Ekona Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 Well, it's not mine, it's Jo's. Finally the days of 24mpg in the Impreza have become a little too much, and with 85K now on the clock we've sold Betty Beast to a good friend of ours before anything really expensive fails Any way, without further ado I give you Geoff! R57 Cooper S convertible. Usual odds and sods, not entirely keen on the wheels myself but Jo loves them and they are a cinch to clean. What you see there is the sum of 7 hours work today cleaning and correcting the paint, as when we went to pick it up on Thursday they'd washed it with a dirty cloth and scratched the heck out of the driver's door To be fair they did offer to fix it for us, but I knew I could do a better job so just got stuck in. The crapy picture doesn't do it justice, the paintwork is gorgeous and rich in the flesh. Cloth seats with red leather bits brighten the interior up, and the stock exhaust don't half like to burble and pop on the overrun! I've yet to drive Geoff since we picked him up, but having never owned a hot hatch I'm looking forward to scrabble wagon hooning. It might seem a hell of a step down from a 320bhp STi, and in terms of excitement of drive it is, but it's also a very solid and dependable commuting vehicle with enough puff to make life interesting. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoogyRev Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 Very nice, looks good in black Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATTAK Z Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spursmaddave Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 Bet you can't wait to slip inside Geoff and have a good hard ride Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekona Posted July 20, 2013 Author Share Posted July 20, 2013 Very nice, looks good in black Yup, another German car with round headlights and black body over black wheels, with red highlights on the interior It's like we have a type or something...! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekona Posted July 20, 2013 Author Share Posted July 20, 2013 Bet you can't wait to slip inside Geoff and have a good hard ride Damn straight, Geoff has a lovely looking shaft with a bulbous end that seems ripe just to wrap my hand around and give a good waggling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MITZ@CougarStore Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 Nice one, Dan (Jo), we had a red one through the workshop on Thursday... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spursmaddave Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 Bet you can't wait to slip inside Geoff and have a good hard ride Damn straight, Geoff has a lovely looking shaft with a bulbous end that seems ripe just to wrap my hand around and give a good waggling I now feel very very sorry for Geoff.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ioneabee Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 looks like a fine example would you care to come and try and show my son how to clean his Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theheff Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 did you put your high heels and pinny on to wash it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theheff Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 where is the "youll look like a mincer driving that" smiley? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spursmaddave Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 where is the "youll look like a mincer driving that" smiley? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekona Posted July 20, 2013 Author Share Posted July 20, 2013 No more so than in the '5, ultimate hairdresser car! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spursmaddave Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 (edited) No more so than in the '5, ultimate hairdresser car! True I feel very camp driving ours Edited July 20, 2013 by spursmaddave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glrnet Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 Hello Geoff Bit disappointed, for a moment I thought Ford had pulled their finger out and you'd got your big feck off truck at last!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtbiscuit Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 Good choice dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slosh Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 (edited) Get rid of the run flats and it will make it a much better car. Miss my supercharged one a bit tbh! Nice buy Edited July 20, 2013 by Slosh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brillomaster Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 the guy i car share with has a cooper s - he normally thrapes the nuts of it, and seems fairly nippy! plus you are right, even the standard exhaust is hilariously burbly and pops all the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 Nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humpy Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 Good choice Mr Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leonk Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 Very nice Dan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wizurd Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 Like the look of that. Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk 4 Beta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekona Posted July 21, 2013 Author Share Posted July 21, 2013 Cheers folks I'll try and get some better pics at the PHSS today, hopefully some in the actual sun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoogyRev Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 Looking forward to the pics Dan Sunny day, roof down ...... Don't forget to pop your handbag in the boot out of sight. Don't want anyone taking the **** and all that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 Nice car but its not a ZED 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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