The Best ///M/Barge/General Rant/Look at this/O/T(Vol XIX)
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Chris Stott said:
Not really an option… cars have to have factory fitted wheels and tyre sizes… so I could fit a set of 20’s with a 275/40f 315/35r, as they were homologated for the E53 on a 4.8i, but not a set of big knobblies as they weren’t originally homologated for any version of the car.
Plus the ride/handling would be s
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Car modding isn’t much of a thing here as the iTV (mot) is super strict. No way you’d get away with a Momo on a 996 here like we all have in the UK. Immediate mot fail…. plus the traffic police would be all over you at one of their regular roadblocks… Spain has a lot of police… but I’ve never seen a speed trap and there are virtually no speed cameras
It may be rose tinted glimmers, but I recall mile upon mile of smooth tarmac with almost zero policing of speed limits.Plus the ride/handling would be s
t Car modding isn’t much of a thing here as the iTV (mot) is super strict. No way you’d get away with a Momo on a 996 here like we all have in the UK. Immediate mot fail…. plus the traffic police would be all over you at one of their regular roadblocks… Spain has a lot of police… but I’ve never seen a speed trap and there are virtually no speed cameras
Chris Stott said:
ATM said:
You need some proper nobbly tyres on that
Not really an option… cars have to have factory fitted wheels and tyre sizes… so I could fit a set of 20’s with a 275/40f 315/35r, as they were homologated for the E53 on a 4.8i, but not a set of big knobblies as they weren’t originally homologated for any version of the car. Plus the ride/handling would be s
t Car modding isn’t much of a thing here as the iTV (mot) is super strict. No way you’d get away with a Momo on a 996 here like we all have in the UK. Immediate mot fail…. plus the traffic police would be all over you at one of their regular roadblocks… Spain has a lot of police… but I’ve never seen a speed trap and there are virtually no speed cameras
ferrisbueller said:
It may be rose tinted glimmers, but I recall mile upon mile of smooth tarmac with almost zero policing of speed limits.
I’ve owned here for 10 years and lived here for the last 4.5 years… I’ve never seen a speed trap. Police on the motorways don’t seem that bothered IME… I’ve passed them a number of times at c.150kph (120 limit) following other cars and they don’t seem interested. I do see at least 2 or 3 traffic checks a week… usually in a morning… a couple of ‘Traffico’s’ on a roundabout doing ITV and document checks. Never been stopped myself, but I have a current ITV sticker on my windscreen.
Otherwise, know of only 2 fixed cameras in the area between Malaga and Estepona… both have massive signs around half a k before them.
Roads are reasonable…if I turn left out of our resort I’m on the A397 Rhonda Road… 50km of smooth, winding country A road… but you’d have to be up and out early as it’s full of Spanish in shopping trolleys doing 60kph most of the time.
And the Spanish do love a speed hump… they are f
king everywhere once you’re off the main roads, and some of them are massive! bd things. ATM said:
I think you can get correct size tyres in nobbly for the 18 inch fitments. All factory sizes. Nothing modded.
Maybe, but why? It would ride and handle worse than it currently does, plus it would be noisier, and probably less economical. Plus it’s a near 20 year old, diesel SUV… I’m not too fussed what it looks like as it’s not going to impress anyone at the best of times
ATM said:
Reduced to 4125
750iL (x2 really) with a difference
£29,999
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202312064...
£29,999
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202312064...
Edited by L100NYY on Friday 5th April 11:10
L100NYY said:
I thought I posted this months ago?andy43 said:
M3 box connected to a V12 sounds like a short term option but what do I know!
Our E46 M3 drift/track car made 590bhp on the dyno at Evolve. Standard box - no issues whatsoever. Provided you start with a good box, change the fluid regularly, the Getrag is as tough as they get… 
ATM said:
L100NYY said:
I thought I posted this months ago?I found it
And it was 5 grand cheaper then
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
It must have been when Mr L had decided his life had more meaning elsewhere and he had been missing for a while. We like it much better with you back so dont do that again, ever, please.
You can see how your posts have clearly rubbed off on Me. I hope this makes you proud.
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