***** Motors Chat - Round 5*****

colm_mcm

For me, its the E3/E9, the E39 and the Neue Klasse coupes and 2 door saloons.

dgt

GvidoR wrote: »

No way. :pac:

Yes way. 2002 turbo, europes first production car with a turbo

Tell me that isn't iconic

YbFocus

Spike Witwicky

Anyone into the whole negative camber look?

I cant get my head around it. Looks like collapsed suspension and wears tyres out more quickly.

toastedpickles

Spike Witwicky wrote: »

Anyone into the whole negative camber look?

I cant get my head around it. Looks like collapsed suspension and wears tyres out more quickly.

But...tis the style

Spike Witwicky

toastedpickles wrote: »

But...tis the style

:pac:

Style is broken looking?
Fair enough on a rat rod but anything shiny just looks broken.

Dont get me wrong, each to their own and all that but i dont see the point.
Does it really improve cornering?

Dord

YbFocus wrote: »

Someone forgot to put tyres on it. :pac:

toastedpickles

Spike Witwicky wrote: »

:pac:

Style is broken looking?
Fair enough on a rat rod but anything shiny just looks broken.

Dont get me wrong, each to their own and all that but i dont see the point.
Does it really improve cornering?

Apparently!

I'd love to go the opposite route and put a heap of positive camber on it just to p1ss them all off :pac:

Interslice

The e30 and e34 and probably my favorite of the 3 and 5 series.

Between facelifts, m-sports, m's, coupe's etc. you can get some nice models and some ugly ones on the same chassis.

GvidoR

Dord wrote: »

Someone forgot to put tyres on it. :pac:

Stance.

Spike Witwicky

toastedpickles wrote: »

Apparently!

I'd love to go the opposite route and put a heap of positive camber on it just to p1ss them all off :pac:

:pac:

Youd probably need some seriously flared arches for that! Or jus remove the wings altogether

Plus cornering would be...fun?

toastedpickles

Spike Witwicky wrote: »

:pac:

Youd probably need some seriously flared arches for that! Or jus remove the wings altogether

Plus cornering would be...fun?

Interesting would be the word to use! :P

Dord

GvidoR wrote: »

Stance.

Not stance. I see a gap above the back wheel! :eek:

YbFocus

Dord wrote: »

Not stance. I see a gap above the back wheel! :eek:

Not into all that mad low stuff but I am partial to a bit of lowering. Something that makes the car look well, such as the E24 I linked.

Donnelly117

Spike Witwicky wrote: »

:pac:


Does it really improve cornering?

To a point yes it would. But it's easy to go too far and make handling worse. I imagine it affects braking/tire wear etc quite badly too...

GvidoR

I don't know how you would get anywhere with a stanced car. Would like to get a set of coilovers for my next car though and drop it about 50mm or so.

Spike Witwicky

YbFocus wrote: »

Not into all that mad low stuff but I am partial to a bit of lowering. Something that makes the car look well, such as the E24 I linked.

Agreed. My own car was factory lowered and looks better than other models imo

Donnelly117 wrote: »

To a point yes it would. But it's easy to go too far and make handling worse. I imagine it affects braking/tire wear etc quite badly too...

Agreed again, A quick google image search of negative camber shows some crazy tyre wear.

GvidoR wrote: »

I don't know how you would get anywhere with a stanced car. Would like to get a set of coilovers for my next car though and drop it about 50mm or so.

Your insurance company is gonna love you :pac:

Alanstrainor

GvidoR wrote: »

I don't know how you would get anywhere with a stanced car. Would like to get a set of coilovers for my next car though and drop it about 50mm or so.

I always assumed a lot were on some sort of air suspension that allowed them to be lowered, for the look. But raised again for actual driving.

Dord

YbFocus wrote: »

Not into all that mad low stuff but I am partial to a bit of lowering. Something that makes the car look well, such as the E24 I linked.

I'm not into it either. Well, I'm not into the extremes with ridiculous camber, and "just a little bit of rubbing"

Foxhole Norman

Alanstrainor wrote: »

I always assumed a lot were on some sort of air suspension that allowed them to be lowered, for the look. But raised again for actual driving.

A friend of mine has just got his A3 bagged which allows just that. Cost him an arm and a leg though. It is much more secure now that it can't move when he parks it up :pac:

GvidoR

Spike Witwicky wrote: »

Your insurance company is gonna love you :pac:

They already do. :pac:

Dord

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

A friend of mine has just got his A3 bagged which allows just that. Cost him an arm and a leg though. It is much more secure now that it can't move when he parks it up :pac:

TDI? :pac:

Foxhole Norman

Dord wrote: »

TDI? :pac:

1.6 Petrol laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad

toastedpickles

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

1.6 Petrol laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad

Well thats enough internet for me today!

Interslice

Spike Witwicky wrote: »

:pac:


Does it really improve cornering?

It does but you need to balance it with straight line grip. No use on a road car though. The harder the cornering the more negative camber you can use.

Foxhole Norman

toastedpickles wrote: »

Well thats enough internet for me today!

He does at least plan on throwing an S3 engine into it anyway....

toastedpickles

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

He does at least plan on throwing an S3 engine into it anyway....

Something i guess

YbFocus

Interslice wrote: »

It does but you need to balance it with straight line grip. No use on a road car though. The harder the cornering the more negative camber you can use.

They're really running big camber this season compared with previous ones, noticed that myself during the 3 rounds!

Interslice

YbFocus wrote: »

They're really running big camber this season compared with previous ones, noticed that myself during the 3 rounds!

Love these thermal cameras. You can see it all at work, even the inside wear on the straights.

Spike Witwicky

Interslice wrote: »

Love these thermal cameras. You can see it all at work, even the inside wear on the straights.

Thats really cool. Like a real life version of Forza IV