Out of nowhere I think I’ve persuaded my wife to try one of these. If you have to have 7 seats on a budget I’m chuffed to get something slightly pimp
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Ah so the K-pop tour wagon has made its mark . Lot of car space and tech for the money
Yeah we went full circle via taxi driver MPV and poky SUV hell and I think she’s come round to this. I got her to sit in the 6/7th seat of a Seat Kodiaq and her knees were literally under her chin. Looked like she was riding a BMX.
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Has this been posted here yet? Some properly strong Merc pornongraphy.
So this new Tesla Roadster will have optional rocket thrusters, why am I not surprised.
It looks lovely, but I don’t get why it has to be $200k. If they just made a normal roadster on top of the existing platform I bet they would sell like hotcakes. There aren’t that many good convertibles around at the moment.
Edit - I guess they’ll probably sell like hotcakes anyway. So there’s that.
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When you consider the performance and mileage figures they’re claiming, $200k seems ridiculously reasonable. A lot of Tesla’s thunder and good will has been stolen by the advent of electric hypercars so they’re obviously looking to develop a mass market version before the other big sports car brands get in, and still maintain their appearance as the jewel in the crown of electric vehicles.
This reads like I’m a massive Elon apologist but I hate the prick, and think Tesla has a long way to go in terms of its practices and quality control before it will match the prestige of a traditional manufacturer in my eyes, for all that’s worth.
I suppose the question is if it will actually come out within a reasonable timescale, I think the Cybertruck has been significantly delayed twice now.
If it were to buy an electric sports car at the moment it would be a Taycan, I know the range isn’t the best but they look gorgeous, especially the Turismo version.
I think there’s a gaping hole in the market for a roadster/cabrio in that price bracket. I’m sure there will be an electric boxster soon but id like to see something a bit different.
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lol those are some numbers.
I guess if you look at it from $ per MPH it’s cheap compared to other hyper cars.
I see a lot of people mentioning quality control but I don’t know what they’re seeing that I’m not. Full leather interior, nice paintwork, good amount of space in the trunk and the ‘frunk’, good detailing, minimal buttons.
For me the only thing that’s shit is the choice of colours.
I’m no Musk fan but I will never get a different car, it’s practically perfect in every way. It’s the easiest car to drive and maintain. Never having to buy petrol is also a bonus.
Knowing what you spent per month on that Volvo you could probably afford one but the standard model isn’t that fast. Beautiful though.
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The Cyber Truck is sick! Don’t @ me
It’s things like the spoiler on the Model X. It was supposed to lift and lower automatically, or with changing drive modes, but they couldn’t get it to work so now it stays permanently raised, but this leaves a huge opening for water to get into the panel gaps and chassis. It shows a lack of quality control and overall care when producing their vehicles. Then there’s the customer service stuff, with them withholding vehicles from people who’ve paid a deposit in favour of full purchase, or removing features from cars (lumbar support in seats, “chill” mode) after order.
Don’t get me wrong, the progress they’ve made is huge, they just seem to model themselves on a something like a mobile phone company that sells cars, rather than a car company in terms of how they conduct their business.
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Yeah it’s a relatively new company and those are some fuck ups but I have no complaints at all other than you have to press a button on the screen to open the glovebox.
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Been driving my car like an absolute Grandma recently because of petrol and since fixing an engine management light problem, just needed new spark plugs and coil pack, jokes got an Audi R8 one. Everything been sweet, but haven’t driven it hard in ages.
Finally had the chance on this road today to belt it from a standing start. Love this car so much. Crazy quick.
Was meant to be going in for some work at VW, but my friend and I are going to do it as I have an itemised list of parts from the last service and he’s on it with cars. Stoked to learn.
Trying to buy a new boot at the moment as small amount of rust near the badge.
Mates gunna help get 2 small dents out that weren’t mine, and alloys need sorting from when I slightly caught them will sell these and get new ones. Monza’s are a bit too curvy.
Trying to get everything in the best shape as possible before I get it Stage 2 remapped and take it over 300bhp.
Still haven’t bough a diagnostics machine. Really don’t want an Amazon account.
I need to post more on the MK5 forums.
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VW are pretty pricey IME. I’d likely go down a vag specialist route on a MK5 for sure or you’ll get your pants pulled.
I hear you on driving miss daisy. My 5 series cost £92 to fill before Russia started being all aggressive and I’m dreading next fill up. I have completely the wrong car (through bad luck tbh) for the job it is doing now (town stop start) so I hope once my son is sorted I’ll go back to not driving much. Looks like I might not be able to fit my ledge and rails in the boot either, but will have a trial run this weekend.
Looking at clutch, valve clearances and MOT in a few months on my Integra. Will likely leave her at ABP Motorsport in Crewe for a few days for that and get them to change the oil too. Actually driving the Integra might be a good idea 
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Yer I just wanted to pay extra to get it serviced there so I had the absolute limit of what stuff will cost.
Yer there’s a VW specialist near my house literally 10mins away, or VW next to my work which is 1 min away.
All depends on where I’m working from, as if I’m in work its an hour away, but it looks like my friend and I will do it.
Either gunna have to drive the family wagon into work which is dead as fuck to drive (Fabia 1.2 half an estate) or pay a fortune in petrol. Problem with that is my car will end up doing loads of shitty little journeys if I take the Skoda, I really want to avoid those miles in it.
Last time I filled up was £1.44 but its at one petrol station that is always crazy cheap for some reason and its Sainsbury’s. Weird.
So I’m reckoning £90 a tank now, probably get 330miles out of it if I drive sensibly.
@Mike what Integra you got? Son ok?
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I would drive the shitheap to work, drive like a granny and treat yourself to a blast once a week or something in the VW
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