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New radiator and expansion tank fitted on the x5, relatively straight forward, just a bit fiddly in places. Took the chance while I had decent access to change the AC belt and tensioner which I’ve had sat around for about a year. Couldn’t see any cracks, just a little corrosion poking through where ...

Surely as soon as the team becomes a laughingstock because of him he has to go?

Same, I’ll quite happily save £60 and have the same parts in a slightly different box please

I like it, but it’s still big and heavy for a small car with not much space. A sliding rear seat so you can occasionally take rear passengers with actual legs would have been handy.

This has been one of the leading articles on bbc radio news throughout the day. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-68349396 I’m pretty sure insurers aren’t allowed to ask your race, nor adjust your premium based on it even if they did. Obviously premiums are based on historical and theoretical risk...

Ordered a radiator yesterday only for my favourite eBay car parts retailer to be included in the discount code which came out today. Have ordered a new expansion tank and cap as they’re known weak points and are of unknown vintage - probably 19 years and many heat cycles old like the radiator and it...

Ooh, forgot, later today I have to change a brake light bulb on the sister in laws 1st Gen 1 series. So far she, my mrs, and my 24 year old nephew have failed. Halfords were too busy, the local motor store tried telling her they were led panels and she would need a whole new light. I predict it wil...

Ooh, forgot, later today I have to change a brake light bulb on the sister in laws 1st Gen 1 series. So far she, my mrs, and my 24 year old nephew have failed. Halfords were too busy, the local motor store tried telling her they were led panels and she would need a whole new light. I predict it will...

X5 appears to have a leaking radiator, I think I’ll be going aftermarket for £120 rather than the £550 bmw want.

As usual with older vehicles, the question is what else to do ‘while you’re there’

To be honest, everything else looks ok so tempted just to do a coolant flush and call that it.

I got us a new tv. My other half bought one of the neighbours last year, some no-brand rubbish which was too big for the room and had a terrible picture with whites which were patchy purple! Hadn’t realised how cheap a half decent tv is these days, it’s nothing particularly fancy but picked up a 43i...

I don’t know the numbers, but I imagine supra turbos are far more common the r34 GTRs. Non turbo autos are probably worth about the same as non gtr r34s

R33 and 3000gt were the horsepower kings of GT, even then I still preferred the r32.

The escudo pikes peak made the skylines seem very average in gt2

R32 the most desirable by a mile to my eyeballs. Would love one but don’t want to pay the silly money they are now. Unfortunately I couldn’t afford one when they were cheap enough that I’d be able to afford one now. I know the 35 is probably the best to drive, and definitely the fastest but there’s ...

Exactly, can make something very mundane feel quite peppy to someone who’s never likely to rev their petrol engines car to anywhere near its peak power. Many years ago my dad fancied an Alfa spider and was quite underwhelmed by the 2.2 petrol so I suggested (despite always being a diesel hater) he t...

All the diesel torks. Even something like the scenic driven in a dull non-car person way will feel brisk compared to a similarly sized petrol engine car driven with the same non car person style with 4000rpm self imposed rev limiter.

We inherited my grandads John Deere and seems to do the job, the farmer over the road bought a very similar one of his own.

I had to put a new cutter belt on it last summer but hasn’t ever needed anything other than the odd oil change.

The no towbars on M cars thing is historical and a bit annoying. Understandable I guess from the e46 on where the exhaust gets in the way, but even e30 and 36 don’t come rated to tow and have exactly the same floorpan and mounts as the regular versions.

I’m assuming considerable previous for jail + 10 year ban!

nuttinnew wrote: ↑Fri Feb 16, 2024 10:07 pm

I'm sure a lot of far more recent cars would struggle 30-50 in top.
What engine size would the Mini have been?

Pretty sure the standard mini was still an 850cc in ‘69

Aren’t all of the launch cars pretty simplified versions of what will actually turn up at the first proper race weekend?