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Model specific boards => Golf mk5 => Topic started by: Hurdy on 17 September 2010, 00:10
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Well, after 3 and a half years of brilliant ownership, the Edition 30 has now gone to a new owner. :cry:
Now to see if I can split the "ATOM" :wink:
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Well, after 3 and a half years of brilliant ownership, the Edition 30 has now gone to a new owner. :cry:
Now to see if I can split the "ATOM" :wink:
Ive missed something!... what you replacing her with!?
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Ah mate sad times :cry: gutted but at least the new owners gonna get a cracking golf tho to enjoy :cool: :evil:
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Did you manage to find a private buyer in the end? Were they from this forum?
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Getting an Atom as well?
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Yeah, I sold her to a private buyer over on MK5golfgti and he was very pleased too. He'd looked at several ED30's in various sorry states and bought mine almost on the spot after a short run in her :cool:
I've gone all Japanese for the new cars - something of a sedate change for the road car.....
A new Lexus IS F-Sport for the road fully specced. (pick it up this afternoon)
Ariel Atom Supercharged 300bhp and 500kg for the track (uses a donor Civic Type R engine) 0-60mph in 2.7 seconds :shocked: :evil:
Both RWD too. :cool:
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Ariel Atom Supercharged 300bhp and 500kg for the track (uses a donor Civic Type R engine) 0-60mph in 2.7 seconds :shocked: :evil:
OH MY GOD! :shocked:
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My Exige guess just wasn't mad enough :grin:
Pics of both required asap :)
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I do hope you don't mind if when I finally get my ass up to Yorkshire, I come over and faint repeatedly on your driveway... ?
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Yeah, I sold her to a private buyer over on MK5golfgti and he was very pleased too. He'd looked at several ED30's in various sorry states and bought mine almost on the spot after a short run in her :cool:
I've gone all Japanese for the new cars - something of a sedate change for the road car.....
A new Lexus IS F-Sport for the road fully specced. (pick it up this afternoon)
Ariel Atom Supercharged 300bhp and 500kg for the track (uses a donor Civic Type R engine) 0-60mph in 2.7 seconds :shocked: :evil:
Both RWD too. :cool:
What a beast! Can't wait to see some pics of that!
The Lexus is a great car, very refined and luxurious! Have you gone auto or manual?
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Nice choices. We require pics.
The Atom is built down the road from me :cool:
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The Lexus is an Auto. :cool:
She fits in the garage too.....just!
(http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t8/hurdy_album/P1020584.jpg)
(http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t8/hurdy_album/P1020581.jpg)
(http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t8/hurdy_album/P1020585.jpg)
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Fab - lovely car - really like the colour! Bet its difficult getting used to the quietness of it!
Will be a stark contrast to the Atom, you'll feel like your getting your left ear sucked through the air intake!
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The Lexus looks sweet :cool: Glad to hear your ED30 went to an enthusiastic owner too :afro:
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Lucky fcuker - that is all
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What the hell is that 20 years celebration sticker all about!?! :shocked:
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To celebrate 20 years, maybe?
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At least the golf has gone to a good home. Im amazed at your parking skills in the garage i thought the golf was a close to the wall but you seem to have got the lexus closer :shocked:
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It is a special edition model to celebrate 20 years of Lexus in the UK.
Parking is "testing" , but it isn't actually any wider than the Golf. I have to pay extra care at the rear as the haunches are wider at the back than the front.. :cool:
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Hurdy got you see doing a jermmy Clarkson in the Atom mate that would be class :grin:
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Hurdy got you see doing a jermmy Clarkson in the Atom mate that would be class :grin:
lol " i am an alien" :grin: :grin: :grin:
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:shocked: you sold the Golf after all the work you did but great choices for replacements.
What made you sell the Golf.
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atom.... sweeeet! picccs???
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:shocked: you sold the Golf after all the work you did but great choices for replacements.
What made you sell the Golf.
The car was 3.5 yrs old and the oldest/longest I've ever kept a car in the last 12 yrs. Normally I replace my car every year, so you can see the ED30 was an exceptional car for me to keep it that long. I felt like a change and once I get the urge there's no stopping me.
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:shocked: you sold the Golf after all the work you did but great choices for replacements.
What made you sell the Golf.
The car was 3.5 yrs old and the oldest/longest I've ever kept a car in the last 12 yrs. Normally I replace my car every year, so you can see the ED30 was an exceptional car for me to keep it that long. I felt like a change and once I get the urge there's no stopping me.
Just wondered, thanks for the info, good luck with the atom
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Is this what you've bought:
http://www.evo.co.uk/carreviews/evocarreviews/248854/lexus_is_fsport_road_test_review.html
Is yours a Diesel or Petrol? Manual or Auto? I drove a manual diesel IS a couple of hundred miles once and didn't get along with it.
I'm surprised you've gone into something like this after having a modded ED30. I'm interested why you went for something like the Lexus - it's a big change!
I've just gone from an Audi TT to an old Freelander as my daily driver (my gf uses the GTI daily) as I fancied having a battle wagon for a while.
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That is the one.
The report doesn't suprise me as BMW et al spend loads on advertising with EVO and Lexus don't.
The ride is very comfortable - even at low speed and it soaks up the bumps and potholes here in "pothole city" of Sheffield very well. The build quality is second to none, the customer service is legendarily good and it has every conceivable extra you could ever want in a car, the petrol consumption is better than my ED30 was too. The V6 could do with a little more oomph (0-62mph in 8.1 seconds) and the 3.5ltr that the Americans get would have been a no brainer for me if it was available over here (300+bhp). The car does everything I want from it for a daily driver, especially as it isn't going to be my weekend toy :evil: The MIL (who I ferry about on a regular basis) gave it her seal of approval, and she is a 5 stone 11lb, 72yr old and feels EVERY little bump in the road. The wife loves it too. I like the car too, but whether I keep it as long as the ED30 - well that is another story :smiley:
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That is the one.
The report doesn't suprise me as BMW et al spend loads on advertising with EVO and Lexus don't.
BMW et al may spend loads on advertising, but it has nothing to do with EVO - it is Dennis Publishing who get paid and therefore decide who's products get advertised in the mag. Quick flick through this month and there is Lamborghini, Toyota, Honda, Alfa, Audi, Jaguar, Seat, Mercedes, Nissan, Volvo, Mazda, and of course BMW.
EVO also ran an IS-F on their Fast Fleet for over 12 months and loved it. Added to that the fact that the IS-F earned a place in EVO Car of the year 2008 and in comparison to the M3, i quote:
"It's pace and size could make the IS-F intimidating but it actually gives up its performance much more easily than an M3. The steering is direct but the chassis never feels edgy so you don't feel like you're going to upset it."
Based on the above i would have to challenge the comment implying that EVO write biased reviews based on who/who doesn't spend money advertising with them
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http://www.arielatom.com/
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Horses for courses. I liked the style, drive and quality of the car and have driven my mates BMW 335d for comparison. There is no comparison in terms of power as the BMW was clearly the winner, but in terms of ride quality, handling, general build quality etc there was very little in it. The BMW steering had slightly more feel, but I put that down to the heavier feel of the wheel - the steering is quite light on the Lexus, which I liked more than the heavier feel of the BMW. Similarly the damping and suspension felt very similar indeed. It is no secret that Lexus picked apart more than a few BMW's when setting the suspension for the IS. Maybe I'm a little cynical when it comes to journalism and even car journalism, but the fact that a BMW 3 series gets 5 stars and a Lexus IS gets 2 stars, when there is realistically very little inbetween them (and in some cases the Lexus is better IMHO) then what other judgement is there to be made?
:smiley:
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http://www.arielatom.com/
Been on there a few times already :cool:
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http://www.arielatom.com/
Been on there a few times already :cool:
been looking since 2006 when they started posting concepts
so wants one :grin: :tongue:
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Horses for courses. I liked the style, drive and quality of the car and have driven my mates BMW 335d for comparison. There is no comparison in terms of power as the BMW was clearly the winner, but in terms of ride quality, handling, general build quality etc there was very little in it. The BMW steering had slightly more feel, but I put that down to the heavier feel of the wheel - the steering is quite light on the Lexus, which I liked more than the heavier feel of the BMW. Similarly the damping and suspension felt very similar indeed. It is no secret that Lexus picked apart more than a few BMW's when setting the suspension for the IS. Maybe I'm a little cynical when it comes to journalism and even car journalism, but the fact that a BMW 3 series gets 5 stars and a Lexus IS gets 2 stars, when there is realistically very little inbetween them (and in some cases the Lexus is better IMHO) then what other judgement is there to be made?
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Fair comment, EVO were heavily criticized a couple of years back for rating Porsche's too highly, which i did agree with to be honest seeing as the Nissan GT-R had just come out and for the money it wiped the floor with a 997 Carrera 2S!
I think the Lexus is a great car, i do think the styling is great, and the interior is far more imaginative than a 3-series interior!
So come on Hurdy, when are you going to spill the beans about the spec of your Atom? Have you bought it yet?
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saw the car yesterday in sheffield im sure.
still looks the nuts! :wink:
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So come on Hurdy, when are you going to spill the beans about the spec of your Atom? Have you bought it yet?
Hmm, weighing up my options at the moment. The missis is trying to push me towards something like an Ecurie25 membership so I can try some exotica without the hassle of owning/servicing/maintaining/garaging a track car. Thing is, she tends to be making sense...........for a change :laugh:
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I give the Lexus 9 months.
The Atom is rubbish on real bumpy roads.
Crackers all round.
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I give the Lexus 9 months.
Why? :undecided:
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I do hope you don't mind if when I finally get my ass up to Yorkshire, I come over and faint repeatedly on your driveway... ?
Hahahaha Funny Sh!t mate :smiley:
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Nice car..s.. Hurdy!!
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