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Colin
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9th May 10 at 19:10   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Springs are made of an alloy of toffee & recovered chewing gum from the pavements. I had a set go then another after 1500 miles!! I'll be getting eibachs next time round!!
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Its deffo gonna be either The grey or yellow colour, not keen on the red.

Its gonna have to be manual as well as the SMG paddle thingy aint really my thing.

Ideally i'd like to swap my Evo for one as it would be a hell of a lot easier.

Really need a go in one first. Infact i'l need to go get an insurance quote as well. I'll try just now.


I had a list of colours I wanted but in the end bought mainly on condition & the deal I was getting!! Quite a few rough uncared for example out there so be weary!!

SMG's good but not for everyone, I had mixed feelings whithout having a go but 20min drive sold it to me I think its excellent. It can feel a bit ropey at times but I think all in all its fucking cock on!!

Like I said welcome to have a look round mine sometime champ

[Edited on 09-05-2010 by Colin]
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They did mate but i'm not a fan



That is really not a good picture of Imola Red. One of my fav colours and same as my Corsa was painted they really do look stunning IMO but thats a very poor pic.

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Cheers for the offer colin, might take you up on it.

I know about looking around, looked at over 10 evos before I bought mine.

Deffo gonna be either of those colour tho and I dont mind waiting on the right one.
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9th May 10 at 19:26   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Here is a mint red one
http://forums.m3cutters.co.uk/showthread.php?t=14930

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Well the insurance is a bit dearer than the Evo which is a bit of a shock lol. Minimum of £750 excess as well, not so good.
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I really dont rate the Red on them
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How about White

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White is the absolute sex, they go for stupid money tho.

Ibis or alpine white with smoked CSL wheels and CSL boot would be pure porn
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Could always get one in a less desirable colour and paint it

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Thats to much of a ballache tbh, plus the cost of a good paint job is around £3k+ as i'd want it done properly - engine bay, all door checks, boot area etc.

To make it affordable i'd need to find one with huge mileage and it'll be pretty ropey for one under £8k.

I would have a Max of £12k for one which I noticed is the going rate for decent standard fully serviced ones.
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my mums had hers for 6 years done 32k and snapped 2 sets of rear springs,bought eibachs after that and everything is cool
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Well the insurance is a bit dearer than the Evo which is a bit of a shock lol. Minimum of £750 excess as well, not so good.


Really?? Surprised at that!! I was getting quotes of over a grand for Evo 8/9's & the M3's only 500!!
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Cheers for the offer colin, might take you up on it.

I know about looking around, looked at over 10 evos before I bought mine.

Deffo gonna be either of those colour tho and I dont mind waiting on the right one.


Let me know if your going to be about, im off until the 19th.

Good ones in good colours get snapped up very quickly!! I had a ballache finding a good one, every one I went to see had already been sold!!
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I'll give my insurance co a phone just to see what they can do. Dont want to be paying more than the evo tbh.

So the mian thing is the snapped springs, that'll be the first thing I would change then. Are the brakes as bad as people say???
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brakes are only bad if its colins

Drives supercharged Tec with torque
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i never had a problem with my brakes, werent bad, werent amazing
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I'd want them to be very good, its a heavy car to slow down lol. My last car and previous one has amazing brakes so i'd like them to be the same.
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Brakes are fine I thought....unless your going to do some track driving or something!!?
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I wont track it but i'm one of those late brakers lol.
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Just looking at insurance on them myself, who are all you lot with M3's insured with?!

TT was group 18, so shouldn't be an awful lot dearer than that! Fella with a Black with black leather looking to do a P/X with a MK4 or MK5 diesel golf

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Yep I am actually pretty impressed with how mine stops. I don't really know what people are moaning about tbh. Seriously a factory spec m3 is pretty much perfect

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I have traders policy so insurance is only done on value.

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Im with Kwite-Fick (aka Kwik-Fit) Insurance!! £514 FC, large-ish excess but im ok with that!!

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