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Old Oct 1, 2012 | 04:23 AM
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15k? donor impreza engine @ circa 340bhp, decent coilovers and probably plenty left over for roll cage, race seats and some carbon bodywork.
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Old Oct 2, 2012 | 10:01 PM
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I sat in a TRD spec one at Goodwood FOS earlier this year. It was pearlescent white and looked absolutely awesome, but it won't make the pakage worth around 15K over and above the asking price of the standard car IMHO.
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Old Oct 4, 2012 | 02:16 AM
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It's a couple of bag for some BBS forged wheels & good tyres.

Couple of bag for a Litchfield tune.

Few hunderd for pearl jam white.

You don't really need any more plastic bits stuck on it.

After that, it's really just the rice bug - a souped-up standard car will be cheaper within a year or two.
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Old Nov 13, 2012 | 12:42 AM
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Whistles innocently.....

[media]http://youtu.be/oXiw0-1fteI[/media]
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Old Nov 13, 2012 | 01:43 AM
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What a tedious stream of gen-x received-wisdom cliches.

F ucking hell - an entire generation that only knows how to react because advertising tells them. If you believe the advertisers...

Boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooring. Prefer the moose test one.

Car handles weird on winter tyres, BTW; huuuuggge front grip, none at the rear. Might have to mess around with pressures.
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Old Nov 13, 2012 | 02:12 AM
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S2000 handles weird on winters too - it's sort of sponge bob right up until the limit at which point you get to fart about with massive oversteer or killer understeer. You might find it's just not quite cold enough yet.

However as far as comfort / predictability goes - waaaaay better and I do prefer the slightly more progressive breakaway handling as opposed to the snappy 'Oh Foster it' handling i get on the 17s
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Old Nov 13, 2012 | 05:08 AM
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Yeah, it's a bit like that. Cornering speeds are impressive, but it sort of doesn't know whether it's an Audi or a 911...
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Old Nov 15, 2012 | 06:27 AM
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http://www.asa.org.uk/Rulings/Adjudi...DJ_206185.aspx

Enjoyment continues to be a dirty word.

The fact that they ban this ad and yet the Lynx adverts (where a guy sprays it on him and then pulls and girl he wants) doesn't is a clear show of how pathetic we have become.

I wonder if the two people that complained were from the VW/Audi group???
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Old Nov 15, 2012 | 06:43 AM
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Funny that - i saw the advert in the Cinema last weekend and thought it was very cleverly done. Only 2 complaints? No problem with naming and shaming them then!!!!






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Old Nov 15, 2012 | 08:21 AM
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My guess is they will have direct links to VAG and BMW lol
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