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Yeah they were a fair cheaper than AR1s, the rep gave me a better price over the phone, obviously wanted a sale and maybe felt sorry for me after I gave him the whole sob story I mentioned above 😂
But also didn’t have the life I was really hoping for, so maybe AR1s would still be the better...
Hahah superb spot!!
Yeah i got a little greedy there, I thought l was destined for the gravel for a second. But just straightened up to kill off any understeer or locking up and hoped for the best. Just about worked out 😂
I wondered if that one would make any of the highlights. Funny thing...
Grip from cold was superb, really surprised how fast I could chuck it in on the first corner.
Did start to wear by the 7th lap though. So started to get some understeer towards the end. But granted that's 7 full heat cycles rather than consistent laps. If I were to do any more laps I'd have...
Another successful ring trip completed. Not without major stresses though!
Had the Clio sent over to a "specialist" whilst I was abroad, to prep it ready for a 1200 mile round trip, but didn't really do much and let me down.
That meant when I picked the car up 3 days before I was supposed to...
Having a hard time starting the 182 intermittently. Sometimes The red light will stay solid and it won’t turn over, just clicks and dies, indicating immobiliser fault, tonight it constantly beeped and then the car actually started. Drove for a few meters and then the alarm went off whilst...
Is it worth clay barring before polishing?
The paintwork feels smooth so not particularly contaminated, but if I wanna do a real job on tidying up the paintwork, removing swirls and light scratches etc, will I see a benefit from it?
Anyway..
Terrible photo but quite fancy one of these within the next couple of years maybe. Such a nice toy for late night summer cruises and the odd track day.
Looks like a matchbox car out here, made my Golf look like a Dodge Ram!
They're foookin expensive here though. A decent one will...
Petition to ban car meet / car show pictures from this thread.. It's just not the same when you see something in a place where you expect to see something.
I’ve seen that figure floating about. Would be interested to see a real official breakdown as I’m calling BS on that. Be 5 or so years in the makings, $400m a year = $1.1m a day? Nah.
whatever it is, they’ll be a 1000gb download at first and then a 1000gb patch the next day. Probably be a noticeable drain on global bandwidth for the first week once it’s released 😂😂
Probably own it and some sort of money laundering / tax avoidance scheme going on.
I was down in London a few years ago and saw a stunning 458 (iirc) parked up inside a unit owned by a taxi firm and a lot of "ethnic minorities" inside.
With good prep, decent rattle can paint, 2k lacquer and a wet sand, you can get a pretty damn good finish from a rattle can. But the 2K lacquer is absolutely key.
Heading back to the Nurburgring next month, so time to get this thing out of hibernation. Hasn't moved from my parent's garage since January 2024.
Looking a little sorry for itself at my mate's work, before it goes off for some servicing and track prep.
I'm on the lookout for some track...
Yeah i've seen a purple one in Calgary, probably the same.
I'm gonna stick my neck out and say the one I saw out skiing didn't look so bad with the offroad tyres & spacers. Definitely more purposeful rather than a stupid gimmick.
They are on the R still, I think?
Read on the forums that you get very used to them very quickly anyway.
It’s the awful Tesla Ali Express screen that I hate. I remember hearing why Bugatti doesn’t have any screens in their million pound hypercars, because technology ages. In a few years those...
Nice write up and lovely car mate. The 8.5 looks awesome from the front, super aggressive. Also that interior looks like such a nice place to be. The lit up GTI logo from the door handles is a little Ali Express though!