Mito Man wrote: Tue Aug 13, 2024 11:06 am
Neither but I do remember a proliferation of 2 seat F1 cars some years ago. IIRC it was £40 for one lap when I was at Silverstone probably close to 10 years ago on a non F1 weekend!
Beany wrote: Mon Aug 12, 2024 10:31 am
It's....really bad isn't it?
Particularly when you see him pull out BMW engines and they look pretty clean and carefully routed, wiring and plumbing wise - even the Sxx engines
Yep. It was horrific enough to watch the first time when he did the variators.
I mean I know we all laugh about BMWs leaking, but by and large that's just aged seals.
Apt timing - from today's Autocar. It's the headline which is the important bit.
Re: Decent car YouTubes
Posted: Wed Aug 14, 2024 10:10 am
by Mito Man
Hopefully the Maserati V8 didn't share much with the Ferrari one!
Don't watch it all these much these days but Hoovie bought a Maserati Ghibli V6 (at least I think, shows how much I pay attention to Maserati these days) and that seemed like an even bigger POS even by his standards. Got 3 replacement engines from a breaker and they all had issues. The cars are all being scrapped at pretty low mileages due to terminal engine failures!
Re: Decent car YouTubes
Posted: Wed Aug 14, 2024 12:00 pm
by DeskJockey
Isn't half the problem that the engines are designed to be mid-mounted thus them being the wrong way round when mounted in the front? Doesn't address the rest of the mess obviously, but certainly doesn't help.
Re: Decent car YouTubes
Posted: Wed Aug 14, 2024 2:13 pm
by Carlos
Mito Man wrote: Wed Aug 14, 2024 10:10 am
Hopefully the Maserati V8 didn't share much with the Ferrari one!
Don't watch it all these much these days but Hoovie bought a Maserati Ghibli V6 (at least I think, shows how much I pay attention to Maserati these days) and that seemed like an even bigger POS even by his standards. Got 3 replacement engines from a breaker and they all had issues. The cars are all being scrapped at pretty low mileages due to terminal engine failures!
I believe they do share a lot as does Matty's Alfa. They all have 86.5mm pistons with variations of stroke but all circa 2.9l and a V6 with a turbo on each bank. They are even assembled by Ferrari.
I assumed the difference was the Alfa/Ferraris would have oil changes every few thousand miles and at least annually where lots of these Masers seem to be lucky if they've had a couple of oil changes in 100k miles lol
Re: Decent car YouTubes
Posted: Wed Aug 14, 2024 2:29 pm
by Jobbo
What happened to Hoovie's Maserati Levante that hadn't had an oil change in 60k miles? IIRC that kept working OK but I don't remember seeing him get rid so maybe it all went wrong.
Mito Man wrote: Wed Aug 14, 2024 10:10 am
Hopefully the Maserati V8 didn't share much with the Ferrari one!
Don't watch it all these much these days but Hoovie bought a Maserati Ghibli V6 (at least I think, shows how much I pay attention to Maserati these days) and that seemed like an even bigger POS even by his standards. Got 3 replacement engines from a breaker and they all had issues. The cars are all being scrapped at pretty low mileages due to terminal engine failures!
I believe they do share a lot as does Matty's Alfa. They all have 86.5mm pistons with variations of stroke but all circa 2.9l and a V6 with a turbo on each bank. They are even assembled by Ferrari.
I assumed the difference was the Alfa/Ferraris would have oil changes every few thousand miles and at least annually where lots of these Masers seem to be lucky if they've had a couple of oil changes in 100k miles lol
Ferraris are dry sumped and I think forged rods and crank. I'd imagine there are quite a few more differences.
Re: Decent car YouTubes
Posted: Wed Aug 14, 2024 3:14 pm
by Mito Man
The Alfa V6 appears to be a Ferrari V8 with 2 cylinders missing. The Maserati V6 has a different bank angle so I presume it's not very similar at all.
Re: Decent car YouTubes
Posted: Wed Aug 14, 2024 6:49 pm
by Zonda_
Jobbo wrote: Wed Aug 14, 2024 2:29 pm
What happened to Hoovie's Maserati Levante that hadn't had an oil change in 60k miles? IIRC that kept working OK but I don't remember seeing him get rid so maybe it all went wrong.
Didn’t he sell it off in one of his recent clear outs?
Lamborghini nailing the looks there.. and 10000rpm
Re: Decent car YouTubes
Posted: Sat Aug 17, 2024 10:56 pm
by RobYob
IanF wrote: Fri Aug 16, 2024 8:04 pm
Lamborghini nailing the looks there.. and 10000rpm
Absolutely wonderful to see epic revs making a return. How many gazzilionaires have already put down deposits for the RWD superspecial coming in.... *finger in the air* 2028?
Re: Decent car YouTubes
Posted: Sat Aug 17, 2024 11:10 pm
by Mito Man
I've said it before but with Lamborghini you really don't want to rush to buy the new model because they're going to do so many special versions which will be even greater.
Absolutely wonderful to see epic revs making a return.
And yet - it sounded pretty meh to me. Flat plane crank v8 sounds nothing like as exciting as a V12 pulling 10krpm.
Re: Decent car YouTubes
Posted: Sat Aug 17, 2024 11:51 pm
by Jobbo
Mito Man wrote: Sat Aug 17, 2024 11:10 pm
I've said it before but with Lamborghini you really don't want to rush to buy the new model because they're going to do so many special versions which will be even greater.
The influencers buying a Revuelto to replace late special edition Aventadors seem to be realising this
Re: Decent car YouTubes
Posted: Sun Aug 18, 2024 10:12 am
by speedingfine
I thought the new Lambo's engine sounded meh as well.
This probably sounds quite nice tho
Re: Decent car YouTubes
Posted: Thu Aug 22, 2024 10:20 pm
by nuttinnew
Re: Decent car YouTubes
Posted: Fri Aug 23, 2024 9:13 am
by mik
I watched this with subtitles only (no sound), but found it quite interesting.
Porsche finding a new way to force customers to use N-rated tyres
Dodgy "shops"
Centrelock content possibly FTAO @GG.
Re: Decent car YouTubes
Posted: Fri Aug 23, 2024 9:53 am
by Gavster
These Pete and his Bus videos are brilliant for the sheer enthusiasm and enjoyment he gets from saving old Routemasters
