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25-07-2005, 07:48 AM
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Originally Posted by jamesers20004x4
but i wouldnt be a tosser!!!!! 
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It don't last mate!! Paul R off this boards got a new M3 & he was telling me last weekend how he had driven from Stevenage to Cheshunt without using his indicators for a laugh....................ONLY A BMW DRIVER
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25-07-2005, 07:58 AM
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only kidding, if i could afford a beemer i would buy a cosworth........ only got the escy!!!!!
soon i will be selling my house and moving to scotland (i live in essex!!) and buying myself a 2wd saff cossie!!!!!!! cant bloody wait!!!!
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soon i will be selling my house and moving to scotland (i live in essex!!) and buying myself a 2wd saff cossie!!!!!!! cant bloody wait!!!!
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25-07-2005, 08:33 AM
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where you moving to in Scotland mate?
I know did anyone notice the Tachometer hiting just under 9k, now thats something from a V10
Defo a nice car,a nd I recon the gadgets arn't as bad as he makes out although the problems with the diff seemed weird 
I know did anyone notice the Tachometer hiting just under 9k, now thats something from a V10
Defo a nice car,a nd I recon the gadgets arn't as bad as he makes out
although the problems with the diff seemed weird
25-07-2005, 08:37 AM
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moving to a town called selkirk, or as near to as poss. we have a very good friend up there who has opened a very cool coffee shop called Coffee Nouvelle. my wife is going to run the shop with our friend and im gonna just mess about in my new cossie!!!!
(I wish that was true!!! but i will have to get a job!!!!) its about 50 miles south of edinburgh.
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(I wish that was true!!! but i will have to get a job!!!!) its about 50 miles south of edinburgh.
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25-07-2005, 09:09 AM
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I absolutley love that button - Makes a not so special car turn into a beast 
Jus a shame the amount of bleeding gadjets etc - But then like Franco said who needs gadjets @ 200MPH
Jus a shame the amount of bleeding gadjets etc - But then like Franco said who needs gadjets @ 200MPH
25-07-2005, 10:14 AM
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Originally Posted by jamesers20004x4
moving to a town called selkirk, or as near to as poss. we have a very good friend up there who has opened a very cool coffee shop called Coffee Nouvelle. my wife is going to run the shop with our friend and im gonna just mess about in my new cossie!!!!
(I wish that was true!!! but i will have to get a job!!!!) its about 50 miles south of edinburgh.
James
(I wish that was true!!! but i will have to get a job!!!!) its about 50 miles south of edinburgh.
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thats like the middle of nowhere
lol a bit different from down your way i reckon! 
25-07-2005, 10:18 AM
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i know, gonna be different to what im used to but we have been afew times and quite like the area. theres some nice houses weve looked at......blah blah blah just looking forward to driving on all them country roads im my rs!!!!!!!!!1
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hehe
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25-07-2005, 11:33 AM
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I still think it looks nasty but by God you cannot fail to be impressed. I have a strong disliking for the BMW marque but that is a car that commands respect. Like the original boxy M3 it's a BMW I like 
25-07-2005, 01:05 PM
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I thought Top Gear was really poor this week.
Just because Clarkson is a technophobe, somehow he has to make that a reflection of the car.
There is no way any Sat Nav would give directions unless you'd actually input a destination.
Not sure why they have the button on the M5 - why not just build it like that in the first place?
Just because Clarkson is a technophobe, somehow he has to make that a reflection of the car.
There is no way any Sat Nav would give directions unless you'd actually input a destination.
Not sure why they have the button on the M5 - why not just build it like that in the first place?
25-07-2005, 01:08 PM
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Looked a bit naughty on the track with the stig though, it looked highly unstable, and going into hammerhead there was loads of understeer, then it drifted into oversteer, but wanted to go back to understeer.
I think it looks alright, nothing special really, but its far better looking than most new cars now.
With regard to the indicators, how the fuck can any designer let such a shit system like that out on the road? I mean how much work would it be to make it so if you're left indicator is still on, that you would just need to push the lever to indicate left again to cancel it?
I think it looks alright, nothing special really, but its far better looking than most new cars now.
With regard to the indicators, how the fuck can any designer let such a shit system like that out on the road? I mean how much work would it be to make it so if you're left indicator is still on, that you would just need to push the lever to indicate left again to cancel it?
25-07-2005, 01:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Chipperx2
I know did anyone notice the Tachometer hiting just under 9k, now thats something from a V10
25-07-2005, 02:40 PM
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Not sure why they have the button on the M5 - why not just build it like that in the first place?
25-07-2005, 03:01 PM
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This one is currently sitting 5 miles from me for Ł75K 15 over list!
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Have to agree on the episode though! The whole Pissed up driver/scooter thing was so staged. They were just testing the A Class vs Citroen
AFAIK Indicators have X number of flashes before they cancel. So if you click the stalk half way down it will indicate 5 (est) times before cancelling. Its so if the driver doesnt click it on properly everyone else knows what hes planning on doing. Most German cars have something similar.
And the Sat Nav works if you programme it or not if you dont.
I think they're running out of ideas for the show now. Done the races. Done caning round the track in a supercar or a hot hatch. Done the late night minicab/scooter type reviews.
Whats left?
26-07-2005, 11:03 AM
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I'd like to see a 1.3 bar T4 equipped Escort crack 200mph Mike
. So the 200mph speed is completely academic and unobtainable 
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26-07-2005, 11:09 AM
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That doesn't mean that Alpina or Hartge wont be bale to offer that service.
I didn't see Ford offering an Escort Cosworth for sale to the general public with a T4 running 1.3 bar either
I didn't see Ford offering an Escort Cosworth for sale to the general public with a T4 running 1.3 bar either
26-07-2005, 03:26 PM
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Originally Posted by RichardPON
That doesn't mean that Alpina or Hartge wont be bale to offer that service.
I didn't see Ford offering an Escort Cosworth for sale to the general public with a T4 running 1.3 bar either
I didn't see Ford offering an Escort Cosworth for sale to the general public with a T4 running 1.3 bar either
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