Show Your Car and Car Discussion Thread

[Simmons]

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Saw this on Sunday.. Anyone wanna loan me $30 grand with no interest plsnthx

[Andrew]

Nice, you finally got your Type R.

[Simmons]

Nice, you finally got your Type R.

 

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[Alex]

I thought the same thing lol

[Andrew]

 

?

[Alex]

Buy it, paint it yellow and track it.

[TheBadBull]

"sporting"

[Alex]

"sporting"

 

About as sporty as bowls.

[Artikbot]

They were alright quick around corners, those.

[TheBadBull]

Well yeah I guess they weigh next to nothing and throwing it around would be easy

[Andrew]

Well yeah I guess they weigh next to nothing and throwing it around would be easy

 

All the things you want in a sports car.

[TheBadBull]

£300 is next to nothing. It's the same amount of money as you get for sending a car to the wreckers here.

[ENTERPRISE]

 

?

 

Don't forget the go faster stripes

 

 

[TheBadBull]

 

Don't forget the go faster stripes

 

 

That would be too much fast for that little tin can

[ENTERPRISE]

 

That would be too much fast for that little tin can

 

I have to ask though, for £300, what is wrong with it ?

[TheBadBull]

 

I have to ask though, for £300, what is wrong with it ?

 

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201908241497066?advertising-location=at_cars&radius=1500&postcode=wc1n1le&make=FIAT&sort=price-asc&onesearchad=Used&onesearchad=Nearly%20New&onesearchad=New&page=1

Apparently it STARTS AND DRIVES AS IT SHOULD WITH NO WARNING LIGHTS which means the warning lights are broken

[Andrew]

 

I have to ask though, for £300, what is wrong with it ?

 

It's an old Fiat.

 

OTR price of those when they were new was £6200 (£9700 adjusted for inflation). Those were built to be as cheap as possible, so they have no luxuries at all. Not even a glovebox, instead you get a hole in the dashboard.

 

 

There are some pros to it being made as cheap as possible, primarily the weight of the car which gives it really good handling. The top of the range model weighs 750kg. For reference, the average family hatchback at the time (Ford Focus) weighs 1250kg. Here's a video showing these cars driving on the limit. The only modifications they have is a roll cage and they replaced the driver seat with a racing seat for safety reasons.

 

 

EDIT: The more I see this, the more I want to buy it. I just had a look at the tyre price and these are the expensive ones. The cheap ones are £25 each

 

 

For reference, my bicycle has

 

Edited September 6, 2019 by Andrew

[ENTERPRISE]

Ha that is pretty sweet then! They are pretty darn basic...love the fact it has a hole for stowage rather than a glove box haha.

[Artikbot]

Those holes are cool though, no need to fiddle opening a hatch when you can just stuff your hand and browse through it.

 

Also it is in plain sight, so if there's nothing there you car won't be broken into lol

[Andrew]

It's an old tiny Fiat. If someone wants to steal something from it, they'll just pick the car up and walk away with it.

[ENTERPRISE]

It's an old tiny Fiat. If someone wants to steal something from it, they'll just pick the car up and walk away with it.

 

Ha, that made me laugh !

[Simmons]

Just replaced the passenger side tie rod inner and outer on my civic. Noticed a clicking sound whenever I took a turn at anything above 10 MPH, turns out the bellows and the ball joint boot were busted lol.

 

Spent about an hour doing some alignment and testing, but now she runs in a straight line without hands on the wheel

[Andrew]

Just replaced the passenger side tie rod inner and outer on my civic. Noticed a clicking sound whenever I took a turn at anything above 10 MPH, turns out the bellows and the ball joint boot were busted lol.

 

Spent about an hour doing some alignment and testing, but now she runs in a straight line without hands on the wheel

 

Nice, now you can text and drive without any issues.

[Simmons]

 

Nice, now you can text and drive without any issues.

 

More like Pokemon GO and drive without issues lol

[98uk]

Here is my 3 car garage:

 

* Daily beater/project - 2006 Ford Focus Sport (£200) (100hp, 5 speed manual)

* Wife's car/slightly more powerful beater - 2008 Kia Cee'd SR-7 (£1999) (124hp, 5 speed manual)

* Track slag - 2013 Ford Fiesta ST (~240hp, 6 speed manual and a boot load of mods)

 

Since the first two aren't interesting, i'll share my track slag:

 

Mods list:

• Collins Performance Stage 2 map
  
• Mountune intake/high flow airbox
  
• Mountune intercooler
  
• GFB Turbo diverter valve
  
• Custom 3" catback
  
• Pumaspeed baffled sump
  
• Mountune/Powerflex mounts/bushes
  
• Mountune short shift
  
• KW ST XTA adjustable suspension
  
• WaveTrac LSD
  
• EBC disks, PBS ProComp pads and EBC braided lines
  
• Team Dynamics Pro 1.2 wheels w/ Yokohama AD08R semis
  
• Custom brake ducting from fog lights
  

 

 

Edited September 19, 2019 by 98uk