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[stuboy]

Highlight of my last 24 hrs is i washed the car... yes very dull

[bunglebus]

Went to a little car meet at North Weald today. Mostly modernz, but there were some interesting things dotted about. Unfortunately space was quite limited, saw two series two RS Turbos and a MK1 Fiesta XR2 come in and leave straight away as there was nowhere to stop. Weald is massive but the planes need to use the taxiways!

Our mode of transport 

Dimma kitted R5 Turbo apparently has Golf R32 running gear!

BMW owner had bought his kids a climbing frame for Christmas by the looks of it

[vulgalour]

The annual tradition is upon us.  I make no apologies for Shaky Cam, it is what it is.

[wuvvum]

I bought a car today. 

Volkswagen Eos.  I've never really paid much attention to these before but this one came up on eBay cheap enough that I decided it was worth a punt.  It's a 2.0 TFSI so mechanically the same as a Golf GTI - a bit heavier obviously but it still goes OK.  Roof works fine, and other than a couple of scuffs, a missing headlight washer cover and a bit of rust on the nearside front arch it's pretty tidy.  It has leather, cruise control, working aircon, heated seats etc.  6-speed 'box but still not particularly high geared, but then it's a petrol engine.  Trip computer reckoned I'd done just over 34mpg on the 190-mile run back (with a stop off at the 6 Cylinders on the way past) which is a bit rubbish, but doing some proper calculations it did 125 miles on 20 quid which works out to 39mpg or thereabouts, which is a bit more acceptable - an 18-year-old 200bhp petrol engine is never going to be the most efficient thing.

[EspenO]

7 hours ago, bunglebus said:

BMW owner had bought his kids a climbing frame for Christmas by the looks of it

OEM+, m8. Homologation wing from the M3 GT, I think. 

[bunglebus]

2 hours ago, wuvvum said:

Volkswagen Eos... 18-year-old 

Well that's absolutely terrifying. I worked at VW when this was launched, went on the training course to learn all about it etc.

How the hell was that more than 18 years ago?

[beko1987]

4 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Well that's absolutely terrifying. I worked at VW when this was launched, went on the training course to learn all about it etc.

How the hell was that more than 18 years ago?

My dad had an Eos as a company car when they were launched! He loved it and still goes on about liking one nowadays 😂

I do have fond memories of top down drives in it, although he used to find bits of springs and stuff from the roof mech even back then, bet it's not a trip to the dealers and it's fixed for free if that happens nowadays... 

[EyesWeldedShut]

(Plus my 2008ish vintage Lidl/Aldi battery charger then threw some sort of internal fault and is also dead. Happy days)

[Royale80]

Range Rover exhaust fitted after derusting the underneath. Off the ramps now. MOT in Jan hopefully.

Had it 18 years.