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Good to hear GM

....... like the meme...... In what way do you find it a money muncher, fuel, servicing or unreliable. Hopefully just the fuel as mine will be a weekend blaster

So very true JP, never ever considered buying a beemer seriously but the car just made sense to me

Cheers mate

Nice build that is........ but M3 E46 it is for me

Thanks Col, yes definitely. Like I said I was never a bm fan previously but that was promptly changed yesterday. Shauns M3 is just incredible to drive, only way to describe it is its like taking a steroid injected male rottweiler for a walk on a lead, walking behind a female rottweiler that's on heat !!!!. Even pottering through Newcastle City in 7th gear, it's just feels like it's egging you on to floor it, incredible car. The E46 was great to drive too but we were hitting rush hour so only got to open her up a couple of times but loved it. And that Pheonnix Yellow colour is stunning.

So, spent yesterday with Shaun down Newcastle way looking at various cars, EVO vii, S3 and ............ a M3 E46. EVO was nice but auto and there was little history evidence to go with it, so that was out. S3, I liked from my previous road test, but had another to look at but got to the car sales place and the salesman was "away on a private matter" with it... that peeved me as I had the test drive booked for a week !!!. Roll on to the next car place and the M3....... stunning in every way, full history mostly BMW, imacculate condition inside and out with just 4 owners and 81000 miles on a 04 plate in Phoenix Yellow, took It for a test drive and half an hour latter slapped down my deposit. Was very surprised how much I liked it straight off. Might have had something to do with Shaun handing me the keys to his E92 M3 and saying "you want to drive Dad", wasn't turning that down. Bejesus. ...what a car to drive, never been that into BM's but Im converted now, that is thee best drive of a car in my life. Pretty sure it was subliminal seed planting by Shaun to buy the E46 and it worked !!,. My want for boost went straight out the window after driving both the M3's. So.... happy bunny now, just waiting for the call to say it's ready to be picked up, hopefully no later than Wednesday next week. Pics will follow when I get her home

In fact ... exactly the same as mps, just checked. How good their ratings are I've no idea

Just going by what black circles rates them at for grip, fuel economy and noise

I've ran them for all 3 1/2 years I had my Zed and put a new set on her just before I sold her earlier this month. They are great tyres IMHO, I'm no tyre guru but I drove my Zed hard at times and they never felt like they were going to put me into a ditch. If you compare they're rating against mps, youll find they are not far behind them. Personal choice but I liked them a lot and felt they suited the Zed perfectly.

I'll approve Nissanman but can you update op with delivery cost or if pickup from your home postcode .

Think it will be okay to approve. No other mods have commented so ill approve it. If it's not then I'm sure one of the more experienced guys will chip in

Took a test drive yesterday in a s3 hatch.......surprisingly I really liked it. Never really looked at them as a possible modding project but i liked it a lot

Lots of variables tbh mate but generally a good few grand

Agreed they do look good, but every evo looks good to me, except the X, still undecided on that shape.

The Saab would be Stu, very left field for modify in the UK, and a rarity here, which appeals to me a lot, but quite a large following for them state side. I actually really like the shape of them and the interior is lush. 280bhp as standard with an easily tuned engine that's good for 400 ponies on standard internals if the US modify scene is to be believed. I have an indy Saab specialist in Edinburgh who's highly thought of so may well seek his opinion on them. Only down side is its an Auto ...... but tbh at my age it's not something that bothers me much.

Aye....looked at a couple but they're all at Motorhub sadly mate

@coldel going to view a couple of cars next Thursday, Audio S3 and EVO VII. Ive been trying to track down a GT4 but there's only 2 at for sale on auto trader, and not really particularly good example going by the background checks I've done. Also looking at a couple of WRX STI's and dare I say it a Saab turbo X 2.8 v6 !!

Clear pictures of all 4 wheels and your name on paper please within the photos Mudman, then it can be approved . A look at your price might be good too as you've got them for sale at £35.00 !!!

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Can't see a y pipe increasing noise by much, in fact if anything at all. If you can get hold of a Stillen Y pipe that would be great as they are well made and don't have flexi's to break

Going to pull the plug on this road trip lads...... not enough interest to warrant me spending hours planning it