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

Silly question but why are they breaking?

Good luck in the car search.

As I've seen one you tube video on chassis design, I therefore am an authority ;)

Years ago I started to read and speak to people about separate and monocoque chassis design, the more I read and the more I spoke to people, the less I knew. Well more questions I ended up with. There is and amazing difference that comes from computer aided design and modelling, and experience.

it’s what all the professional car reviewers said about it when it was launched

You’re aware that reviewers in almost every field are paid to fill column inches and tell their readers what they want to hear and any resemblance to reality is coincidental?

there's been a steady escalation in power outputs - cosworth sierra had just 204hp and was thought of as pretty radical when it was first released.

That was road trim too, the performance race/rally were around 350 and then the RS500 and that developed 350bhp in road trim and 450bhp if you used the second set of injectors that present on the engine but not activated.

At the time the mk1 1.6 golf gti had 110bhp? and the MK2 1.8 golf gti was 125bhp?

BHP figures from memory...

Elgonzo has 300 on something as 'normal' as an every day car.

That bimmer would look sweet slammed on some huge shiny wheels tho

such a pain.. mine can’t be replaced till friday, supposed to set off on a week long holiday on saturday so autoglass better not fuck me

how does that happen? shit though!

So does anyone actually care about the new cuntach?

No. But it looks nice.

Mate's dad BITD had a Jalpa. Lovely thing but it was perpetually in the shop. I learned early it's never the purchase price that kills you on these things, it's the maintenance. Not sure much has changed since then.

Yeah, at a glance it looks nice but overall I think it's a bit of an insult to the original. Meh, cynical marketing exercise anyway.

Just an aventador with square headlights. Could have been good.

I really don’t like vent mounted

I don't now :(

Will look into one of those, ta.

Update on Susan the car scratcher: Paid me the £200 and was very apologetic. Nice lady.

I can't remember who suggested just keeping the cash and not bothering to actually fix the cosmetic stuff but I'm maybe swinging that way. Car is mechanically/functionally faultless (hit 75k doing Edinburgh to London yesterday) but if I start fixing the minor bodywork/paint issues not sure where I'd stop.

Thinking about DIYing with T cut Meguiar's Scratchx or similar, Honda touch up pen and one of those alloy wheel repair kits. Are they any good?

The side with the large area but shallow scuff, a touch up pen & T-cut should be able to make it almost invisible.

Not convinced by the side the scratch has gone right down to the black plastic though.

honestly not sure,

id just been to a hand car wash, so my guess would be potentially had a chip i hadnt noticed + pressure washers + driving out into the sun after that?

2 Binky episodes in one week is bigger news

Huuuuuge news, great episodes...

What's funny is that I still have not started that series. Mainly because I know it'll chew waaaaay too much time.

Aren't you in lockdown? You have no excuse!!

I'd be phoning every day...or looking at other suppliers.

Is this under insurance? AS that may limit who you go to.

yeah through insurance we can only contact autoglass, who couldnt do it till the 30th, but one of their ‘partners’ can do it on friday this week,

then alternative is pay out of pocket which is 5x the cost

The one from the auction you posted? What did you pay in the end? Did you get the oil leak diagnosed, rocker cover gasket?

Yes that one, I’m picking it up on Wednesday, I’ll take it to the main dealer for a service and to get that oil stain looked at. I’m thinking of getting the water pump done and the transmission oil changed as it’s 20 years old. Then I’ll get the rust spot on the tailgate sorted and underbody and cavity rustproofing done. Any other preventative maintenance stuff I should be getting done?

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Cambelt/s if it's got them? If it's chains then maybe take a look at the tensioners.

So sick, love it! Can't advise on preventative maintenance I'm more of a "fix things as they break" kinda guy.

There's a post on one of the BMW forums I've saved somewhere that has an extensive service schedule (but it's aimed at e46 rather than e39). I'll see if I can dig it out. Usually good to try and find out common problems to check - expansion tank cracks, oil breather update etc.

As always @Fixedwheelnut is the Oracle of all things BMW.