Good Afternoon gents!
A shout out firstly to EnuffZed! Thanks Martin, very happy with the bargain. Couldn't be happier! I got a hell of a lot of car for a very reasonable price. After 5 hours of public transport pratting around london to cambridge and onwards I felt more than ready to jump back into the drivers seat.
We went for a test drive around a few of those tight single lane country roads, not exactly my forté I'm more of an 'M road' man, I think i spend more of my life on the M4 and 5 than I do in my own home! But thats beside the point lol, but it was a good laugh I had a tonne of fun!
Christ alive when Martin asked me to hit the sports button, well 'Jekyll and hyde' doesn't quite cut it, the auto dropped a gear you could hear the straight 6 start to roar and you just within the space of half of a second can feel all the power that M54 can muster at your finger tips. It really took me back. Honestly I'd never driven an auto before, but it's actually a hell of fun! Something about not being in control of the gears made me feel a little less in control but in a nice way? I was at the mercy of the car itself, which I personally find really excting! I used to threat about the higher rev counts scared i'd blow the headgasket, now the car does it all for me!
Once we got back he did some coding for me for the sake of comfort, means the roof coming down on the button press I haven't lost, and the pre-facelift is sharing pretty much all the features of the post-facelift now. He also helped me add in an aux cable something I'd done on my old 2.0, feeding a bluetooth adapter behind the dash so it's all neat and natural looking. Top lad!
Anywho I think I must have left Norfolk around 5ish, cruised down the A11, roof down and the radio off listening to the nutural roar you hear out of the 2.5i , which trust me compared to my old 2.0, not even in the same category of fun. Also wind deflector, makes a tonne of difference hadn't had one before, I highly recommend one to anyone who doesn't have it. Rattles a tad though so Ill remove that when the roofs up I think. I hit the A505, whipped past Royston and Baldock and joined the A1. Stopped off at Stevenage to see some family. Showed off the new wheels to every cat and their dog and didn't head off back to Bristol til' about midnight.
M25 and M4 up to reading, tonnes of single lane 40mph thanks to roadworks, sniggered at a bloke fly past me and get snapped by the speed cameras leaving london, silly bugger!
Then once I'd past reading it was around 1.15, the M4 was dead and all the speed traps had passed so I thought lets see what she can do. My 2.0 topped out at 115 before she REALLY started struggling, not the straight 6. I got up to 120 with what felt like enough to have kept going another 20 with ease, at that point i backed off as you can n'alf hear the wind noise at that speed in a roadster and on english roads I wasn't comfortable pushing it further, maybe a euro trip to the autobahn later this year I think. So I backed off, cruised up to the m32 at a steady 80.
I'm a happy chap!
The to do list:
1. I'm sourcing a post-facelift rear bumper and swap the lights out for the post-facelift LED's, Im looking for good condition, but titan silver isn't essential if anyone has one knocking about.
2. Swapping the amber headlights for a set of Spyder Auto's halogen projectors with the angel eyes, I've seen these installed and they look so sexy, very modern also. SKU: 5029089 but if anyone has a set knocking about I'll have those too!
3. She's getting wrapped professionally, I haven't settled on the colour but a dark matte gray is winning thusfar.
4. Michellin PS4's all around
5. Either 108's or MV1's.. i'm super stuck on which alloys to go for actually. I was sure on 108's but now i'm not 100 sure. I would go for the 326 M Sport wheels but they're like 2k!
6. Ponder sourcing a hard top and wrapping it for winter.
7. Get a 2nd key cut and coded, one of those fancy blade style keys.
8. Grease up the steering rack gear
Not in that order!
Will keep an eye out for the next meet. Would be good to get in touch with some of the other forum members around and talk shop
Cheers lads, have a good week all! & Thanks again Martin / Norfolk Zed Rescue!
A shout out firstly to EnuffZed! Thanks Martin, very happy with the bargain. Couldn't be happier! I got a hell of a lot of car for a very reasonable price. After 5 hours of public transport pratting around london to cambridge and onwards I felt more than ready to jump back into the drivers seat.
We went for a test drive around a few of those tight single lane country roads, not exactly my forté I'm more of an 'M road' man, I think i spend more of my life on the M4 and 5 than I do in my own home! But thats beside the point lol, but it was a good laugh I had a tonne of fun!
Christ alive when Martin asked me to hit the sports button, well 'Jekyll and hyde' doesn't quite cut it, the auto dropped a gear you could hear the straight 6 start to roar and you just within the space of half of a second can feel all the power that M54 can muster at your finger tips. It really took me back. Honestly I'd never driven an auto before, but it's actually a hell of fun! Something about not being in control of the gears made me feel a little less in control but in a nice way? I was at the mercy of the car itself, which I personally find really excting! I used to threat about the higher rev counts scared i'd blow the headgasket, now the car does it all for me!
Once we got back he did some coding for me for the sake of comfort, means the roof coming down on the button press I haven't lost, and the pre-facelift is sharing pretty much all the features of the post-facelift now. He also helped me add in an aux cable something I'd done on my old 2.0, feeding a bluetooth adapter behind the dash so it's all neat and natural looking. Top lad!
Anywho I think I must have left Norfolk around 5ish, cruised down the A11, roof down and the radio off listening to the nutural roar you hear out of the 2.5i , which trust me compared to my old 2.0, not even in the same category of fun. Also wind deflector, makes a tonne of difference hadn't had one before, I highly recommend one to anyone who doesn't have it. Rattles a tad though so Ill remove that when the roofs up I think. I hit the A505, whipped past Royston and Baldock and joined the A1. Stopped off at Stevenage to see some family. Showed off the new wheels to every cat and their dog and didn't head off back to Bristol til' about midnight.
M25 and M4 up to reading, tonnes of single lane 40mph thanks to roadworks, sniggered at a bloke fly past me and get snapped by the speed cameras leaving london, silly bugger!
Then once I'd past reading it was around 1.15, the M4 was dead and all the speed traps had passed so I thought lets see what she can do. My 2.0 topped out at 115 before she REALLY started struggling, not the straight 6. I got up to 120 with what felt like enough to have kept going another 20 with ease, at that point i backed off as you can n'alf hear the wind noise at that speed in a roadster and on english roads I wasn't comfortable pushing it further, maybe a euro trip to the autobahn later this year I think. So I backed off, cruised up to the m32 at a steady 80.
I'm a happy chap!
The to do list:
1. I'm sourcing a post-facelift rear bumper and swap the lights out for the post-facelift LED's, Im looking for good condition, but titan silver isn't essential if anyone has one knocking about.
2. Swapping the amber headlights for a set of Spyder Auto's halogen projectors with the angel eyes, I've seen these installed and they look so sexy, very modern also. SKU: 5029089 but if anyone has a set knocking about I'll have those too!
3. She's getting wrapped professionally, I haven't settled on the colour but a dark matte gray is winning thusfar.
4. Michellin PS4's all around
5. Either 108's or MV1's.. i'm super stuck on which alloys to go for actually. I was sure on 108's but now i'm not 100 sure. I would go for the 326 M Sport wheels but they're like 2k!
6. Ponder sourcing a hard top and wrapping it for winter.
7. Get a 2nd key cut and coded, one of those fancy blade style keys.
8. Grease up the steering rack gear
Not in that order!
Will keep an eye out for the next meet. Would be good to get in touch with some of the other forum members around and talk shop
Cheers lads, have a good week all! & Thanks again Martin / Norfolk Zed Rescue!
Attleborough, Norfolk
North West Surrey
