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

Delta was also a prisma. But off the top of my head there was a 2l injected in that but that was quite a sporty version and the dedra may be the same. What are the numbers off the dell'ortos as they might give you a hint. Is it an 8v or 16v head?

Doesn't the fiat coupe engine fit?

any recommendations for single trip breakdown cover on the continent? i don't have any in the uk but it seems like a good idea when i take the volvo to germany.

The Fiat coupé 2l turbo engine is basically an Integrale motor, so yes.

The Lancia engine made way more power.

straight 5 20v in the coupe non?

edit: didn't realise there was a 16v version with an inline 4 too

Anyone been to Dunsfold Park? My R8 experience is this weekend and I'm trying to figure out if wife and baby are best left at home. Is there a spectator section? A cafe?

Anyone have any recommendations for detailers/someone who can sort some chips and scratches on my car. I'm based in Glasgow (the city where no-one gives a fuck about knocking your car around), so if there are any national outfits that come recommended that would be good. Cheers

@Fixedwheelnut

Are you aware of an issue with nav systems in newish (65 plate) BMWs showing the incorrect location when working off of a postcode?

I've had 5 or 6 journeys where the correct postcode for the location was put in but it's directed me to a road around 0.5 to 1 mile away from the correct location. When putting in the postcode, often the nav system (pro one...) will offer up several 'options' for the postcode location which all point to the same place still but they're wrong.

Yup - still got warranty & service pack.

I checked the BMW update site and i have the current version. It's also pulled map updates down from the connection in the car, a couple of times this year already.

Not due to be serviced again for another 6k miles so maybe I just wait until then unless i can identify a specific / repeatable issue.

Use Google maps.

That's what I do at the end of the journey...

The in car nav is great for showing traffic and rerouting, especially as it's integrated into the dash and to the instrument cluster. Just a shame it sometimes veers off course.

They were designed (I think, quoting some random guy I met at a fiat meet) for the 16v 4 pot turbo engine + 5 speed gearbox and approx 205 16" tyres. But almost immediately after launch came with the 5 pot 20v turbo lump and later a 6 speed gearbox (and turbo plus, which just limited boost in 1st gear I think, not that it was ever an issue on a stock motor) and 215/17" wheels which meant turning circle was literally the worst I've ever experienced in any road car.
Had a 1998.5 car (was an LE turbo plus in green, should have kept it as now a very rare thing indeed, at the time it was worthless, think I paid £1800 for it!) with 17" wheels and factory 6 speed box, there would be car parks that you begin to enter, quickly realize your going to need a crane to get back out and then cause total chaos as you try to communicate to the traffic behind you that they are going to have to reverse as it is impossible for you to go any further forward. Think older megane sport (220?) used to also have a diabolically bad turning circle.
Worth noting I loved that car and would buy it back in an instant regardless of its current state, gov mot check says it hasn't been on the road since 2009 so guess its long gone though.

https://whitelabel.globalauctionplatform.com/en-gb/auction-catalogues/timed/wca/catalogue-id-witham1-10000?clienturl=wca

gov mot check says it hasn't been on the road since 2009 so guess its long gone though

Is there a way to get anymore information on a vehicle other than this? I just searched for my old GT6 and found out it's been untaxed, also since 2009, just a few years after I sold it following a full rebuild. I'd have it back in an instant.

This is close to my experience with the gti6... Forgot how bad the right hand turning circle is. Barely makes it around a normal round-about.

twenty minutes to an hour, sorry for the delayed reply but my mum's illness deteriorated and she died,
it has been a while coming so more of a thankfully not suffering than a shock.
http://www.pelicanparts.com/BMW/techarticles/JF-Tech/BMW_E30_3_Series_fuel_injector_cleaning.htm

message me the chassis number last seven digits and I will check on Wednesday when back at work.
Does the vehicle position itself change? had a few where the gps aerial at the rear of the Nav CIC control unit has a poor connection

Anyone know a decent breakers? I need an intake cam from a 3.4 litre 996.

Douglas Valley is the usual. Dunno about good tho.

Uh oh. That doesn't sound good.

That's a point, I wonder if Shrick would sell blanks?

Just put deposit down on a 2014 Skoda Yeti, Laurin and Klement finishing kit so it will even park itself. First time I have ever bought a car, rather excite in a middle aged fashion.

drove from cornwall to london. fuck me that took ages.

I like the A303, if you came that way...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6eIBE7Bo3U