The Tea Break Bench

[tony]

Only 170BHP? I dream of 170!! Got 130 in an MX5 (yeah, go on, get it over with). Base model, a bit scruffy, no traction control, tin-can ford up front, inline short throw gearbox, no luxuries. More fun on wet roads than it has any right to be, bugger all to insure and not thirsty. I remember how to go sideways now! but by heck is it lively this week...

Any chance you can fit me in for a haircut next week?

Actually, the MX-5 is a great car to drive - really great fun.
Bit tight for space, but what the hell!

[StewDurham]

Something for the weekend sir?

Mine is too underpowered - but does mean you have to be ruthless with it, which means good fun at less than ludicrous speeds... I reckon the 2 litre 160 BHP would do me fine and fit the chassis better - Oh and all the Mk3's are design flawed in Europe, springs too high to meet belgiums pedestrian regs, but a £400 trip to the specialist puts it back to where it is in USA/Japan markets, and gets the double wishbones back to being parallel to the ground. Blooming Beurocrats.

[Mike Bull]

Added a little header image to the first post in this thread

[Richie]

Uh Oh.....Rob's Mk2 mug is in the shot....it may bring back memories.......


I love the bap concealers too...

[Mike Bull]

The lady was discreetly covered up (and the rest blurred) when that shot was used as a pic of the day a while back...

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[Dangermouse]

Something for the weekend sir?

Mine is too underpowered - but does mean you have to be ruthless with it, which means good fun at less than ludicrous speeds... I reckon the 2 litre 160 BHP would do me fine and fit the chassis better - Oh and all the Mk3's are design flawed in Europe, springs too high to meet belgiums pedestrian regs, but a £400 trip to the specialist puts it back to where it is in USA/Japan markets, and gets the double wishbones back to being parallel to the ground. Blooming Beurocrats.

Ahh, is that the problem? I know there's a MK3.5 about now which was supposed to cure the suspension. I've driven my Mum's 2002 MX5 on a few occasions which is the 1.6 and embarrassingly slow (the Forester will leave it standing in a straight line and doesn't slow down much in corners either).

Why is it that the first version of any recent car is the best and they get worse from there on? I wouldn't want a 2012 Forester as it has turned into another wannabe SUV rather than an estate crossed with a gravel rally car.

[mtskull]

Confucius he say: "A contest of speed between a Pekinese and a Dachshund is of brief and passing interest to the Greyhound"

[StewDurham]

There's a really well driven Forester on the club rally scene at the moment, was going great on the Jack Frost stages at christmas time!
http://flic.kr/p/b6dqZD

[Dangermouse]

Yup, you can fit pretty much everything you'd add to a modified Impreza including the engine from a WRX or similar. The only tricky part is working out what era of Impreza you need parts from as while it's closely related the Forester isn't a straight copy. Take strut braces for example - you need the front one from the "Classic" Impreza and the rear from a "New Age" model.

[StewDurham]

Confucius he say: "A contest of speed between a Pekinese and a Dachshund is of brief and passing interest to the Greyhound"

I took my greyhound to work this week after a winter hibernation - been a while since I've been on it, but once I'd figured out what all the knobs and levers do again, I remembered what happens above 10K rpm... half a crown..sixpence..half a crown..sixpence.