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1995 BMW 325 TDS SE (143 diesel horsies, 5 speed) daily driver & 1975 Triumph Toledo 1300 (60hp of english rwd granny car fury) rally car. Parked outside my parents house - I don't own caravan, honest!  The BMW looking loved for once, it now has its original 15" wheels, clear corners and roofrack. The roofrack is staying but it should have 17" M3 wheels soon.  I inherited the triumph from my dad, after he discovered it had chronic rust at the subframe mounts and bought an equally rusty dolomite. It is now fixed, and I've driven my first classic rally in it. I'll do a thread sometime maybe. stump fucked around with this message at 20:59 on Dec 14, 2008 |
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StarMonkey posted:stump fucked around with this message at 21:31 on Dec 27, 2008 |
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I used to have two cars...stump posted:1995 BMW 325 TDS SE (143 diesel horsies, 5 speed) daily driver & 1975 Triumph Toledo 1300 (60hp of english rwd granny car fury) rally car. ... then I ended up with just an old triumph as a daily driver.. stump posted:But today I took a train down to blackpool and drove this back up to scotland...  Jagshemash! My name a Bora!  '99 VW Bora SE TDI 110 5 speed. Its a bit slower than the BM, and seems a bit wooly in the handling department but I love it already. Its got 116k on the clock and I paid £1500 for it. I'm pretty tempted to buy some nice alloys and lower it, since the suspension and front tyres probably need done anyway.
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GazChap posted:Most UK models have the indicator/light controls on the left-hand side of the steering wheel, with wiper controls on the right.  But I guess it is an exception rathter than the rule.
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DropShadow posted:Sorry, I wasn't trying to crap on your car. I had a MkIV Jetta and I loved it (that's it in my avatar). The MkIV GLI was easily the best-looking MkIV Jetta. Oh i'll whore out by bora tdi again while i'm here.  Click here for the full 768x1024 image.
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DropShadow posted:Photoshopped Long Beaches.
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frankenbeans posted:After 4 months of waiting (They couldn't make enough black ones to fill demand), I finally got my Suzuki Swift Sport on Friday. I spent the whole weekend doing multiple laps of Sussex to get it run in, and have spent the last couple of evenings giving it the beans.
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Just picked this up to replace my '95 324tds... '04 320d SE Touring. Just over 100k with a good service history, paid £6000. 6 speed manual, Cruise Control, Climate control, factory Bluetooth, cd changer and tape deck      Its the later model with the stronger turbo, but still has the manifold that likes to throw it's swirl flaps into the engine. Only plans are to replace the tape and cd changer with an OEM cd deck & USA-Spec iphone kit, fit the stronger manifold Perhaps a chip and some wheels. Done about 30 miles, 44mpg average. Well chuffed, feels a bit less gruff and muscley than the 2.5 tds, but I think its more down to being quieter & smoother. On paper it's quicker anyway.
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Hello Spaceman posted:French car goons represent. If I had to have a Pug with a V6 it'd be the 406 Coupé. We never got the wagon here. I like wagons I had a green '98 406 1.8 estate. Lovely car, handled as well as the BMW's I've had since and had a massive boot. Always wanted 2.2 HDI since.
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We have some concrete motorways in the uk, and they are pretty horrible compared to tarmac. Much noisier and the joins thunking drive you mad.
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CharlesM posted:sooo what do you call pavement?
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May 18, 2011 19:27
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Usually we just call it the road/road suface or tarmac like travisray says.
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May 18, 2011 19:52
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Hunter posted:2009 Holden SS Sportwagon Nice car, Does the back look like a Saab to anybody else? Not that that's a bad thing, I love Saab styling (just a shame about the vauxhall vectra parts bin underpinnings).
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D C posted:Bought another stupid truck.
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KozmoNaut posted:So, I put the Panda up for sale, which means I had to have a little fun cleaning it up and snapping some crappy pictures. She cleans up nicely, but goddamn it's hard to find anywhere around good around here to take a couple of pictures, busy busy backdrops everywhere. But who cares, it's a car for sale, not an art gallery. I have a massive soft spot for Pandas, despite hating every other Fiat I have driven. What are you replacing it with?
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. But I had a lot of fun cleaning her up. It continues to amaze me what a little WD40 on a rag can do to a dirty engine compartment.
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KozmoNaut posted:I know about the quirks of French cars (oh god the electrics), my parents drive a C5 and used to have a Xantia as a second car. My dad has used Citroën and Peugeot company vans for the last 15 years. Blaster Of Justice, who posts in CA under various aliases when he isn't being permabanned, used to have a Xantia as well and he drives a Peugeot 406 now. Purely anecdotal, but I had a 406 1.8 estate with about 140,000 miles on it and it was pretty sturdy, I beat the poo poo out of it because it smelled like dog and I wanted an excuse to buy a BMW when it broke (it never did). Before me it had been owned (and abused) by a farmer. It never seemed to care about me redlining the poo poo out of it daily (while cold) or doubling the service interval. Handled well, needed some links and bushes replaced but that is to be expected at high miles. Only issues I remember were both front lock cylinders died, and for a while the heater fan had a mind of its own (but that was probably related to me driving it though a flood). I think the Xantia is pretty much the same car with fancy suspension. Fancy french suspension  I have a hard on for 90's PSA cars - it is just a shame Peugeot forgot about making cars interesting to drive, and Citroen went from quirky to boring to ugly. stump fucked around with this message at 19:36 on Jul 21, 2011 |
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nerdly_dood posted:Anyway, the question at hand is this: How big is the gas tank? I did a little experiment to find out what kind of fuel economy it gets, and from a full tank to pretty much empty it went 270 miles, mostly city driving. Assuming the gas tank's 15 gallons, that gives me 18 MPG (which I consider pretty decent).
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Cancelbot posted:Oh crap what am i doing...
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Chinatown posted:330ci, sky. 
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Powershift posted:Only pegging out the speedometer? are you guys even trying?
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peter gabriel posted:Audi
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Argenteus posted:I bought a new (to me) truck!
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Mighty Horse posted:I am a firm believer you should never judge a car on one you got as a rental. They are usually optioned with the worst engine/trans combo you can get, and usual beat on like, well, a rental.
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Those are bloody good cars. I had a 406 poverty spec 1.8 estate and it as pretty unkillable, and I was trying to kill it. The suspension needed some easy and cheap work to cure some clonks, all the locks died, and it leaked oil from top to bottom of the dipstick in a week. But I done 20k oil changes and redlined it from cold and it didn't complain. For a FWD car the handle pretty good too, not far off the BMW's I replaced it with. I had cheap hedgemaster tyres on it and the back end would liftoff oversteer in the wet. Pretty comfy too. It should shift pretty well with the 2.2 petrol, even the 1.8 would move OK if you thrashed it, being french they aren't exactly . I always fancied a 2.2hdi but they are rare and hold their price well. If you have't seen Taxi films (not the awful american one) you need to watch it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rqhjyws5QpI&t=46s stump fucked around with this message at 22:44 on Jul 23, 2012 |
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GazChap posted:My pride and joy, probably posted in this thread before: Hot drat. That is a nice little collection.
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We got a "new" car at work the other day. After looking about for a while, trying to push my boss towards an old shape Mondeo TDCI, and both trying to ignore how sensible a choice a diesel Primera would be (god drat they are ugly), I get a text from my boss saying he had bought something at the weekend. It's a '04 Renault Megane Estate, with 69k on the clock and a 110hp 1.9 deisel lump. We had previouly discounted them for being too unreliable, but seeing as it had low miles and was less than half the price of similar models on autotrader it was worth a shot. Parking it up at the office beside my e46 320d I notice the are pretty much the same size, both silver, both 1.9-ish turbo diesels and both the same age. Today I got a chance to take the Megane for my first proper drive, 200 miles through Glencoe up to Fort William and back, and I couldn't help but think about the differences between them, especially seeing as the BMW cost £24k new, and the Renault only cost £16k, and if anything the Renault has depreceated faster. Is the BMW really 150% of the car the Renault is?  The BMW has 150bhp, 40 up on Megane. You can tell, but the Renault still has enough power for overtaking on A and B roads, and on the open road you don't really notice much, although the power band is a narrower so you have to use the gears a bit more - both have 6 speed boxes although the renault seems knackered, as it does not self center properly and when going 6-4 or 5-3 I kept ending up back in the gear I started off in. Saying that the cluth feels better, as I still haven't done the CDV delete on the BMW.  Handling wise, the steering in the Renault feels just like the Clio and Kangoo I have driven before, nicely weighted (although very artifical feeling), it turns in quickly and keenly, quite chuckable. It does not handle as well as the BMW, but the difference isn't as much as I excpeted - then again the BMW has twice the miles on original suspension, and most of it's original bushes. Of course frenchy is FWD, but I don't mind that too much, and there isn't much tourque steer. It's typically french, a good balance of handling and comfort, it does not seem to oversteer and I'm sure you could intice some lift off oversteer out of the back end. But seeing as it is a work vehcile I wasn't driving anywere near 10/10ths, and I was doing the speed limit, obviously   At the end of the day driving on public roads, especially on roads I know, I'm only going to take X corner at a max of X speed no matter what the vehicle. In the BMW I'll power through with no drama, knowing I'm not having to try. In the the Renault it'll take more effort, more gearchanges. I'm not sure which is better, I love a car which can eat up corners at speed without batting an eyelid, on the other hand it's not exactly a particually thrilling driving expereience sometimes. Yes, the BMW could go faster but I'm either too chickenshit or too resposible to do that on a public road.  By the time I got back, I had perhaps got 1 or 2 mpg more out of the Megane than the BMW would. I was also a bit more comfy, as the seating and pedals in the BMW are always a little bit wrong for me. I was starting to wonder in the roundel is really worth the extra cash, till I swapped cars. The Renault might good enough to be fun, but the BMW just has that extra power and better handling to make bashing A and B roads at speed effortless, and I know if I owned the Renault myself as my only car I would spend every drive pining for the BMW.  It also won't fall apart anywhere near as quick (fingers crossed my swirl flaps don't got tits). The interior is nicer in the BMW, although the renault isn't bad, but a bit cheap looking - then again it is a lot cheaper. I'm not sure the BMW is 150% of the car the renault is, but it is worth it anyway. Having said that, I'm still looking forward to the next time I drive the Renault. I think if I had a proper petrol sports car sitting the the garage for when I wanted something quick, the BMW wouldn't make so much sense. In summary I just wrote 6 paragraphs on Diesel estate cars. I need to get a life, or at least a sports car. Is this the right thread for such nonsensical rambings? The Renault is my ride in as much as I'll do as many miles in it as my own car. stump fucked around with this message at 21:30 on Aug 23, 2012 |
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Sir Cornelius posted:frog-cars.  Also it smelled like dog. Edit: I sold the peugeot it in early 2008. It was off the road before the end of the year  Amazingly I sold the Citroen ZX £150 shed in the pic in 2006 with 215k on the clock, and it was still taxed until may 2009.
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Sir Cornelius posted:Neat, I had that 1.8 in an even uglier color Yeah, I'd imagine. They are quite rare over are here. Most one's I've seen on ebay 2.0/1.8 petrols or 90/110hp diesels.
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GramCracker posted:Okay, this will seem like a silly reason. I know why I like wagons (aka Avant's to me), but why do the goons like them? I'd love to hear everyone's reason for why they like an awesome wagon, and also give myself some additional ammo for when someone is all "ZOMG WHI U GET WAGONE?" Because it's much harder to run out of space, you can carry huge things, long things, and don't have to put mountain bikes on the roof or take the wheels off. Ditto for hatchbacks, but the the estates I've had weren't available as a hatchback (e46 BMW and Peuegot 406). Saloons are a pain in the dick if you want to move big things, especially if the rear seats don't fold down. In my e36's I messed up the back seats carrying wheels and other bluky, dirty poo poo that wouldn't fit in the boot. Also I like how they look 
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Really like the look of the Dart, looks better than its Alfa cousin that we get in the UK - I can't stand the vast expanse between grill and headlight they have.
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Tomarse posted:My 9-3 is succumbing to main bearing failure and bankrupting me at 22mpg so I got something a bit cheaper to run. I had the Citroen version as a hire car for a few days, enjoyed driving it, and decent space with the seats down surprisingly. Having said that I probably enjoyed it because it was a hire car and I wasn't paying for fuel so I just ragged the living daylights out of it. I think I saw an indicated 100mph in third.
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KozmoNaut posted:That would surprise me a lot, considering that's right around its top speed in 5th Yeah, surprised me too, as the top speed is 98! I figure the speedo must have been overreading a decent bit, but I never got a chance to GPS it.
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VelociBacon posted:That E30 M3 is a great looking car and a crazy find at that low KM. For the unaware, what makes an E30 M3 worth more than a newer M3 in similar shape with similar KM's like this one? Love the car, just curious. This is an interesting discussion: http://youtu.be/REwb748WX4E It's a very iconic car, becoming very collectible, and can be had on a high end enthusiast budget.
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MikeyTsi posted:Am I the only one that thinks putting the license plate directly above the exhaust ports is a really dumb idea? I wonder how well a plastic UK plate would fare? Although I doubt Hyundai spit flames out the exhaust.
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Michael Scott posted:
Get some OEM wheels off a higher spec model off eBay, and fit some decent tyres. Don't go for really big ones unless the roads are smooth a glass where you are, as the bigger the wheel the worse the ride. Maybe fit a new head unit or aux in if your car has a poo poo stereo. Get winter tyres if you get proper seasons where you live. Keep up on maintenance (bushes etc, not just oil changes) and call it a day. Don't think about more power unless your car has any well known and cost effective mods, such as a remap for a turbo diesel. If that isn't enough, time to sell up and buy something with more potential! Nothing wrong with your car like, but it's not a good base for anything other than very minor mods.
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I've always thought that generation of accord were really handsome cars, the estates too.
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I had wintersport 3D's on my e46 320d and the only time I got anywhere near stuck was because I'd high centred myself. Even handled decent in a Scottish summer (~20 degrees centigrade). Would def recommend.
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365 Nog Hogger posted:Sweet Jeep Wife???
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   Picked this up for the Fiancée today, as the Ford Ka I bought previously turned out to be a bit rusty (oh boy that was a silly buy, but was fun as hell to throw about). This is much more solid, FSH, 83,000 miles, a few little suspension rattles but nothing urgent, and cheap enough. It's a 1.4 Vauxhall (Opel/Holden/GM) Corsa 1.4 SXI. SXI is sadly just a trim level not a indication of any kind of warm performance, but it is more than enough car for a learner / new driver. FWD 5 speed manual obviously. Drove it 175 miles today up from Alnwick and it drives surprisingly well for a Poxhall, if a bit noisy at 9mph. Edit: For some reason it has a BMW "Ultimate Driving Machine" tax disc holder 
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salt the fries! posted:Hopefully I can find the registration history since I want to get the original number plate for the car. If not, I'll get the plate that's etched on the window. That makes sense too but I'd rather find the history. Edit: That particular website may not give you the reg number, I haven't checked! stump fucked around with this message at 08:08 on Nov 4, 2014 |
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