The cars and bikes thread!

[geoffbot]

If you have £820,000 plus taxes - and it’s tiny. With fan-assisted downforce and skirts, you couldn’t drive it on most British roads - or not without ripping them up. So really, what game is being changed?

0-60 in 1.3 secs mate-no one thought it possible

(Not road legal mind)

[tribe125]

0-60 in 1.3

It’s an achievement, that’s for sure, but it has no useful application.

I mean, neither does pole vaulting, but that’s not the point.

[geoffbot]

It’s an achievement, that’s for sure, but it has no useful application.

I mean, neither does pole vaulting, but that’s not the point.

Don't you drive a _diesel_?! Opinion invalid.

[Raza]

Why are 435is cheaper than comparable 335is and around the same price as M235is? It’s the most expensive of the three from factory. I like the 4 series (of that generation, the whale mouth one is hideous), but I’d rather have the rear doors of a 3 series or the smaller side of the M235i (especially if I decide to sell the Z4 before having a replacement lined up). The 4 is very stylish, but despite the larger size and back seat, doesn’t seem all that practical. I mean, much more practical than my Z4, which is why it’s still on the list…and surprisingly becoming front runner.



I’d prefer AWD, but it’s so hard to find what you’re looking for these days when you refuse to buy an automatic. If the previous generation Golf R just came with a sunroof, I wouldn’t be in this dilemma. But a fixed roof car with a backseat and no sunroof? I’ve never owned a car without one and it feels so strange whenever I’m in one. I get claustrophobic.

[tribe125]

Don't you drive a _diesel_?!

I do, and in the drive mode options I have it set to ‘sluggish’.

[tribe125]

I’ve never owned a car without one

I’ve only ever owned one car with one.

It was the highlight of the Mazda 626.

[Raza]

I’ve only ever owned one car with one.

It was the highlight of the Mazda 626.

Well, technically my two convertibles didn’t have one.

[geoffbot]

Why are 435is cheaper than comparable 335is and around the same price as M235is? It’s the most expensive of the three from factory. I like the 4 series (of that generation, the whale mouth one is hideous), but I’d rather have the rear doors of a 3 series or the smaller side of the M235i (especially if I decide to sell the Z4 before having a replacement lined up). The 4 is very stylish, but despite the larger size and back seat, doesn’t seem all that practical. I mean, much more practical than my Z4, which is why it’s still on the list…and surprisingly becoming front runner.



I’d prefer AWD, but it’s so hard to find what you’re looking for these days when you refuse to buy an automatic. If the previous generation Golf R just came with a sunroof, I wouldn’t be in this dilemma. But a fixed roof car with a backseat and no sunroof? I’ve never owned a car without one and it feels so strange whenever I’m in one. I get claustrophobic.

impeccable taste

[chuckmiller]

...I mean, neither does pole vaulting, but that’s not the point.

It COULD get a prisoner over the prison wall.

[geoffbot]

It COULD get a prisoner over the prison wall.

I reckon you'd need a bendy pole though. Doubt that plumbing pipes would work.