The time has come to sell

CSK_423 · Post by **CSK_423** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 8:36 am

Nogaro blue, my fav. colour for an Audi !

seems very reasonably priced mmmmm

rossybee · Post by **rossybee** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 10:26 am

Nice Audi, but an Avant is far more useable & resaleable

(unbiased faction)

Post by **pete** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 2:17 pm

Rally rep. You know you want to, sod the image, S&S in Ayr have a '03 silver WRX STi for 15000 at the momnet and they are very negotiable on price.

My WRX is ace, OK not an Elise but practical and quick, and puts a smile on your face, fun to drive, handles, 10k service intervals are better than the Evos comical 4.5k or similar. So it uses a bit of Optimax, mine was less than 3yrs old, main dealer warranty (who could teach Lotus a lot about service), 265bhp, and 12500... What sort of German wagon could you get for that money???

Or a Honda Integra

pete

(turning Japanese)

Gareth · Post by **Gareth** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 2:21 pm

Lovely Audi

Post by **Shug** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 2:25 pm

pete wrote:Rally rep. So it uses a bit of Optimax,

A BIT????

My dear old Mom used to work for S&S many years ago (when they were still out in Mossblown) and the tamer, older Impreza Turbos got stupid fuel economy - even when pottered about it. Fark knows what the latest whizzbang STi's with 100 more BHP get?

8, maybe 9 mpg?

The S3 tends to get mid-20s (without hanging about) but has a highly amusing 'live' mpg readout in the trip computer. Elaine & I have an ongoing war to see how low we can get it (she's currently winning on 4.7mpg)

thinfourth · Post by **thinfourth** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 2:34 pm

A wee car like an S3 doing mid 20's that terrible the block of flats more commonly known as the shed get around about that. It weighs 2 tons and has no aero dynamics.

The old beamer used to do 38Mpg though it did have a rather large fuel tank

Andy G · Post by **Andy G** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 2:36 pm

Shug wrote:(she's currently winning on 4.7mpg)

Pass on my respects to your good lady

.....and put your foot down

Post by **Shug** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 2:41 pm

thinfourth wrote:A wee car like an S3 doing mid 20's that terrible the block of flats more commonly known as the shed get around about that. It weighs 2 tons and has no aero dynamics.

The old beamer used to do 38Mpg

Aye - it weighs 1600kg, has 4WD, a turbo five-valve motor and only ever gets driven with a digital throttle......

Pretty frugal compared to a just-driven-through-Halfords-covered-in-glue rally weapon

Post by **Shug** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 2:42 pm

Andy G wrote:
Shug wrote:(she's currently winning on 4.7mpg)
Pass on my respects to your good lady

.....and put your foot down

We've had the conversation about other people's cars...

And she boxes to keep fit - always in my mind, should I bin it

tut · Post by **tut** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 4:41 pm

Gareth

You are an amateur compared to Lee Chambers.

He was at Leuchars on Friday, and is now on his 7th Elise variant.

tut

Post by **simon** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 8:43 pm

tut wrote:Gareth

You are an amateur compared to Lee Chambers.

He was at Leuchars on Friday, and is now on his 7th Elise variant.

tut

Indeed, except his name is Lee Collins

Everyone is confused by his email address but he explained recently to me that leecollins... was taken so he used lee36chambers and took the "36chambers" part from the name of an album by the Wu Tang Clan.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00000 ... nce&n=5174

You learn something new every day

tut · Post by **tut** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 8:49 pm

Well bugger me with a banana............

I have known him for a few years now since he bought his first S1, and I never knew that.........

tut

Gareth · Post by **Gareth** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 9:21 pm

tut wrote:Gareth

You are an amateur compared to Lee Chambers.

He was at Leuchars on Friday, and is now on his 7th Elise variant.

tut

What's this got to do with me?
Too much Laphroaig?

tut · Post by **tut** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 9:30 pm

Gareth

You have a reputation for changing cars, or indeed, if not actually changing, contemplating the same.

However you have not reached, or are unlikely to, the figure of seven.

tut

Post by **pete** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 9:40 pm

Shug wrote:
pete wrote:Rally rep. So it uses a bit of Optimax,
A BIT????

My dear old Mom used to work for S&S many years ago (when they were still out in Mossblown) and the tamer, older Impreza Turbos got stupid fuel economy - even when pottered about it. Fark knows what the latest whizzbang STi's with 100 more BHP get?

8, maybe 9 mpg?

The S3 tends to get mid-20s (without hanging about) but has a highly amusing 'live' mpg readout in the trip computer. Elaine & I have an ongoing war to see how low we can get it (she's currently winning on 4.7mpg)

Mid 20s* in the impreza too. They must have improved since those early ones...

I resent the Halfords thing though, you're all snobs

Look it has 5 seats and Isofix for fcuk sake! What more do you want. Adn a boot. And a towbar. And that S3 i really a glorified Golf GTi. German badge engineering. And as for styling by Halfords have you seen M3s, Huggy Bear, if British, would drive a convertible M3.

At least it isn't covered in dirty great stickers

(Just tried to buy some gold wheels

but discovered they won't fit. Suzy would have HAD a fit.) Deep down inside I am only 19, I see Evos, all be-spoilered and be-stickered and think "that looks great" then realise it is being driven by a child who has spent as much on stickers as I have on fuel and have to go for a lie down.

pete

*I've discovered an important modification to my behaviour that helps the fuel economy.
1. Don't measure it.
2. Try and alternate vehicles a lot so I wife is taking her turn to fill it up.
3. Don't think about it.
4. Tell myself it is getting mid twenties if I do think about it.

Motorways you can get errm high twenties. In the first week of ownership Suzy was drag racing it down the perimeter track at the airport and I was still measureing it. 16 on average. Which isn't that bad. You know all thing considered.