One fine evening: a learning experience

[jonjay]

Well my best friend got himself a brand new Seat Leon Cupra R in platinum grey. Its superb car as many of you know and we thought we take a long evening drive to clock up some miles so it can be run in. I am getting my FR TDI next month i hope.

Yesterday evening on our travel's in and around the Essex rural area's (some nice long roads, some nice short and bendy ones too) we decided how about we go to Southend. We had heard that "there are lots of nice cars at the seafront" story hence we decided to check out. We got there and oh my god i have never see so many crap stupidly kitted up cars in my life. People down that way literally have no clue as to what a good car is. We have have seen around 5-6 cars that were of any decent state. Saw two yellow ibiza cupra's, few Evo's and few Civic Type R's, the rest were, well, chavved up Ford Fiesta's with "22'" chromes". Never seen so much money spent on poor cars. We were the only Seat Leon there and the look on everyones faces and, stares we got because they have never seen such a nice car before or an LCR (bare in mind there must have been around 200+ cars there).

Anyway we went away in shock and laughter, moral of the story is - the Leon must be the best kept secret (in Essex anyway).

 

[paul h]

i always get loads of looks when out in the R still a great looking motor.the new one is going to have to be a very good car to rival it imo

 

[Icecavern]

The cruises in southend have always been the same for years. Only went once and was terrified of having my car rammed into at any point by the twats doing handbrake turns.

For the most part they're just kids driving up and down the sea front causeing no trouble though, which is why it's been going for so long.

Pete

 

[Steve Flatley]

I see other Cupra Rs all over the place now I've got one. In my town alone there are 2 other yellow 03 ones. Damn.

 

[Ant FR]

i'm not sure what you mean mate.

But i counted around 10 LCR's up southend last night. although there was an absoloute ***** of a driver in a Yellw one with a nrburg sticker on the back chasing an M3, who blasted down the A127 and straight through the Speed camera att he side of the road, thought that was funny

as for the comments on te cars. again a bit untrue. Some cracking cars up there, yes some shitters, but so many nice EVo's, a few Focus ST's, A couplr of golf gti's. a very nice NSX. Ferrari 360 spider. We even saw a beemer Z1 in the petrol station.

so nothing like generalisations is there.

 

[Riddick_m3]

i was there last night for a change in my ovni lcr, ended up at basildon watching the nutters ripping up tarmac, did spot a couple of lcr's at the sea front, couple of grey ones, one was an 03 plate i think

 

[smoothuk]

Gotta agree with ya about the looks it get, there are only 2 others in the town where i live that i know of, an it does get some good looks rolling down the high st.. As for "Scum end" i never seem to see any other LCR's about down there...an yeah there are some terrible motors down there, occasionally a few nice ones, saw a mitsi eve 400 in white the other wk..niccccce....

 

[jonjay]

Well all I can say is we must have been there at the wrong time. When we were there it seemed that there were so many poor cars. In fact it was a complete shock.

 

[jonjay]

i was there last night for a change in my ovni lcr, ended up at basildon watching the nutters ripping up tarmac, did spot a couple of lcr's at the sea front, couple of grey ones, one was an 03 plate i think

We might have been in one of those grey ones. Mates car is a 55 plate.

 

[Riddick_m3]

ahh cool im sure it would of been you as there wasnt many donw there saw a yellow LC aswell he tried to race me on way to basildon i was in a convoy of 4 cars a WR1, M3 a vr6 corrado and me and he got toasted hehehe but good fun most the night shame it was soooo cold

 

[jonjay]

Yea, had quite a few cars try it on the way back. Didnt as southend was crawling with police.

 

[Ant FR]

ahh cool im sure it would of been you as there wasnt many donw there saw a yellow LC aswell he tried to race me on way to basildon i was in a convoy of 4 cars a WR1, M3 a vr6 corrado and me and he got toasted hehehe but good fun most the night shame it was soooo cold

was that you in though M3, with a yellow Leon steaming up behind you on the A127 going towards the M25.

If that was thats the one i was on about in the earlier post, you both went straight through the covert speed trap that was down there, they were just peaking out of the side road with their little berlingo van and tripod all set up. Never speed on the A127 on a saturday night, thats a real school boy error

 

[Riddick_m3]

doh, no i wasnt in the m3 i was in the ovni lcr following a couple of cars back

 

[Ant FR]

tut tut,

best keep your fingers crossed, loads of people get done down that road. Think its cos the police know its the most used way to get into southend and then basildon on the way home

 

[Don]

Last time I was there, I was in a convertible 993. Tough times...

 

[jonjay]

was that you in though M3, with a yellow Leon steaming up behind you on the A127 going towards the M25.

If that was thats the one i was on about in the earlier post, you both went straight through the covert speed trap that was down there, they were just peaking out of the side road with their little berlingo van and tripod all set up. Never speed on the A127 on a saturday night, thats a real school boy error

Oh shitties, thats not good.

 

[flashbsd]

seen the coppers hide the speed camera in wheelie bins on the 127, muppets whoever speeds down there.

 

[jonjay]

seen the coppers hide the speed camera in wheelie bins on the 127, muppets whoever speeds down there.

Well yes its silly to speed but then you can apply this to any road. You never know where speed traps are especially if the camera's are in bins.

 

[Cupra_power]

Are they allowed to do that ? hide cameras in wheelie bins ? I was under the impression they had to be clearly signed.

 

[Riddick_m3]

god knows i doubt it,
ant fr was that you then in a standard looking cupra think some chick was in the passenger side yellow, following my yellow lcr out of southend along the 127, i was in a convoy of a vr6 corrado an m3 and a wr1, and everyone gunned it out into the national speedlimit? i wasnt directly behind the m3 i was behind the corrado and the corrado was on the yellow cupra arse