The Car Thread

[Number45]

*still patiently waiting for my new car*

[ChrisF]

*still patiently waiting for my new car*

Not long now... Stay strong! Bet you can almost smell that new car smell?

[Number45]

Anywhere up to a month! I'm hoping it's sooner though.

This will also be my first new car with leather, so I'll get an extra nice new car smell.

[CMcK]

Couldn't wait any longer... am bringing my car buying forward from August to next Monday. Gonna go take a look at a CLS 350 CDI (used) and an E class (probably 250CDI, and new). Can't wait!

See if you can try one with the air suspension. The ride quality is fantastic, real magic carpet stuff.

[ChrisF]

See if you can try one with the air suspension. The ride quality is fantastic, real magic carpet stuff.

I did ask the dealer on the phone (just) to find one with air suspension but he seems to think they're quite rare

[charlesr]

Lovely official mugen kit on that.

[GarageNation]

Thats quite nice for a CRX , here's my all time favourite jap car

[Yakumo]

Lovely official mugen kit on that.

See loads of them CRX Hondas here but none are ever kitted out like that. Very nice!

[nakamura]

Lovely car has come up locally. Just what I would like, although white would be preferred.

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201024361234549/sort/priceasc/usedcars/model/mr2/make/toyota/quicksearch/true/radius/40/postcode/bh121jn/page/1?logcode=p#techSpecSummaryContent

Can afford it but trying to impossible, saving for a mortgage.

[ChrisF]

Went and looked at a couple of cars yesterday... E350 CDI Sport (one of the new shapes) and a CLS 350 CDI. Ended up driving home in the CLS! Car, GET!

Very pleased with it. Will post some pics when I get the chance.

[charlesr]

That RX7 is lovely, although I prefer the cleaner lines of the anniversary edition kit.
Can't find any pics right now

[Yakumo]

On the way go work today I was checking out peoples alloys and couldn't help but notice that an awful lot of new modern cars here in Japan have drum breaks on the back. Not only ****ty small "kei cars" with their 3 cylinder engines but also family saloons with 2.0 ltr engines and people carriers ! Is this why the speed limits in Japan are so low? How about in the UK? I would have thought that all modern cars with at least a 2.0 engine would have full on disc breaks.

[charlesr]

Yeah pretty much all discs.

In a similar vein, it surprises me the amount of "performance" cars that have single sided brake calipers rather than pots on both sides. Mine's a 10 year old family estate and has decent brakes (4 pots at front and 2 pots at back)

[ChrisF]

Quick and dirty of my shiny new car

[charlesr]

Looks like a gazelle leaping onto your driveway. Nice

Tyre prices have gone up loads in the last 2 years
Just had to get 4 for Lucy's car. Terrifying. It seems that Goodyear have stopped doing the GSD rain tyres and are purely pushing the asymetrics So had to get those.