DAN P

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i was the same lol not driving it for a week lol drove it home from my m8s house did not want to put it away fooking cars

martrs

Take it out for a spin i had enough of mine then drove it love it cant wait till nice weather is here to go out proper

RichardPON

Ask the audience, clearly

L33 BYT

Get some pink poka dots made up to stic on it.

markk

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i lost interest in road going cosworths about 8 years ago , had a small spell wher i bought another 3dr because i thought it would be i good idea , sold it within 3 months , the problem is you just cant drive them how they need to be driven on the road a) because most people cant drive em anyway and crash em if the ambiant temp drops below 18 degrees and b) cause the pigs will book you for 0.0001mph over the limit so either way your fooked for road going performance cars - so what is the point in owning one ?

3drstretch

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Why Cant you put your foot down. It more fun in this weather.Ok it needs cleaning a bit more often but fook is it fun in this weather.Just need to learn how to drive it.

dannyblackpool

To me and now its sat rotting in the garage,has been for over a year now full of enphuiasm (spellin) me

markk

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and that must have been nye on 4 years ago ?

dannyblackpool

yeah bout that m8 lol Bodywork nearly same as was :O next on list after finding the time,money,emphusiasm to do it. Mite just leave it and abuse the fuck out of her on track instead lol

Kev.H

take up golf

Dan

Nah Steve, exactly how it should be said mate!

Stavros

its not the car, its your lifestyle, hence why your reluctant to give it grief in the winter, and why your fed up, if you had owt else to do you wouldnt give a damn anyhow

your old before your time, wife, kids, house, family, etc

go get irrisponsible, its fun

SapphyMike

get an evo

It's Czech Mate

Evo Tiiiimmmmmmmmeeeeeeeeeee



"We've got an Evo............I'm gonna get the bastard!"

Daviet

dont understand this bad weather crap
unless is a convertable without the roof on
cant take my car out today the weather is bad :gayflag:

Porkie

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Thats because you have a FWD car

Daviet

yip but it still wouldnt stop me driving my car if it was RWD.
is the accelarator pedal an on off switch

RichardPON

Clearly you've never driven 350 plus RWD in the wet

Matt

ive driven mine once in 7 months

cant be arsed with things breaking

7 month ago i did the diff, box then kept jumping out of gear and i think i blew the turbo

bastard thing

Westy

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having not driven it since december 2003 its actually good to be back in it

thats the way forwar... dont drive them for ages, then get back in them

ADUSR33

buy a real car

and what steve said

Fagin

I remember doing it once Hit full boost in 4th and lost traction at 90-100mph!

NICE!

Rich_w

Says the man with a Kwak

markk

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traffic dodger m8 one thing i really hate is traffic , its either 15mins to work on the bike or 45 mins in the car , oh and the facy it returns me 50mpg

RobCarden

that might have something to do with it...

neilm

If you need good weather to love a car then you dont really love it at all...

Its just a 'holiday romance' and we all know how they end...

A nasty rash and a course of penicillin !!!


Just drive the car you girl, I drive mine every day, whats the point in preserving it for the next owner.... fook them... you enjoy it !!!

The last thing you want to do is talk to Ian 'Bufty' 3Door... he'll have you stripping it, painting every last inch of it and polishing it to within and inch of its life and doin all of 50 miles a year in it.

You'll need that Range for the trailer...

........ 'Tiff the Buftyness is strong within you Tiff.....'


Alternatively, go on a 'Road Trip' fill it with mates and come to Ace Cafe on Monday night !!!

TIFF

Neil

I WILL be heading down to the Ace cafe soon mate...........when the weather is better

Rich_w

Whiilst I know what you mean. Ive a couple of questions. Say Tiff puts 50K on the clock (extreme I know) in the space of 2 years. And as a result devalues the car by 3-4 grand. Wont he feel like hes pissed the money away?

Other point, I commute 44 miles a day. Apart from the petrol costs. I tend to think its going through its faults far faster than if I drove it only in the evenings, weekends for pleasure. Which is probably why I think Im always paying for things to be fixed on it. I have to keep on top of maintenance or it becomes even more expensive.

Plus by driving it every day it lessens the "wow" feeling I get from it. It becomes a utility for getting me to work rather than my fantastic car.

Make sense?

neilm

I can see what you are saying...

But if he then sold the car to some one like me who uses their cossie, all he's done was kept it mint for them..... and he's the one who spent the fortune on mods and did no miles but still lost loads because as everyone knows you never get money back on the mods you've done.

I dont think the wow factor lessens really.. it still makes me smile when I'm sitting on the motorway minding my own business and get hussled by Porsches and stuff and then its foot down and off we go... only for a mile or two, just to prove the point..... they hate it....


Cars are meant to be driven..... people should enjoy their cars instead of just locking them in a garage.

The insurance is still the same if you do 300 or 3000 miles, 500 or 5000 or in my case... unlimited miles a year.

If you lived with a beautiful woman you wouldnt just shag her once a month in case you wore her out now would you !!!

Smit

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I took mine out last night, 1st time in about a month (had no MOT).....and went on a 100 mile road trip for the 1st time in weather was absolutely shite But to be honest i didn't care...I felt 'home' to be driving the cos again

Rich_w

This whole thread has got me really evaluating why I have the car. Why I virtually dont use it apart from commuting. Why I keep pumping money into it. Why have to be careful where I park it, why I'm paranoid about it being nudged in multi-storeys or vandalised or stolen.


As Markk said, you cant use it unrestrained on the road. So whats the point of having 140mph capability (tested ) Track Days interest me, but cant afford to have it break on me (or even worse)

In fairness, it seems theres quite a few people on here that dont use their cars much. They use their runabout or company vehicle. To preserve their RS/GTR/M3/Evo whatever. So whats the point in having Ł5-25K sitting around collecting dust? I understand its a hobby, and you dont do it to make money, but can anyone really justify to me?

simonc

I hardly use my cossie either,it sits in the garage, i find with 2 young kids i don't have the spare time like i used to have. Sometimes take it out on a sunday morning for a thrash now and again & in the summer will go to the pod a couple of times. I have been so tempted to sell it & buy another M3 again but convertable so the whole family can go out in it & enjoy it. My wife absoultly hates my cossie & has only been in it once in 2 yrs & will never go in it again ! Thing is if i haven't got a car to fiddle around with & buy a few bits for i get bored, the only thing you can do to an M3 is clean it !

I guarantee tiff if you sell your cossie you will end up getting another cossie at some point !

simon.

Rich_w

Actually I think he wont sell it. Probably because if he did miss it its going to be a nightmare trying to find one in good condition these days. Maybe thats why people keep them, even if they dont use them The fear of not being able to replace them.