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The good: wheel retrimmed today by Jacek at Royal Steering Wheels in Aylesbury. Guy did a superb job and has totally refreshed the car interior. I went with nappa leather top and bottom, with perforated nappa leather on the sides, finished with a deep red stitching to match the chateau leather interior.
The bad: spotted that some dickless piece of s
t has smacked the back of my car at some time over the last few days. Granted, nothing major, but I've only had the bloody car a month. Suppose it will just serve as my 'sod it, I'm getting a dash cam' moment what with all the driving gods I've seen on the roads lately and now this.
The bad: spotted that some dickless piece of s
t has smacked the back of my car at some time over the last few days. Granted, nothing major, but I've only had the bloody car a month. Suppose it will just serve as my 'sod it, I'm getting a dash cam' moment what with all the driving gods I've seen on the roads lately and now this.Theophany said:
The good: wheel retrimmed today by Jacek at Royal Steering Wheels in Aylesbury. Guy did a superb job and has totally refreshed the car interior. I went with nappa leather top and bottom, with perforated nappa leather on the sides, finished with a deep red stitching to match the chateau leather interior.
The bad: spotted that some dickless piece of st has smacked the back of my car at some time over the last few days. Granted, nothing major, but I've only had the bloody car a month. Suppose it will just serve as my 'sod it, I'm getting a dash cam' moment what with all the driving gods I've seen on the roads lately and now this.
My boss bought a 645 when they were brand new. I couldn't get on with it when I had a go. Then years later I realised this was my first experience of run flats. Does yours have them or go flats?The bad: spotted that some dickless piece of s
t has smacked the back of my car at some time over the last few days. Granted, nothing major, but I've only had the bloody car a month. Suppose it will just serve as my 'sod it, I'm getting a dash cam' moment what with all the driving gods I've seen on the roads lately and now this.ATM said:
My boss bought a 645 when they were brand new. I couldn't get on with it when I had a go. Then years later I realised this was my first experience of run flats. Does yours have them or go flats?
Go flats, managed to survive with ordinary rubber this long in my life! Plus, the general consensus of them being pants puts me off spending the extra money to give them a go and possibly hate them. Not driven one on run flats, but on regular rubber its a really refined ride. Never going to be the most dynamic of drives as it's a big GT bruiser, but it's dynamic enough to go for a spirited run without feeling like it's on the edge. That being said, I'm guessing the dynamic drive pack with the rear anti roll bar helps!
aka_kerrly said:
RoverP6B said:
Incidentally, why an LS1 swap rather than an M62?
Could be the LS1 makes more power as standard, no doubt consumables and rebuild costs are substantially lower and the range of aftermarket parts is enormous. vsonix said:
aka_kerrly said:
RoverP6B said:
Incidentally, why an LS1 swap rather than an M62?
Could be the LS1 makes more power as standard, no doubt consumables and rebuild costs are substantially lower and the range of aftermarket parts is enormous. I thought I had the only one.
Got this a few weeks back. Done the compulsory preventative maintanance that is the cooling system; it had no bloody thermostat in it! Also the water pump plastic impellor was just on its way out by the looks of it, so pretty chuffed I've caught it in time. New thermostat, pump, and radiator aswell as some new coolant has the temp gauge bang in the middle 
RoverP6B said:
Wow! What a beautiful E34 - possibly the best example in existence?! Is that M20 or M50-powered?
Haha, no the pictures flatter it 
Its not bad, but there are plenty examples in far better condition. Its got a fair bit of rust on the front jacking points, and I don't know how to weld so that'll no doubt be expensive. Most of the interior is decent, drivers seat has a few rips in it though. Also found out the some of the tyres are from the 90s 
Got a set of 15 inch alloys (OZ racing I think, look very plain, not a fan of aftermarket stuff in general) that i'm hoping to get winters on soon. Need some Hub Centric Rings first though.It is an M50 engine, which is what I was going for. I prefer the look of the non-facelift ones, but a lot of them are M20s.
Edited by garyjpaterson on Thursday 10th December 17:52
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