Newbie - Car Nut from Northants

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Seb.F

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 Northants
Hi all,

Just thought I'd pop a post up to say I'll be joining you all in the next few days with a Z4 3.0i in Sterling Grey.

I'm 23, from Northants and work for a telematics company, always been into cars and in my years I've been driving so far, I've owned (quite) a few. Examples, in order, below.

First car, 206 1.4 (then 1.6 when engine decided to die). These were my younger years and I was slightly naive
http://i826.photobucket.com/albums/zz188/Seb_Ferraro/Cars/206/SANY1482.jpg

Best car so far - supercharged VX220 (a few friends and myself built this)
http://i826.photobucket.com/albums/zz188/Seb_Ferraro/Cars/VX220/DSCN1729.jpg

Owned a Cooper S running 270bhp for about 6 weeks, wasn't the car for me, felt a bit chavvy
http://i826.photobucket.com/albums/zz188/Seb_Ferraro/Cars/Mini/DSC_6301.jpg

1.8T TT
http://i826.photobucket.com/albums/zz188/Seb_Ferraro/Cars/TT/DSCN2396.jpg

Then a 206 GTi bought as a super cheap runaroud - http://i826.photobucket.com/albums/zz188/Seb_Ferraro/Cars/206%20GTi/before2.jpg

Then I went through a few VX's/Elises as they were all slightly deteriorated and needed doing up a bit:
http://i826.photobucket.com/albums/zz188/Seb_Ferraro/Cars/VX220%20Mk2/SANY5893.jpg
http://i826.photobucket.com/albums/zz188/Seb_Ferraro/Cars/VX220%20Mk3/DSCN2701.jpg (My current VX in the background there)
http://i826.photobucket.com/albums/zz188/Seb_Ferraro/Cars/300033_10150264777313640_6694694_n.jpg

Then had a 2004 320d for working in (no pics)

I've got my own VX220 again (for keeping) which is a WIP
http://i826.photobucket.com/albums/zz188/Seb_Ferraro/Cars/WhiteVX/IMG_20120213_164809.jpg

And now will be using this as a daily car
3893419-1.jpg

Picking it up tomorrow hopefully. Paid £6400 for it, '05 plate, Nav/Bluetooth, 74k miles, FSH, HPI clear, Parking Sensors, tyres all round are decent and so are wheels as well. Most important point for me was that it's taxed and MOT'd until next March some time.

I'm partial (when I have the time) to a bit of a meet up, so may end up coming along if I find some local ones when I've got time off.

See you around!

Seb
 
Hi Seb - welcome to the club. I have a 2.5 in the same colour and live in Harelstone Northants - where abouts are you in the country?

Phil
 
Thanks for the comments and welcomes guys. I am a fan of cloth tops, but I'm also partial to a bit of hardness as well ;)

Have both soft and hard tops for the VX.

Unclepip said:
Hi Seb - welcome to the club. I have a 2.5 in the same colour and live in Harelstone Northants - where abouts are you in the country?

Phil
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Hi Phil.

I urm... live in Harlestone :D
 
Gargybloke said:
Hi and welcome, tell us more about vx220's as you seem familiar with them.
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I don't know what it is about them. Just such fantastic cars and can be had so cheap now! They really do provide such a raw experience and they are much nicer to drive than the Elise was, it felt bland in comparison. They're also ridiculously cheap to keep running, brakes & pads all round are about £250, tyres all round cost me £280 last time, spark plugs are £2 each, the list goes on!

There is also very little that goes wrong on the 2.2 N/A engines, the 2.0 Turbos have a few more issues and the debate among owners is similar to the hard top/soft top debate here.

The 2.2 is lighter and therefore obviously much more nimble (I would say that having owned 4 though!!)
 
Unclepip said:
Well.....is that scary or what! I think I have seen you around (or the car) - we will have to catch up for a beer. :)
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I'm normally in a silver Golf Bluemotion Estate, live in Upper Harlestone and the usual route to work takes me along port road towards Duston!
 
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