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Offline MAT ED30

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Re: Suggestions for a summer toy with an £8-10k Budget
« Reply #75 on: July 03, 2010, 03:23:11 am »
Ian your nuts  :laugh: atleast you can say you have had a Porsche just a shame it's not a 911  :grin:

Mods yes but way too many to stick in this little box

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Re: Suggestions for a summer toy with an £8-10k Budget
« Reply #76 on: July 03, 2010, 05:40:02 am »
your not the first to say that mat and wont be the last i m sure  :wink: tbh ive thought since i sold the golf " ive got too much money tied up my car " when you are 100% happy with the car thats ok but i was nt with the cayman add the fact mrs candys news i decided to free up some cash so now i will have 2 mini s and £12k left over
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Re: Suggestions for a summer toy with an £8-10k Budget
« Reply #77 on: July 03, 2010, 12:41:11 pm »
Ian it's not a matter of whether you can stay or not, you were the one throwing your toys out stating you were leaving.

Everyone is welcome here as long as they are respectfull to other members and follow the rules. And obviously now you drive a Mini there will be no 'my car is better than your car' comments!  :P

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Re: Suggestions for a summer toy with an £8-10k Budget
« Reply #78 on: July 03, 2010, 02:14:20 pm »
oh yes and nath your car with the matt black wrap looks...........................

































the dogs privates mate , good move  :congrats:

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Re: Suggestions for a summer toy with an £8-10k Budget
« Reply #79 on: July 08, 2010, 10:39:07 pm »
Candy, why, oh why did you sell the S3???  :rolleye:

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Re: Suggestions for a summer toy with an £8-10k Budget
« Reply #80 on: July 09, 2010, 10:10:28 am »
Candy, why, oh why did you sell the S3???  :rolleye:

Because he wanted the smoke screen of the Porka so he could get a Mini!!!  :surprised: :grin:

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Re: Suggestions for a summer toy with an £8-10k Budget
« Reply #81 on: July 18, 2010, 08:46:45 am »
Well a bit of an update. We were seriously looking at the new Polo GTI but after driving a Ibiza Cupra with the same engine / gearbox wasn't massively impressed. Hence the looking for summer toy while we waited the min 16 weeks build time  :surprised:

Next I nearly went mad and as Mrs P wanted this Mini: -



Drove better than I expected but I am really not meant to be sat in a Mini looking like a giant  :grin:

So decided to stick with what we know, and so yesterday a trip to sunny Manchester I collected this: -





But at least this time it has an TFSI engine and the tasty new 7 speed DSG  :party:

Needs Bluetooth, Nav (and a bit of Revo fairy dust) and then it will be spot on  :happy2:

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Re: Suggestions for a summer toy with an £8-10k Budget
« Reply #82 on: July 18, 2010, 09:51:23 am »
nice mate :happy2: not what i would call a summer toy but then again everybodys needs differ, 7 speed sounds cool, is it? what affect does it have on ratios? ie is second still 60 ish etc?
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Re: Suggestions for a summer toy with an £8-10k Budget
« Reply #83 on: July 18, 2010, 10:18:52 am »
I dont even think you can do 60 in 2nd on a 6 speed, well unless you rev its t!ts off

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Re: Suggestions for a summer toy with an £8-10k Budget
« Reply #84 on: July 18, 2010, 11:21:47 am »
Didn't see that one coming!!  :grin:

Very nice!  :happy2:

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Re: Suggestions for a summer toy with an £8-10k Budget
« Reply #85 on: July 18, 2010, 11:45:05 am »
Nice Steve  :drool: Is it the 1.8 TFSI (180) engine? If so my sister has one in her TT, it's a cracking motor, plent of poke and the fuel economy is as good if not better than the equivalent 170 derv engine! I imagine after a remap it will go like stink!  :laugh: :scared:
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Re: Suggestions for a summer toy with an £8-10k Budget
« Reply #86 on: July 18, 2010, 05:08:32 pm »
^^^^ Yep it's the 1.8TFSI, and your right the economy was within 1-2mpg of the 170 derv for the same journey yesterday  :happy2:

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Re: Suggestions for a summer toy with an £8-10k Budget
« Reply #87 on: July 18, 2010, 06:34:12 pm »
Thats 8-10k's worth!!!.

Jesus, thats had some serious depreciation :P

Thought my map distancing skills were far out, but that takes the biscuit! :laugh:



Nice car steve.

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Re: Suggestions for a summer toy with an £8-10k Budget
« Reply #88 on: July 18, 2010, 07:59:10 pm »
Very nice sir  :happy2: 

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