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[Macron]

Quiet in here today.

Here's an X5 4.8 at very sensible money, £4k. Air suspension removed has pros and cons, LPG divisive I'm sure. Yes the V8 leaks, but these have tended to fetch quite a lot more. Great dog wagon.

https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C1349539

[MrSpanky49]

https://www.pistonheads.com/buy/listing/12305323

MOT history looks ok, although no ticket since march and 'rust patches'

[rider73]

Macron said:

Quiet in here today.

Here's an X5 4.8 at very sensible money, £4k. Air suspension removed has pros and cons, LPG divisive I'm sure. Yes the V8 leaks, but these have tended to fetch quite a lot more. Great dog wagon.

https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C1349539

Lpg, pfft, why have a fuel that's hardly stocked anywhere, and gives misfire issues when your trying to drag past a granny in a C1.... and means you can't have either a full size spare or any more than 2 full size suitcases in your boot for your trip to the south of France.....give me a 4.2 diesel in an a8 any day

Yeah I've had a fking whisky or 2....

[Macron]

Anyway,

Diabolical alloys and curious to pay for a service which included a "diagnostic", I wonder what got turned off? but 3.2 A6' are cheap.

https://www.gumtree.com/p/audi/audi-a6-c6-2004-3.2...

[Macron]

And, can any A6 owners help?

Is it necessary to bump the front passenger side? They all seem to have the bonnet prong overlapping the grille at the front LHS. What happens?!

My lad was going to buy the first one, I warned him off until 37 seconds searching later shows they're all the same!!

[428 days later]

rider73 said:

Macron said:

Quiet in here today.

Here's an X5 4.8 at very sensible money, £4k. Air suspension removed has pros and cons, LPG divisive I'm sure. Yes the V8 leaks, but these have tended to fetch quite a lot more. Great dog wagon.

https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C1349539

Lpg, pfft, why have a fuel that's hardly stocked anywhere, and gives misfire issues when your trying to drag past a granny in a C1.... and means you can't have either a full size spare or any more than 2 full size suitcases in your boot for your trip to the south of France.....give me a 4.2 diesel in an a8 any day

Yeah I've had a fking whisky or 2....

Are you the Macron of LPG then?

[Mr Micawber]

Rubins4 said:

dscam said:

SpeckledJim said:

For me there's a bit of a dotted line between the E30 and the E36 that marks the point of 'modern cars'.

The E30 belongs to the 02 Series and the E21, but the E36 belongs to the E46 and E90 and F30.

A bog-basic 3.0 E36 M3 saloon in silver, with sunflowers and no spoiler, and black vaders, would be a nice Christmas present thankyouverymuchindeed

Fantastically put Jim, that is just the same in my mind. The E36 was to BMW what the Sierra was to Ford.

As a former E36 M3 saloon owner I must say the contour wheels are my preference - the sunflowers seem to suit the coupe so much better imho.

I believe the Vadar chairs only came in the Evos (coupe or saloons).

Sorry to interject - but I had thought the Vadar chairs only came In the coupe - both 3.0 and 3.2. The saloon and convertible in both engines came with the sports seats.

[josh00mac]

Emeye said:

428 days later said:

McGee_22 said:

Heated front screens in an E38? I don't think so.

Not fully heated as per a Ford, it’s the lower edge, to help the wipers off

I had a brand new Ford Focus TDdi as a company car in 2000 and that had a heated windscreen - not had another one since. Did they own the parent on it or summat?

I always wondered this. Must be a Ford patent. The RR P38 got one while it was under Ford ownership. We had a mk1 minded estate at uni with a heated screen. Superb little option. Couldn’t believe every cat didn’t have one.

[StescoG66]

TyrannosauRoss Lex said:

ian316 said:

As its Friday the Russians are coming

They're a pair of headlights!

Not OEM though I suspect........

[Rubins4]

Mr Micawber said:

Sorry to interject - but I had thought the Vadar chairs only came In the coupe - both 3.0 and 3.2. The saloon and convertible in both engines came with the sports seats.

Entirely possible. I know they are not in everything, but happy to be corrected as to precisely what. My pal had an Evo Coupe with vadars, so on that evidence we could both yet be right

[TyrannosauRoss Lex]

428 days later said:

McGee_22 said:

Heated front screens in an E38? I don't think so.

Not fully heated as per a Ford, it’s the lower edge, to help the wipers off

They all have that

[SimonTheSailor]

josh00mac said:

I always wondered this. Must be a Ford patent. ......

Yep. Seems it ran out a few years ago so has started to be used in others.

[bolidemichael]

josh00mac said:

Emeye said:

428 days later said:

McGee_22 said:

Heated front screens in an E38? I don't think so.

Not fully heated as per a Ford, it’s the lower edge, to help the wipers off

I had a brand new Ford Focus TDdi as a company car in 2000 and that had a heated windscreen - not had another one since. Did they own the parent on it or summat?

I always wondered this. Must be a Ford patent. The RR P38 got one while it was under Ford ownership. We had a mk1 minded estate at uni with a heated screen. Superb little option. Couldn’t believe every cat didn’t have one.

Our L322 has this option

[plasticpig]

McGee_22 said:

Heated front screens in an E38? I don't think so.

I had the auxiliary heating option on my E38. Far better than a heated front screen.

[ian316]

plasticpig said:

McGee_22 said:

Heated front screens in an E38? I don't think so.

I had the auxiliary heating option on my E38. Far better than a heated front screen.

You're really trying to upset Macron with this lol

[Emeye]

The front bumper has to come off an Audi to fix pretty much anything, so maybe they just never get put back on properly? Dealer mechanics are under so much pressure to hit targets they won’t be arsed making sure it’s nicely lined up.

Macron said:

And, can any A6 owners help?

Is it necessary to bump the front passenger side? They all seem to have the bonnet prong overlapping the grille at the front LHS. What happens?!

My lad was going to buy the first one, I warned him off until 37 seconds searching later shows they're all the same!!

Edited by Emeye on Saturday 27th November 22:21

[McGee_22]

plasticpig said:

McGee_22 said:

Heated front screens in an E38? I don't think so.

I had the auxiliary heating option on my E38. Far better than a heated front screen.

I have the 5.7 Alpina engine in my E38 - better than any heated anything

[BigBen]

bolidemichael said:

josh00mac said:

Emeye said:

428 days later said:

McGee_22 said:

Heated front screens in an E38? I don't think so.

Not fully heated as per a Ford, it’s the lower edge, to help the wipers off

I had a brand new Ford Focus TDdi as a company car in 2000 and that had a heated windscreen - not had another one since. Did they own the parent on it or summat?

I always wondered this. Must be a Ford patent. The RR P38 got one while it was under Ford ownership. We had a mk1 minded estate at uni with a heated screen. Superb little option. Couldn’t believe every cat didn’t have one.

Our L322 has this option

AIUI it is a Pilkington glass patent rather than Ford, it was just Ford that did a deal and took it to the mainstream. Some manufacturers did not use heated screens as they believed the tracks obscured the driver's view, indeed some drivers do mention this. For evidence look at a post 1985 facelift R107 heated rear screen. You can't see it because it uses the same heating elements as the Ford windscreens.

[JeremyH5]

McGee_22 said:

I have the 5.7 Alpina engine in my E38 - better than any heated anything

Ooof

[21st Century Man]

It actually looks like a mega engine too, mine doesn't.