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

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

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LaurasOtherHalf

21,429 posts

195 months

Wednesday 20th May 2015
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jeremyc said:
LaurasOtherHalf said:
Any threadists been to the morgan factory?
wavey Twice.

How can I help? smile
Any tips of other things to while there? Good dining, great roads etc? Thanks in advance jezza thumbup

jeremyc

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23,335 posts

283 months

Wednesday 20th May 2015
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LaurasOtherHalf said:
Any tips of other things to while there? Good dining, great roads etc? Thanks in advance jezza thumbup
No specific recommendations, but I don't think you can go too wrong heading into the Malvern hills, both for driving and dining. smile

My top tip would be to ask the folks at the factory for recommendations: most of them are locals. If nothing else ask them for their test drive route. thumbup

I've not done much exploring when I've visited; I did have a good meal at a pub with fantastic views up in the hills, but I couldn't tell you a name or where it was. paperbag It was a recommendation from the factory though. hehe

E24man

6,654 posts

178 months

Wednesday 20th May 2015
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Output Flange said:
E24man said:
Sales brochure stuff
own opinion stuff
As an engineer I'll go with BMW on this.

31mph

1,308 posts

134 months

Wednesday 20th May 2015
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W00DY said:
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.
Yea, I was thinking that. Isn't that a different interior??

Frik

13,542 posts

242 months

Wednesday 20th May 2015
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I couldn't claim to be an expert on BMW engines at all, and as an engineer I struggle with decoding marketing guff, too. But as they appear to have different descriptors, don't the M88/1 and M88/3 count as "not the same engine"?

LaurasOtherHalf

21,429 posts

195 months

Wednesday 20th May 2015
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jeremyc said:
LaurasOtherHalf said:
Any tips of other things to while there? Good dining, great roads etc? Thanks in advance jezza thumbup
No specific recommendations, but I don't think you can go too wrong heading into the Malvern hills, both for driving and dining. smile

My top tip would be to ask the folks at the factory for recommendations: most of them are locals. If nothing else ask them for their test drive route. thumbup

I've not done much exploring when I've visited; I did have a good meal at a pub with fantastic views up in the hills, but I couldn't tell you a name or where it was. paperbag It was a recommendation from the factory though. hehe
Good idea I guess, can't beat a little local knowledge smile

Unless there's a cancellation in the book unfortunately I won't be hiring a moggy for the day so exploring the Malvern hills in the mazda will have to suffice driving

m5wagon

510 posts

168 months

Wednesday 20th May 2015
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barchetta_boy said:
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?
That's the one!

2013BRM

39,731 posts

283 months

Thursday 21st May 2015
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ajcj said:
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.
keep it, you like it, get it to run on gas

Output Flange

16,793 posts

210 months

Thursday 21st May 2015
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E24man said:
Output Flange said:
E24man said:
Sales brochure stuff
own opinion stuff
As an engineer I'll go with BMW on this.
I don't have the benefit of a background in engineering, but on the basis that they don't use the same block, crank, pistons, head or cams, it seemed reasonable to me to assume they weren't the same engine.

That the M1 version is called the M88/1 and the M5/M635 the M88/3 also suggests, to me at least, that one is the evolution of the other.



rejn

1,991 posts

221 months

Thursday 21st May 2015
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Well it fits in the parking space!!!

picture removed - too much information!

The journey home was pretty rubbish - I picked the car up from near Reading and drove back to East London - I considered M25/north circular, but chose to go through the centre of town. Big mistake. Took around 40 minutes to get through Knightsbridge, and 2.5 hours for the whole journey.

I can report that stuck in traffic (a) it doesn't overheat, and (b) it's just a dull 1980s car.

On the open road, though, it is awesome - the feedback through the steering is "proper". And I love the way it handles - I've no idea if this car has clever diffs or anything but you can feel the power get pushed to the back wheels and it just adopts a completely neutral cornering style. on the way into the corner, it feels like it might understeer but it doesn't; mid-corner, it feels like it might snap into oversteer, but it doesn't.

Clever car. smile

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Edited by rejn on Friday 22 May 07:59

Output Flange

16,793 posts

210 months

Thursday 21st May 2015
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Well of course it fits sideways!

rejn

1,991 posts

221 months

Thursday 21st May 2015
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Output Flange said:
Well of course it fits sideways!
Haha! damn technology...

L100NYY

35,075 posts

242 months

Thursday 21st May 2015
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Phew! I'm glad you like it hehe

rejn

1,991 posts

221 months

Thursday 21st May 2015
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that's better smile

Edited by rejn on Friday 22 May 08:03

rejn

1,991 posts

221 months

Thursday 21st May 2015
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L100NYY said:
Phew! I'm glad you like it hehe
smile yep. can't wait to take it for a proper drive this weekend!

L100NYY

35,075 posts

242 months

Thursday 21st May 2015
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rejn said:
L100NYY said:
Phew! I'm glad you like it hehe
smile yep. can't wait to take it for a proper drive this weekend!
Get some nice pictures while you're out and about too biggrin

t4thomas

394 posts

165 months

Thursday 21st May 2015
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I can't put how much I want it into words:







http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C520484

L100NYY

35,075 posts

242 months

Thursday 21st May 2015
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A friend of mine has just bought a genuine Flatnose, one of the nicest 911 variants I have driven is an early 4spd 3.3 lick

t4thomas

394 posts

165 months

Thursday 21st May 2015
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L100NYY said:
A friend of mine has just bought a genuine Flatnose, one of the nicest 911 variants I have driven is an early 4spd 3.3 lick
SO MUCH WANT.
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