OV9

Apparently (google searches) around 2% of the global population believe the earth is flat. :?

That’s a fairly terrifying figure, until you realise it’s more like 10% of US citizens (with another 9% claiming to be unsure).


The number of posts I see about it online, I would have put the figure ...

Compact MOT

Not quite flying the flags, advisories for a couple of low rear tyres

I was so hoping to get it there with BOOBS miles on the clock, but as the weather was a bit crap this week I haven’t used it enough so it’s at 79965.

That's right - I've basically just replaced the standard cats with custom made sports ones. But coupled with the existing loud system, it's now outrageous. I didn't anticipate it would sound much different, but it really does, and in a bad way.

Hopefully some large resonators will make it ...

I don’t think I’ve ever seen one that looked like a cheap ugly bodged together piece of crap. I struggle to understand how they ever sold a single one.

The new version isn’t any better!

I don’t hate it, but I don’t look at it and think ‘esprit’ either. If that’s what you want to build, just make a funky 80s pointy supercar instead of some tenuous link to an old lotus which doesn’t really mean much to many people any more.

One of the reasons I haven’t got an i3 is because of the expense and hassle of fitting a charger as although not ancient ( house is 1930s, wiring is not, and has proper breakers ) apparently fitting a charger would need it upgrading.

Can easily dedicate a normal plug to charging though.

The melania press conference thing is just bizarre.

What’s about to come out?

Does she forget that photographs exist?

Does she think that just like her husband she can pretend things never happened because she said they didn’t?

Managed to get a dry enough day to check the x5 sunroof drains. Both motors are unplugged as the roof sticks and jams (I didn’t want a pano roof and never intend to use it, but 99.9% of 4.8s have one) so had to remove trim / drop the back of the headlining to be able to turn them by hand.

Poked ...

The two I bought for the back of the mito a few weeks ago, one looked brand new, the other looked like they must have dragged the castings up off the titanic

They’re pulling out all the stops with Hegseth in the latest Iran Lego video

Not sure how or where to link it directly but I saw it on threads
https://www.threads.com/@tudors_reimagi ... 9wD&slof=1

The Iranian trolling is outstanding

Not looking forward to fuel chaos, as usual the media is helping create issues, telling people to fill up before the price rises, reporting shortages and queues which immediately gets everyone else buying some just incase.

It’s shite. I had the highlights on this afternoon. Looked up and they’d jumped to lap 47 or something.

It’s a shame because the cars look fun to drive when they can actually race, but cars dropping 100kph on a straight while their foot is pinned to the floor, or having to roll through corners to ...

X5 is back on its normal wheels and test driven.

Happy with the exhaust mods, a bit more of a “whoomph” as it fires up, maybe a little more bass at idle, and a bit more bark under load, but nothing silly or antisocial. The middle box was very big, but the pipes inside were straight and only ...

Good news!

The clock in the mrs’ car is correct as of this morning.

Bad news, all the clocks in my cars need changing.

I’ll take that in return for lighter evenings though

The mrs has reported people starting to queue for fuel. I have a bit over various cars but still use a tank a week so if things do go tits up it won’t be long before I start to struggle.

I’m sure the vast majority of taxi rides are for one or two passengers.

However if you were designing a single taxi platform for your company you’d probably want it to fit as many scenarios as possible and be as easy for people of all ages and abilities to get in and out of. A low coupe with bonnet ...

I can only imagine how disgusting they will be inside after a Friday / Saturday night shift in most uk cities

I guess the British motor heritage museum at Gaydon is the closest thing we have as a purpose built site. It’s not particularly fancy, just lots of cars. Still worth a look if you’re in the area.

The Donnington Grand Prix collection was excellent, before it closed, but again, cars in sheds rather ...

That’s because they’re 90s type 2 racing wheels, from when they made nice things.

My compact has schnitzer springs and short shifter, although I changed the knob to an oem bmw one.

X5

I’ve been doing the rear subframe bushes. £50 model specific puller set from eBay worked a treat, not too bad of a job at all, it’s just the size / weight of everything with takes more work when you’re used to normal cars. Made a bit trickier by using poly bushes so had to drop it further to get ...