*******Motors Chat - Round 7*******

Stheno wrote: »

Ah jaysus, I saw you posting and went "woohoo, looking forward to hearing how well things are"

Rattling when accelerating? What sort of rattling? Was it doing that before?

Yeah I can't be too sure but it sounds tappety and I'm quite sure it wasn't there before. Apart from that it drives great, power seems to have increased.

Well wear. I think you were hoping for a golf anyway.
How does it compare to your 1.9. I'm assuming it's the higher bhp 1.6?

It'll likely get a bit torquier with time. 1500km is nothing.

Is it foreign (county) reg?

Bpmull wrote: »

Yep cork that was the down side :pac: ah it makes no difference to him really. Nice few bob off a 151 for a practically new van although I now the plate isn't 151 but how much If a difference will that make in 5-6 years time.

It has a proper reg so will have good resale :pac:

Well wear with it though.

So I just came back from the mechanic and he said that it is perfectly normal.
The only thing he said I need to change is the drivehaft as it is failing and tbh I did notice it wobbling a lot. So fingers crossed all is ok.

Cough... pictures my good man

Sobanek wrote: »

I think I'm in love.

http://allegro.pl/bmw-750il-v12-long-i4793500952.html

1992 E32 750iL in Poland. All yours for €5,950...




bear1, have you got a spare €6k?

Although this one is also nice at €2,500.

http://otomoto.pl/bmw-750-wyjatkowy-klasyk-z-niemiec-C35147954.html



//edit: OMG The price went up on the black one as I'm typing this!

I sure do, when would you like it

Whales on the second one are muc!

toastedpickles wrote: »

I mean this in the nicest way possible, sell it and get a proper car

Unfortunately I'm only seeing this post now, no longer having college lectures mean I can't spend as much time on here
Anyway If you're being serious about that which I think you might be then I for one, don't appreciate that comment whatsoever.

Only recently did that car leave my ownership and it left me in excellent condition relative to its age. If any car is a proper car it's a 6 cylinder Italian car full of soul and character not a 4 cylinder Vectra.

Given the astonishing list of work carried out on your own car if anybody could be recommended to sell their car it's yourself, and I mean that in the nicest way possible.

There are some shots being fired.

quadrifoglio verde wrote: »

Only recently did that car leave my ownership and it left me in excellent condition relative to its age. If any car is a proper car it's a 6 cylinder Italian car longitudinal 4 cylinder Japanese car full of soul and character not a 4 cylinder Vectra.

was the "soul" an option extra on those Alfas? i give you the ae86 trueno.

I do like Alfa's to an extent but I've never gotten them like some of the lads I know, they just go mad for them.

The gear boxes are to long a throw, the clutches are soft and a bit "where am I?" And the steering is very light.

The whole, "it's got soul" thing is just not really applicable to them if you ask me.
They have as much soul as anything else, they just seem to brake more.
The go to phrase may have held some truth back when Alfa were competing with Ferrari but they're now just on par with any of the other big names.

Yea they've made some nice engines and stuck them on some decent cars but even at that, the cars (until recently) have been the wrong configuration and the engines seriously lack the power for their size and the rep that they get.
And I've driven a few of them at this stage, ragged the balls off more than one of them. Decent as they are, I could sense more "soul" when my Almera was screaming at 7,000rpm making no power at all, but by God it was trying and it always made me smile.


Point of my rant?
Shut up about modern family cars having soul, they have as much as a 1.4 Nissan hatch back from the 90's.

If you want soul, buy a classic with a rich history.
No car has ever left the factory with soul.

And yes, you should both sell your cars and buy real ones.
Alfa's aren't good enough to warrant breaking that much and neither are Saabs.
Both have more displacent than an SR20/3SGTE/13B/4G63/EJ20, ect... And both make less power and send the power to the wrong wheels.

Real car, please.

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

was the "soul" an option extra on those Alfas? i give you the ae86 trueno.

Nah it comes with all of them. I'm sorry but I was seriously pissed off when I saw that post, that 156 meant so much to me and a lot of time and effort was put in by dgt to get it handling right for someone to come along and suggest buy a proper car really pissed me off.
If I could I'd have kept it, but when it was bringing another Alfa enthusiast enjoyment, enjoyment that only those who've caught the disease get, I was willing to let it go.
Hopefully, at some stage in the future, I'll be able to buy another one, it was one amazing car to drive

Sobanek wrote: »

You're both wrong.

They don't call BMWs the "Ultimate Driving Machines" for nothing :pac:

Last time I drove a BM it would barely drive, never mind it being the ultimate driving machine.

Probably better than an Alfa though, I'll give you that. :pac:


I should stop while I still have at least one friend left. Haha