***TOTALLY SHAMELESS SELF-PROMOTION/CAR PICS THREAD ALERT***
A project at home means I& #39;ve found a load of old images of cars from the years I lived in Bristol (2007-2012). So, thought I& #39;d share them: first up is my E64 645Ci - there& #39;ll be a lot of BMWs in this thread. Sorry.
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A project at home means I& #39;ve found a load of old images of cars from the years I lived in Bristol (2007-2012). So, thought I& #39;d share them: first up is my E64 645Ci - there& #39;ll be a lot of BMWs in this thread. Sorry.
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Here& #39;s the S2000, the one still on our driveway to this day, sharing screen time with other S2000s, and also my Mondeo ST220 Estate. Which I should *never* have sold.
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Sarah& #39;s E46 M3 here. OK, it had 19s and SMGII, which are both no-nos in E46 M3 world, but Steel Grey, Imola Red cabin and a facelift model with the LED rears.
It shared the driveway with a lot of BMWs, mostly glamorous. Not this grotty E36 328i T, though - a mag project car.
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It shared the driveway with a lot of BMWs, mostly glamorous. Not this grotty E36 328i T, though - a mag project car.
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Driving the E93 BMW 335i back from Spain to the UK, via the Pyrenees and Mont-St-Michel. Looking good on the drive between the E46 M3 and the S2000. The spec sheet from the time suggests it was around £38,000 with options and the autobox was a £1,490 extra!
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The launch of the E92 BMW M3, at Pau Arnos (I think). I& #39;m not 100 per cent sure, but I think in the background of the first shot you can see @ivanaistrop loading up a red example of the V8 M3.
We did an & #39;old v new& #39; shoot in Performance Tuner with Sarah& #39;s E46 and the E92.
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We did an & #39;old v new& #39; shoot in Performance Tuner with Sarah& #39;s E46 and the E92.
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Both MIB 627 and 161 BMW were in the previous Tweet, as they were available to drive on the E92 M3 launch. Here& #39;s the E30 M3 Ravaglia at home (on an overlap with an E93 M3 in the background of one shot). I believe both classic M3s remain on @BMW_UK& #39;s Heritage Fleet today...
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Here& #39;s 161 BMW sitting alongside Sarah& #39;s & #39;standard& #39; Coupe. And, elsewhere, me going Stateside on the launch of the E70 second-gen X5, in South Carolina, here driving a 4.8i.
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A BMW multimodel at The Vineyard, Stockcross, back in 2007. That 135i Coupe was a little gem and one of the first BMWs in decades with decent brakes (six-pot front callipers). One shot here shows that, even back then, any driving event near Newbury *had* to take in the B4494.
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Ah. Probably where my & #39;sickness& #39; started. Actually, I& #39;d already driven a black-with-red E61 M5 at another BMW multimodel at Stockcross before, but a week& #39;s holiday to Devon with the dogs in this Indianapolis sealed the deal. Sadly.
Hence the blue carbuncle on my drive now.
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Hence the blue carbuncle on my drive now.
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So, enough of the BMs now. Here are some other lovelies from the 2000s.
Such as a glorious X358 Jaguar XJR, a GR Subaru Impreza STi and a Lotus 2-Eleven. What a car, eh, @SP_Charlesworth?!
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Such as a glorious X358 Jaguar XJR, a GR Subaru Impreza STi and a Lotus 2-Eleven. What a car, eh, @SP_Charlesworth?!
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@AdamBcars recently had a B7 RS 4 Avant from @AudiUKPress& #39;s Heritage Fleet. If you can get a go in it, do, because it& #39;s one of the best Audi RS models of all time. Here& #39;s one, in matching Daytona Grey, in which I toured Scotland for a week of work/shoots in 2007.
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Some more random driveway testers:
- Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X (it was an FQ-360, I think, not the utter mentalist FQ-400)
- Volkswagen Golf GTI Pirelli (Mk5)
- @forduk& #39;s stunning Sierra RS Cosworth three-door, another car I think is still on the Heritage Fleet today
- E93 M3
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- Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X (it was an FQ-360, I think, not the utter mentalist FQ-400)
- Volkswagen Golf GTI Pirelli (Mk5)
- @forduk& #39;s stunning Sierra RS Cosworth three-door, another car I think is still on the Heritage Fleet today
- E93 M3
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Random launch cars:
- Volkswagen Touareg R50 TDI
- Volkswagen Tiguan Mk1 of some sort (erm... yeah)
- Aston Martin V8 Vantage with aftermarket Eibach in-car adjustable dampers
- Renault Laguna III on Corsica (I think the Aston-esque Coupe model was there, too)
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- Volkswagen Touareg R50 TDI
- Volkswagen Tiguan Mk1 of some sort (erm... yeah)
- Aston Martin V8 Vantage with aftermarket Eibach in-car adjustable dampers
- Renault Laguna III on Corsica (I think the Aston-esque Coupe model was there, too)
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Random launch and driveway cars:
- Volkswagen Passat R36 Estate (this was ace)
- Mazda RX-8 R3, far and away the best factory RX-8 of the lot (paging @SP_Charlesworth again)
- on the launch of the Renaultsport Twingo 133 in Portugal and what a cracking little thing that was
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- Volkswagen Passat R36 Estate (this was ace)
- Mazda RX-8 R3, far and away the best factory RX-8 of the lot (paging @SP_Charlesworth again)
- on the launch of the Renaultsport Twingo 133 in Portugal and what a cracking little thing that was
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And finally, some mopping up!
- Sarah& #39;s NB Mazda MX-5 1.8i Phoenix, which she had when I met her
- with @SP_Charlesworth at SMMT as we drove an R35 GT-R together
- I didn& #39;t drive the Murcielago LP670-4 SV; that was @Matt_Joy, the lucky so-and-so!!
Thanks for looking, all!
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- Sarah& #39;s NB Mazda MX-5 1.8i Phoenix, which she had when I met her
- with @SP_Charlesworth at SMMT as we drove an R35 GT-R together
- I didn& #39;t drive the Murcielago LP670-4 SV; that was @Matt_Joy, the lucky so-and-so!!
Thanks for looking, all!
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