My New ride (Nimbus content)

[RussZS]

Nice one Jay, glad you find one

Defo add the cornering lights though, and Kev can sort you out with a H1 HID Kit and you're nearly there on the Xenon front

Slam it too - KW V1's

 

[Munson]

That car is hewn from a solid billet of epic. Love nimbus on the 197.

Good upgrade from a 182. Better in every way. They make the 182s seem as stable as a jelly on a spinning plate. In an earth quake. They don't feel quite as grunty though in my experience.

Good choice.

 

[rory182]

Nimbus is the best colour.

I want a Nimbus R27.

Hell yeah, me too

 

[Ted_200]

nice mate

 

[Gaz_]

no 197s have xenons gareth

erm , no . . . . they dont

Yes they do, unless this is a 'in' joke

 

[CabinFever]

Very nice example that. Exactly the colour and wheel combo i'd go for!

Oh, i did!

 

[JayR]

Thanks again for the comments chaps!

Love it! ...but not as much as my LY182 haha! seriously tho! VERY nice! hope u injoy it as much as u did with your old one!

whats your 1st impressions of it compared to the old LY182?

Ta mate!

First impressions - It looks a better car and is much more solidly built - It holds the road nicely with barely no body roll on the bendy bits and going over bumps it doesnt make you feel like your a jack in the box a such - The noise is also quite nice for a standard car but could get quite addictive!

The only downsides are that it doesnt feel as fast and seems to take forever to get moving where as the 182 was on the power from 2k right through really! Oh and the MPG of 24.4 isnt that great either! Think i did 55 miles yesterday for 1/4 of a tank! lol

That car is hewn from a solid billet of epic. Love nimbus on the 197.

Good upgrade from a 182. Better in every way. They make the 182s seem as stable as a jelly on a spinning plate. In an earth quake. They don't feel quite as grunty though in my experience.

Good choice.

Thanks mate! I do love it already! Looks so much nicer in the flesh but as you say they dont feel as grunty as the 182's BUT i can live with that as the pros really do out weigh the cons!

 

[Ribena]

awesome! love the black speedlines.

Don't expect the fuel consumption to get any better though.

 

[JayR]

^tbh mate it cant be as bad as i first thought!

The average says 24.4 (i dont know how/if you can reset this like you could on the 182?) but i have covered around 80 miles for just over a 1/4 (i put £20 of v power in yesterday giving me half a tank)!

That must be 30 mpg at least and with pretty mixed driving.

 

[CabinFever]

Hold down the button on the right hand stalk.

Looks like i'm not the only one in Essex with Black Speedlines on Nimbus.

:dapprove:

 

[JayR]

^I did mate as thats what it was on the 182 but it didnt reset for some reason! I will have another go later!

Where in Essex are you from?

I hadnt seen any 197's where i am but yesterday i saw an RB with Black Speedlines and a Nimnbus today with the anth rims! Sods law i will be seeing them everywhere now!

 

[Ribena]

^tbh mate it cant be as bad as i first thought!

The average says 24.4 (i dont know how/if you can reset this like you could on the 182?) but i have covered around 80 miles for just over a 1/4 (i put £20 of v power in yesterday giving me half a tank)!

That must be 30 mpg at least and with pretty mixed driving.

are you sure the reset didn't work? Try holding the button for longer.

Maybe it's because I don't do many motorway miles. I get 24.3mpg average but I have seen 30.0mpg on a trip to Manchester one time.

 

[CabinFever]

^I did mate as thats what it was on the 182 but it didnt reset for some reason! I will have another go later!

Where in Essex are you from?

I hadnt seen any 197's where i am but yesterday i saw an RB with Black Speedlines and a Nimnbus today with the anth rims! Sods law i will be seeing them everywhere now!

I'm from Harlow mate. I know of 2 others locally, but don't see them a lot.

 

[JayR]

Haha you wont see me on your travels then mate as im on Canvey!

 

[Jordi17]

Looks a smart motor, very nice in the flesh, look wide.

 

[maz172cup]

looks crap

cant believe you gave away the LY182 for it

 

[JayR]

Looks a smart motor, very nice in the flesh, look wide.

Is bloody FAT mate!

looks crap

cant believe you gave away the LY182 for it

Haha - In what way does it look crap?

If its the actual car it looks far more modern than the 1*2 but if were talking colour i didnt want another in your face on again! 4 years of LY was enough to consider that done!

 

[Fletcher]

looks crap

cant believe you gave away the LY182 for it

What don't you like about it Maz?

 

[Jordi17]

Is bloody FAT mate!

ye thats what the pics dont show, in the flesh they are stunners, front wheel arch etc where the air vent is look very wide, awesome purchase i say!

 

[JayR]

What don't you like about it Maz?

The silence probably means we have a MK3 hater in the house!

ye thats what the pics dont show, in the flesh they are stunners, front wheel arch etc where the air vent is look very wide, awesome purchase i say!

Dont quote me but im sure when i checked dimensions (for garage purposes) they were slightly wider than the Vee!

I would say its an awesome purchase too but i think i will be able to give a better review in a few months once the novelty of a new car has slightly worn off! lol

 

[JT182]

If it had xenons, it would be the perfect 197!

 

[Gally]

Looks cracking mate, Recaros seal the epicness of it all.