The Best ///M/Barge/General Rant/Look at this/O/T (Vol XVI)

[Krikkit]

chrisw666 said:

melvster said:

Tonight's wantage.


http://www.106rallyeforum.com/forum2008/showthread...

Forgot about these, probably less nice to use every day though.

Long as you don't mind a lack of creature comforts they make great daily cars. Thrash them without worrying about losing your licence, wonderful character that grabs you from the first moment you point them down a B-road. Miss mine hugely, can't wait to get another!

[ferrisbueller]

tdm34 said:

This colour/interior/wheel colour combo on paper sounds horrific, but in the flesh it looks gorgeous....

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C457130

Not convinced.

[M777CUS]

Hmmm.

Inspection didn't go so well. The car drove fine, surprisingly quick actually. Coming from an e60 M5 I was pleasantly surprised.

However, the not so good bits.

Sunroof opened but did not close.
Seemed to be a fault with the tyre pressure sensor.

Nav/on board computer was on the blink. Now fair play to the dealer, they are going to be sorted with no quibble by Friday.
Disappointing though, wanted to pick up today.
Anyway. As a daily train station hack, it'll do the job.
Looks pretty too.

[M777CUS]

Beefmeister said:

I loved my old 106 XSi:



It was the 1.6, on ITBs, putting out 122bhp. Little rocket, that thing. I never had an issue with my Size 12's in the pedal box either.

Yeah, I loved my XSI too, black. k&n air filter, good times.

[Blueprint]

Gruber; I should quantify the expensive to fix items as being expensive relative to the value of the car!
This, I fear, it not such an unusual circumstance in today's used car market. Still, c.£160 for each genuine coil pack felt a bit steep. The brake pads and drop links seemed a bit heavy too, but my parts pricing benchmark? An E36 318is

[Blueprint]

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/j...

I'll have a slice of that.

[WTFWT]

tdm34 said:

JamesK said:

tdm34 said:

Thors Hammer...............

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2014...

Yes!! Never seen or heard one. But yes!

I drove one regularly a few years back, and it was genuinely eye widening to drive, and it's published power and performance figures are on the conservative side, one balmy summers evening we found out that it would pull an indicated 195 leptons on an uphill section of the M62 and was still accelerating!

I'm extremely tempted by this… Most Alpinas have awful wood interior.

What is the ride quality like? Tyres look like rubber bands and I live in pothole / speed bump hell in Fulham. If it can do a modicum of waft I may well be sold...

[texasjohn]

M777CUS said:

Hmmm.

Inspection didn't go so well. The car drove fine, surprisingly quick actually. Coming from an e60 M5 I was pleasantly surprised.

However, the not so good bits.

Sunroof opened but did not close.
Seemed to be a fault with the tyre pressure sensor.

Nav/on board computer was on the blink. Now fair play to the dealer, they are going to be sorted with no quibble by Friday.
Disappointing though, wanted to pick up today.
Anyway. As a daily train station hack, it'll do the job.
Looks pretty too.

Hmmm

Check for damp footwells and under boot carpet. Have a feel around under drivers side pollen filter for trapped rain water too. If you can't get your hand into the space have a poke about with some kitchen roll (twist it into a 'rod')

Glad you liked it and to hear the 45i is acceptably quick.

[hadenough!]

anonymous said:

[redacted]

The little ones further away Doogle...

[L100NYY]

olly22n said:

melvster said:

bungle said:

^^^^^^^ 106 Rallye vs 306 Rallye \/ \/ \/ \/ ...



http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/p...

Tough call, I think for me the 106 edges it........ Just............ But I am not sure i would take an equally mint 106 GTi. Ahhhh

306 please!

I'm - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VV1XWJN3nJo

I'm also unwell.

[ATM]

WTFWT said:

tdm34 said:

JamesK said:

tdm34 said:

Thors Hammer...............

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2014...

Yes!! Never seen or heard one. But yes!

I drove one regularly a few years back, and it was genuinely eye widening to drive, and it's published power and performance figures are on the conservative side, one balmy summers evening we found out that it would pull an indicated 195 leptons on an uphill section of the M62 and was still accelerating!

I'm extremely tempted by this… Most Alpinas have awful wood interior.

What is the ride quality like? Tyres look like rubber bands and I live in pothole / speed bump hell in Fulham. If it can do a modicum of waft I may well be sold...

They'll be go flats so not awful. I thought the B5S was marginally better but the B5 is no turd.

[L100NYY]

Autocar goes Couch'.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VV1XWJN3nJo



An interesting short video, albeit not exciting or thrilling. I would love to see a Petrolicious style video of this Bentley doing an epic Euro jaunt. Tux at breakfast, of course.

And for those that missed it;

http://www.classicandperformancecar.com/features/o...



I have to say that Kidston's 300SL is utterly, wonderfully fantastic. Just look at it.

[Acquah]

E30M3SE said:

Acquah said:

Maybe volume 16 is the one where I go from lurker to active threadist...? An enjoyable read anyway!

You've taken the fist step, .

Looks like I have, although the E39 might have got there first with its never-ending bork And I've just signed up for some more with an addition in the form of a Renault Laguna.

[Output Flange]

Acquah said:

a Renault Laguna.

V6, right? Right?

[CampDavid]

melvster said:

bungle said:

^^^^^^^ 106 Rallye vs 306 Rallye \/ \/ \/ \/ ...



http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/p...

Tough call, I think for me the 106 edges it........ Just............ But I am not sure i would take an equally mint 106 GTi. Ahhhh

Personally, I'd go with the 306. The 106, lovely as it is, doesn't handle as well as the 306. Electric PAS has no feel and the 306 is so much easier to control at the limit. Nicer engine too.

Some 106 Rallye S2s had a non-PAS rack, that could improve things enough but I doubt it

[braddo]

I think the 306 (be it S16, GTI-6 or Rallye) is my favourite hot hatch. Theoretically, that is - I have never driven a hot hatch of any kind*.

(* other than a Rent4Ring Swift but that doesn't really count)

[CampDavid]

braddo said:

I think the 306 (be it S16, GTI-6 or Rallye) is my favourite hot hatch. Theoretically, that is - I have never driven a hot hatch of any kind*.

(* other than a Rent4Ring Swift but that doesn't really count)

Itch not scratched then. Buy that red one

[Acquah]

Output Flange said:

V6, right? Right?

Nah, I don't do vulgar V6's, only straight-sixes for me

E39 has six-cylinder duties covered, and MX-5 has fun duties covered (as well as the impending bike purchase), but the Renault is a diesel for plodding motorways for work and nipping to London at weekends to see family. I've had it less than a month and it's already done me for an intermittent starting fault (which I can't trace on a code reader), and a snapped spring last weekend resulting in a puncture, meaning me having to get new springs and dampers and a pair of Bridgestone Potenzas for the front end. So far, the money saving idea isn't quite working...

[Acquah]

Having said that, I'm pleasantly surprised by the Laguna's high-speed refinement. Near-as-dammit the equal of the E39s. So much so that I might get rid of it so I can save the tax and insurance bill and put it towards something more tasty in 2015. Like an R129. Or something.

ETA - getting rid of the E39, that is.

[CampDavid]

A mate of mine has a Laguna, he's added 115k to the 50k we bought it on and it's been fine. Snapped spring aside.

He treats it pretty gently, it took him 12 months to find the button on the bottom of the accelerator