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Both are slow and ugly. The Merc is marginally less ugly, so that's the one I'd go for. Depends on what you want out of it though really. The BMW would probably give the most focused driving experience but neither are going to set the world on fire as they're both lacking in any real oomf.
Sam, I used to do kayaking, aaaages ago. Was real good at it too. Unfortunately I don't have space for a kayak and I challenge you to find a realistic way of transporting one about on a Eunos Roadster.
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quote:Originally posted by Ringo: Both are slow and ugly. The Merc is marginally less ugly, so that's the one I'd go for. Depends on what you want out of it though really. The BMW would probably give the most focused driving experience but neither are going to set the world on fire as they're both lacking in any real oomf.
Hmm. What would you recommend, Ringers? I quite like the look of the new SLK, which shows how boxy the previous version was. The BMW is an acquired taste with its funny lines and long nose, I agree.
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For the cost of the Merc specced up (even with its poxy little engine) you could virtually buy a TVR Tuscan S
That'd be my choice if you want an actual driving experience.
Or a slightly more down to earth choice for me would be between a Porsche Boxster (though everyone will think you're gay) or the Honda S2000 (which is maybe a little underwhelming to look at but is an absolutely fantastic piece of engineering)
Or if you wanted to be fully mental, you could get a few-year-old Honda NSX
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My cousin had a TVR - it was bloody expensive to run. The Tuscan is fixed-roof anyway.
Now the S2000 looks interesting - agreed, it's not the most aesthetically pleasing, but it's a Honda which equals reliability and excellent build quality.
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I can't stop laughing at 'click here to visit our sister site panzerace.net' - In fact I've taking to using it at work as a kind of catch-all statement.
Colleague: The server has just gone down for the Blackberries
Me: (surprised expression) Click here to visit our sister site, panzerace.net!
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They do a convertible Tuscan S, but you're right the build quality is a bit shoddy. I've heard that with TVR if you get a good one they're about the best cars on the road, but if you get a bad one it'll put you off them forever.
My main grips with the likes of Mercedes and BMW is that they seem to be increasingly geared towards the American market. The cars are bigger, heavier, and basically slower. Well, perhaps more tuned towards lower end torque, but the point remains.
Whereas a car like the Honda is lightweight, and a focused driving maching.
Talking of lightweight of course, there's always the range of Lotus cars to consider, although these are fairly focused cars and maybe a bit hardcore for what you're looking for.
The Honda is the best choice in my opinion. A good compromise between reliability, build quality, and performance. It'll not rape your bank account to keep it running, and you can absolutely wring its neck and know that the only thing that's likely to go wrong is you putting it through a hedge.
Earlier ones have slightly suspect handling, but if you've got the kind of budget that can get an SLK then you can afford a reasonably new one.
Perhaps the only issue is that the interiors are a little spartan, and I know some people find the engine just a little bit too racey.
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Ringo, should I get a Civic? And if I do, red or black?
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My week has been an alcohol fuelled oblivion, getting up in the afternoon and going out in the evening just trying to numb the directionless mess that is my life. The 4 promising job options have all just about dried up and there doesn't seem to be anything on the horizon.
I guess the weekend and beyond for the foreseeable will be much the same....
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Week spent in dressing gown or pyjamas mainly, playing Xbox with the curtains drawn. Yes, I am a student male of age 24. Or something. Today I did go outside though wearing a summer dress! The weather is beautiful. Nearly 30 degrees and cloudless. Also: posting on mumsnet about how boring it is when baby ignores due date to continue to sit massively in you instead, and how every time you stub your toe or whatever or make any kind of pain noise people look at your with joyous expectation going 'LABOUR????!!!!???' as though they just can't wait for you to be in pain. Also: I have been freezing flannels to attempt ice packs to cure carpal tunnel sydrome hands. This morning I accessorised my dressing gown with defrosted flannels wrapped around wrists and fastened with hairbands like giant flannel wristbands worn by somebody who forgot to remember that wristbands stopped being ironically fashionable in like 2001 or something. I'm so hip. This weekend, my parents are visiting. To see the baby. Who does not exist yet. NO PRESSURE!!!!!
quote:Originally posted by Ringo: I used to do kayaking, aaaages ago. Was real good at it too. Unfortunately I don't have space for a kayak and I challenge you to find a realistic way of transporting one about on a Eunos Roadster.
I really wish I worked on the other side of a lake from home, just so I could commute with that every day.
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Hooray. I've just applied for a new job. And the closing date is tomorrow. (Saturday? odd). So now I can go through the painful waiting, probably the excruciating preparing for an interview, the fear inducing interview followed by the crushing disappointment of rejection.
Which I shall then top off with a comforting wank and then get drunk.
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I've been for so many interviews this year that they started to become less 'fear inducing' and more like a tedious chore that needed to be gotten out of the way, like a heavy bowel movement. It's important not to confuse the two, though - I reckon that cost me a job with a major financial services group. They're an uptight lot.
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I'm picturing one of your colleagues walking and catching you, hands and mouth covered in cream, icing and sponge, and saying "Oh H1ppychick. Oh H1ppychick not again".
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An agency called me up. It was totally sweet. They were all like 'are you looking for work? We want to meet you. Can you come in immediately?' So Monday evening I'm going to wick-wick-wax lyrical about jobs with them. I really want the satisfaction of finding just the right job offering about 5 grand more and just say 'there you go' with a resignation. Obviously this feels horrible to say now that Waynster's having a hard time. Probably CiH too. Herbs. Maybe all of us.
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Good luck NWOD! I'm not having a hard time as I have a job that pays well enough for me to have a roof over my head and occasionally eat steak, I'm just terminally bored with my current role so it would be very churlish of me to complain as there are people much worse off.
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Good luck NWOD! I'm pretty much set for life. I'd either have to literally kill someone or get caught having a wank in the Presidents' office before I lost this gig. Posts: 7436
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Yeah, good luck for Monday NWOD. I'll keep fingers and toes crossed.
I wonder if you'll have got a job and London'll have had the baby the next time I get to post? I hope so; especially the baby as it could be six weeks until I can wile away a day on tmo again. I'll have to pop in after hours to check until then.
Good luck London!!
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My weekend will be spent the same way the last two weeks have been spent: constantly attached at the tits to mewling little mouth or plastic torture device (breast pump), and filling the freezer with the resulting contents of the latter and the trash can w/the resulting excretions of the former.
See what you have to look forward to London?
and I'd kind of like to see SATC, but I think my breasts would explode if I sat in a theater that long.
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What is it with the older chicks, they literally can't keep their hands off me. I'm going on a date with one from Mcdonalds this weekend, 33! But it's just casual casual. Hilariously I got a 14 year old "my friend fancies you" from one of the other staff.
But don't worry fact fans she has a PGCE and works for the NHS during the day.
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