Hi - new to pistons - this is my chariot!!
Discussion
julian64 said:
please remove the 'all good' from the end of your sentence. Your M6 defines you as a person of some taste and standing with an appreciation of the finer things in life. Your 'all good' denotes you as a baseball cap wearing IQ in single figures chav.
Such a shame to leave it there.
Or am I being unduly sensitive this morning?
You are being a little abrasive, given that the OP has posted some pictures of a great looking car, and is introducing himself into the PH population ..... I've never taken advice from anyone called "Julian", anyway Such a shame to leave it there.
Or am I being unduly sensitive this morning?
It is also not great English to begin a sentence with a conjunction, by the way.
Welcome, OP!!!
mat205125 said:
julian64 said:
please remove the 'all good' from the end of your sentence. Your M6 defines you as a person of some taste and standing with an appreciation of the finer things in life. Your 'all good' denotes you as a baseball cap wearing IQ in single figures chav.
Such a shame to leave it there.
Or am I being unduly sensitive this morning?
You are being a little abrasive, given that the OP has posted some pictures of a great looking car, and is introducing himself into the PH population ..... I've never taken advice from anyone called "Julian", anyway Such a shame to leave it there.
Or am I being unduly sensitive this morning?
It is also not great English to begin a sentence with a conjunction, by the way.
Welcome, OP!!!
Not sure why you'd never take advice from someone called Julian though, and starting a sentence with Or was good enough for dickens, so its good enough for me.
Edited by julian64 on Wednesday 10th March 11:02
Crikey! What have I instigated?!! I have booked the six in for a full vehicle wrap in gloss white, so she'll look like a washing machine in a few weeks time. Not sure what the matt black grills will look like then.....
Will post pics when it's been completed. Now Julian - thanks for removing post, especially as I hate bloody chavs and all associated with them!
Thanks for the positive comments from the other poster and defending my piston head honour!!
Will post pics when it's been completed. Now Julian - thanks for removing post, especially as I hate bloody chavs and all associated with them!
Thanks for the positive comments from the other poster and defending my piston head honour!!
sparkyclarky said:
Hi guys/girls - thought I'd say hi and post a pic ot two of my beast. I went to the Ace cafe on monday night and met a few fellow ph members.
Welcome, nice car mate , had one myself, you need to get used to some of the "banter" on here, not for the week or faint hearted I'm afraid.Edited by sparkyclarky on Wednesday 10th March 09:45
Mat,
As a motorcycle racer, I am obviously well into the moto gp and have seen this pace car in the flesh when I did a support race at Donny last year with the moto gp circus. I did think of copying the design, complete with light bar etc...! I could still go for it, as my car is booked in on april 8th and 9th for the wrap. I will have to re-think now....!! why did you go and post that pic? hehe! As for my headlights - all I have done is put the led angel eye upgrade in and fitted 8000k hid bulbs, replacing the original 4100k bulbs.
Thanks for the 'pace car' pic - although you've given me a dilemma now - albeit a good one...!
As a motorcycle racer, I am obviously well into the moto gp and have seen this pace car in the flesh when I did a support race at Donny last year with the moto gp circus. I did think of copying the design, complete with light bar etc...! I could still go for it, as my car is booked in on april 8th and 9th for the wrap. I will have to re-think now....!! why did you go and post that pic? hehe! As for my headlights - all I have done is put the led angel eye upgrade in and fitted 8000k hid bulbs, replacing the original 4100k bulbs.
Thanks for the 'pace car' pic - although you've given me a dilemma now - albeit a good one...!
drumm23 said:
Lovely car mate; looking at a black one myself at the moment - how do you find the running costs? MPG doesn't bother me too much as I do small miles but wondering about the servicing/reliability etc?
Cheers!
I only bought mine in January this year, so not really able to ofer any long ownership advice! Fuel is about 24-25 mpg at 80mph on the motorway and Im averaging 19 mpg in everyday motoring. Can dip quite low if you boot it tho....Cheers!
I had a faulty ionic sensor (think that whats they said!) which caused a mis fire on cylinder number 10, but this was remedied under warranty and I was happy enough. I have had 4 new tyres fitted. Falken 452's at 540 quid for four - ultra cheap and they are going well. When i purchased it, it had new discs/pads all round, 10 plugs, new oil, new brake fluid etc.. so it hasn't cost me a penny yet! I love it and the engines are supposed to fairly bullet proof. Buy one - you'll not regret it!
julian64 said:
Tis a lovely car, but I would invest in some sort of diagnostic system.
I find that walking into a dealers and telling them what needs doing costs a lot less than wandering in and asking them what the problem is with cars like this.
Julian - good advice - I went to Birds auto in Iver, independent diagnostic specialists and they thought it was a coil or dodgy plug. Bmw were told by me when I took it in to them that it was a problem with cylinder nuber 10. Sure enough, it was indeed a number 10 cylinder problem. Their technician could not pin point the problem as it was so intermittent..... after a week they found the problem, but put me in a decent courtesy car, fully valeted mine, so to be fair, they did all they could. She's been like a peach ever since, but to your original point, I always try and find the fault and then present to the dealers armed with the problem......I find that walking into a dealers and telling them what needs doing costs a lot less than wandering in and asking them what the problem is with cars like this.
Wrapping it to be a bit different (seems everyone has a black M6 - hehe!!) - either matt white or murcialago orange, perhaps the lambo green! undecided as of yet, but its booked in. Regarding mileage, I have to admit to mostly motorway driving to get such good mpg and a very light right foot. Im not particularly bothered about fuel consumption, just seem to be able to nurse a pretty good tank of V power out the ole'girl!
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