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There can’t be that many conventional cars needing £6k of engine work at 30k and under 4 years old. There's not many EVs that do either. Undoubtedly that motor could be repaired/refurbed but as with my E46 M3 gearbox the manufacturer replaced it at a cost of nearly 10k. It was 4yr old and done 40k ...

I always felt my 996 was benign on 255 tyres. Perhaps the higher levels of grip from bigger tyres meant you are travelling much quicker requiring a greater level of skill to explore.

With a massive amount of experience (probably 100 miles between them) the 997 felt far more flat and less playful than the 996. What about a good 996 Turbo, although the turbo running costs are a step up from a regular Carrera. Dave! The scourge of massive wheels and tyres that fell upon us in the ...

V8Granite wrote: ↑Mon Apr 08, 2024 1:05 pm We used bait and a big bugger of a spring.

Leave the body for a while to deter any brave ones.

Wipe blood over cheeks, roar in the garden in pants with the mouse head as a new hat.

Problem solved.

Dave!

There must be a bit of Valleys or Cornish in you.

Cymru am byth

They still do a non turbo triple (MPI) and my son has one in his Ibiza. 80bhp as opposed to 95bhp and up for the TSI.

They sound fast

I looked at a couple in 2005 when I bought my E46 M3 for £17,500.

£15k would have bought a decent C2 and £25k would have bought an RS

They all leaked oil and few had air conditioning so never going to be as usable daily!

I think I've mentioned this before. I worked in a motorcycle shop from the age of 11 until way after I had a proper job and the whole business timeline is repeating itself! European and US car manufacturers think they have the market sown up and are too big to fail, same as the motorcycle industry i...

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BMW have just started selling a Mini Cooper SE with a 54kw battery and 215hp.

These are developed versions of the 42kw and 185hp motor and battery from the defunct i3s.

Daft as I expect they could have had another few years from the i3 platform with those updates!

Cheers Mik, it has updated to March 1st 2025

You used to need a licence to store more than 30 litres and that may be less in our nanny state now.

I've just retaxed mine and its still showing as due 1st April 2025!

I'll check again later.

The Neilson bars look just like the pro stuff the chap my mate uses regularly!

Slight topic twist, which of the dealer options is best/easiest to deal with? FiL is wanting to sell his car (62 plate Mk6 Golf Match 1.4TSi DSG w/70k miles) as he'll probably have to give up driving due to health issues. Either way it is a second car that spends most days sat unused in front of th...

What the low cost Ew go?

V8Granite wrote: ↑Fri Mar 22, 2024 11:55 pm 100 litres of petrol, fuel tank, pumps and lines etc would be around 125kg, that’s pretty good going and the weight drops as it’s used.

Lots left on IC engines yet.

Dave!

Gearbox and diff?

It's closing in on you Dave lol

I was asking £18k for my E46 M3 which was mint and still under extended warranty. Chap turns up loves the car and offers me £15k I decline and a local dealer offered to sale or return it for £17,500 to me as he didn't need to prep or warranty it. The same pleb bought it off him a few days later for ...

Our motorhome is at a dealer sale or return, i couldn't face dealing with the public

530 is a phev now as is the merc e300 at 2210kg.

I'm not here to argue on the internet just pointing out it's not any heavier than an ICE equivalent.