Rusty Crobar

My  £100k garage would be

Late model ISF with penske coilovers and switchable exhaust.

Lotus Evora S in lotus racing green.

Something for off roading like a Toyota Land cruiser amazon. 

Very interesting, they are all quite similar values. Merc and bmw are more popular brands but over time the rarity of the isf will hopefully keep demand high, plus there is no direct replacement. 

@gumball3000 another vote for the lotus carlton, dream machine! Also interested in your thoughts on the jag s type R...

2 minutes ago, Flytvr said:

I've been mulling over your problem Rusty (@Rusty Crobar). 

These van drivers that have taken a fancy to your car. Do you think it might be down to the venturi effect of those big trumpets sucking in passing by transit vans?

Could be, or they might just all be chavs😉

3 hours ago, Mark G said:

Whaaaat, tell me you are joking!!

It's the cars fault, she begs me to go fast 😶

Mk4 Ford escort 1.3 

Mazda 323f GT - pop up headlights!

Toyota MR2 turbo

Nissan 300zx

Honda Integra Type R

Peugeot 306gti-6

Subaru Legacy 3.0

Lexus isf 

All great cars, apart from 'scort 🙈

14 minutes ago, Big Rat said:

Tried that 3 times, happier with the 'F' when I want to go quickly she doesn't complain 😌

😂🙈🚀

16 minutes ago, Big Rat said:

Do you think they will accept you receiving a spanking in public dressed as Donald Trump the said punishment being administered by your wife dressed as Hilary Clinton 😂

Big Rat

You have quite an imagination 😟

Camera van on the M4, really stupid as I know they come out in force on Sundays. It was a really enjoyable drive home though 😂

Well, um, a friend of mine may have been caught speeding on the way back from Kemble...

98mph 😶. First ticket in 19 years, so he tells me *cough*

Same with Mrs crobar, more points on her licence than her tesco club card! 

They seem to like mine - more than any other group. Today I was stuck in traffic lights and a white van man pulled up next to me and told me to rev the engine 😂. It made my day although my wife was not impressed 😳.  She threatened to leave me if I ever caused a scene like that again in her presence...

...I'm gonna miss her 😁

Thanks, I'll have to give it a go one day.

Really nice pictures. Care to share your route? 😇

Hi Gordon, I think you've made a great choice! They are great cars straight out the box. If you are happy to modify it then coilovers will improve the ride quality and handling and a stainless exhaust is obligitory in my opinion 😊. 

If you are struggling to find a car close to you I would recommend a car buying service like palmdale motors. I used them to find mine and they were great. It cost about a grand but they do all the searching, negotiating and inspections. They'll then deliver it to your door. They haggled  £700 off the price which covered most of their fee. They're also all car guys so they know what they're doing. It's not for everyone but it saved me a lot of hassle 🖒

Good luck anyway. 

I'll be there, I'm coming from south Wales but not fussy on the location. You can't have a club meeting without at least one chav...

On Monday, January 23, 2017 at 9:42 PM, Toothy said:

And I'm glad I did Marcus.
Just took out a tracker free policy, for less than my Direct line quote!
£430. Very surprised! Only called for a quote, didn't expect to take out a policy with them :)
I was impressed with the questions they asked. They were asking about my current car I'm swapping from (350Z), how big the engine was, the BHP, etc.
Did indeed seem to tailor it for me.
£64 for an agreed valuation by the way - Can add that at a later date if I want. What do people think? Worth it?

Big thanks for the help guys!

Definitely get the agreed value, it'll save all the negotiation if it's stolen or written off. 

Such a shame but at least they can get it resprayed in a proper colour now 😉

I'm sure I could make it to the midlands meet 😎. Love the red on an F 🖒

Glad my thread bump worked. Did that on purpose obviously 😉

1 hour ago, Flytvr said:

Off for a two day blat through Wales tomorrow. Will pop into Rusty's car wash on way back!!!

You're welcome to a free wash whenever you are in Pontypridd 🖒.  I'll want some recommendations for decent driving roads though, sounds like you've found some good un's 🤔. 

@Big Rat no time for a good drive this weekend, the wife's had me cleaning the house 😧

Freshly washed today, nice to have silver wheels again!

I dug my tool kit out today and fitted the apexi and some spacers on the front wheels. 

It was dead easy to do the filter, done in about 5 minutes. Only went for a quick drive after but it sounds really nice, not crazy loud just a smooth roar. Although it has a job to be heard over my exhaust! Couldn't feel any performance difference and it's unlikely that I will but I'll let you know if I do.

The old induction system is a bit weird 😕. The tube looks like aluminium but painted black, anyone recognise it? The filter element was rusty! Never seen that before 😩

33 minutes ago, recaptured said:

You guys certainly know your isf's ! Lovely cars, In answer to a previous poster, I'm on the look out for either an isf or a m5, regarding the isf, mileage seems rather irrelevant as they seem bulletproof if serviced on time. Exterior colour not bothered, interior must be black as I have two year old twins and white would be ruined, also thought about a LS600h, any opinions on these ?

The LS is a very different car to an F or M5 and not really a drivers car, I'm sure it's a very lovely thing in its own right though. Reliablity would worry me with an M5 but they are epic!

1 hour ago, emjay82 said:

If I were a betting man...I would say you already have a similar setup (aftermarket intake hose and aftermarket panel filter) having seen under the hood at Kemble. Be interesting to see what's under there. I have the HPS hose and just awaiting delivery of the Tom's panel filter. 

Are you turning in to a chav? 😉

Nothing in the instructions about oiling it so I'll just bung it in 🙈