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SuiNeko
 Post subject: Ordered a new car.
PostPosted: Tue Apr 22, 2014 12:20 pm 
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Some of you may recollect my life has had some ups and downs recently.

So I decided to manufacture an up.

Audi S3, 3 door, 300bhp hatchback.
Panther black.
Debadged to look like an A3 - no 'Look at me!' s3 wing mirrors or badges to shout it's the fast one.
Threw most of the options book at it.

It was that or a second hand 911 and the 911 felt just a little too midlife crisisy....

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 Post subject: Re: Ordered a new car.
PostPosted: Tue Apr 22, 2014 1:38 pm 
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Congrats on the up man, sounds beautiful!

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Hot! Drive it like you bought it and are making payments on it for the next few years. ;)

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Drive it like it's a lease and you have to pay for any damage incurred or additional mileage over a specified amount!
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Drive it like you're 85 and can barely see over the dashboard.

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Or, drive it like you really wanted a Porsche?! Or, like you think it's a Porsche?

Sorry, couldn't resist. Sounds like a nice car, congrats. Although I really know nothing about Audis (much less the difference between an S and an A).

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Sweet! I bet it'll be fun, even if you have to drive it on the worng side of the road ;)
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Or, drive it like you really wanted a Porsche?! Or, like you think it's a Porsche?

Sorry, couldn't resist. Sounds like a nice car, congrats. Although I really know nothing about Audis (much less the difference between an S and an A).


The S is the "Sport" designation. Usually more HP, better suspension, etc.

Think BMW M3 as opposed to 335i. Or an AMG Merc.

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That's awesome and congrats.

I must ask, though, is it a particularly entertaining car?

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Müs wrote:
Aethien wrote:
Or, drive it like you really wanted a Porsche?! Or, like you think it's a Porsche?

Sorry, couldn't resist. Sounds like a nice car, congrats. Although I really know nothing about Audis (much less the difference between an S and an A).


The S is the "Sport" designation. Usually more HP, better suspension, etc.

Think BMW M3 as opposed to 335i. Or an AMG Merc.

Ah, gotcha, thanks. Is that a Euro-only thing? Never noticed that around here (and there are quite a few Audis on the road). Gonna have to keep an eye out for it.

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Aethien wrote:
Müs wrote:
Aethien wrote:
Or, drive it like you really wanted a Porsche?! Or, like you think it's a Porsche?

Sorry, couldn't resist. Sounds like a nice car, congrats. Although I really know nothing about Audis (much less the difference between an S and an A).


The S is the "Sport" designation. Usually more HP, better suspension, etc.

Think BMW M3 as opposed to 335i. Or an AMG Merc.

Ah, gotcha, thanks. Is that a Euro-only thing? Never noticed that around here (and there are quite a few Audis on the road). Gonna have to keep an eye out for it.


Nope. I have an S4 here. Fun? Yes.
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Ranelagh wrote:
Aethien wrote:
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Aethien wrote:
Or, drive it like you really wanted a Porsche?! Or, like you think it's a Porsche?

Sorry, couldn't resist. Sounds like a nice car, congrats. Although I really know nothing about Audis (much less the difference between an S and an A).


The S is the "Sport" designation. Usually more HP, better suspension, etc.

Think BMW M3 as opposed to 335i. Or an AMG Merc.

Ah, gotcha, thanks. Is that a Euro-only thing? Never noticed that around here (and there are quite a few Audis on the road). Gonna have to keep an eye out for it.


Nope. I have an S4 here. Fun? Yes.


Yours presumably has the steering wheel on the 'correct' side though, amirite? :)
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I am very entertained by this thread :D

Grats, I always wanted a nice sports car myself and yours sound like a gem.

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Midgen wrote:

Yours presumably has the steering wheel on the 'correct' side though, amirite? :)


Not entirely true, it's on the left which is just wrong.
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They added a new colour, so I changed my order. Because Sepang Blue is the bomb...

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Ok, that is pretty.

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Yeah, definitely. Gets the juices flowing.

But, come to think of it, where will you drive it? Do you drive to work, in London?

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 Post subject: Re: Ordered a new car.
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I cycle to work. This is a weekend toy ;)

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Good, good. My faith in you is restored :D

Boy, now you've got me thinking of all the places you could drive to in England in that. (I'm kind of on an England kick lately.)

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I just need to work out how to put a rack on it for 2 bikes... apparently the standard option requires a towbar, and this model can't have a towbar fitted. Buggrit!
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SuiNeko wrote:
I just need to work out how to put a rack on it for 2 bikes... apparently the standard option requires a towbar, and this model can't have a towbar fitted. Buggrit!

What, like this?

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That's a funny image, to me. We just got a new car ... a VW wagon. That picture is also a VW, but I'm not sure if that's a Jetta or one of those Tiguan things. But what's ironic is that my not-cheap universal bike rack that I picked up and used on my Subaru for years doesn't fit on the VW. Kind of frustrating.

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Yeah, except I think I want something designed for the car... Id be terrified that'd flip sideways on a bump or something and ruin bikes and car paint
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That one doesn't look as stable as the one I had; there's only one strap on the bottom, as opposed to two. I was always worried, too, but it never really moved that much, once it was cinched down. But it did leave some small scuff marks, I will admit. Of course, my car was a 10-year old Subaru, worth about 1/20th of what yours is, I'm sure. ;)

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SuiNeko wrote:
I cycle to work. This is a weekend toy ;)

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Please tell me you'll go here:

The Shell Grotto in Margate.

I must go there.

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