My Journey...
Posted: Thu Nov 23, 2006 12:38 pm
All started with a 306 XSi
Managed to roll That. I was working for Subaru at the time, so although only 18 managed to get my hands on one.
They were very rare still then, and nobody knew what it was!
Kept it a while and just got bored, so took a complete change!
After about a year I got a puncture, when I arrived to get it fixed a shiney Scooby was parked up, which got me thinking!
Then decided to take the scooby to Germany.
I really started getting into the whole touring Europe thing, and the scoob was getting killed with all the miles.
I also got destroyed by a diesel audi on the autobarhn, so really needed a car that could sit at higher speeds.
M3 was much better on the long runs, sometimes doing 4,000 miles in a week. Insurance was very high due to my young age.
I then started getting into the Nurburgring, and knew my M3 had to be replaced but something a little more special!
CSL is the most amazing sounding car ever, on the track is was supurb, however I was still into GT crusing around Europe.
The CSL for me was tricky on the road, the wheels would follow any cambers and pull you about, I tried swapping to road tyres
and getting the aligment done but it was still not great on the road. And then my fears where felt when I stacked it into a ditch!
I decided I wanted 4wd again, as I was nervous after my crash. I also wanted something that looked more like a 'proper' sports car.
I had 2 black 996's turbo, firsted one was 'tiptronic' and only lasted a week before I swaped out to a manual.
Looking back the 996 Turbo was a great car, but it just lacked 'soul' it felt cold to drive. So I knew it had to go...
And then it happened! Went to a routine trip to the dealer ended up with this, it's the very car stig drove in Top gear...
This is the most amazing super car I've owned, but with that came the most problems.
Just like the CSL on the road it was pulling me all other the place, and it would ground out on anything other
than pure silk tarmac. This is a track car, and I was trying to use it as a GT car, which sadly, didn't work.
I decided I needed something that could easily get into multi storey car parks, not attract too much attention, but
still excite me, so it was back to BMW.
And something for the weekends!
M5 is the fastest car I've owned on the road, it was king of the autobarhn, but my god did it drink!
I was getting single figure mpg's and I was finding the car way to big. I woke up one morning and decided
I was giving it all up and I wanted a Golf Diesel! I viewed about 5 GT TDi's and just couldn't go through with it,
so decided to compromise...
Took it straight to the ring, and I got blasted by a 2.5TDi audi on the autobarhn which made me cry!
On the ring the car was rubbish!
Over a beer... or ten, I decided to make a list of the car I needed...
1) AWD / 4WD - For road use on british roads I have found this is definatly the way to go, OK not as fun as RWD, but for the road I'd rather be safe.
2) German - I spend so much time in Germany that I need a german car incase anything goes wrong.
3) Nearly New - I want a nearly new car with full dealer warrenty and backup.
4) Discreet Q Style - I have owned 'in your face' supercars, and the constant attention you get soon becomes annoying.
5) Ride Height - Most of the carparks in Germany are underground so the car cannot be too low.
6) Usability - Whats the point having an expensive car sat in the garage? You need to be able to use the car every day.
7) GT - Needs to be able to sit at high speed for long periods of time on German Autobarhns.
8) Size - I found the M5 too big, but the golf too small.
9) Image - I'd prefer to have a car people won't key if I left it in a car park.
10) Do I love it?? I need to LOVE the car, this is very hard as I've never found the perfect car.
I managed to find a cancelled order RS4, took it for a test drive and felt at home as soon as I got in...
It's not the fastest car I've had, or the sexiest, but it's the best. The best for me, and what I need the car for.
It does everything well, and a > b on wet leafy country roads can be driven faster than all the others.
I still need to get a crazy supercar, but the RS4 will always be the daily drive!
Managed to roll That. I was working for Subaru at the time, so although only 18 managed to get my hands on one.
They were very rare still then, and nobody knew what it was!
Kept it a while and just got bored, so took a complete change!
After about a year I got a puncture, when I arrived to get it fixed a shiney Scooby was parked up, which got me thinking!
Then decided to take the scooby to Germany.
I really started getting into the whole touring Europe thing, and the scoob was getting killed with all the miles.
I also got destroyed by a diesel audi on the autobarhn, so really needed a car that could sit at higher speeds.
M3 was much better on the long runs, sometimes doing 4,000 miles in a week. Insurance was very high due to my young age.
I then started getting into the Nurburgring, and knew my M3 had to be replaced but something a little more special!
CSL is the most amazing sounding car ever, on the track is was supurb, however I was still into GT crusing around Europe.
The CSL for me was tricky on the road, the wheels would follow any cambers and pull you about, I tried swapping to road tyres
and getting the aligment done but it was still not great on the road. And then my fears where felt when I stacked it into a ditch!
I decided I wanted 4wd again, as I was nervous after my crash. I also wanted something that looked more like a 'proper' sports car.
I had 2 black 996's turbo, firsted one was 'tiptronic' and only lasted a week before I swaped out to a manual.
Looking back the 996 Turbo was a great car, but it just lacked 'soul' it felt cold to drive. So I knew it had to go...
And then it happened! Went to a routine trip to the dealer ended up with this, it's the very car stig drove in Top gear...
This is the most amazing super car I've owned, but with that came the most problems.
Just like the CSL on the road it was pulling me all other the place, and it would ground out on anything other
than pure silk tarmac. This is a track car, and I was trying to use it as a GT car, which sadly, didn't work.
I decided I needed something that could easily get into multi storey car parks, not attract too much attention, but
still excite me, so it was back to BMW.
And something for the weekends!
M5 is the fastest car I've owned on the road, it was king of the autobarhn, but my god did it drink!
I was getting single figure mpg's and I was finding the car way to big. I woke up one morning and decided
I was giving it all up and I wanted a Golf Diesel! I viewed about 5 GT TDi's and just couldn't go through with it,
so decided to compromise...
Took it straight to the ring, and I got blasted by a 2.5TDi audi on the autobarhn which made me cry!
On the ring the car was rubbish!
Over a beer... or ten, I decided to make a list of the car I needed...
1) AWD / 4WD - For road use on british roads I have found this is definatly the way to go, OK not as fun as RWD, but for the road I'd rather be safe.
2) German - I spend so much time in Germany that I need a german car incase anything goes wrong.
3) Nearly New - I want a nearly new car with full dealer warrenty and backup.
4) Discreet Q Style - I have owned 'in your face' supercars, and the constant attention you get soon becomes annoying.
5) Ride Height - Most of the carparks in Germany are underground so the car cannot be too low.
6) Usability - Whats the point having an expensive car sat in the garage? You need to be able to use the car every day.
7) GT - Needs to be able to sit at high speed for long periods of time on German Autobarhns.
8) Size - I found the M5 too big, but the golf too small.
9) Image - I'd prefer to have a car people won't key if I left it in a car park.
10) Do I love it?? I need to LOVE the car, this is very hard as I've never found the perfect car.
I managed to find a cancelled order RS4, took it for a test drive and felt at home as soon as I got in...
It's not the fastest car I've had, or the sexiest, but it's the best. The best for me, and what I need the car for.
It does everything well, and a > b on wet leafy country roads can be driven faster than all the others.
I still need to get a crazy supercar, but the RS4 will always be the daily drive!
- not sure that I would have ended up at the RS4 but I havent driven one though who knows 