a car is standard or not.

But isn't that the purpose of legislation? Those who have stupidly loud exhausts, or drive like nobs, can be dealt with either by the police, or by MoT tests. We don't need blanket bans on modifying, or heavy-handed legislation that dramatically impacts individuals or businesses. I think the...

Hopefully that will bring a bit of a sense to the whole thing. It's a massive industry in the UK, so hopefully there will be some desire to protect it.

Ridiculous really. It could end up with a scenario where fitting 2k's worth of coilover is against the law, while it remains fine to fit cheap aftermarket parts that are "OE spec" when, in reality, they're s**t quality Chinese junk that will fail after a few months. Even the exhaust thing...

Looks decent that. Not the most exciting car on the planet, but looks smart and I bet it eats miles like nobody's business. Had an A6 as a rental a couple of years ago and liked it.