razzele

I cant beleive i waited 10 years to put an OEM rear spoiler on, i love mine!

Nottm_S2

Now booked in for underseal. Last MOT she failed for a blowy exhaust throwing the lambda out. When the local tyre dudes fixed it with a new gasket we had a look underneath and there was some surface rust starting to show.

Now booked in @ JR Classics in sunny Donny for late july.

Next is to sort the suspension with Dixon i think

arsie

£££££s ...
Back started a new contract then Jase?

Nottm_S2

Rog, I start back at work Monday doing 4 days to start with, 1 wfh. Made that decision when it had rained for about 6 weeks solid
I'm going to buy an old knacker M, 2008s seem to be about 25k mark, not as rich as you

got another extension thru till Jan, that'll be 3 years in one place, been very lucky how things dropped

Saint Matt

How much did you pay for that mate? Pm if you like, I'm in Derby and I'm looking for a trusted bodyshop to do similar work to mine

Matt

arsie

My first one was a 58 plater. Apart from the tin folding roof = no space for kiddy/doggie clobber, the iDrive version1 was shite and the satnav DVD based and you couldn't enter UK postcodes. Ok you're not getting the car for the Freds but it was well irritating. My June 09 coupe DCT has been a completely different relationship from the off. The only thing I would have back from the folder is the wheels. The ride on 18"ers was that bit better for the country roads and my aged arse. Also I personally think the graphite look suits the beast better than the hi chrome bling appeal. All personal of course but the wheels are expensive and £1k a corner at least to change. Blurter showed me this mod which is a must do. The boggo audio is below par, you need the professional level at least imho. The through boot ski-storage is excellent for building materials

Nottm_S2

Matt, £510 incl 3 dent removals, arch refurb and fading in onto both doors. a big job, you're welcome to come take a look.

Rog, sounds like i need to do my research, i've only been to poke round at sytner so far. you prefer paddles to manual?

Harpsi

Rear of the year indeed, it should have read Pippa Bum:-)

arsie

No question I prefer the paddles. It is lightening quick and a superb blip as it changes down. The manual I also turned out a far worse MPG at about 17 compared with 22 on the DCT (even with a few mad moments ) Also there are some cool lights to guide your gear changes like on F1 cars. I find going back to a full manual stick shift, taking a hand off the wheel interrupts your flow. Plus although it is better than the old E46 the manual change is nowhere near a good S2000 box. You can flip between auto and paddles with a button on the wheel. Once you get used to it the intensity and focus of driving is great; then after acting like Mr Hide you can just slip back into Dr Jeckyl mode like a proper OAP. Well, I can, you won't yet awhile

While on that theme, the cruise control I find is good for discipline on motorway drives. Also it lets you speed up briefly to get past cnuts but then settle back to warp cruise speed automagically.

Nottm_S2

Ha ha, CC is a pet hate of mine. The golf and vectra both have that and i never ever use it, including when i used to do 25k/yr in the vec...

I will need to drive some. Having sproggo arrive has removed my 'me time' but 'er indoors has signed off my capex for now at least. She has taken a shine to the drop top but that will only be an 08 as they are another 5k on top and my scottish genes restrict such frippery