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

[Blueprint]

Output Flange said:

Blueprint said:

That's an interesting point and could be one that ultimately backfires. I wonder if I am inadvertently heading down that path with my E34 too.

I'd suggest that if you need any M5 specific parts (particularly trim) you get them ordered now!

As an E28 example, the battery box cover and tool kit panel for the boot are now NLA, and bloody impossible to get hold of second hand. Luckily I bought a new battery cover just before it went NLA. In fact, I may have bought the last one...

I certainly have a collection of NLA bits but whether I have everything required for a full-on restoration is questionable. It'll be years before I can do such a thing so the NLA parts problem will only get worse.

Anyway, I think I want a 993 instead. Or a 400GT.

Or a '68 Camaro.

Plus a Caterham and a V8 truck.

I also really fancy an S8 or A8 W12 at some point.

[Blueprint]

Crook said:

Whilst watching a few vids on yt i found this of W Röhrl giving a passenger lap. She doesn't appear to want to look at what is going on too much.

Click

[s m]

jeremyc said:

ATM said:

I never realised how strangled the cvh engine was by its hydraulic cam thingies until I had a ride in the RS1600i which had solid cam blahs. One of my biggest complaints about the cvh engined cars was their reluctance to rev. Once you've driven an RS1600i you realise the potential is there. If I were shopping for something period with the cvh then I know which car I'd want. For those that don't know the difference between this and the XR brigade - I'm no expert - I'm informed the majority of the front suspension is different. It has bars and braces in completely different locations. It also had a dual coil ignition with an early wasted spark setup.

I actually wanted an Escort RS1600i or RS Turbo, but my meagre finances (to say nothing of the unwillingness of insurers to take me on at cost effective rates) meant I stuck with the Fiesta.

I can remember going out in a newish S1 Turbo and being amazed at how well the diff pulled the nose of the car into a corner - loads of front wheel drive cars have LSDs now of course but compared to other fwd'ers back then it seemed like witchcraft

[L100NYY]

My Mother had one of these -

[CharlesdeGaulle]

I had one of these


Same colour too. Bought tax-free in Germany I thought I was the dog's ...

[Blueprint]

L100NYY said:

My Mother had one of these -

Well my Mum had one of these -



Which I promptly threw up in on the day they brought it home

I don't think they liked it much as it was changed for a Mk1 Golf GTi not long after, and that stayed with us for quite a while.

[L100NYY]

My first car was identical to this;

[tdm34]

This was identical to mine, and I loved it! used to upset my XR3 owning mates in it a lot.....

[olly755]

L100NYY said:

My Mother had one of these -

I had one identical to that when I was 17. (amongst 7 other cars in my first year of motoring).

Nice low mileage example. W plate, carbed CVH, 4 speed and that standard 2 spoke steering wheel the size of a shirt button.

Thought it was a wheezy, coarse old thing even then.

[northernmedia]

L100NYY said:

My first car was identical to this;

Exactly the same as my first car back in 1991!
Black 84 A plate. I spiced it up with some turbo alloys though
These must be like hens teeth now?

[LaurasOtherHalf]

Nice shot back to my youth with all of this xr/RS talk

Anyway, in an effort not to look like an extra from the village people when frequenting the track (aviators and a white sparco open face helmet), I'm sort of tempted by this;


http://www.grandprix-dakotashop.com/en/chrome-helm...

[rejn]

Mrs rejn has gone off to bed ill tonight, so I'm having a bit of a reminisce - this was about as good as it got for me in 1999:



I kept it until 2006; had a chance to buy in back in around 2012 which I didn't take and I've regretted it ever since. Cracking little car.

My girlfriend at the time sulked all the way to Bell & Colvill to pick up the car in '99 - I think it was on that journey that I realised that she definitely wasn't the one - my relationship with the car lasted about 6 years longer than my relationship with her!!

Sufficed to say, but the currently ill Mrs rejn is a big fan of Elises!!

[ATM]

Toyota Aristo
500+BHP
4 Door Supra

£7,995

[Beefmeister]

LaurasOtherHalf said:

Nice shot back to my youth with all of this xr/RS talk

Anyway, in an effort not to look like an extra from the village people when frequenting the track (aviators and a white sparco open face helmet), I'm sort of tempted by this;


http://www.grandprix-dakotashop.com/en/chrome-helm...

Looks nice, that. Plus you can now spend (more) time polishing your helmet.

**snigger**

[LaurasOtherHalf]

rejn said:

Mrs rejn has gone off to bed ill tonight, so I'm having a bit of a reminisce - this was about as good as it got for me in 1999:



I kept it until 2006; had a chance to buy in back in around 2012 which I didn't take and I've regretted it ever since. Cracking little car.

My girlfriend at the time sulked all the way to Bell & Colvill to pick up the car in '99 - I think it was on that journey that I realised that she definitely wasn't the one - my relationship with the car lasted about 6 years longer than my relationship with her!!

Sufficed to say, but the currently ill Mrs rejn is a big fan of Elises!!

Saw one of these in that mustard yellow colour yesterday, it looked so good amongst the humdrum cars on a grey day in town. They're starting to look every inch the classic now aren't they?

[braddo]

LaurasOtherHalf said:

Nice shot back to my youth with all of this xr/RS talk

Anyway, in an effort not to look like an extra from the village people when frequenting the track (aviators and a white sparco open face helmet), I'm sort of tempted by this;


http://www.grandprix-dakotashop.com/en/chrome-helm...

I'll take the white Sparco helmet and ditch the sunglasses.

I've found I don't like wearing sunglasses on track even when it's bright sunshine.

[Output Flange]

braddo said:

I've found I don't like wearing sunglasses on track even when it's bright sunshine.

Me neither, so I bought a tinted visor for my Sport 5.

[jonnydm]

All the Fiesta talk has reminded me that my mum had one when I was small, albeit a 1.1 Popular Plus. Not exactly the petrol head choice but it was at this point that I started noticing cars.

No, family car choices haven't improved much since.

[Gruber]

I commuted from London to Bracknell in an old hot(ish) hatch this morning. The novelty had worn off long before I left the M4. Great on a B-road or for nipping around town, but on a motorway it just serves to remind how far we've come in the last 25 years.

[NomduJour]

Turn the radio up.