Given I washed this Saturday morning and drove 60 miles on salty but dry motorways mainly to visit a uni friend.
I was rather annoyed at the overnight rainfall making the salt spray a really joy on the return journey this morning.
Intrigued that the centre cap and calliper escaped the salt bath. Cheeky bit of low pressure washing this afternoon & will snow foam it once the storm has passed.
I hate anything I drive having a salt bath.
Like a phoenix rising from the blah blah...
Looks to be coming along very well. How long left?
First on track test 15th March.
My dad's been restoring My Karmann Ghia back in Uganda. Took it from here when I moved back and have subsequently moved back to England! Still needs a fair bit of work to get it all done but the hard parts have largely been completed.
Anyway will hopefully bring it back to England at some point. Idea was to make it sort of race resto in a Panamericana theme. Got some bits and bobs to go on and complete the look.
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Both beautiful cars. Can we have some of the interior of your E please!
Getting ready for a run out this weekend!
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Some absolutely fabulous cars on this thread! A pleasure to read!
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I sold my 240i bmw manual plus a rolex gmt 2 116710 plus a bit more cash for this https://postimg.cc/gallery/LfmywK0
Two months on and I am very happy still
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I love the Mk1 M2. They got it just right, which I can't really say for the new one.
The new 1 is horrific!
They get uglier by the generation - kidney grills has become gaping mouth grills!
The M2 is used as daily drive, but my work is fairly close.
Performance wise is fairly close, mpg is noticeably worse in the m2. Money wise was a fairly big difference, but I love the look of the m2 and I am always turning around when parked etc. Financially it probably makes little sense making the change, but I am pleased I did !
It has hampered my watch buying though!
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I do about 70 miles a day in my M2 comp-mostly motorway.
Averages 28MPG
Put it this way I take an interest in fuel prices.
I was behind a brand new 911 Turbo coming out of Costco earlier and I could have followed the guy home just to stare at it for longer. Was doing man maths for a Cayman or older 911 the whole way home.
Only time I ever look back at either Tesla is to see if the mirrors are folded so I know it’s locked.
The rear end of the 992 Turbo looks so aggressive. I remember thinking how much more aggressive the 991 looked than the 997, but now they both look so elegant compared to the brutish 992.
Because there was SO much love last time... thought I'd share a pic of what I'm using this week. This one is a very low and early chassis numbered version of the Grenadier Utility Wagon, Trialmaster, petrol in Eldoret blue. It has the KO2 tyres which made this local byway as easy as climbing a kerb in Chelsea.
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I had a M235i with the N55 engine and can confirm that they are a little worse on fuel than the B58 found in the 240i. The B58 is also better on fuel than the S55 found in the M2 Comp
The S58 in the M3/M4 and now current M2 is very economical though and on par with the B58 i feel
My lease was ending and it's kind of been difficult to find the right car as there is now so many different options with fully electric, hybrids and regular cars. Most often you find a car that you like, but it doesn't have the powertrain you prefer. I drove many nice electric cars like the MB EQE SUV, but did not find them interesting.
I decided on a stopgap car to see how things develop. I setteled on a hybdid that has a big battery, but I have to say I like the 3 liter inline six too.
Now driving a tidy little 2-door saloon; temporary wheels while I sort the Riley:
Thanks Jon. I usually have a Moggie Minor about me; they are utilitarian, unexciting little things, but must be the easiest cars to maintain and repair ever. And bags of charm. Also, I don't think there is anyone alive in Britain today who doesn't have a relative who owned a Morris Minor.
I do have a "modern" Peugeot with a 1.6hdi engine, but my regular commute is a 5-mile-each-way urban toddle, and the dpf filter really doesn't like that, hence the Morris.
The Rileys are now relegated to high days and holidays, so it earns its keep.
This one is far and away the tidiest I have had; less than 30,000 from new.
Lovely car. My earliest memories are of my parents matching Morris Travellers. One in very dark blue and one in light blue. And my father varnishing the wood
Not been to that restaurant for about 10 years. Was very convenient when I was in Fairfield hospital. A time to forget.
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It must have been newly opened then, Dan. And I expect that was the closest to Fairfield that you could find a parking space!
@Hood - I was there under duress; a couple of hundred yards further up the lane is a perfectly good J W Lees pub (the Pack Horse), which would have been my default choice for a night out. One of my regular haunts in fact.
Unfortunately it wasn't my choice to make that night.
Picked up a cheap B7 RS4 from collecting cars last week.
Over the moon, why have I waited so long to get one!!
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Always wanted an RS4, cane so close to buying one but ended up in an M3. Manual V8, what’s not to like !
What’s the spec, I can’t imagine it was “cheap” from CC