thenewgalaxy

Awesome, what a garage

Boyakasha

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I might just bring the Scooby, as that will whip the GT-R. Hoping by the time the Big Race come up to have made some 'tweaks' to the AMG

Thanks mate

urban

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Absolutely

I presume we have a rich boy amongst us, or are you in debt to the hilt

bioforger

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And sold the house, he lives in that garage

JGlanzaV

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As I said the other day on a thread, you cant drive a house but you can sleep in a car!

thenewgalaxy

Either way you have to be comfortable to afford it all.

Boyakasha

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Believe me there are way richer on here than little ole me, I've got a mortgage

I think I know what my wife would prefer. I did offer to sell the house to fund an Enzo, but wardrobe space was tight

LoL, I'm with you on that one

Bingo, never overstretch myself. I've always hated paying interest so always utilise interest free options, or cash is king as they say.

thenewgalaxy

Mortgaged large property and a young family here. Honestly makes my car bills look like loose change.

Vtec-Abuser

Nice choice of motor there pal.. You on the A45 forum yet?

XDevil666

What a garage!!!!

Boyakasha

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Sure am, same username

Thanks mate

I was almost mortgage free 3 years ago, last payment actually but bought our current house and now it's just a distant dream again!

daveyj

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The A45 isn't something likely to be in my affordability bracket so haven't paid them any attention. One turned up at a cycle event I was helping out at on Sunday just passed and WOW! What an exhaust note. Any petrol head, no matter their financial standing would be hard pressed not to "get it". Very cool motors.

Abx

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Heard one giving it some for the first time last night popping and banging, sounded great, do the CLA 45's sound the same?

Boyakasha

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CLA exhaust note is slightly less dramatic for the 'grown ups'

Suspension is slightly more forgiving in the CLA as well, I'd have to say the ride in the A45 is very good. I've heard people say is rock hard, well it's not. Try driving the GT-R not in comfort, then you'll know firm

Littleted

yeah although my dad complained i dont think its any harder than a 2010 sti was, bet the sports suspension is hard though

Boyakasha

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Hey LEO-RS (C), I was down at Crail today. managed a 12.65 which was not bad as it was still damp. Got beat by a tuned Golf R (white) which did a 12.62. The RWD and FWD were all struggling, there was an E63 AMG which could only managed a 13, 4WD was a must today.

Littleted

You not mapped it yet then Boo?

It's great get it done ....

Boyakasha

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I'm in the process of getting my scoob sorted (500+), once that's done I'll start looking at tweaking the A45. Hopefully by the start of 2015 they'll have cracked the ECU, I can see me looking for around 450.

PS the tuned Golf R ended up doing a 12.15!

Standard S3 only managed 13.39

LEO-RS

Hey Marc, Yeah I spotted your name when I was browsing the results page, 12.65, not a bad first attempt

There was a standard Golf R there running 12.70 aswell so the performance is pretty much identical to the A45 AMG like for like. Will be interesting to see what your car does when it's been fiddled with The tuned Golf R was running a revo tune and a best of 12.15 later on in the day, so it's nice my record is still intact.

Was a friend of mine in the E63 AMG, he has to feather it off the line at Crail as race start is a no go due to wheelspin. His best to date is a 12.2 but he only managed a 12.6 on Sunday so it must have been slippery. They're heavy old beasts and more suited for 100+ performance to be fair.

Reference the S3, was it a new one (8V) or old model (8p)? If new, I suspect it would have been an S3 with manual transmission and a dimwit driver, they 1/4 in 12.6 as standard with the DSG box and then 11.9 with a tuning box.. (I'm currently sitting 4th in the 2.0t class)

http://www.crailraceway.co.uk/record...php?recclass=7

Vtec-Abuser

Nice work on the A45's debut there mate. Bang on the money for what I would expect from a stock car. Seemed in line with what I would expect when comparing it to the stock Golf 7R and a Revo Stage 1 7R (with intake and seats removed) that ran. Terminal speeds showed around (107/8 (R), 111/12 (A45), & 113/14 (R).
I am still to run mine stock yet as the 3 times I have ran it I have been limited to runs due to it being busy. Didn't want to waste the runs on a stock time..
Will take the box off next time I go and see what she does. Will more than likely head back to Pod in Jan/Feb and hope for that 11 sec run with some nice cool intake temps..

Look forward to seeing your progress when you start modding. FYI, I am in talks with a well known tuner in this country that now has software for the A/CLA45 so should be interesting. Will let you know more as I do.

jameswrx

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Jees those new CLA's are a hideous car. Just reading the above mentioned last night and was behind one on the m25 today. It looks like the back end got too close to a fire and drooped down. Very odd design mess, with that droopy overhang, the rear lights and skinny tyres for the size.

Boyakasha

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Craig it was a new S3, never checked to see if it was a DSG or manual though. I didn't actually realise it was Richard in the E63 till I checked the Crail results. I pinged him on FB once I realised. Really impressed with your times, I'll be happy to get the A45 down to low 12s and at a push 11s. We need to get the Big Race back on next year!

Sounds very interesting, tuning options seem very limited at the moment. Look forward to seeing how you get on at the pod.

Carnut

Not sure which is the best thread to put this on and most may have already see it but came across it and thought id put it on anywho.
p.s shame it wasn't the Golf R but says a lot for the Golf.

Matteeboy

The GTi was only a fraction behind the R in a big hatch track test; I think Auto Express did it.
The M135i beat both but was beaten by the giant killing Cupra 280 and the more powerful A45.

TBH I think a huge amount depends on the driver and conditions. The GTi punches well above its weight though. I prefer it to the R if I'm honest.

Carnut

Yeah i think the GTI is the most pure hot hatch in terms of a all rounder, ie value economy etc but I've told myself that the 135i was the one to get if i was looking at that market so was a bit disappointed.

Money no object the A45 it would seem is the best but keep it simple on the spec sheet and you can't deny that the 135i is great value especially with that engine.

If I was to go shopping for one of them the 135i would probably be my first stop it's just the steering that keeps coming up but i suspect you would get used to it if even a problem to start with.

Matteeboy

You do get used to the steering - it's at it's worse as really low speeds. But it really weights up at speed and it's very direct so you do soon get used to it.

Evo was fairly unanimous in it's preference: The only odd thing was the terrible 0-100 time (done on a gravelly surface, up a hill) - every other test gets 11s or less to 100 for the BM.

ditchmyster

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I think he's missing the point of the BMW in that vid, it's a big engined RWD car, it's supposed to be edgy and fun to drive, not necessarily the quickest way to get from point A to Point B but I suspect it has the biggest grin factor of the three and much more driver skill required to do so.

I think a lot of modern cars are getting a little too good at what they do, they have the very average ham fisted driver looking like a bit of a driving god as they disappear over the horizon more due to the talent of the car than the driver. I also think you'd have to be doing some pretty serious speed in the merc to start getting it sideways feeling on the edge and actually having some fun.

P.S just in case you didn't catch it on any of the other threads I've mentioned it, I wasted a new GTI on the drag strip a few weeks back in the wagon.

Just saying.

Matteeboy

Agree 100%.
Almost any slightly lairy car seems to get bashed these days. IMO lairy = fun.

For balance, there are a few reports that prefer the A45 too.

jazzyjembreaze

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Can't belive I missed this thread
Been looking & very interested in the 45 AMG for purchase in new year
Looking at spec's starting around 38k moving up to night pack with splitter & rear wing I'm guessing around 42k , now I know this is worlds apart but for that money I'm also considering importing a ford F150 raptor with extended crew cab ,, fitting a Rouch or whipple supercharger is playing with my mind lately .
See what next year brings

jameswrx

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Guess it keeps us all talking, all these facts and figures are a load of rubbish to a certain degree anyway. For most of us we'd never exploit the capabilities of these cars on the road anyway. They're all amazing and I'm just grateful manufacturers are making stuff like this still. Five years ago I'd never imagine there'd be all this choice for incredible 'normal' performance cars, thought we'd all be deciding which 1.0 Eco turbo hatch would be king.

For peasants like myself I just get to wonder which one's going to be mine in 5 years time when I can afford it second hand after you boys have had your fun.