The Amazing Sony A1/A7/A9/APS-C & Anything else welcome Mega Thread!

PauBass said:
I have tried with other products and it happens too.

I'll wait to hear from them as I'm not too happy placing the order, paying for the two lenses but only one of them showing on my order form.
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T_J_G said:
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I’d love a g wagon.

Looking to replace one of our cars in a few months (the Golf just isn’t big enough as a family car) and if you’d think I’m indesisive with camera buying decision you haven’t seen my trying to decide what car to buy.:eek::(
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I saw the Allroad and pulled the trigger on buying it the next day. Test drove it a couple of weeks later, well after my order had been submitted to Ingolstadt. Took 6 months to get built and delivered to me.

I’m guessing such a story would make you break out into a cold sweat? [emoji1]
 
ohms12 said:
I saw the Allroad and pulled the trigger on buying it the next day. Test drove it a couple of weeks later, well after my order had been submitted to Ingolstadt. Took 6 months to get built and delivered to me.

I’m guessing such a story would make you break out into a cold sweat? [emoji1]
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Yup, Ive about 15 cars on my shortlist. I've still yet to decide to go new and lease or second hand..
 
ohms12 said:
I’d have kept my Golf R had I not had a child! Loved it - does everything I need from a car, really. It’s kinda hard to use more than 300-350bhp round here anyway. Far too many bored coppers.



Cheers for that. Seems pretty good, considering the cost.

And I actually quite like the current range of Volvos.. probably a bit dull to drive, though?

In any case, it’ll be 1-2 years before I sell the Audi. I’ll probably end up with a 335d Touring, or a 5 series. Audi’s a bit boring (interior is much better than everyone else, other than Volvo, imo)

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Those Audi’s are huge!! The misses gets to drive pretty much any demo she fancies. Currently she tarting it up in an 18 plate TT.

Not jealous at all. Lol
 
JJ! said:
Those Audi’s are huge!! The misses gets to drive pretty much any demo she fancies. Currently she tarting it up in an 18 plate TT.

Not jealous at all. Lol
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Don’t get in that for god sake
 
VW Sharan is a good family drive. Removable seats. Or add a big Thule roof box. Worked for us. Luxury van with windows.
 
CharleyBird said:
VW Sharan is a good family drive. Removable seats. Or add a big Thule roof box. Worked for us. Luxury van with windows.
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Looks like a van, drives like a van, y’know? I drove one across Europe, once. Right the way across to Rome. Driving in the Autobahn in that thing was the most painful thing I’ve ever done. So depressing.
 
snerkler said:
M3 was the E92 V8. Problems ranges from a weird rattling sound from the engine that I had a battle over for about 3-4 months with BMW refusing that it was there, in the end it turned out to be the belt to the power steering pump (or was it air con pump? :confused:) Then there were minor things like the DAB not working requiring a new rear windscreen, issue with the rain sensor wipers, plus others, but the final nail was very loud banging (like a gun being fired) which caused the back end to judder. This went undiagnosed :eek:

My current X5 is a 6 pot, and very nice it is too,..... for a diesel ;)
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I got a puncturefor the 1st timein agesthe other day which my bro kindly fixed for me.otherthan that my pushbike has been impeccable.
Getting harder going up hills though at almost 68 :D
 
ohms12 said:
Looks like a van, drives like a van, y’know? I drove one across Europe, once. Right the way across to Rome. Driving in the Autobahn in that thing was the most painful thing I’ve ever done. So depressing.
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It's no Golf R that's for sure. It does what it's meant to do. Worst thing about it for me was that when driving in it alone I would get very sleepy.
 
ohms12 said:
Side note: Has anyone got a dash cam they'd recommend? I think it's about time I bought one.. (vaguely camera related, right?!)
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Yes. I use the slightly older and slightly cheaper version of this:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Anker-Reso...TF8&qid=1523826484&sr=8-1&keywords=anker+roav

It's brilliant, can completely hide it behind my mirror and it doesn't dangle from the windscreen like another mirror. There is an app and you can download the clips to your phone. It's brill.

Edit: this is the one I have: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Wide-Angle...TF8&qid=1523826633&sr=1-3&keywords=anker+roav
 
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rookies said:
Nothing wrong with the TT lovely cars for ladies thou
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I test drove one years ago and didn't like it, but that was years ago and they're probably different now.

One thing with the old ones was that if you had a puncture and fitted the space saver from the boot the one you'd taken off wouldn't fit in the boot. As far as I remember there was a woman killed when a wheel was placed inside the car and it exploded, I can't remember if that was in the UK or USA or somewhere else but not being able to fit a wheel and tyre in the boot seemed utterly stupid to me at the time and if they're still so stupidly designed I wouldn't buy one.

I've just about given up on cars these days and just have this which I've had for 8 years...

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This is my third MX5. I had a black MK1 and a red MK2 both of which I bought new. When the new ones came out I didn't like them and I couldn't find a nice MK1 so I got this used MK2 from a lady owner. I also have a Hyundai Getz as I need to carry more than two people + wheelchair.
 
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ohms12 said:
I’d have kept my Golf R had I not had a child! Loved it - does everything I need from a car, really. It’s kinda hard to use more than 300-350bhp round here anyway. Far too many bored coppers.



Cheers for that. Seems pretty good, considering the cost.

And I actually quite like the current range of Volvos.. probably a bit dull to drive, though?

In any case, it’ll be 1-2 years before I sell the Audi. I’ll probably end up with a 335d Touring, or a 5 series. Audi’s a bit boring (interior is much better than everyone else, other than Volvo, imo)

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The GF's Dad and brother both have 335d touring, they are great and go like stink. That engine is a beast.

Dials look old fashioned though compared with the new tech in new audis IMO.
 
A couple of my more interesting cars. These were taken with my Nikon SLR and were scanned on a desktop scanner thingy at work so the quality isn't good.

Elan SE, I did over 100k miles in this.

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Elise, the most dynamic car I've owned and despite what you might think looking at the interior there's more room than you think and that car was christened :D

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I used to have a wall covered in A3 sized prints of cars.
 
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Will somebody please buy that A6000 in the classifieds. £280 is waaaay too reasonable.
 
Tom Green said:
The GF's Dad and brother both have 335d touring, they are great and go like stink. That engine is a beast.

Dials look old fashioned though compared with the new tech in new audis IMO.
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Yeah I certainly got bored of my BMW interior - it’s just not changed in 10 odd years. That’s what brought me to the Audi at first - I also looked at Merc.. but I hate the current Merc interiors.

The Allroad also munched through the recent 2-3ft of snow we had up here, with literally no bother at all. That’s a huge plus, for me. I go up north quite a lot and it’s pothole city up there, again the suspension on the Allroad is so well dampened you barely notice. Maybe I can spec adaptive suspension on a 335/535d and buy it in x drive guise. mmm.
 
ohms12 said:
Yeah I certainly got bored of my BMW interior - it’s just not changed in 10 odd years. That’s what brought me to the Audi at first - I also looked at Merc.. but I hate the current Merc interiors.

The Allroad also munched through the recent 2-3ft of snow we had up here, with literally no bother at all. That’s a huge plus, for me. I go up north quite a lot and it’s pothole city up there, again the suspension on the Allroad is so well dampened you barely notice. Maybe I can spec adaptive suspension on a 335/535d and buy it in x drive guise. mmm.
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BMW interiors had a massive overhaul 5 years ago :p
 
snerkler said:
BMW interiors had a massive overhaul 5 years ago [emoji14]
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Massive is probably stretching it. They still look very similar to what they always have - I test drove a M135i in 2015 (before buying the Golf R), then tested the 535d last year before buying the Audi. Meh.
 
ohms12 said:
Massive is probably stretching it. They still look very similar to what they always have - I test drove a M135i in 2015 (before buying the Golf R), then tested the 535d last year before buying the Audi. Meh.
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Well we’ll agree to disagree then as the difference between the interior I had in my E92’s and the f30’s is pretty significant to my eyes (y)
 
Are BMW's less hated these days?

I remember test driving one and sitting at a junction waiting to turn left and no one would let me out. There were some traffic lights further down the road and when the traffic backed up to my junction people just stopped across the junction blocking me in. I sat there through three light changes before I got out. If that's what daily usage is like I'd never have one. At least with my Lotus people would happily let me out.
 
snerkler said:
Well we’ll agree to disagree then as the difference between the interior I had in my E92’s and the f30’s is pretty significant to my eyes (y)
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I’ve owned everything from an e46, e87, e92 & had the f30s on test for a couple of days. Sure, they got overhauled.. but it’s still pretty standard BMW fare. Current Audi/Volvo are leagues ahead, imo. (y)

Here’s a couple of images. Hardly a massive leap - other than the size and shape of the wheel... they’re pretty similar. In fact, I prefer the older style nav screen placement, this recent tack on screen phenomenon sucks.

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Tom Green said:
Well, they often go brand new for £399 with the 16-50mm lens. Once the lens is sold it’s only an extra £40 for a brand new one :)
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Stop it.

I keep being tempted by these but I have MFT and a box full of lenses and I'm pretty sure that MFT is the better choice for me with IMO better handling (two control dials, one front and one back) and smaller cheaper lenses.
 
woof woof said:
Are BMW's less hated these days?

I remember test driving one and sitting at a junction waiting to turn left and no one would let me out. There were some traffic lights further down the road and when the traffic backed up to my junction people just stopped across the junction blocking me in. I sat there through three light changes before I got out. If that's what daily usage is like I'd never have one. At least with my Lotus people would happily let me out.
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I noticed a huge change in other people’s perceptions of me after selling my last BMW. People actually let me out of junctions! I got tailgated way, way less! Nobody gave me the finger for no reason!

So, in my case, 100% yes. Literally had zero hassle after that.
 
ohms12 said:
I noticed a huge change in other people’s perceptions of me after selling my last BMW. People actually let me out of junctions! I got tailgated way, way less! Nobody gave me the finger for no reason!

So, in my case, 100% yes. Literally had zero hassle after that.
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I used to get abuse in my Lotus Elan and Elise. Worst in the Elan was on a local A road when a biker reached down and smacked my wing mirror off before taking off like a bat out of. I took a second to get over the shock of what he'd done and then tore off after him, caught him PDQ and he took an exist and stopped briefly at traffic lights, I jumped out of the car and thankfully off he went through the red light and another red further down the road. I say thankfully as I'd have kicked seven shades out of him and I suppose I'm the one who the police would have taken an interest in. So, he cost me well over a £100 for a damaged wing mirror for what? Driving anything like a nice car where I live just gets way too much agro. I got shouted at, sweared at, spat at, tailgated, driven at, not every time I went out but enough to make it a PITA. In those days I was a hot head and took nothing off anyone so it always amused me when those spitting and shouting took off like their trousers were on fire when I stopped the car and got out :D

I had a Boxster for a few years and people used to come up to me just to tell me how sh!t it was. My standard reply was "Good job you're a sad B***ard who'll never afford to own one then." :D Thankfully no one seems to care about MX5's.
 
ohms12 said:
I’ve owned everything from an e46, e87, e92 & had the f30s on test for a couple of days. Sure, they got overhauled.. but it’s still pretty standard BMW fare. Current Audi/Volvo are leagues ahead, imo. (y)

Here’s a couple of images. Hardly a massive leap - other than the size and shape of the wheel... they’re pretty similar. In fact, I prefer the older style nav screen placement, this recent tack on screen phenomenon sucks.

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I can’t view those images but assuming they’re similar to this? Apart from having the main things in the same place they’re pretty different looking ;)

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I prefer the older interior as well, the newer one reminds me of a Halfords stereo display :LOL: Fortunately my X5 is somewhere in between. I agree that Audi interiors are nice though. I’m not a massive fan of Merc interiors but the A45 AMG’s is nice.
 
snerkler said:
I can’t view those images but assuming they’re similar to this? Apart from having the main things in the same place they’re pretty different looking ;)

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I prefer the older interior as well, the newer one reminds me of a Halfords stereo display :LOL: Fortunately my X5 is somewhere in between. I agree that Audi interiors are nice though. I’m not a massive fan of Merc interiors but the A45 AMG’s is nice.
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You can tell it's evolved, as opposed to radically different.

As opposed to Audi with their virtual cockpit and Volvo's big iPad looking centre console.

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Diamonddec said:
Isn't there a moderator on this site to keep threads on track? I don't give a f*** about cars and would prefer not to have to wade through to find the Sony posts.
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This thread is 90% arguing over inane sh*t and 10% Sony talk, let's be honest here. This is the first page in 800 that nobody's thrown a strop, no doubt. :p
 
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