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2023.05.31 16:37 cleverbelle 1989 XJ6 Vanden Plas key lost
Hi, I'm wondering if anyone has any suggestions. My elderly mom has a 1989 Vanden Plas but the key has gone missing. She tried calling around a couple places but the dealership wasn't helpful and a locksmith suggested it would be about $1500 to replace it. Does this sound right? Is there another way to get a key made or buy one? Is that a thing? Sorry, we're not car people and I'm just trying to help her out of a tight spot. She's looking to sell it.
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2023.05.26 21:59 puga1505 Thinking of getting a 4.0 S-type as a first Jag, how good/bad are they? Experiences?
Hello everyone,
I'm looking into buying my first Jaguar. I was mostly looking at the X-type, S-type and XJ8 (X308). I'm looking here in Croatia and saying that there are only a few cars in good condition available would be an understatement.
After missing a few cars and seeing some that were in poor condition, I found a 2001. S-type with the 4.0l V8 engine in British racing green.
It's from the first owner, he has most of the service history on paper (last service done at the dealer) and it has 180k kilometers. Every other car available is well into the 250k+ kilometers range.
I haven't seen the car yet but I'm planning to do it soon, in the meantime I wanted to hear experiences from people who had them or still have them.
I already have a car as a daily driver, this would be my second car, used mostly to take on weekend drives and to enjoy. I wouldn't use it to commute or anything like that.
Would be happy to hear your thoughts.
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I'm looking into buying my first Jaguar. I was mostly looking at the X-type, S-type and XJ8 (X308). I'm looking here in Croatia and saying that there are only a few cars in good condition available would be an understatement.
After missing a few cars and seeing some that were in poor condition, I found a 2001. S-type with the 4.0l V8 engine in British racing green.
It's from the first owner, he has most of the service history on paper (last service done at the dealer) and it has 180k kilometers. Every other car available is well into the 250k+ kilometers range.
I haven't seen the car yet but I'm planning to do it soon, in the meantime I wanted to hear experiences from people who had them or still have them.
I already have a car as a daily driver, this would be my second car, used mostly to take on weekend drives and to enjoy. I wouldn't use it to commute or anything like that.
Would be happy to hear your thoughts.
2023.05.26 14:56 HraHaalari These are a few of my all time favorite Band/artists. What music would you recommend me to listen to that i might've missed?
So here are my favorites in no particular order
Agent Fresco VOLA Flower Kings Karmakanic Steven Wilson (and Porcupine Tree) Threshold Leprous (Older stuff, the newer ones are a bit dull imho) Vanden Plas Pink Floyd Kate Bush Dream Theater (Same as Leprous, but the new ones are very dull)
Allright that's about it. Hit me with your best shot and thank you in advance
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Agent Fresco VOLA Flower Kings Karmakanic Steven Wilson (and Porcupine Tree) Threshold Leprous (Older stuff, the newer ones are a bit dull imho) Vanden Plas Pink Floyd Kate Bush Dream Theater (Same as Leprous, but the new ones are very dull)
Allright that's about it. Hit me with your best shot and thank you in advance
2023.05.19 00:35 memeskeetmp4 01 Jaguar Vanden plas
Long story short, car won't start and when I try to Hook up to dlc it won't communicate. It does misfire when it try to start but my main concern is the obd not communicating. I have no clue what it could be and I've checked fuses and power to the obd nothing out of the normal. Any thoughts?
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2023.05.17 11:12 memeskeetmp4 Need mechanical advice for 01 Vanden plas
I have an 01 vanden plas and it has 2 main problems at the moment, one is it is hard to start and sometimes won't crank at all and 2 is the obd port can't communicate with my scanner so i can't check the CEL. I deduced that the CEL is on because of the hard to start condition but I can't check as mentioned before. I have the assumption that it was misfiring because of oil in spark plug wells/ combustion chamber. While I'm fixing that i can't seem to figure out the OBD2. Any thoughts?
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2023.05.16 21:14 BlackMetal146 Album Covers With Crosses: Think of any more?
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2023.05.06 21:28 timmmarkIII My 2004 XJR & Inspiration
 | I've always loved Jaguars! There's an elegance and sportiness to all of them. I did the oil painting of the SS 100 around 2000 from a photo I took at a classic car show. There was something about that grill. A work of art. Back in 2005 when I bought a new Mustang GT I saw the XJR at the San Diego Auto Show and fell in love with it too. I never thought I'd own one! submitted by timmmarkIII to Jaguar [link] [comments] I bought the XJR 3 years ago. Finally! It had 78k miles on it. 83k now. I couldn't not buy it. It was priced as a regular XJ8. Thankfully I have a little Fiesta S manual as a daily. |
2023.05.01 23:01 khoafraelich789 Molsheim Masterpiece Bugatti to headline Amelia Island Auction
 | The entrants in this year’s Amelia Island Concours will have strong competition from a motoring masterpiece offered by Bonhams at its annual Florida sale on March 2. submitted by khoafraelich789 to CarInformationNews [link] [comments] https://preview.redd.it/66h2kz6kp6wa1.png?width=1050&format=png&auto=webp&s=ca8bf86d09337444ae429d6dbfccb9b7f0f29223 Bonhams - A 1937 Bugatti Type 57S Sports Tourer, with its unique coachwork by Vanden Plas fully and lovingly restored to its former glory, and itself a past winner in the prestigious concours, will lead the Bonhams auction. Around 1,200 man hours in 2016/17 were devoted to the sensitive refurbishment of this magnificent machine, bringing it back to its original specification when it was delivered new to New York – the only Type 57S to arrive on American shores as a new car. Originality and authenticity were the highest priority for specialist automotive historian Evan Ide who led the project. He wanted to ensure that this 57S was not over restored, nor the hand of the original craftsman who built It erased from the car. As part of this passion project, meticulous research was carried out to make sure the smallest details were correct. With regards to its one-off Vanden Plas coachwork, the edges of the fenders were rebuilt to their original subtle lines that visually lower the car and give it a feeling of motion. The coachwork was also brought back to its original color using period nitrocellulose paint which will age softly, while the top was specially made in a cotton-based material also designed to fade and weather like the original over time. Much effort was made to ensure that all hardware was the original produced at Bugatti’s Molsheim factory, including the fasteners, which were designed and manufactured in house – a rare practice for the time. The Type 57S’s wonderfully authentic appearance complements its originality under the hood. With no mechanical modifications, this matching-numbers automobile drives like it should - a Grand Prix racer in touring car guise. With its 3.3 litre engine delivering 200hp, matched by its light weight 2000lbs. build, the Bugatti is fast by modern standards – in its day, Jean Bugatti’s creation was the fastest road-going performance car. This Type 57S is a rare jewel, as one of only 48 ever produced. The opportunity to acquire one is even rarer, considering that many are in long term ownerships or institutional collections such as the celebrated Schlumpf Collection. Bonhams Amelia Island Auction, the house’s first East Coast collector car sale of 2023, offers more than 100 collector cars - with over 50% offered at no reserve - representing the great international marques from Duesenberg, American grand dame of the roaring Twenties, to contemporary Teutonic supercars from Audi, Mercedes AMG and Porsche. Highlights include: 1992 Ferrari F40 One of the spiritual successors to the Bugatti is the F40, another racing car for the road and the final Ferrari to be overseen by company founder Enzo. This red-on-red example is one of 213 US-delivery F40s and has covered fewer than 8,600 miles from new. 1966 Ferrari 500 Superfast Series 2 No Reserve Considered the ultimate Ferrari in terms of performance, luxury and style, only 48 of the aerodynamic Superfast models were produced. This highly original Series 2 example, formerly kept in the collections of James Leake and John Mozart, has covered fewer than 14,300 miles from new. The Hendricks Jaguar Collection This ‘secret’ collection of important classic and racing Jaguars was collected by well-known Jaguar connoisseur Thomas C. Hendricks. Publicly seen for the first time in 20 years, the cache includes LT3, one of three 1951 Jaguar Works-built lightweight aluminum racing XK120s raced to victory by US racing driver and Formula 1 Champion Phil Hill. |
2023.04.28 09:41 showmelatinas Engine swapping a modern car
I have an 05 Jaguar XJ8 X350 which I want to build up into a sleeper.
The plan is to use BMW S63/coyote/LS engine to replace the weak 3.6 engine and the ZF8hp/10speed/10l80 respectively but the biggest challenge as with most modern cars is the electrics. I've been looking at it and I have seen one person LS swap his Jag of the same model but he no longer has working HVAC, dash etc. My hope for the car would be to have everything working and for it to be a 600hp sleeper. I understand that with more simple cars an engine swap was relatively simple as its easier to bolt everything up and get it running as it was with my Land Rover defender.
My question is how would I get all of the electrical components working with a coyote under the bonnet as the actual fitting of the engine & Gearbox would be the easier task.I thought about running a piggyback system so that the car thinks its original engine is there and using the Jaguar crank sensor etc but since this swap hasn't been done before any help would be appreciated.
Obviously the easiest suggestion would be to use the easier X308/X300 cars as a base but they don't appeal to me and when do we take the easiest option?
I did see the drift works video about the LT4 Aston using an emerald ECU as an in-between for the GM ECU and the Aston ECU to trick it into running which led me to emailing emerald but I heard nothing from them. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiNtCGwqaK8&t=533s
Or alternatively I have seen people using Arduino's to make a custom digital dash and using them to control the HVAC of the car which could be another option.
Since Jaguar at the time my car was built was under Fords ownership would using ford components be easier?
OOORRR does anyone know an Eastern European tech wizard who could 'rewrite' my ECU as has been done for people swapping in the Audi 4.0TT into B8 models so I could retain all the factory functio
I have also posted this into cartalk however I think this thread could be better suited in this subreddit
edit: I should add that controlling the engine and gearbox is no issue
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The plan is to use BMW S63/coyote/LS engine to replace the weak 3.6 engine and the ZF8hp/10speed/10l80 respectively but the biggest challenge as with most modern cars is the electrics. I've been looking at it and I have seen one person LS swap his Jag of the same model but he no longer has working HVAC, dash etc. My hope for the car would be to have everything working and for it to be a 600hp sleeper. I understand that with more simple cars an engine swap was relatively simple as its easier to bolt everything up and get it running as it was with my Land Rover defender.
My question is how would I get all of the electrical components working with a coyote under the bonnet as the actual fitting of the engine & Gearbox would be the easier task.I thought about running a piggyback system so that the car thinks its original engine is there and using the Jaguar crank sensor etc but since this swap hasn't been done before any help would be appreciated.
Obviously the easiest suggestion would be to use the easier X308/X300 cars as a base but they don't appeal to me and when do we take the easiest option?
I did see the drift works video about the LT4 Aston using an emerald ECU as an in-between for the GM ECU and the Aston ECU to trick it into running which led me to emailing emerald but I heard nothing from them. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiNtCGwqaK8&t=533s
Or alternatively I have seen people using Arduino's to make a custom digital dash and using them to control the HVAC of the car which could be another option.
Since Jaguar at the time my car was built was under Fords ownership would using ford components be easier?
OOORRR does anyone know an Eastern European tech wizard who could 'rewrite' my ECU as has been done for people swapping in the Audi 4.0TT into B8 models so I could retain all the factory functio
I have also posted this into cartalk however I think this thread could be better suited in this subreddit
edit: I should add that controlling the engine and gearbox is no issue
2023.04.28 09:36 showmelatinas How to engine swap a modern car
I have an 05 Jaguar XJ8 X350 which I want to build up into a sleeper.
The plan is to use BMW S63/coyote/LS engine to replace the weak 3.6 engine and the ZF8hp/10speed/10l80 respectively but the biggest challenge as with most modern cars is the electrics. I've been looking at it and I have seen one person LS swap his Jag of the same model but he no longer has working HVAC, dash etc. My hope for the car would be to have everything working and for it to be a 600hp sleeper. I understand that with more simple cars an engine swap was relatively simple as its easier to bolt everything up and get it running as it was with my Land Rover defender.
My question is how would I get all of the electrical components working with a coyote under the bonnet as the actual fitting of the engine & Gearbox would be the easier task. I thought about running a piggyback system so that the car thinks its original engine is there and using the Jaguar crank sensor etc but since this swap hasn't been done before any help would be appreciated.
Obviously the easiest suggestion would be to use the easier X308/X300 cars as a base but they don't appeal to me and when do we take the easiest option?
I did see the drift works video about the LT4 Aston using an emerald ECU as an in-between for the GM ECU and the Aston ECU to trick it into running which led me to emailing emerald but I heard nothing from them. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiNtCGwqaK8&t=533s
Or alternatively I have seen people using Arduino's to make a custom digital dash and using them to control the HVAC of the car which could be another option.
Since Jaguar at the time my car was built was under Fords ownership would using ford components be easier?
OOORRR does anyone know an Eastern European tech wizard who could 'rewrite' my ECU as has been done for people swapping in the Audi 4.0TT into B8 models so I could retain all the factory functions?
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The plan is to use BMW S63/coyote/LS engine to replace the weak 3.6 engine and the ZF8hp/10speed/10l80 respectively but the biggest challenge as with most modern cars is the electrics. I've been looking at it and I have seen one person LS swap his Jag of the same model but he no longer has working HVAC, dash etc. My hope for the car would be to have everything working and for it to be a 600hp sleeper. I understand that with more simple cars an engine swap was relatively simple as its easier to bolt everything up and get it running as it was with my Land Rover defender.
My question is how would I get all of the electrical components working with a coyote under the bonnet as the actual fitting of the engine & Gearbox would be the easier task. I thought about running a piggyback system so that the car thinks its original engine is there and using the Jaguar crank sensor etc but since this swap hasn't been done before any help would be appreciated.
Obviously the easiest suggestion would be to use the easier X308/X300 cars as a base but they don't appeal to me and when do we take the easiest option?
I did see the drift works video about the LT4 Aston using an emerald ECU as an in-between for the GM ECU and the Aston ECU to trick it into running which led me to emailing emerald but I heard nothing from them. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiNtCGwqaK8&t=533s
Or alternatively I have seen people using Arduino's to make a custom digital dash and using them to control the HVAC of the car which could be another option.
Since Jaguar at the time my car was built was under Fords ownership would using ford components be easier?
OOORRR does anyone know an Eastern European tech wizard who could 'rewrite' my ECU as has been done for people swapping in the Audi 4.0TT into B8 models so I could retain all the factory functions?
2023.04.16 16:25 Volo_Kin Real MPG 2.0l HDI 163hp
 | After 4 refurbished injectors in my 2011 Peugeot 508. Over the moon to be honest coming from Jaguar XJ8 - 18mpg submitted by Volo_Kin to peugeot [link] [comments] |
2023.04.15 08:57 Dependent_Violinist9 Help! 1985 Jaguar XJ6 Vanden Plas
Recently I’ve been looking at my 1985 Jaguar XJ6 Vanden Plas and been unhappy with how tall it is. I’ve been looking online but I haven’t been able to find a good suspension kit that will fit my car exactly anywhere. Can someone drop a link in the comments for a lowering kit preferably not off a super sketchy website?
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2023.04.13 06:00 P3D3RO Should I buy a mid-late 2000's Jaguar XJ8
I'm looking for a car to buy and I think the XJ8 is the right one for me, should I buy it (with about 100-200k miles?)
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2023.04.05 00:18 captainrex522 (X308) XJR vs Vanden Plas
I live in a state with decently bad roads, Michigan, and I've been looking into getting a Vanden Plas for the comfort suspension, but I'd also love an XJR. However, how would the sporty suspension fair out in a state with bumpy bad roads? Would it be an uncomfortable ride?
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2023.04.02 20:19 mercedesfan_126 2000 Jaguar XJ8, the official car of….
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2023.03.31 07:55 alalavar ...a tattered Princess... (late '60s Vanden Plas 4 Litre R)
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2023.03.24 02:34 US_Grant Vanden Plas - Wish You Were Here
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2023.03.09 15:59 Lilith_Immaculate_ I am once again asking for your recommendations
I return again looking for more bands to listen to. I'm going to try and sort this more clearly this time because I think people got confused by my last post on the topic when I grouped every band that I at least knew of together.
Bands that I know of and like:
Bands I know of and do NOT like:
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Bands that I know of and like:
- Altesia
- Andromeda
- Appearance of Nothing
- Arch/Matheos
- Cheeto's Magazine
- Circus Maximus
- Comedy of Errors
- Compass
- Creation's End
- Dante
- Devin Townsend
- Dream Theater
- Eumeria
- Ghost of the Machine
- Groove Therapist
- Haken
- Ihlo
- Ivory Tower
- Kisaragi Station
- Lalu
- Lava Engine
- Malpractice
- Mental Fracture
- Moonscape
- Native Construct
- Novena
- Ostura
- Others By No One
- Parius
- Poem
- Quadrus
- Redemption
- Section A
- Seven Steps to the Green Door
- Sons of Apollo
- Symphony X
- The Reticent
- Threshold
- Turbulence
- Undertime
Bands I know of and do NOT like:
- VOLA
- Periphery
- Tool
- Rishloo
- The Contortionist
- Shadow Gallery
- Seventh Wonder
- Evergrey
- Ayreon
- Toehider
- The Winery Dogs
- Transatlantic
- Liquid Tension Experiment
- Vanden Plas
- Alter Bridge
- Skyharbor
- Riverside
2023.03.01 23:54 YourOwnBiggestFan I adjusted the cheap car challenge budgets for inflation and searched Auto Trader for cars in those budgets.
First, the £100 cars. After adjusting for inflation, this gives us £165, enough to buy two things - jack shit. The cheapest car on AT is a £375 Mini with a blown gasket and a porous clutch pipe. In order to drive away in something with MOT and insurance, you need £550 for a 2004 Alfa GT with an "issue with 4th gear" or a banged-up 2010 Colt. I suppose the Alfa would at least be more interesting than a regular one...
Next up, Porsches for £1500 - or around £2500 now. With the "affordable" 4-cylinder Porsches being valuable classics now, we only have the option to follow Jeremy - buy the cheapest V8 Porsche out there, a £2480 2006 Cayenne S, and ignore the "sound coming from engine".
Coupes in the same budget? Not sticking to one brand gives a lot more options. I can follow the example of James May by buying a clapped-out GT - a 2005 BMW 645Ci with an oil leak and two different rim models, or go the sensible route with a 2003 Audi TT 1.8T Quattro with a manual, full service history and no MOT advisories. Guess which one would make for a better challenge car?
Italian exotics? With the Italian brands moving away from even trying to make a supercar affordable, £16k still doesn't get you anywhere near anything Italian with the engine in the middle - you need over twice that for a Mondial. That said, one can modernize the challenge to a newer kind of "affordable" exotic - big money cars from before the Great Recession. How does a W12 Bentley Continental with "£5k spent" sound?
Moving on to vans below £1600, how about "go big or go home" with the most powerful, one of the biggest and one of the rustiest vans below that price, a 2003 MB Sprinter 313 CDI?
British Leyland? Since even sub-£1855 BL products have disintegrated by now, I gave myself the liberty to include the products of Rover Group and MG Rover. How about a one-owner MG TF?
Police cars below £1500? Well, I can take the criminals' favourite - a graphite Jaguar XJ8 - and give it a job on the other side of the law after covering up the dents.
Alfa Romeos in the same budget? How about a 1999 GTV 2.0 TS with a bordello red interior?
And while we're on the topic of red, my entry for the luxury car challenge would be a 1970 Cadillac Coupe de Ville convertible that even fits within the original budget - how about throwing in a few Hunter S. Thompson references?
Lorries below £7500? Since I know absolutely nothing about lorries, I'm gonna go with the most powerful, highest GVW one I could find - a 2001 ERF ECX11.41 MT.
Teenager cars below £3650? To save on time, Dad can have half of the money for insurance, and the rest can go towards the most interesting thing in the sub-insurance group 20 crowd - a Fiat Bravo with a turbo and a whopping 150 BHP.
RWD cars below ~£2200? For some reason I can't escape the appeal of the R171's inbred American cousin, and want to take a 2004 Crossfire to France after gluing the roof lining back on.
When it comes to the pre-1982 cars, besides upping the budget to around £4500, I moved the year limit forward by 16 years. That means some open-top JDM fun in a 1992 Eunos Roadster V-Special that, at £2750, even fits in the original budget.
Trackday saloons below £7000? One can choose RWD in the poor man's M5 E39, but I'd rather go Quattro in a 2006 Audi S4.
British sports cars? Their appreciation has outpaced inflation, which means that I can't choose a TVR or a Jensen - all I can do is follow in Hammond's footsteps with a 1991 Lotus Elan.
4-seater convertibles below £2700 or so? Nope, I'm not getting a BMW, even though 330Ci E46s are in the budget - how about a 2005 Saab 9-3 Aero instead?
When it comes to spending around £9500 on any car, maybe that isn't enough for a F10 M5, W212 E63 AMG or C7 RS6, but it's enough for their British rival - an early Jaguar XF-R, making over 500 BHP with the help of a supercharger.
Rallycross on a budget? Since I know very little about motorsport, I'd probably mess something up with my choice, but how about nearly 200 HP in a 2-seater in the form of a 1999 SLK230 Kompressor for just as much as Clarkson paid for his E36?
Hot hatches? Even increasing the budget to £1000 and moving the timespan to the end of the 90s didn't keep me out of the beater bin - here's a 1997 Audi A3 1.8T Sport that may look dodgy, but at least has a manual and a recent MOT.
And budget SUVs run into the same issue as the OG cheap car challenge - I simply have no choices, best I can do is a £550 2006 Honda CR-V with knock sensor and ABS issues
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Next up, Porsches for £1500 - or around £2500 now. With the "affordable" 4-cylinder Porsches being valuable classics now, we only have the option to follow Jeremy - buy the cheapest V8 Porsche out there, a £2480 2006 Cayenne S, and ignore the "sound coming from engine".
Coupes in the same budget? Not sticking to one brand gives a lot more options. I can follow the example of James May by buying a clapped-out GT - a 2005 BMW 645Ci with an oil leak and two different rim models, or go the sensible route with a 2003 Audi TT 1.8T Quattro with a manual, full service history and no MOT advisories. Guess which one would make for a better challenge car?
Italian exotics? With the Italian brands moving away from even trying to make a supercar affordable, £16k still doesn't get you anywhere near anything Italian with the engine in the middle - you need over twice that for a Mondial. That said, one can modernize the challenge to a newer kind of "affordable" exotic - big money cars from before the Great Recession. How does a W12 Bentley Continental with "£5k spent" sound?
Moving on to vans below £1600, how about "go big or go home" with the most powerful, one of the biggest and one of the rustiest vans below that price, a 2003 MB Sprinter 313 CDI?
British Leyland? Since even sub-£1855 BL products have disintegrated by now, I gave myself the liberty to include the products of Rover Group and MG Rover. How about a one-owner MG TF?
Police cars below £1500? Well, I can take the criminals' favourite - a graphite Jaguar XJ8 - and give it a job on the other side of the law after covering up the dents.
Alfa Romeos in the same budget? How about a 1999 GTV 2.0 TS with a bordello red interior?
And while we're on the topic of red, my entry for the luxury car challenge would be a 1970 Cadillac Coupe de Ville convertible that even fits within the original budget - how about throwing in a few Hunter S. Thompson references?
Lorries below £7500? Since I know absolutely nothing about lorries, I'm gonna go with the most powerful, highest GVW one I could find - a 2001 ERF ECX11.41 MT.
Teenager cars below £3650? To save on time, Dad can have half of the money for insurance, and the rest can go towards the most interesting thing in the sub-insurance group 20 crowd - a Fiat Bravo with a turbo and a whopping 150 BHP.
RWD cars below ~£2200? For some reason I can't escape the appeal of the R171's inbred American cousin, and want to take a 2004 Crossfire to France after gluing the roof lining back on.
When it comes to the pre-1982 cars, besides upping the budget to around £4500, I moved the year limit forward by 16 years. That means some open-top JDM fun in a 1992 Eunos Roadster V-Special that, at £2750, even fits in the original budget.
Trackday saloons below £7000? One can choose RWD in the poor man's M5 E39, but I'd rather go Quattro in a 2006 Audi S4.
British sports cars? Their appreciation has outpaced inflation, which means that I can't choose a TVR or a Jensen - all I can do is follow in Hammond's footsteps with a 1991 Lotus Elan.
4-seater convertibles below £2700 or so? Nope, I'm not getting a BMW, even though 330Ci E46s are in the budget - how about a 2005 Saab 9-3 Aero instead?
When it comes to spending around £9500 on any car, maybe that isn't enough for a F10 M5, W212 E63 AMG or C7 RS6, but it's enough for their British rival - an early Jaguar XF-R, making over 500 BHP with the help of a supercharger.
Rallycross on a budget? Since I know very little about motorsport, I'd probably mess something up with my choice, but how about nearly 200 HP in a 2-seater in the form of a 1999 SLK230 Kompressor for just as much as Clarkson paid for his E36?
Hot hatches? Even increasing the budget to £1000 and moving the timespan to the end of the 90s didn't keep me out of the beater bin - here's a 1997 Audi A3 1.8T Sport that may look dodgy, but at least has a manual and a recent MOT.
And budget SUVs run into the same issue as the OG cheap car challenge - I simply have no choices, best I can do is a £550 2006 Honda CR-V with knock sensor and ABS issues
2023.03.01 13:35 by_tor2114_uk Any fans of Vanden Plas here? I recently picked up their Epic Works collection, and it's a real piece of work!
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2023.02.22 20:39 solidramza Vanden Plas - Vision 13teen: Stone Roses Edge
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