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right on neat looking car foo!

well done have fun and drive safe man!

+JuggerNaut+ wrote:previous model owners usually say that.

lol, funny you say that cause I tempt to see the grass greener on the other side... its such a destructive outlook

Foo wrote:Finally picked the car up tonight. I absolutely, positively do not know how to drive a car this powerful.

Nice car, don't kill yourself.

When're you moving to Leeds?

to add, car design has started gaining weight again....they look like a bunch of fat cows

Foo wrote:Finally picked the car up tonight. I absolutely, positively do not know how to drive a car this powerful.

Get yourself a GPS with speed cameras installed ASAP. You need to find out on a clear road when your breaks start to cook. Find out when the turbo starts to deliver the power and try to keep away from that band in sharp corners, etc.
It's also worth having someone check over the running gear to make sure it's all good.
Find a local track and spend a day going around a track, not at speed but faster than you would normally drive trying to find the limits of grip and how the car reacts.

Is it the 165bhp engine?

phantasmagoria wrote:

Foo wrote:Finally picked the car up tonight. I absolutely, positively do not know how to drive a car this powerful.

Nice car, don't kill yourself.

When're you moving to Leeds?

I'm working in North Leeds every day at the mo, viewing a flat lunchtime today. I'd rather do house share, but I need a garage.

Doombrain wrote:Get yourself a GPS with speed cameras installed ASAP. You need to find out on a clear road when your breaks start to cook. Find out when the turbo starts to deliver the power and try to keep away from that band in sharp corners, etc.
It's also worth having someone check over the running gear to make sure it's all good.
Find a local track and spend a day going around a track, not at speed but faster than you would normally drive trying to find the limits of grip and how the car reacts.

Is it the 165bhp engine?

Thanks Dom, I'll try and get a track day in some time soon. My folks are friendly with the guy that run Scarborough road races, so I may get some time up there when its closed off.

I had it around Castle Howard last night, 3 miles of dead-straight road and a wide roundabout that doesn't get any traffic after ~7pm. Took it up to speed on the roundabout until it started to slide out and ran it up on the straight a few times.

It is the 165bhp engine. The SE is the version without a cat.

Tips much appreciated

+JuggerNaut+ wrote:previous model owners usually say that.

I guess the only thing that really bugs me is that random bit of fender that extends into the headlight housing.

that's pretty much the only redeeming design feature which separates it from the previous model.

imo that's a sexier headlight

Tsakali wrote:that's pretty much the only redeeming design feature which separates it from the previous model.

you must need glasses. there are all kinds of new lines on the new one. old for comparison





although i like the new design, the previous model is still sexy as hell and i'm contemplating it if/when i move back out west this summer.

loll

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibG7N-CG ... re=related
pt.2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PlYlLax ... re=related



i love how the camera man talks to the guy... it's actually pretty smooth

lol gay as fuck.

i like the previos one too

that, is fucking awesome

in fact, where the fuck can i buy a stick on 14psi supercharger?????????????????????

+JuggerNaut+ wrote:

Tsakali wrote:that's pretty much the only redeeming design feature which separates it from the previous model.

you must need glasses. there are all kinds of new lines on the new one. old for comparison





although i like the new design, the previous model is still sexy as hell and i'm contemplating it if/when i move back out west this summer.

somewhat subtle in comparison yes no?

Doombrain wrote:in fact, where the fuck can i buy a stick on 14psi supercharger?????????????????????

i googled K&M modified supercharger 14psi 422 horse (not 423) but it just listed the video again

and who knows how much heat is extracted with those awesome vents...

do k&n even make anything other than filters?

+JuggerNaut+ wrote:although i like the new design, the previous model is still sexy as hell and i'm contemplating it if/when i move back out west this summer.

Going back to AZ? So was the east coast thing just temporary?

Doombrain wrote:do k&n even make anything other than filters?

as far as i know, no, just filtering devices for engines

Captain Mazda wrote:

+JuggerNaut+ wrote:although i like the new design, the previous model is still sexy as hell and i'm contemplating it if/when i move back out west this summer.

Going back to AZ? So was the east coast thing just temporary?

maybe AZ, but most likely CA. it's an option and not mandatory as far as work goes.

Well gl with that, I hope you like the Ducks \o/

Dr_Watson wrote:the 1 series is such a failure as a car.

A car that is quicker than the Porsche Cayman around a track must not be that bad...

Foo wrote:Finally picked the car up tonight. I absolutely, positively do not know how to drive a car this powerful.

165 BHP with FWD can't possibly be that bad...

bitWISE wrote:

zewulf wrote:Hopefully one of these will be my next car in the not so distant future...

Can't say I like what they've done with it.

It resembles the old one close enough that I don't really care, and to be honest, I don't think it looks worse than the old one (have yet to see the rear though). It's smaller and lighter but with a more powerful engine, which is what really matters to me.

zewulf wrote:

Foo wrote:Finally picked the car up tonight. I absolutely, positively do not know how to drive a car this powerful.

165 BHP with FWD can't possibly be that bad...

Weight: ~990kg
0-60: ~6.5