Post a picture of your vehicle here Part 5 (don't quote pictures, 24h ban!)

Interslice

Love a good cloth seat.

Foxhole Norman

mi16 wrote: »

Picked this up for peanuts as a stop-gap a few months ago... but finding it hard to justify changing it yet.

It's a 2003 520i ES SE, which are a pretty strange mish-mash of SE and M-sport bits... sport suspension, sports seats in cloth, sport MFSW, and split rim alloys.

Was this the one floating around a few Backroads owners? Looks a lovely example and the interior is super rare, cloth Sport seats were more common on the Pre-Facelifts and in Continental Europe, not so much here!

mi16

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

Was this the one floating around a few Backroads owners?

Thats the one! I've had it since March this year

R.O.R

Was hoping to hold on to the Grey 318d Auto for a good while, but got swapped out yesterday to this:



Which shall be known as the beigemobile - technically Platinum Silver exterior colour, but beige to me, to match the beige leather.

It's a 318i SE manual. Does seem to have the remote services activated so I must see if I can get the timed ventilation to work so it can be nice and toasty for me getting in each morning.

colm_mcm

What engine is in that?

vintagevrs

R.O.R wrote: »

Was hoping to hold on to the Grey 318d Auto for a good while, but got swapped out yesterday to this:


. Does seem to have the remote services activated so I must see if I can get the timed ventilation to work so it can be nice and toasty for me getting in each morning.

The ventilation remote just turns the fans on. No a.c. or heat I'm afraid.

Dale Parish

Normally don't park beside other cars but I saw this M4 on Sunday and felt I had no choice

R.O.R

colm_mcm wrote: »

What engine is in that?

Share's it's DNA with a Sports Car.

vintagevrs wrote: »

The ventilation remote just turns the fans on. No a.c. or heat I'm afraid.

Typical I get this coming in to winter rather than the blistering summer we had - outside was showing 40 degrees a couple of days, so you can imagine what the inside of the car was like :mad:

Dale Parish

Dale Parish wrote: »

Normally don't park beside other cars but I saw this M4 on Sunday and felt I had no choice ...........

Really subtle colour, I can't get anyway appreciative of the sound of these as they drive past. Might be different inside one of course. They sound like there's no oil in them or something IMO :pac:

colm_mcm

R.O.R wrote: »

Share's it's DNA with a Sports Car.

i8 sans hybrid tech then?

bazz26

the 318i is 1.5 litre these days.

R.O.R

bazz26 wrote: »

the 318i is 1.5 litre these days.

With not 1, not 2, but 3 whole cylinders!

Dale Parish

Augeo wrote: »

Really subtle colour, I can't get anyway appreciative of the sound of these as they drive past. Might be different inside one of course. They sound like there's no oil in them or something IMO :pac:

He did rev it a bit as he pulled away (because we were watching) but at the end of the day it's still a straight 6 so it's never going to have that v8 burble :pac:

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000

R.O.R wrote: »

Share's it's DNA with a Sports Car.



Typical I get this coming in to winter rather than the blistering summer we had - outside was showing 40 degrees a couple of days, so you can imagine what the inside of the car was like :mad:

I used my heated steering wheel for the first time ever this morning. The most under rated bit of kit ever!

CIP4

bazz26 wrote: »

the 318i is 1.5 litre these days.

R.O.R wrote: »

With not 1, not 2, but 3 whole cylinders!

:eek: 3 cylinder in an executive saloon whatever about a 316i entry model but a 318i. What BHP is it ?

bazz26

CIP4 wrote: »

:eek: 3 cylinder in an executive saloon whatever about a 316i entry model but a 318i. What BHP is it ?

136bhp.

colm_mcm

0-60 in 8.6 seconds is good enough for a 318i. That’s a second and a half quicker than an e46 318i plus you have the torque advantage of a 3 cylinder and turbocharging.
3 cylinder engines can sound good as well, heard a new Kia Ceed 3 cylinder being caned last month, proper naughty little thing.

Big Nasty

Presume it's turbo'ed?

colm_mcm

Big Nasty wrote: »

Presume it's turbo'ed?

Yep.

punisher5112

When I hear 3 cylinder been used I can't get the sounds of the polo or Yaris out of my head.....

Ughhhhhhhh

I understand they have obviously come on a bit.

colm_mcm

https://youtu.be/ke33f4D7o_M

Alanstrainor

colm_mcm wrote: »

https://youtu.be/ke33f4D7o_M

It sounds well to be fair, well up the revs it does at least.

Big Nasty

Jesus Christ ROR - you're driving a fockin Glanza! :pac:

Wailin

CIP4 wrote: »

:eek: 3 cylinder in an executive saloon whatever about a 316i entry model but a 318i. What BHP is it ?

318i is no executive saloon, by any means.

jayo26

Sounds like an old 3 cylinder Corsa with an air filter and exhaust if you ask me


Nice car tho

Dale Parish

Took the M5 out again and met up with a friend

tossy

Nice cars.

Those 2.0T F types a seriously nice car.

I think an F type is €10k+ more then a mustang but to be fair the Mustang isn't exactly sought after. I think I've seen 5 or 6 in Ireland, Austria, Germany and Italy over the last 2 years, admittedly I'm not on the lookout for them

I reckon they'll sell quite a few F types in comparison.

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000

The Mustang does absolutely nothing for me. Everytime I see one I just see Mondeo lines.

vectra

Hunky Monster wrote: »

The Mustang does absolutely nothing for me. Everytime I see one I just see Mondeo lines.

OI!!!
Enough with the Mondeo