just thinking aloud

must stop thinking about it...


back to reality

does look sorted though,

 

Now now Daz, you know how much you lost on the last Impreza

There's an 03 T25 in FS that started out at 23.5k and is down to 20k. IIRC they retailed at 34k new


If money was no object however






























Nah, I still couldn't justify 40k on a jap saloon.


Edited to add, the car I mentioned is now in Autotrader for 19,995 CLICKY

 

I agree mate.. very tempted myself... but I'm now looking at putting an offer on a house and possibly setting up a little sandwich business for Katrina, so things like this will be off the radar for a short while...

Dave - with a PWR better than a 911 Turbo... I wouldn't hesitate spending that kind of money for a 4 door everyday saloon...

 

I agree with the fantastic specification of the car, both you and I have driven the earlier incarnation and so are well aware of the potential. It's just that when talking numbers like that the head has to have some say, not just the 9yo boy in all of us. For similar money you could have quite a few more exotic cars that will have much better residuals after 3 years. I know that they almost certainly will never be as fast, or capable, but they have other things to offer such as style and class that any Scoob, no matter how much money and technical wizardry will never have. Performance per penny and smiles per mile they are hard to beat, with only Mitrubishi offering any challenge, but at that price level I'd want something a bit more special. I can justify maybe £18k on that 03 one I pointed out however, and as I said in his FS thread, if I was 8-10 months further down the line with my new business venture I would have been viewing it with an intention to buy.

Last week I watched a Porsche Cayman pull into the pub car park opposite my house, and the gathered neds out having a drink barely noticed it. At the same time a Scoob burbled past and 3 of them moved into the road to watch it disappear round the corner. I know which is the fastest car, but when sat in that stylish and beautifully crafted interior, enjoying the sort of driving experience that Scoobs cannot ever hope to offer, and whilst considering the residuals when it comes time to swap, I know where my money would go. The grip and ease at which a Scoob goes fast is fantastic, but driver thrill and involvement is lacking compared to true sports cars. Dazza will be able to relate to it as the Atom in some situations may not be as quick, but I bet it's a lot more exciting and rewarding that the go anywhere, at any speed by any driver experience of the Scoob. It's the same thing with Elise's, MX5's or a raft of decent RWD coupe's. Ultimately not as fast, but ultimately more rewarding, and ultimately more stylish and ultimately worth more and easier to sell after 3 years.

Fantastic, Hell yes, Worth £40k, nah ! IMHO.

 

dave i think yuor right, the Atom is worth what i paid for it, and whne it goes i need a buzz... so....... i think i need a MX bike... yep thats it... crosser for me.... BTW Minced a 06 BMW sports bike tonight head down and full knee out job around the roundabout.... Bye!!!!

 

Buzz? here you go

http://home.comcast.net/~peterwrightphoto/St17.htm

 

I may be wrong Dazza....have a look at these results...CLICKY

 

cant see them results.. but you need to have a go in my sti10..350bhp and 365 torque and £1500. would give 500bhp and a set of ast.s

 

Link should open a PDF straight into Acrobat Reader Dave. Basic gist is that Litcho's T25 wiped the floor at Time Attack, including a couple of Ariel Atoms

 

i would have had a t25 from litchs but did not want to sell one to me.. but im happy now.. and dazas atom is a great track car and daz can make it go some but i here what you say

 

Yeah, the attitude you got from Litcho's was strange as myself and Al have only ever been treated well by them. The test I had in a T25 was an 03, and the 06 is leaps and bounds better, but it was still an awesome machine. The race car will be a quantum leap above that for track work, but I bet it's awful as a road car.

I don't know if the Atoms at Time Attack were anywhere near Dazza's spec, and maybe the little fella's driving prowess could have clinched it for the rollerskates. Let's see if we can talk him into entering next year

 

Licho's have the thumbs down from me too

 

Andrew smith didn't run in the final's and i beleive he had a weel baering problem, but his cars the same spec as mine... here's the results from silverstone.
Nissan Skyline R33 GTRPeter EverettTime 1:05.443Mitsubishi EvolutionClive SeddonTime 1:01.140Ford Escort CosworthSteve ScottTime 1:03.481Subaru ImprezaPhilip KeenTime 1:03.655Toyota CelicaAdrian SmithTime 1:04.107Nissan Skyline R32 GTRDarren BlyTime 1:04.750Honda Integra Type-RDixon ChengeTime 1:11.699Honda Civic Type-ROliver CrawfordTime 1:09.724Dodge ViperJoel EnglishTime 1:07.152Mazda FD3S RX7Maxim TaylorTime 1:09.036Nissan 200SX Jeremy HorshamTime 1:05.641Dax RushDuncan CowperTime 1:02.679Toyota MR2 Richard SenterTime 1:22.964Ariel AtomAndrew SmithTime 1:03.368Lotus EliseTony PearmanTime 1:10.777

Not sure if i'd call any of the cars around the same time as road cars though, the t25 running in the time attack is a purley and simply a race car i had a good look at it and there's no way you could live with it on the road. in the same way you couldn;'t live with the norris evo, they are called Subaru and evo but have very little resemblance to the road car of the same name... andy's car is out of the box standard, and i suspect at £40k ALOT less money then norris and litchfield have pumped into there show cars... I'd be supprised alos if one of the top runners would last a weekend on the road withought something going POP! to achieve those time requires upwards of 700hp.

 

U going for a T25 then Daz.
Top motor they say........go on u know u want to.

 

Mmmm well, its not exactly a T25

 

CAN JUST SEE YOU ON IT DAZ.... BTW is it in atual size

 

Not strictly an MX bike though Daz, more trials.

Just a thought, was looking on the Ariel site at used tw'Atoms and stumbled on this...



...I thought yours was the first black framed, but this one is an 05(55)`

 

Nice 1 Daz used to ride a Bultaco 350 years ago great fun

 

I bet he can touch the floor with both feet on that one..........just

 

So did i but there are two others. never mind...

 

Swine, beat me to it.

Though if it's any higher than my gate he'll be nackered. Should have seen him last night. I strode over it and looked ack to see him stuck with a leg either side, each one a good couple of inches from the floor. That alone would have been top entertainment, but then he went for the mother of all dismounts and fell on his ****

 

Sounds like a classic Kodak moment Don't suppose you had the camera at hand

 

Unfortunately not, it was dark and I wash pished, which made it all even funnier