OK, move to new car with inheritance question?

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Re: OK, move to new car with inheritance question?

Post by HYFR » Mon Dec 17, 2012 11:28 pm

Just get a fecking well sorted R8!!!! You won't regret it!

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Re: OK, move to new car with inheritance question?

Post by adsgreen » Mon Dec 17, 2012 11:34 pm

murph7355 wrote: For most people, most of the time, the car is not the limiting factor...
I was mainly talking about watching lesbian supermodels ;)

But yes that is very true. Which is why a bigger engine with more power ticks more boxes.
I mean, I'd love to low the ratio of boxster vs boxster s and cayman vs cayman s sales.

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Re: OK, move to new car with inheritance question?

Post by TimDogg » Mon Dec 17, 2012 11:59 pm

I just hate the R8's carbon panels. I don't know why. But I hate them. This is eternal and cannot be rectified I fear.
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Re: OK, move to new car with inheritance question?

Post by RobM » Tue Dec 18, 2012 12:03 am

Great car though, can't be denied.
Carbon panels can be wrapped, for nuppence.
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Re: OK, move to new car with inheritance question?

Post by HYFR » Tue Dec 18, 2012 12:27 am

Just buy one with a carbon panel then!
Carbon blade is a £1.9k option

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Re: OK, move to new car with inheritance question?

Post by HYFR » Tue Dec 18, 2012 12:28 am

Or px it with someone on R8Talk.com and pocket £1500

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Re: OK, move to new car with inheritance question?

Post by joesnow » Tue Dec 18, 2012 11:52 pm

Keep the rs4 and blow the rest on crack and hookers
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Re: OK, move to new car with inheritance question?

Post by RSpete » Wed Dec 19, 2012 12:11 am

I see the Focus RS on your list, I have a 420 bhp mountune clubsport its a proper riot EVO gave it tuned car of he year in this moths copy but i wouldnt place it amongst the cars listed. Its great fun and ballistic on track but can be tiresome on the road and is no fun in this weather on the road. Hence why im looking for an RS4.

I would keep the RS4 and buy an Atom...

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Re: OK, move to new car with inheritance question?

Post by adsgreen » Wed Dec 19, 2012 12:38 am

RSpete wrote:I see the Focus RS on your list, I have a 420 bhp mountune clubsport its a proper riot EVO gave it tuned car of he year in this moths copy but i wouldnt place it amongst the cars listed. Its great fun and ballistic on track but can be tiresome on the road and is no fun in this weather on the road. Hence why im looking for an RS4.

I would keep the RS4 and buy an Atom...

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I wouldn't... The only good thing about an atom is the solid residuals.
Horrible car to drive and even it's party piece isn't perfect. The chassis setup is completely overwhelmed by the power to the extent that even going in a straight line under full throttle causes rear end fish tailing.
As for the twisted ell I found it lurching from dramatic understeer to frightening oversteer and back again. Then with the power you can never really deploy it so forget trying to adjust rotation mid corner. As such you end up tip toeing round the corners waiting for the straights.

I guess in the hands of a driving god it can be made to hustle incredibly fast but to a mere mortal I found it tiring, and somewhat wearing rather than enjoyable (I recall the phrase ' just <beep> work!' Being used more than once). The top end caterhams are much better but I think in this area the 211 nails both of them .

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Re: OK, move to new car with inheritance question?

Post by Ian_C » Fri Dec 21, 2012 6:26 pm

The NA 245 model would be plenty quick enough [for me] with 500 bhp per ton, and I'd imagine better in terms of driveability and fishtailing with its linear power delivery?
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Re: OK, move to new car with inheritance question?

Post by RIV » Fri Dec 21, 2012 8:04 pm

Maybe upgrade to an avant

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Re: OK, move to new car with inheritance question?

Post by dazie00 » Fri Dec 21, 2012 8:26 pm

+1 lol :thumbs: :nogarors4:
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Re: OK, move to new car with inheritance question?

Post by bam_bam » Fri Dec 21, 2012 10:17 pm

You're all idiots because you've overlooked the best car this side of a TT-aRSe... the Infiniti FX Vettel Edition, £101,000ish. Bargin and you know it makes sense.
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Re: OK, move to new car with inheritance question?

Post by adsgreen » Sat Dec 22, 2012 8:38 am

Ian_C wrote:The NA 245 model would be plenty quick enough [for me] with 500 bhp per ton, and I'd imagine better in terms of driveability and fishtailing with its linear power delivery?
The Atom is by far the better all round product. It's not so much the overall power that is the problem with the atom 3 but the supercharger adds so much torque at low down it's a massive handful. The NA however is more linear and controllable (and plenty fast enough as you say!)

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Re: OK, move to new car with inheritance question?

Post by Ian_C » Sat Dec 22, 2012 9:18 pm

500 bhp per ton betters an Enzo after all....
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