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What were you driving when your car was built?
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I had my only ever brand new car. A 2005 BMW 320d M Sport Coupe.
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Zedebee, I see your post and I raise you this:Zedebee wrote: ↑Tue Jun 08, 2021 1:57 pm 2007 - my first coupe, a 2004 Audi TT 225 Quattro which I owned for 10 years and racked up 100,000 miles. Mot history shows it’s still going. A peerless piece of engineering and compact packaging. I could ferry all three kids around, or the wife and luggage for a week, but not both. Easy to chuck a mountain bike and gear in the back. Fast, economical, reliable, great handling, never got stuck in the snow and could fit in a supermarket parking space with room to spare.
Only had two cars since, Toyota GT86 and my Z4.
2006 - an Audi TT 225 Quattro, which I owned for five years and racked up 60,000 miles. MOT history shows it’s still going (much to my surprise). A peerless piece of shite and compact packaging. I moved a girlfriend from Edinburgh to London in it and could fit either her or all her possessions in the back, but not both. Rarely could I drive it without something breaking or falling off. Not that fast; not that economical; utterly and completely unreliable; awful handling with understeer on top of understeer; useless brakes; devoid of any feedback; rubbish in snow (on summer tyres with 2mm tread); but a really rather nice place to wait for the AA patrol tow truck!
I’ve owned many cars before and since but none have come close to being as unreliable. In my ownership, the warranty payments for repairs exceeded the purchase price of the car!
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So I bought a 35is with all the toys to play with.
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In 2006 I was driving a 1995 one of these. T-Top, FWD, 1.6, sub-100bhp, masses of smiles.
Current: Project Audi A2 1.4SE
Previously: Z3R 2.8 • E46 330i • Z4R 3.0 • Z4///MC • E90 335i • Z4///MR • Z3///MC 'Breadvan' • Z3R 2.8 • E30 325i R • Z4C • Z4R 3.0
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to be fair before that I had an Avensis estate, so the TT seemed quite outstanding to me. It was very reliable though, only went wrong once in ten years of ownership, with a failed starter motor. Apart from that, it was good. However, when I first got in a GT86 it was amazingly fun and responsive, so the Audi probably was quite wooden in comparison.BMWZ4MC wrote: ↑Thu Jun 10, 2021 2:32 pmZedebee, I see your post and I raise you this:Zedebee wrote: ↑Tue Jun 08, 2021 1:57 pm 2007 - my first coupe, a 2004 Audi TT 225 Quattro which I owned for 10 years and racked up 100,000 miles. Mot history shows it’s still going. A peerless piece of engineering and compact packaging. I could ferry all three kids around, or the wife and luggage for a week, but not both. Easy to chuck a mountain bike and gear in the back. Fast, economical, reliable, great handling, never got stuck in the snow and could fit in a supermarket parking space with room to spare.
Only had two cars since, Toyota GT86 and my Z4.
2006 - an Audi TT 225 Quattro, which I owned for five years and racked up 60,000 miles. MOT history shows it’s still going (much to my surprise). A peerless piece of shite and compact packaging. I moved a girlfriend from Edinburgh to London in it and could fit either her or all her possessions in the back, but not both. Rarely could I drive it without something breaking or falling off. Not that fast; not that economical; utterly and completely unreliable; awful handling with understeer on top of understeer; useless brakes; devoid of any feedback; rubbish in snow (on summer tyres with 2mm tread); but a really rather nice place to wait for the AA patrol tow truck!
I’ve owned many cars before and since but none have come close to being as unreliable. In my ownership, the warranty payments for repairs exceeded the purchase price of the car!
2003 Maldives Blue 3.0i auto
Previously: Maldives Blue 2.5i manual (its back!) and another, and a Monaco Blue 3.0Si coupe
Previously: Maldives Blue 2.5i manual (its back!) and another, and a Monaco Blue 3.0Si coupe
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Not a fan of the TT then, no? Why did you keep it for five years; are you a masochist?BMWZ4MC wrote: ↑Thu Jun 10, 2021 2:32 pm Zedebee, I see your post and I raise you this:
2006 - an Audi TT 225 Quattro, which I owned for five years and racked up 60,000 miles. MOT history shows it’s still going (much to my surprise). A peerless piece of shite and compact packaging. I moved a girlfriend from Edinburgh to London in it and could fit either her or all her possessions in the back, but not both. Rarely could I drive it without something breaking or falling off. Not that fast; not that economical; utterly and completely unreliable; awful handling with understeer on top of understeer; useless brakes; devoid of any feedback; rubbish in snow (on summer tyres with 2mm tread); but a really rather nice place to wait for the AA patrol tow truck!
I’ve owned many cars before and since but none have come close to being as unreliable. In my ownership, the warranty payments for repairs exceeded the purchase price of the car!
All good things come to those who wait. I'm really impatient which explains a lot.
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F31 320i. Good car.
E89 20i Now fully dried
Z3 'free litre'. Project and a half. Complicated!
Mazda3 sold
Tatty old R56 Mini Cooper. Money pit!
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No pics but I think we had a Seat Leon Cupra 225 and either a Merc SLK 300 or an Elise (prob the merc)
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2011 23i M Sport Highline in Alpine White with Smart Top installed - Gone but not forgotten.
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On my cars birthday I was driving an 06 plate BMW 118d in sparkling graphite.
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That was one nice looking m5,Tony
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2018 BMW X5 40e hybrid. Electric motor with a dreary 2.0 petrol. Fully loaded and a car that costs significantly more in Portugal than it would here. Comfy and quiet but gutless and not very efficient. Amazing Harmon Kardon stereo.
2015 Audi S5 3.0 V6 cabriolet. Sepang blue Pearl metallic. Two tone leather, B&O, adaptive cruise, bla bla bla. Fast enough and a great mile muncher but this one seemed to attract bad luck and a bit soulless.
2015 Audi S5 3.0 V6 cabriolet. Sepang blue Pearl metallic. Two tone leather, B&O, adaptive cruise, bla bla bla. Fast enough and a great mile muncher but this one seemed to attract bad luck and a bit soulless.
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Thanks
It was a beast, same power as the Z4M, but 12 years earlier, and a useful bit more torque to help with the weight. No traction control, but a nice controllable cable throttle made it quite docile and a joy to drift/slide.
Much better at storming around rough Welsh/Scottish lanes than a standard Z4M too, as it just absorbed all the bumps.
Pity you’d be lucky to get 6mpg at the track though, and 27mpg on a very steady cruise…and the 20 gallon tank took some filling (£150 it cost to fill up in Germany once).
I do miss the old girl - but couldn’t afford to own one and run it in the same way as I used to (i.e. the same 25,000 annual miles + 6 UK track days + 3 ring trips a year, 5,000 mile oil services, 10,000 mile inspections/valve clearances). Think I’d try the anthracite alcantara and sport cloth if I ever do get another.
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Already 17 years old in 2015 (& owned since new)…
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Loved the 100nx, did it have the taga roof?