Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

20” spinners

Off to eBay I go.

Take the wheel off and take wheel to tyre place and they will fix it.

Could it be the wheel? I've had cracked alloys, and also corrosion on the alloy around the bead that caused tyres to lose their air

if it isn't a puncture (i remember one tyre being rubbish) take the rim/tyre to a wheel fitter and ask them to polish the bead surface of the rim, then refit. or try an inner tube?

the LE wheels are notoriously shit quality

Are the rims tubeless?

I stick to my idea of taking it to a tyre place. I'd go as far as taking it to one of those part worn tyre places rather that kwik fit.

it isn't a puncture

How do I check for a puncture on a car?

#sooutoofmydepth

Most punctures on cars will still retain the offending item - nails, staples, screws, etc. If you see one of those it's a puncture.

So sick! Love the drawings.

i am not sure it is a puncture, but the dudes at the tyre place will have a basin shaped like a half a babybel that is full of water, so you can check in the same way you'd chek and inner tube.

Made this some time ago in an idle moment. My parents used to buy the Telegraph, but I would only read Sport and the Motoring sections. I mainly remember the straight forward speaking Honest John column and this little bit where well known people would rate their car history, with each one scored out of ten. I've had quite a few cars, so only included those which are of slightly more interest.

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Changing the front brake pads on the Subaru, replacement pads didn't come with shims and the current shims look to have been/now be stuck to the back of the old pads.

Do I need them? Google says no, but I'll likely have very noisy brakes. Google also failed to find any for sale

Does the back of the new pad have a coating/covering of some sort? Such as the pads on the TRW page This coating/covering helps stop brake squeal.

Buddy got a brand new ST to sit along side his very clean Cooper S.

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Nope, no covering at all

Spotted some oil under the car (Subaru Outback H6 3.0L) and after investigating looks like both valve covers need their gaskets replacing. Has anyone done this with a 6 cylinder boxer in situ?

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Given the recent talk of Porsche and Singer etc, what do we think of the more extreme end of things,
RWB

No
No
Yes-ish
No
100% Yes

This was dropped off at my door yesterday.

67k miles, full Renault service history. It's really fun to drive, apart from the fact it has the loudest exhaust I've ever heard.

I've ordered a replacement so that'll be the first job. Then I'll need to source a rear interior, and then the dents repaired, etc etc

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Car History;
owned 1982 Mk1 Ford Cortina 1200cc (1965 model) £10
Owned 1983 Mk1 Ford Cortina 1500cc Auto (1965 model) £35
Owned 1983 Mk2 Ford Cortina 1300cc £110
Owned 1983 to 1990 JPS Mk11 Ford Capri 1600GT (1974) became a stage 3 2000cc GT £free exchanged with the Mk 11
1990 to 1991 Company car VW Polo's
Owned 1991 Audi 100 5s (1979 model) £65
Owned 1991 to 92 VW Mk1 Passat 1600cc £95
Owned 1992 to 2000 Audi 90 2.0CD (1983 model) £600
Owned 2000 to 2005 BMW 325i 4dr E30 (1990 model) £200
Also owned 2004 a BMW 318i 1988 model for two months £185
2005 to 2007 no car, cycled or used the missus Mk11 VW Golf 1600
Owned 2008 to 2015 BMW 325i auto E30 touring (1989 model) free left to me by a friend who died, he said I had spent twenty years under it I could spend time in it .
2015 to current BMW E30 Touring 335i (1989 model) £2100 has the big six 3500cc lump from the E34 five series 'Smiles per miles'
2019 to current BMW 318i auto E30 Touring (1989 model) £1700

That's 38 years motoring for £5100 of purchase price :) the joys of buying old shitters in the motor trade and keeping them going. :D

Sick

They're not my cup of tea, but I'm glad they exist - so much of the air-cooled world is dedicated to slavish maintenance of originality for cars that travel to shows and then back to a garage at a sedate pace.

At least Akira Nakai brings originality of thought, albeit that he's taking what Porsche did on their race cars and making it cartoonish.

But then I'd take a narrow body over a wide body 911 every day of the week.

they're all too low though.

So 40 years of motoring kicked off with 600cc
Honda my mates christened the ‘bean can’
It’s seen young man
Single man- married man - one , two and three children.
Cars the children learned to drive in .
Then there was a lot of motor bikes too.... until the children
I used to live for a Thursday and a crisp Thames valley trader

Honda Z600 ( borrowed off mum)

This lot I bought
Vw beetle
MGB
MGB GT
MGB
TVR VIXEN
VW golf mk 2
Morgan plus 4
Karman beetle convertible
Beetle new shape
911 SC forest green
Austin healey 3000 mk2
Austin Healey 3000 mk2 tri carb
911 964
911 964
BMW 525
New beetle convertible
911 2.7 1976
Lotus élan coupe yellow
Caterham 7
Mercedes G wagon
Volvo amazon
Mercedes ML
CITROEN C3
Mercedes e200 estate
Mini Cooper S
Mini cabriolet sidewalk
BMW X5
Volvo XC 90
DEFENDER LWB
Discovery 3
BMW Z4
Series 3 v8 LR
SERIES 1 LR
SERIRS 1LR 1949 a peach
Series 1
Defender 90 petrol 2.25 I made into a soft top
Mercedes estate
Reliant Scimitar
Landrover 90 green petrol
BMW series cabriolet
Mini cabriolet interchange yellow
Volvo v70
Boxster
Skoda Fabia
Bmw 2 series cabriolet