Here's what I saw today, mark 3 (don't quote pictures, 24h ban!)

Manic Moran · 22-01-2017 12:17am

It has issues in the rain, all right. I would think any RWD with over 800hp would. But Cadillac figured out how to make sports sedans a few years back, the CTS-V will fight an M5 or E AMG any day of the week. GM no longer only makes quarter-milers. I say this as an Audi S4 owner, with the S6 top of my next to-buy list. There is a reason the Caddy keeps winning motoring magazine shootouts.

Manic Moran · 22-01-2017 12:17am

It has issues in the rain, all right. I would think any RWD with over 800hp would. But Cadillac figured out how to make sports sedans a few years back, the CTS-V will fight an M5 or E AMG any day of the week. GM no longer only makes quarter-milers. I say this as an Audi S4 owner, with the S6 top of my next to-buy list. There is a reason the Caddy keeps winning motoring magazine shootouts.

Noccy_Mondy · 22-01-2017 12:28am

Okay okay, we get it, it has issues, sheesh :pac:

q85dw7osi4lebg · 22-01-2017 1:22am

I have issues in the rain with 240hp and rwd!!! Death trap right there..

tossy · 22-01-2017 3:30am

Troy White Traction wrote: »

I have issues in the rain with 240hp and rwd!!! Death trap right there..

Rain ???

Ded_Zebra · 22-01-2017 12:24pm

Troy White Traction wrote: »

I have issues in the rain with 240hp and rwd!!! Death trap right there..

Try buying good tyres

Graham_B18C · 22-01-2017 5:33pm

First time to ever see one of these, may well be the only time I'll see one. Tesla Roadster parked outside the Natural History Museum in London. Didn't bother taking a pic of a matt black Hurrican that was just up from it, I was too excited after seeing the Tesla!

26000 Elephants · 22-01-2017 5:35pm

Only a Tesla Roadster can make a Nissan Micra look like an SUV...

dan27barca · 22-01-2017 6:48pm

No picture but I just saw an orange 162 PORSCHE 911 GT3 RS (991) in Drogheda!!! My god, it was AWESOME!! I was so excited, I gave loads of thumbs up to the driver from my car and he waved back. Made my day!

cplwhisper · 22-01-2017 7:43pm

MetzgerMeister · 22-01-2017 7:59pm

Would I be right in saying that the Tesla Roadster is based on a Lotus Elise?

Big Nasty · 22-01-2017 8:40pm

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

Would I be right in saying that the Tesla Roadster is based on a Lotus Elise?

Certainly looks a lot like one

polan · 22-01-2017 8:46pm

dan27barca wrote: »

No picture but I just saw an orange 162 PORSCHE 911 GT3 RS (991) in Drogheda!!! My god, it was AWESOME!! I was so excited, I gave loads of thumbs up to the driver from my car and he waved back. Made my day!

Seen that car in Kildare previously, savage motor.

CharlieCroker · 22-01-2017 10:21pm

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

Would I be right in saying that the Tesla Roadster is based on a Lotus Elise?

Ya, on a slightly stretched Elise chassis.

q85dw7osi4lebg · 22-01-2017 11:53pm

Ded_Zebra wrote: »

Try buying good tyres

I run Rainsport 3's (don't have TC though..):)

tc20 · 23-01-2017 6:39pm

I'm not 100% if this is a 'real' model, the badging looked spot on.
Down at Brittas Bay yesterday. (BMW X5 M 50D)

it's coming up as a 3.0 diesel on cartel??

ION08 · 23-01-2017 6:43pm

tc20 wrote: »

I'm not 100% if this is a 'real' model, the badging looked spot on.
Down at Brittas Bay yesterday. (BMW X5 M 50D)

it's coming up as a 3.0 diesel on cartel??

A quick cartell would tell you it is indeed real

Edit, oh sorry, Just re read your post properly.

Yes its real, the M50d is infact a 3.0 Diesel engine but with Triple Turbos

tc20 · 23-01-2017 6:55pm

^ ah, gotcha - it had me confused, I wasn't sure if there was a 5 litre derv version..

pcardin · 23-01-2017 7:16pm

26000 Elephants wrote: »

Only a Tesla Roadster can make a Nissan Micra look like an SUV... :)

Smart Roadster would make Tesla Roadster look like a SUV

q85dw7osi4lebg · 23-01-2017 7:47pm

Nice spot in Drogheda..

Seth Brundle · 23-01-2017 10:37pm

Troy White Traction wrote: »

Nice spot in Drogheda..

The S2K looks so much nicer than the R8 though!

q85dw7osi4lebg · 24-01-2017 12:21am

kbannon wrote: »

The S2K looks so much nicer than the R8 though!

Thanks

Do want an R8 tho...

Top Dog · 24-01-2017 1:18am

tc20 wrote: »

^ ah, gotcha - it had me confused, I wasn't sure if there was a 5 litre derv version..

Similarly the 535d is also a 3.0 diesel - but with 2 turbo's. Just to add to the confusion over BMW badging

MadYaker · 24-01-2017 3:10am

Troy White Traction wrote: »

I have issues in the rain with 240hp and rwd!!! Death trap right there..

It doesn't rain much in California.

Shannon757 · 24-01-2017 7:10am

MadYaker wrote: »

It doesn't rain much in California.

https://weather.com/storms/winter/news/winter-storm-leo-impacts

MetzgerMeister · 24-01-2017 10:21am

Top Dog wrote: »

Similarly the 535d is also a 3.0 diesel - but with 2 turbo's. Just to add to the confusion over BMW badging

The last 5 means twin turbo....but that's only once you get over 2.5 litres as the 325 is N/A. This engine changed from a 2.5 litre to a 3.0 litre but remained 325i and you also had the 330i which is a 3.0 litre.................................

Carpentry · 24-01-2017 1:54pm

Mustang Fastback 2.3 Ecoboost, according to carzone

Looks amazing and sounds amazing even tough its "only" 2.3

CianDon · 24-01-2017 3:38pm

More a case of what I saw over the weekend;

h3000 · 24-01-2017 3:54pm

Oh I really need to get to Monte some time.

Is that Boland's R5 in the last pic?

CianDon · 24-01-2017 4:04pm

h3000 wrote: »

Oh I really need to get to Monte some time.

Is that Boland's R5 in the last pic?

It is one hell of an event. Epic stages, obvioulsy the 17-spec epic cars and some epic drives between stages. Well worth getting to. Aye that's Eamonn and MJ in the last pic

Muckie · 24-01-2017 4:39pm

Came across this cool truck in Tallaght at lunchtime.

Reminded me of this......

h3000 · 24-01-2017 4:46pm

CianDon wrote: »

It is one hell of an event. Epic stages, obvioulsy the 17-spec epic cars and some epic drives between stages. Well worth getting to. Aye that's Eamonn and MJ in the last pic

From the coverage/Youtube vids I seen it looked awesome.
I still haven't got abroad to a rally. None of my friends have any interest in rallying.
Nice pics btw. They are not easy ones to get right.

vandriver · 24-01-2017 10:15pm

Saw a MB S63 and a 911 turbo s tonight in Rathmines.The boom's back,lads.

Manic Moran · 25-01-2017 7:22am

Shannon757 wrote: »

MadYaker wrote: »

It doesn't rain much in California.

https://weather.com/storms/winter/news/winter-storm-leo-impacts

He said 'much'. We've had a wet (By CA standards) Dec and January. According to the radio today, no rain expected now until the middle of next week, when we might get some showers. I think the rain season is mostly over now.

everlast75 · 26-01-2017 12:20am

Spotted near Dundrum

TheBigGreen · 27-01-2017 8:52am

ScrubsfanChris · 27-01-2017 12:34pm

^^^^ Just read the other day that the European spec Mustang got only 2/5 stars on the Euro NCAP. Thats scarily bad for a modern car.

GustavoGaviria · 27-01-2017 12:51pm

ScrubsfanChris wrote: »

^^^^ Just read the other day that the European spec Mustang got only 2/5 stars on the Euro NCAP. Thats scarily bad for a modern car.

Thats also after tons of changes based on EU regulations.

Differences in Euro/US Spec

goochy · 27-01-2017 5:14pm

171 WW bronze colour hybrid Volvo xc90 in cork , looked well and nice and quiet !

bear1 · 27-01-2017 9:12pm

goochy wrote: »

171 WW bronze colour hybrid Volvo xc90 in cork , looked well and nice and quiet !

Those are t8s aren't they?

kyote00 · 27-01-2017 11:38pm

Seems pretty clear to me ?

http://www.euroncap.com/en/results/ford/mustang/26063

Note, Ford preparing updated model for late 2017 :P

(Probably borrowing some Jag parts.....)
http://www.euroncap.com/en/results/jaguar/xf/22029

LIGHTNING wrote: »

It's not as black and white as that if you read up about it

goochy · 28-01-2017 9:28am

Yes the Volvo is a t8 . Had to check as couldn't remember what no. Was on back.

colm_mcm · 28-01-2017 9:47am

bear1 wrote: »

Those are t8s aren't they?

Yep, but 4 cylinder 2.0 engine.

bear1 · 28-01-2017 11:26am

colm_mcm wrote: »

Yep, but 4 cylinder 2.0 engine.

Still has the guts of 400bhp though.

R.O.R · 28-01-2017 11:47am

bear1 wrote: »

Still has the guts of 400bhp though.

320 from the Petrol and 80 from the Electric.

Is sold as a non Hybrid T6 in other markets with just the 320 horses, but VRT here would make that more than the T8 here, so no point selling that version here.

colm_mcm · 28-01-2017 11:59am

bear1 wrote: »

Those are t8s aren't they?

colm_mcm wrote: »

Yep, but 4 cylinder 2.0 engine.

bear1 wrote: »

Still has the guts of 400bhp though.

Oh, no arguing with that, but the expectation from the badge might be that it's an 8 cylinder.

Older volvos would have a link between the number after the T and the number of cylinders.

I know with the diesels they changed that years ago.

bear1 · 28-01-2017 1:08pm

colm_mcm wrote: »

Oh, no arguing with that, but the expectation from the badge might be that it's an 8 cylinder.

Older volvos would have a link between the number after the T and the number of cylinders.

I know with the diesels they changed that years ago.

Ah I get you now.
Still quite a feat to get such a monumental amount of power from a 2.0

cullow123 · 28-01-2017 9:59pm

Seen this Bristol Blenheim yesterday on mount street:

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MuddyDog · 28-01-2017 10:03pm

Saw what I thought was an M4 earlier. 142D19510. However cartell says it's a 3 litre 4 series diesel? It had quad exhaust pipes and was debagded and looked perhaps lowered a bit (although I've never seen an M4 in the flesh before so not sure of their ride height). The quad exhausts made me convinced it was an M4 until I cartell'd it.

cadaliac · 28-01-2017 10:43pm

colm_mcm wrote: »

Oh, no arguing with that, but the expectation from the badge might be that it's an 8 cylinder.

Older volvos would have a link between the number after the T and the number of cylinders.

I know with the diesels they changed that years ago.

Volvos do big bad ass turbo's

Here's what I saw today, mark 3 (don't quote pictures, 24h ban!)

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