kaonekimarko Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 Hi everyone, after finally getting registered in this forum and lurking for a couple of years it's finally time to show my Aerodeck. It's a 1999 MC3 that my dad bought in 2019 as a temporary car, but since I've grown quite attached to it he decided to keep it so it can be my first car. It had 315 thousand kms when we first got it and it now sits at nearly 355 thousand (it was the second car in the family for most of the time it was with us, until I got my license) Here is how it looked like when my dad bought it, and as you can see it had some work done. MTS technik comfort coilovers, JR 5 mm spacers at the back, hardrace adjustable camber arms in the front and the back, retrofitted Rover rear ARB with custom brackets, slotted Brembo OEM size rotors up front and OEM Brembo pads (nothing special) and every bushing has been replaced with hardened Hardrace ones. I've also added a VTi fornt lip. It's sitting on Momo Corse 17×7.5 ET35 wheels and 205/40 Hankook Ventus tires. Since I am a bit of a rally fan the Deck gets used quite a lot for the longer journeys (the pic above is in Austria after New Year when the Jännerrallye took place, had the most fun sliding the car on snow covered roads when driving inbetween stages) This one was taken last year when the ERC was held in Croatia and some of the roads were really rough and unpaved but it was built to take it💪. I'm quite satisfied with the car as is mechanically. The next thing on my list would be the interior. Having only 4 speakers and not that good sound isolation you can't really muffle the sound of the diesel up front so I want to get it sorted in the summer. I was thinking about putting in Recaro SPJ seats and reupholstering them in the original seat pattern which i quite like. But seeing they are getting rarer and rarer that might have to wait. If anyone knows the name of the pattern or where it could be found I would very much appreciate it (I've got other options, but finding an OEM fabric would be best). I was also thinking of putting in an EP3 steering wheel but as far as I am aware that means putting in a different steering column which sounds like a bit of a job so I'll see how that turns out. So that is a short introduction to my pride and joy, I hope that you like it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_broon Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 Welcome along mate, and sorry for the delay in getting you approved. That's a nice looking deck, and very rare as the diesel. 😎 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaonekimarko Posted June 9 Author Share Posted June 9 Honestly I couldn't be happier with the engine. After blocking of the EGR it goes pretty well and it still returns great mileage. On my trips to the Czech republic and Austria it got 5.3/5.5 l/100km (50+ MPG) pretty easily without hypermiling. And I don't need to rev it to hell like the smaller petrol engines. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted June 9 Share Posted June 9 Welcome to the club mate! That's a tidy deck, really suits those alloys. The diesel version is very very rare, 1st diesel deck I've seen! Have seen the 5 door hatch version and even those are rare! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_broon Posted June 9 Share Posted June 9 1 hour ago, Dave said: Welcome to the club mate! That's a tidy deck, really suits those alloys. The diesel version is very very rare, 1st diesel deck I've seen! Have seen the 5 door hatch version and even those are rare! There was a guy from the US based in Germany who had one, but that's the only other deck I remember 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbob738 Posted June 9 Share Posted June 9 That's beyond cool i have same Body shape just lacking the diesel Lump wish it was TD though good old Rover Diesel engine. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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