F type disappointment...

The plan since health has returned...rid pure sports car piggy porker for a fat engined roadster that will blast down to the Kernow on a regular basis for surfing weekends, obvious choice an F type, drop dead looks, brilliant car with a matchbox boot but, hey, we can live with that. Filling up for fuel the other week a snarling farting banging V8 Jag draws up to the next pump....chat begins...I’m in love more than before, a V6 supercharged will suffice and let the hunting begin.....that was until I flicked the paddle shifter..... :( ..you’ve all had one of those wet floppy sweaty palmed handshakes from a left wing socialist vegan that hates the world yes..? The kind where you want to scream at the ponce to man up and shake hands properly you whingeing drip... Yes, we all know the type...well one of those drips works for Jaguar and has designed their shifters....for fecks sake why..?? A hairy chested roadster with a tiny barely moving paddle that has a truly pathetic little click... :x Where’s the satisfaction in that..?? Where’s the travel and a properly engineered thunk on up and downshifts to match the fantastic sound from the Zorst...(I learned that word from a copy of Max power once... :? ) Seriously it’s put me right off, completely spoiled a car that ticks every single box for me otherwise... :( :(


BUGGER....!! :roll:
 
john-e89 said:
IRD said:
It has to be back to the 3.5 is! :D
IRD said:
It has to be back to the 3.5 is! :D
I think that is the main difference between the E85 and the E89. The E89 is so comfortable and more like the original ‘GT’ concept. I love mine whilst recognising it might not be as sharp in in the way it handles as some other sports cars. It is horses for courses and as the years slip by priorities change. Mind you that exhaust note takes a bit of beating. Makes the hairs stand up on the back of my neck every time I start it. Good luck with your search.

Indeed...I can’t think of anything else really, Merc boxes are slow to downshift, the Z DCT is the best auto I’ve tried, as a cruiser a 35is is awesome.
 
Do they not do a manual for F type. Or is it a ZF slush box. :( I liked the look of them but they are heavy cars :thumbsdown:
 
If you fancy neck snapping flappy paddle gear changes, an outstanding induction growl, large boot and smiles for miles with sensible MPG you need a CSL, gives me buzz every time I take it out :driving:
 
Gazza51 said:
If you fancy neck snapping flappy paddle gear changes, an outstanding induction growl, large boot and smiles for miles with sensible MPG you need a CSL, gives me buzz every time I take it out :driving:

I don’t have eleventine squillion ruppees for one Gazza, plus it’s a GT car I need, those CSL’s are far too track focused for my needs. :thumbsup:
 
Dave1963 said:
Should have got a 435d...0-60, 4.7s and 4 wheel drive....It's going to beat a fancy Mondeo any day.... :wink:

I haven’t bought one Dave....I ‘was’ going to but not now... :(
 
I talked to a fella at a classic car rally in the Black Forest area of Germany yesterday.
The chap is 84 and takes delivery of his newly built AMG later this year - let’s hear it for all the oldies who don’t want to grow up!

Part of his sensible/ pragmatic side made him choose a smaller engine — he said 550 ps was enough !

His family despair :rofl:
 
john-e89 said:
Dave1963 said:
Should have got a 435d...0-60, 4.7s and 4 wheel drive....It's going to beat a fancy Mondeo any day.... :wink:

I haven’t bought one Dave....I ‘was’ going to but not now... :(

Mate of mine bought one. Endless bouts of piddle taking, by all and sundry. Poor disillusioned fool.... :-D :-D
 
john-e89 said:
Gazza51 said:
If you fancy neck snapping flappy paddle gear changes, an outstanding induction growl, large boot and smiles for miles with sensible MPG you need a CSL, gives me buzz every time I take it out :driving:

I don’t have eleventine squillion ruppees for one Gazza, plus it’s a GT car I need, those CSL’s are far too track focused for my needs. :thumbsup:
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This is a bit of you John...

Real GT car

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2015-MERCEDES-AMG-GT-S-PREMIUM-COUPE-PETROL/153073706839?hash=item23a3e76757:g:Ih4AAOSw9CVbL50p
 
Z4M-2006 said:
john-e89 said:
Gazza51 said:
If you fancy neck snapping flappy paddle gear changes, an outstanding induction growl, large boot and smiles for miles with sensible MPG you need a CSL, gives me buzz every time I take it out :driving:

I don’t have eleventine squillion ruppees for one Gazza, plus it’s a GT car I need, those CSL’s are far too track focused for my needs. :thumbsup:
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This is a bit of you John...

Real GT car

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2015-MERCEDES-AMG-GT-S-PREMIUM-COUPE-PETROL/153073706839?hash=item23a3e76757:g:Ih4AAOSw9CVbL50p

:rofl: 83k..!!

You do make me chuckle at times Gaz..... :wink:
 
Having said that I’m looking at SL 400 amg’s, more toys and comfort than a 35is...any thoughts fella..?....apart from the expected ‘shite’... :D Only thing that puts me off is the tranny is a bit slow to respond, that’s not good in anyone’s book.
 
Come on John

Sell all the frippery and dig deep...You know you want too.


You need a double clutch gearbox in a merc (7G DCT)if you want the fast gearchanges like the DCT in a 35iS...

The 7G MCT is better than the standard box,but dual clutch is what your looking for.

BMW have concerns with DCT with cars that are pushing decent bhp....reliability "may" become an issue.
 
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