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

[joesnow]

Crook said:

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Is that a Delorean on the left?

Really want one of these today

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gpd_s8XOdLU

[Justayellowbadge]

928.

Weird science.

[L100NYY]

From here -> http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[Output Flange]

<pedant>

Yeah, but:

dinkel said:

Mighty M version of the BMW 635 CSi shares the fab 6 with the M1.

It's missing a wheel centre, and it doesn't share the engine with the M1.

</pedant>

[L100NYY]

This evenings obsession;

[E24man]

Output Flange said:

<pedant>

Yeah, but:

dinkel said:

Mighty M version of the BMW 635 CSi shares the fab 6 with the M1.

It's missing a wheel centre, and it doesn't share the engine with the M1.

</pedant>

It's missing a wheel centre, yes but,

BMW said:

BMW M635CSi & M5 brochure 2/86 part number 611 15 08 21, page 4, paragraph 10.

"The high-performance power unit of the M1 is now featured with improved and even more sophisticated technologies in the M 635 CSi and M 5."

[m5wagon]

rejn said:

m5wagon said:

DJRC said:

rejn said:

Crook said:

That would be mental.

Oh and congratulations on the Mondial.

Thanks - can't wait to pick it up. Although I wish I had more time at the moment!! If all goes well I'll be getting the Integrale back from service/belts/MoT this week, so it'll be next week at the earliest before I pick up the Mondial. It's having a post-purchase inspection done now, too. Fingers crossed there are no horror stories in there...

Crook said:

Here's a vid I just stumbled across showing how versatile the family 4 seater really is.

Awesome - great video. The car is the video is a 3.4t version (like mine) and looks like it handles pretty well, too.

A 'Grale and an 80s Ferrari? What kind of idiot would volunteer for that much grief???!! Next you will be saying your "reliable" car is a TVR...

Or an E34 M5 (with EDC) would complete your collection of bork potential!

(don't listen to us, we're just jealous!)

Ha - funnily enough (and I had to check this), I quoted an E34 M5 on page one of volume XVII of this thread...

Oh yes. I've owned two. I'd own another at a heartbeat.

[Output Flange]

E24man said:

Sales brochure stuff

"an evolution of" would be the phrase.

[S3_Graham]

Sunny weather so took the M3 to work today. At the lights on the A30 an E30 M3 trundled past, looked to be a sport Evo !! Black with the red pin stripe and grey centres on the wheels? Made my morning!

[rejn]

picking up the Integrale later today.
Full service, cam belt change, and the list of snags all fixed.

Edited by rejn on Wednesday 20th May 10:24

[m5wagon]

Have seen a rather well loved W124 estate E300TD (non turbo), private sale. Does someone have an HPI check account they wouldn't mind using? It's M125 UBL.

[m5wagon]

Don't worry - done. Seems clean, well, for 233k miles. And price is £1850.

However owner said they owned it for 1-5 to 2 years, but keeper change documented as Dec 2014. Run away?

[illmonkey]

m5wagon said:

Don't worry - done. Seems clean, well, for 233k miles. And price is £1850.

However owner said they owned it for 1-5 to 2 years, but keeper change documented as Dec 2014. Run away?

Ask them why it says that date? Swapped from his wife to him or something?

[LaurasOtherHalf]

Any threadists been to the morgan factory?

[barchetta_boy]

Is that the OM606 engine that couldn't pull the skin off a rice-pudding, but will run on pretty much anything from used olive oil upwards?

[jeremyc]

LaurasOtherHalf said:

Any threadists been to the morgan factory?

Twice.

How can I help?

[ajcj]

Hello all.

My daily commute is changing, from 16 miles of A and B roads, to 50 miles of motorway. I'm currently running an Alpina B5, which is by several streets the most competent crusher of cross-country journeys I have ever driven, but when I think about the effect of 100 miles per day on its value, and my petrol budget, I wonder if there is a better solution.

I am leaning towards the A8 / 7 series / S Class / Phaeton group, at a £15k-ish level. Does anyone have comparitive experience of these, or others I should be considering? Is there any realistic difference in operating costs between them?

All help, advice, and general musings welcome. Thanks.

[S3_Graham]

Hammond's M3 from Top Gear is up for Auction.... seems expensive given the report by ADAC!!!

http://www.dpccars.com/gallery/index.php/BMW-M3-E3...

[E30M3SE]

S3_Graham said:

Sunny weather so took the M3 to work today. At the lights on the A30 an E30 M3 trundled past, looked to be a sport Evo !! Black with the red pin stripe and grey centres on the wheels? Made my morning!

Sounds like it was a SE, but plenty of lookalikes around.

[W00DY]

S3_Graham said:

Hammond's M3 from Top Gear is up for Auction.... seems expensive given the report by ADAC!!!

http://www.dpccars.com/gallery/index.php/BMW-M3-E3...

"no known issues with the engine or electrics"


Everything eles is fked presumably?

Appears to have lost the rather fetching seats too.