I love that sound!!

The Northern Monkey

Opened my window tonight on the way home from work (yeah I didn't ride again :roll: ) to get rid of the rain and realised i'd forgotten how nice the V6 sounds with a bit of right foot

Ahhh... decided i'm not getting rid of it now... the Golf I tried at the weekend was faaaar too boring!

Gotta go get the GF from the train station at 10 so i'll be driving with the window down

Cold weather is shitty! Makes you hate the stuff you love!

Mancunianfightingcat

take you air filter out, it'll sound even better.....

Kiblams

Oh and drill some holes in your exhaust! that's what all the professional racing teams do...

The Northern Monkey

Kiblams wrote:

Oh and drill some holes in your exhaust! that's what all the professional racing teams do...

Feck that! I blew the baffles in the exhaust about 3 months ago.... THAT was loud haha.

missmarple

Lucky bugger, aren't you a student?!

butcher of bakersfield

That's the only reason I'm putting up with 15mpg. Normally I'm happy with any old runabout, and rarely even drive fast. But the sound of a 2.5l straight six... I can't bear to give it up.

mudsucker

what are you driving Ben? V6s do sound good.

Briggo

I dont miss the sound of my previous V6, not after noticing the lack of trips to the petrol station anymore.

Gotta love diesels these days when they're as fast as petrols (well some are) but are so much better in the mpg department.

The Northern Monkey

mudsucker
Hyundai Coupe 2.7 V6


missmarple
Nah I graduated in August I bought the Coupe the day after I got a job

Briggo
Its not toooooo bad. Can average around 20mpg if i really try

Briggo

20mpg, as good as that? I was getting around 17mpg in my old ST24.

Now I get 35mpg in heavy urban traffic, 55+ on a run in my ST TDCi & this diesel is just as fast 0-60 and has more grunt when it matters.

bails87

I knew you had a Hyundai Coupe, didn't know it was a 2.7, I guess you're a year younger than me, in which case..... Sweet Zombie Jesus, where do you get the money to pay for the insurance on that!?

Briggo

2.7 is only group 14, not that bad to be honest.

bails87

Not that bad maybe, but nothing's "good" in insurance when you're a 21 year old male with no NCD

I was paying about £800 on an '03 106 last year.

Graydawg

LOL the first time in my life I have had insurance under £200 was last year.... Delighted!!

Man - that means I'm moving out of the "high risk" catagory, that they pideon hole every young driver in to....... :roll:

Briggo

bails87 wrote:

I was paying about £800 on an '03 106 last year.

More than the car is worth isnt it?

Hated the days of young driver premiums and excesses, you notice the difference when you hit over 25.

cee

yip....i love both the sound of a v6 and paying 200 quid a year for fully comp and protected NCD.

bails87

Briggo wrote:

bails87 wrote:

I was paying about £800 on an '03 106 last year.

More than the car is worth isnt it?

Hated the days of young driver premiums and excesses, you notice the difference when you hit over 25.

Cheeky git!

It's worth at least twice that

But I suppose not buying fancy cars does mean I get to save money. So when the insurance is cheaper I'll be able to get something nicer. Although, out of curiosity I put a car like Benj's into confused.com and it came out at between 3 and 6 times as much as I pay on my car now, as well as the cost of buying the car in the first place, and paying more tax. That's a fair old wodge when I'm trying to save for a house/flat deposit

missmarple

Briggo wrote:

20mpg, as good as that? I was getting around 17mpg in my old ST24.

Now I get 35mpg in heavy urban traffic, 55+ on a run in my ST TDCi & this diesel is just as fast 0-60 and has more grunt when it matters.

You only get 20MPG for a 2.7 V6?! My dad's 3.2 V6 Merc gets upto 35MPG on a good day!

Where is SurfMatt to boast about the MPG of his rep-mobile? :twisted:

Graydawg

+1 for the TDCI - I have returned >55mpg on Long runs!!

And it still has plenty power! Granted there's nothing nicer than the sound of a V engine, but the age of the Diesel has well and truly landed! Performance and Economy - can't beat it!

Surf-Matt

missmarple wrote:

Briggo wrote:

20mpg, as good as that? I was getting around 17mpg in my old ST24.

Now I get 35mpg in heavy urban traffic, 55+ on a run in my ST TDCi & this diesel is just as fast 0-60 and has more grunt when it matters.

You only get 20MPG for a 2.7 V6?! My dad's 3.2 V6 Merc gets upto 35MPG on a good day!

Where is SurfMatt to boast about the MPG of his rep-mobile? :twisted:

Since when is BMW estate a repmobile? Mpg isn't actually amazing - low 30s most of the time, high 30s if I drive like a gayer. Still not bad for the power and torque and it even sounds good for a diesel too...

But my old R32 Golf sounded amazing - even when idling! I do miss that sound but it was slow compared to the 3.0 twin turbo soot chucking hearse from hell...

bails87

Aha, this is where I start to win a bit!

I get very close to 50mpg on my commute (which is nearly all of my driving), I drive at the speed limit, and can go round the corners at the speed limit too, so it might take an extra couple of seconds to get to 50 or 60mph but once I'm there I stay there.

20mpg?! pah!

Surf-Matt

I think you might win of "ease of parking" too Bails. Although the Jimny is so short and has such a small turning circle that it might be a contender...

bails87

Surf-Matt wrote:

I think you might win of "ease of parking" too Bails. Although the Jimny is so short and has such a small turning circle that it might be a contender...

Just get out, lift up the front and roll it in like a wheelbarrow, easy!

The Northern Monkey

bails87 wrote:

I knew you had a Hyundai Coupe, didn't know it was a 2.7, I guess you're a year younger than me, in which case..... Sweet Zombie Jesus, where do you get the money to pay for the insurance on that!?

Yea the insurance is surprisingly cheap! (23yo, 0NCB, no claims made) and only cost £800 fully comp for the year with full breakdown cover!

heres the crack... Couldn't get insured on a 307xsi, 206gti was 1k and 206gti180 was 1.5k!

I reckon its low insurance because the V6 Hyundai Coupe is fairly rare in comparison to the above, and not really owned by Roy Bacers!

re: 20mpg.... I said if I try I can get 20mpg.... I don't usually try

might be off to Santa Pob for a blast next weekend

bails87

Ah, I'd assumed because you'd only graduated last year that you were a year younger than me. But a year or 2 at our tender age makes a big difference!

I was putting in 2 years NCD and getting quotes over £1500!

*AL*

bails87 wrote:

re: 20mpg.... I said if I try I can get 20mpg.... I don't usually try

I tried once, I managed 37 on a motorway run using cruse control, wasn't a lot of fun to be honest and I haven't really tried it since.

If I wanted good mpg I would've bought a diesel instead of a V6.

The eco mentalists may hate me, but I do get a Christmas card from Opec every year which is nice

Surf-Matt

Used to get mid 20s in my R32 (3.2 V6) - it wasn't too bad on fuel really.

Current twin turbo 3.0 straight six gets mid 30s and the tax is cheap too

Chaz.Harding

I can get about 55mpg out of my bike. Maybe 47-ish if I ride it like a lunatic

And it's MUCH faster than, I'd guess about 95% of ALL cars on the road.



BUT... It's absolutely HORRIBLE riding in the snow / ice / rain / cold / winds.... I need a car...

Surf-Matt

And where do you put your shopping/bikes/surfboards?!

I had a little fun with a pair of fast motorbikes the other day - sweeping A roads for about 5 miles. They are VERY quick on the straight (obviously) but cannot get the power down nearly as early or grip as well round bends - it was surprisingly close and rather fun

bails87

Surf-Matt wrote:

it was surprisingly close

So you lost?

jacktheoc

Im on the look out for a De-Cat pipe for my zetec s. also considering taking the middle silencer out and replacing it with a race tube or flexi..