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@NurseHolliday
Nice. My dad had one of the lowest static 190E 2.0s in the country back in the early 90s. Proper 90s Euro look going on with Zender bodykit and the small, wide, deep wheels. Black AMG 5 spokes with machined stepped lip. Bright white too, not that dodgy cream colour.
I always remember a phrase my dad said, there were a bunch of dads having a very middle class conversation about people hogging the outside lane on the motorway, he said, "I don't have that problem, when there's a low, wide, Mercedes filling your rear view mirror, and it's coming at you at 110, you get out of it's way!"
Double cab pickups are where it's at. Always wanted one as a teenager so you could take mates and bikes around the country and hit up different skateparks.
That blue... I like the whitewalls though.
458 what?
Isn't that the story of the person with the highest speed caught on UK roads?
Nothing, but then who wants to settle with "pretty good"? If you're going to go B road storming or do trackdays, you're going to eventually reach the limits of handling. The suspension design is also 50 years old, bringing it into the 21st century is no bad thing.
The guys who went racing didn't run standard suspension, neither do any of the race series now. Out of the factory the tolerances were good old Rover/BMC quality (read: massive), and think how they've been affected over the years, adjustable suspension allows you to bring the settings back to what was originally intended, or go beyond that and go more aggressive.
TBF, fbc did say a new unit of measure, Mach rather than MPH.
My friend has been building a bay with a WRX engine for 4 years now. Maybe he'll finish it one day...
It's annoying how effortlessly quick those are. A guy I know raced a California in his stock GTR 2 up with my friend in the passenger seat and did surprisingly well. Turned out it was Jay Kay driving the California who seemed a bit too happy at the whole situation. I think that guy just loves cars.