On Fri, 03 Jun 2005 17:49:37 GMT, (Don Pearce)
wrote:

On Fri, 3 Jun 2005 17:03:59 +0000 (UTC), Stewart Pinkerton
wrote:

On Fri, 03 Jun 2005 09:11:06 +0100, Signal wrote:

"Stewart Pinkerton" emitted :

Jeremy Clarksonese for any gearbox with controls mounted on the
steering wheel, F1 style. In this case, the brilliant DSG which really
does change faster than Schumacher could with a manual box.

You got DSG?

OK... I'm jealous. :-)

Approaching roundabout at 120 or so in 'Sport' mode, slam on the
anchors, foomaaa, foomaaa, foomaaa, foomaaa, throw her in, wriggle
from the ESP as she adjusts to the side loads, floor it at the apex,
woaa, woaaa, woaaaa, woaaaaa, woaaaaaaaaaaa.

The Bose system is redundant........................ :-)

Colleague in shiny new XKR beside me at the lights in the rain, engage
'launch control'. Lights change, we both floor it, I disappear while
his traction control is telling him not to be a naughty boy... :-)

Growing old is inevitable, growing up is optional! :-)

Hmmm.. sounds like a lotta fun. Not as fast as my mates £12k tuned
Golf 1.8 Turbo,

Yeah right - let's try that one on wet and muddy country roads, and
also through some twisties........

but still a fine car I wouldn't mind owning one
myself. We'll see when I get my MkV GTi though. It's fast as stock,
but easily chipped and modded to give outrageous performance for a
hatch. I think we should find a nice quiet stretch of road stewart..
and see then who has the biggest... err.. fastest car :-)

In a straight line on a dry road, with the 250-270BHP chipping, the
GTI would be a match, maybe even a smidgin quicker if you have the DSG
box, but under any other conditions.............

I still like my bigger version. With its Automotive Development chip,
they say it is good for 190, and I've managed just over 180 so far in
Germany.

http://www.donepearce.plus.com/odds/s4.jpg

Niiiiice! :-)
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Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering

On Sat, 4 Jun 2005 09:47:55 +0000 (UTC), Stewart Pinkerton
wrote:

I still like my bigger version. With its Automotive Development chip,
they say it is good for 190, and I've managed just over 180 so far in
Germany.

http://www.donepearce.plus.com/odds/s4.jpg

Niiiiice! :-)
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Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering

Only problem is, I've had it from new, and it is starting to get on a
bit. But what on earth do I replace it with? As far as I am concerned,
it is the perfect car. I've driven my mates' Ferraris, Morgan Aero,
TVR, RS4, RS6, etc etc etc.... and I still like my S4 best. My last
car was a Carrera 4, and even that didn't come close. Do I really have
to spend over a hundred grand? I don't want to.

Help!

d

Pearce Consulting
http://www.pearce.uk.com

Stewart Pinkerton wrote:

On Sat, 04 Jun 2005 19:31:38 +1000, Tat Chan
wrote:


I wouldn't mind a Legacy myself, with 180kW of power on tap, and it
looks more grown up than a WRX.


There's a guy at work who has a Forester with a 290 horse (about 215
kW) WRX engine in it. He loves blasting Beemers.................

the Forester Turbo version (GT/XT) is pretty much a WRX in a more respectable
family car guise (all the space in the back is handy with the wife and 2 kids!)

I don't know, there is something about a white-haired pensioner driving a
hatchback that isn't quite right ...


Oi! I admit to the hair (at least I still have it!), but I'm a few
years off me bus pass, thanks very much!

Sorry, I was only using the term "white-haired pensioner" which you
used yourself in a previous post ...



If you wanted street cred, you could have got an Impreza WRX. I hear the sonic
blue colour scheme goes well with tartan caps in your part of the world ...


There *is* no street cred in a WRX if you're over forty............

Yeah, point accepted. The young 'uns running around in them ruin it for
the over 30/40 crowd.


Our local farmer cum helicopter company owner has just acquired a
Bentley Continental GT, which is a *proper* gentleman's express. Big,
brutal, and will top 200mph while you swig Krug in the back...........

But what's the fun in not driving it yourself?

In article ,
Rob wrote:
Good. Got there. The reason for the claims of superior cable sound is
'pride of ownership'. Phew. Now, evidence please.

For the same reason someone may buy a designer T shirt at many times the
price of a supermarket one, when the supermarket one may actually be
better made.

--
*To be intoxicated is to feel sophisticated, but not be able to say it.

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

Rob wrote:

I still find it difficult to ignore this matter of perception and it's
importance to the debate.

It's all about perception.


I'm left with: 'people cannot differentiate between cables of a
similar type' as a view held by the majority on this NG.

The problem would seem to be that those who claim they can differentiate
won't undertake a properly controlled test to determine whether they really
can. Moreover, it would seem that those who have undertaken such a test
couldn't differentiate; and those who have the requisite knowledge of
physics, electronics, etc, see no technical reason for there to be audible
differences between cables that are otherwise competent.

I find it hard to draw any conclusion, other than that the whole 'golden
ears' cable thing is nothing more than smoke and mirrors.


--
Wally
www.artbywally.com/FiatPandaRally/index.htm
www.wally.myby.co.uk

In message , Stewart
Pinkerton writes
Our local farmer cum helicopter company owner has just acquired a
Bentley Continental GT, which is a *proper* gentleman's express. Big,
brutal, and will top 200mph while you swig Krug in the back...........

That's not the silvery-blue one that I see twice a day, once on my way
down to Leicester in the morning, and then on my way back to Nottingham
after work is it?

Lovely looking car, but you don't realise how enormously big it is until
you get close to it
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Chris Morriss

Stewart Pinkerton wrote:

On Sat, 04 Jun 2005 19:31:38 +1000, Tat Chan


If you wanted street cred, you could have got an Impreza WRX. I hear the sonic
blue colour scheme goes well with tartan caps in your part of the world ...


There *is* no street cred in a WRX if you're over forty............

I have seen people in their 40s driving a brand new WRX ... surely a sign
of a mid-life crisis (especially if they have their windows wound down with
bass heavy music pumping from the stereo)

On Sat, 04 Jun 2005 19:37:24 +1000, Tat Chan
wrote:

Stewart Pinkerton wrote:

Absolutely! There's also quality of construction, and the exact
required compromise among speed, appearance and comfort. OTOH, being a
canny Scot, I got a deal which took out the first 8 or 9 grand of the
depreciation, so I'd argue that it's a pretty functional choice......

I don't know how the UK tax system works, but how did you get the first 8-9
grand of depreciation factored into the deal?

You buy an ex-demonstrator and haggle real hard.........

Small difference - I don't claim that my A3 *outperforms* a Scooby,
except in terms of the overall compromise mentioned above......

so a turbo charged Impreza WRX STI would outperform your A3?

In speed and handling, yes. In terms of comfort, quality and residual
value, no.

Jeremy Clarksonese for any gearbox with controls mounted on the
steering wheel, F1 style. In this case, the brilliant DSG which really
does change faster than Schumacher could with a manual box.

so DSG is better than a standard manual gear shift?

Yes, in every possible way.
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Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering

On Sat, 04 Jun 2005 20:05:26 +1000, Tat Chan
wrote:

Stewart Pinkerton wrote:

Our local farmer cum helicopter company owner has just acquired a
Bentley Continental GT, which is a *proper* gentleman's express. Big,
brutal, and will top 200mph while you swig Krug in the back...........

But what's the fun in not driving it yourself?

As Elizabeth Taylor once said - there's absolutely nothing like the
feel of Connolly leather on your naked butt.................. :-)
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Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering

On Sat, 4 Jun 2005 12:31:24 +0100, Chris Morriss
wrote:

In message , Stewart
Pinkerton writes
Our local farmer cum helicopter company owner has just acquired a
Bentley Continental GT, which is a *proper* gentleman's express. Big,
brutal, and will top 200mph while you swig Krug in the back...........

That's not the silvery-blue one that I see twice a day, once on my way
down to Leicester in the morning, and then on my way back to Nottingham
after work is it?

Possibly, he's built a whacking great 'farm' house at Six Hills, but
the business is still on the A60 between Rempstone and Costock.

Lovely looking car, but you don't realise how enormously big it is until
you get close to it

Indeed - it's a truly traditional Bentley. Big, brutal and
hairy-chested. Can't say I care for the rear three-quarter view
though, it has something of a fat arse. Probably so you can get lots
of golf bags in, which was what ruined the Jag XK vs the DB7.

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Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering