New banger.

User avatar
Coaster1
Posts: 1818
Joined: Tue Apr 17, 2018 10:38 pm

Re: New banger.

Post by Coaster1 »

Rich B wrote: Tue Oct 09, 2018 11:37 am
Jimmy Choo wrote: Tue Oct 09, 2018 10:51 amThe 4 litre M3 is a two seater.
yeah, but those two people get a swanky place to store their nic-nacs. 8-)
E90 M3 is 5 seats isn’t it?

What about E46 M3? Is that 4 seats only?
User avatar
Rich B
Posts: 9891
Joined: Wed Apr 11, 2018 4:22 pm
Currently Driving: M2 Competition

Re: New banger.

Post by Rich B »

Coaster1 wrote: Tue Oct 09, 2018 5:20 pm
What about E46 M3? Is that 4 seats only?
i can’t remember the outcome of the lengthy thread on the subject, but mine was 5 seatbelts.
User avatar
Coaster1
Posts: 1818
Joined: Tue Apr 17, 2018 10:38 pm

Re: New banger.

Post by Coaster1 »

Rich B wrote: Tue Oct 09, 2018 5:23 pm
Coaster1 wrote: Tue Oct 09, 2018 5:20 pm
What about E46 M3? Is that 4 seats only?
i can’t remember the outcome of the lengthy thread on the subject, but mine was 5 seatbelts.
Oh really? That’s good to know. For some reasons thought they’re 4-seater.
User avatar
integrale_evo
Posts: 4571
Joined: Thu Apr 12, 2018 5:58 pm

Re: New banger.

Post by integrale_evo »

E36 m3 has 5
E30 m3 has 4 (rest of e30 range had 5 )

All cabrios only have 4
Cheers, Harry
User avatar
Rich B
Posts: 9891
Joined: Wed Apr 11, 2018 4:22 pm
Currently Driving: M2 Competition

Re: New banger.

Post by Rich B »

Coaster1 wrote: Tue Oct 09, 2018 5:32 pm
Rich B wrote: Tue Oct 09, 2018 5:23 pm
Coaster1 wrote: Tue Oct 09, 2018 5:20 pm
What about E46 M3? Is that 4 seats only?
i can’t remember the outcome of the lengthy thread on the subject, but mine was 5 seatbelts.
Oh really? That’s good to know. For some reasons thought they’re 4-seater.
Image

This was mine (photo from 2011 - I had that car a long time!!) - though it looks like a 4 seater at a first glance, there is clearly 3 headrests and the third 3 point seatbelt comes from the parcel shelf and plugs in either side.
User avatar
Coaster1
Posts: 1818
Joined: Tue Apr 17, 2018 10:38 pm

Re: New banger.

Post by Coaster1 »

8-) 👍
User avatar
Rich B
Posts: 9891
Joined: Wed Apr 11, 2018 4:22 pm
Currently Driving: M2 Competition

Re: New banger.

Post by Rich B »

Though this may have been an option!
User avatar
integrale_evo
Posts: 4571
Joined: Thu Apr 12, 2018 5:58 pm

Re: New banger.

Post by integrale_evo »

Pretty sure the 3 point middle was an option. Not sure whether those without it still got a lap belt or nothing at all.
Cheers, Harry
User avatar
Simon
Posts: 4842
Joined: Wed Apr 11, 2018 4:03 pm

Re: New banger.

Post by Simon »

So Parkers has that M3 coupe as a 5 seater, so likely they were all homologated for it, whether the seat belt was specified or not.
The artist formerly known as _Who_
User avatar
integrale_evo
Posts: 4571
Joined: Thu Apr 12, 2018 5:58 pm

Re: New banger.

Post by integrale_evo »

Had a look on autotrader earlier to see if Alfa guilia cheeses are down to £10k yet.

It seems they're not ( about £45k cheapest ) but sadly for a family saloon with a pretty flat rear bench they're only 4 seaters :cry:

And although there are only four of us there are times when it's harmful to be able to carry an extra, and as both lupo and clk are 4 seaters, my compact is the only car we have that's roadworthy and can carry 5.
Cheers, Harry
User avatar
DeskJockey
Posts: 4870
Joined: Thu Apr 12, 2018 8:58 am

Re: New banger.

Post by DeskJockey »

integrale_evo wrote: Thu Oct 11, 2018 12:51 am Had a look on autotrader earlier to see if Alfa guilia cheeses are down to £10k yet.

It seems they're not ( about £45k cheapest ) but sadly for a family saloon with a pretty flat rear bench they're only 4 seaters :cry:

And although there are only four of us there are times when it's harmful to be able to carry an extra, and as both lupo and clk are 4 seaters, my compact is the only car we have that's roadworthy and can carry 5.
Errr...
---
Driving a Galaxy far far away
User avatar
Jimmy Choo
Posts: 2037
Joined: Thu Apr 12, 2018 7:43 am

Re: New banger.

Post by Jimmy Choo »

DeskJockey wrote: Thu Oct 11, 2018 8:24 am
integrale_evo wrote: Thu Oct 11, 2018 12:51 am Had a look on autotrader earlier to see if Alfa guilia cheeses are down to £10k yet.

It seems they're not ( about £45k cheapest ) but sadly for a family saloon with a pretty flat rear bench they're only 4 seaters :cry:

And although there are only four of us there are times when it's harmful to be able to carry an extra, and as both lupo and clk are 4 seaters, my compact is the only car we have that's roadworthy and can carry 5.
Errr...
I've not heard it referred to as a cheese before. :lol:
Banal Vapid Platitudes
User avatar
JLv3.0
Posts: 4784
Joined: Thu Apr 12, 2018 11:42 am

Re: New banger.

Post by JLv3.0 »

Nor that carrying an extra is harmful :lol:
User avatar
McSwede
Posts: 3307
Joined: Wed Apr 11, 2018 10:04 pm

Re: New banger.

Post by McSwede »

integrale_evo wrote: Thu Oct 11, 2018 12:51 am Had a look on autotrader earlier to see if Alfa guilia cheeses are down to £10k yet.

It seems they're not ( about £45k cheapest ) but sadly for a family saloon with a pretty flat rear bench they're only 4 seaters :cry:

And although there are only four of us there are times when it's harmful to be able to carry an extra, and as both lupo and clk are 4 seaters, my compact is the only car we have that's roadworthy and can carry 5.
I had one on demo for a few days and while the drive was nice everything else was pretty shit or annoying. Also, they are tiny inside for a car that was comparable to my former C Class and the boot is next to useless. Can't believe they made such a mess of it really.
User avatar
integrale_evo
Posts: 4571
Joined: Thu Apr 12, 2018 5:58 pm

Re: New banger.

Post by integrale_evo »

Come on, everyone calls it a quattroformagio don't they?

I'm guessing the other word should have been helpful, don't know if it was some sort of autocorrect mishap or just me being a spaz.
Cheers, Harry
User avatar
Rich B
Posts: 9891
Joined: Wed Apr 11, 2018 4:22 pm
Currently Driving: M2 Competition

Re: New banger.

Post by Rich B »

integrale_evo wrote: Thu Oct 11, 2018 9:24 am Come on, everyone calls it a quattroformagio don't they?
yep, I can’t pronounce the proper name.
simon_g
Posts: 512
Joined: Wed Apr 11, 2018 11:22 pm

Re: New banger.

Post by simon_g »

Nice 8-)

I had a derv one too, until it got stolen (incidentally, saw it last year in the local shopping centre car park). MOT history shows it disappeared for 4 years and 40k miles. Still going past 120k now.

Bizarre thing about the 3 door ones is that the rear seats are still capable of flipping up (the "magic seats" as Honda call them) like the 5-door, but they lack the retention mechanism to keep them up. Can sort of do it still using the seat belts to hold them in place.
User avatar
ste
Posts: 877
Joined: Wed Apr 11, 2018 4:16 pm

Re: New banger.

Post by ste »

Nice engine Zonda, if you crash the rest of it let me know.
Rich B wrote: Tue Oct 09, 2018 7:49 pm Though this may have been an option!
It was an option. I think it was standardised at the end of the run of them though.
User avatar
Zonda_
Posts: 2761
Joined: Wed Apr 11, 2018 9:35 pm

Re: New banger.

Post by Zonda_ »

ste wrote: Thu Oct 11, 2018 2:44 pm Nice engine Zonda, if you crash the rest of it let me know.
Rich B wrote: Tue Oct 09, 2018 7:49 pm Though this may have been an option!
It was an option. I think it was standardised at the end of the run of them though.
You should see the engine, spotless!
Post Reply