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Everything posted by Count Grantleyish
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Yep, hot hatches are certainly awesome and dare I say it, game changer.
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Greg, that's right these D95 is mainly cosmetic (that being said I haven't been in X84), and yeah visibility is shocking as I'd discovered when I drove LHD car in UK and its 11ty billions of roundabouts. Apart from these it's wild car to drive through alps and Nordscheleife, rear end does want to overtake front end when you're attacking the corner hard, also when you're going above 210km/h, front end does lift and then it'd settle at 225/230km/h. Now that I've a Golf, man the amount of stuff I can pack in is amazing - best I've managed was 4x 33x12.5x15 mud terrains in it along with GQ front diff pumpkin, 4x coil springs, steering wheel, and bunch of engine/diff oils. And it even came with bottle cap opener! Also das Golf is much more stable car everywhere, to be fair I have AWD.
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Yours is X95 yeah (aka first generation or something)? I leased a D95 in France, and the storage is rubbish, only had a cupholder and it only fit a can of red bull lol
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Get y0self a VW like all the cool kids these days. Na, Renault Megane RS is decent piece of kit if you don't give two hoots about cupholders.
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Any '90s JDM cars are rising in value nowadays. Even garden variety WRX with trippy Brant keypad immobiliser, that one I'm shattered when I found out how much these are going for now.
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Indeed it is. Covid wasn't that much of deterrent in terms of sales, that surprised me.
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Inb4 Birds still stick by his beloved recommendations of 88e
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Probably a stupid question but...
Count Grantleyish replied to redm0th's topic in Engines & Forced Induction
Ah yeah, forgot about uni students. I teach TAFE students for a living, hence different timetables. -
Probably a stupid question but...
Count Grantleyish replied to redm0th's topic in Engines & Forced Induction
Or someone's slacking off in school. Cos school holidays ended a fortnight ago. -
Are newer cars worth owning and keeping?
Count Grantleyish replied to Leroy Peterson's topic in General Automotive Discussion
I'm gonna go out on a limb and say Hot Hatches like Focus ST/RS, Golf GTI/R, I30N, Megane RS - actually they're doing it nowadays and Europeans has been doing hot hatches for yonks. Or Twin turbo BMW or even Kia Stinger. -
Are newer cars worth owning and keeping?
Count Grantleyish replied to Leroy Peterson's topic in General Automotive Discussion
I have a MK6 Golf R for 4 and bit years, although it look souless but it's so darn good to live with everyday to the fact I struggle to try to sell it (either update to newer Golf R or get myself a 4x4). I've used Ze R for Uber, daily driving, sheep shepherding outside Wagga Wagga, carrying stuff, etc. I love the fact my Ze R has the following; - DSG, quick shift compared to manual, and in auto mode it makes peak hour commute very bearable, although the "throttle lag" could be bit of an issue but you get used to it over time. - cup holders, it's so damn handy and in my R I even have bottle opener. - decent xenon headlights that self adjust. - air con and heater works, I took my Skyline to work the other week, it was cold and took me 25 mins to defrost the windscreen when it took Ze R just 5 mins to do that. Also when I turn it to max and it turns into sauna when in the GTR it was lukewarm. Air con in Golf is excellent to the point my nipples managed to get rock hard in 43 degree heat! - so practical, I know I'm comparing apples to oranges there, but I managed to fit 4x 33x12.5x15 tyres in Golf, also can fit 5 adults, blah blah blah. I once managed to fit 4x 18x10.5 wheels with 285 tyres in the GTR so the Skyline can be practical if you're excellent at tetris. - no reliability issues with Ze R in 4 and bit years I've owned, oh and it was out of warranty when I bought it, DSG didn't explode. And now I'm more tempted to sell my GTR now... Horses for courses really, majority of issues highlighted often come from people with unrealistic expectations of what they want from a car and goes out and buy new car every 5 years so they can "keep up with Joneses" -
Toms 2zzge 74' 142
Count Grantleyish replied to Trex's topic in Members Cars, Project Overhauls & Restorations
That is also excellent suggestion. -
Toms 2zzge 74' 142
Count Grantleyish replied to Trex's topic in Members Cars, Project Overhauls & Restorations
Na, the 142 looks great, top job Tom. -
Toms 2zzge 74' 142
Count Grantleyish replied to Trex's topic in Members Cars, Project Overhauls & Restorations
One solution to balance the weight is to strap a Promod 88 to the side. -
MLR's Bogan cruise ship
Count Grantleyish replied to The Bogan's topic in Members Cars, Project Overhauls & Restorations
Billycart? -
MLR's Bogan cruise ship
Count Grantleyish replied to The Bogan's topic in Members Cars, Project Overhauls & Restorations
May I suggest a speedboat? -
MLR's Bogan cruise ship
Count Grantleyish replied to The Bogan's topic in Members Cars, Project Overhauls & Restorations
Torque curve is as flat as the roads around here I must say.