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Title: Itchy Feet
Post by: SO8 on September 25, 2009, 06:40:44 pm
Nothing wrong with my Edition 30 .... but getting itchy feet after 18 months of ownership .... max £25K but could stretch to 28K if I really liked something   :smiley:

Dabbled with the idea of a VXR8 but can't find one at the right price near me - and the Vauxhall dealer nearest me doesn't seem interested!

Choices left :

1.  Keep the Edition 30 and get a TBE / go to Stage 2  :wink:
2.  S3 with DSG in white (ex demo ... and then Revo it)
3.  Focus RS in white in a few months when a few more are about and the silly prices have gone away ... with a view to remapping via Bluefin  :laugh:
4.  Z4M Roadster (I've come from 6 years of convertibles to the Ed 30 so am used to the limitations space wise, etc).

Views welcome ....
Title: Re: Itchy Feet
Post by: Greeners on September 25, 2009, 06:47:02 pm
Keep it!  :wink:

Title: Re: Itchy Feet
Post by: RobH on September 25, 2009, 07:16:05 pm
if your dead set on selling i would rather have a s3 than a focus rs but for 25k you could also have a bmw 335i and a tuned one carnt half shift.
Title: Re: Itchy Feet
Post by: tony_danza on September 25, 2009, 07:44:40 pm
I've been sniffing around Caymans S's today - I don't care if people do think they're a poor man's 911, drive one!
Title: Re: Itchy Feet
Post by: stealthwolf on September 25, 2009, 07:50:21 pm
Remap and turbo boost!
Title: Re: Itchy Feet
Post by: NB07 on September 25, 2009, 08:00:26 pm
maybe S3 or hang on for the Golf R or Rocco, i went and had a look at the RS just to see what the fuss is about and it doesnt feel faster as standard as its quite heavy and the sales man said i should expect at-least a 4 month wait as the allocations have all gone and used models are fetching 29k not sure how true it is as i havent bothered researching but he also told me they are only making 2k for britain and a new shape focus is out next year! it was almost like he was trying to put me off! i met a white one on the road and did think it looked good but when walking around the blue one i was thinking this is gareish! as for vauxhalls! although i know thats really an aussie car but imo stick with something trustworthy like a vag  :smiley:
Title: Re: Itchy Feet
Post by: wigit on September 25, 2009, 08:02:23 pm
keep it, Ed30s and Pirellis are such greta all rounders  :happy2:
Title: Re: Itchy Feet
Post by: VC on September 25, 2009, 08:51:41 pm
RS4  :evilgrin:
Title: Re: Itchy Feet
Post by: nc35 on September 25, 2009, 08:58:28 pm
Porsche - Any S badged one....

Cayman S is really good, given one when mine was in for service and the current price is too good to ignore.

Still going to be a VAG at the end of the day  :signLOL:
Title: Re: Itchy Feet
Post by: SO8 on September 25, 2009, 09:01:45 pm
RS4  :drool:   .... but about £35K upwards for lower mileage ones :(

Title: Re: Itchy Feet
Post by: Hurdy on September 25, 2009, 09:03:38 pm
RS4  :drool:   .... but about £35K upwards for lower mileage ones :(



And still slower than a mapped ED30 :happy2:
Title: Re: Itchy Feet
Post by: SO8 on September 25, 2009, 09:12:48 pm
RS4  :drool:   .... but about £35K upwards for lower mileage ones :(



And still slower than a mapped ED30 :happy2:

Agreed  :grin:  seen the video .... don't think I'll replicate though - bit too much grief  !
Title: Re: Itchy Feet
Post by: Sie on September 25, 2009, 10:40:06 pm
Defo keep the 30 and play with only had my GTi a while and love it.

Sie
Title: Re: Itchy Feet
Post by: Poverty on September 26, 2009, 12:25:24 am
getting a s3 will be like a step sideways, not forwards over the ed30.
Title: Re: Itchy Feet
Post by: gazbutS3 on September 26, 2009, 12:48:15 am
unless its raining  :laugh:
Title: Re: Itchy Feet
Post by: Peskarik on September 26, 2009, 07:17:09 am
I've been sniffing around Caymans S's today - I don't care if people do think they're a poor man's 911, drive one!

Actually, "poor man's 911" is what's about Boxter.
Would be silly to say something like that about CaymanS (even though it is remodelled boxter).
Title: Re: Itchy Feet
Post by: warren_cox on September 26, 2009, 08:13:46 am
unless its raining  :laugh:
:happy2: Good call, it rains on average for 191 days a year in Britain, so that's over half of them!

That said, and despite owning an S3, if I were you I'd buy a Porker.
Title: Re: Itchy Feet
Post by: Sunglasses Ron on September 26, 2009, 11:26:32 am
RS4  :drool:   .... but about £35K upwards for lower mileage ones :(



And still slower than a mapped ED30 :happy2:

Agreed  :grin:  seen the video .... don't think I'll replicate though - bit too much grief  !

Oi oi oi, I heard that..  :grin:
Title: Re: Itchy Feet
Post by: tony_danza on September 26, 2009, 12:11:05 pm
I've been sniffing around Caymans S's today - I don't care if people do think they're a poor man's 911, drive one!

Actually, "poor man's 911" is what's about Boxter.
Would be silly to say something like that about CaymanS (even though it is remodelled boxter).

I know that, you know that - but some idiots still think whatever they read is gospel.

Might get an extended test drive for a weekend soon...