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*********Motors Chat - Round 9 *********
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How does that work with those gauges then? Will it not just show that they're under inflated?
Jaysis colm your closing in fast on 10 years and 40k posts. Thanks for all the good work.
Start a new job in the morning. Might be a few pound this christmas for a change
. Close enough that a diesel wont even have warmed too so all good. 0 -
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Interslice wrote: »Jaysis colm your closing in fast on 10 years and 40k posts. Thanks for all the good work.
Start a new job in the morning. Might be a few pound this christmas for a change. Close enough that a diesel wont even have warmed too so all good.
Congrats on the new job best of luck with it. Seems to be a good few people around here have started new jobs in the last few months it's great to see 0 -
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I saw this on done deal earlier. The mud flaps look absolutely cat I mean who put them on. You can't get away with generic mudflaps on newer cars anymore well maybe very very rarely. I have fitted ones and they are a great fit on the back almost seem apart of the bumper. I mean who spends 25k on a car and decides that it's the extra 50 quid for fitted mudflaps is going to be the straw that broke the camels back.
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Foxhole Norman wrote: »Looking up the going rate for Meganes are ya :pac:
Haha no it will be a while before I change my one.I dont think it makes the damn thing look worse, not sure what would
I think they are terrible looking just two slabs of rubber screwed to each side of the car. I'd rather have no mudflaps than them.0 -
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Special Circumstances wrote: »Will they be left on the car long enough to see if they work... they wouldn't around here anyway!
Who the hell would steal something like that?
:eek:How does that work with those gauges then? Will it not just show that they're under inflated?
I suppose you look at how far the green thing has risen when the pressure is correct and remember where it's supposed to be, and if it goes below that, it's time to put some air in. :P0 -
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166man wrote:Who spends €25k on a car to only pay €180 a year on motor tax is another bizarre question.....
Each to their own man, no need to be bringing up topics needlessly 0 -
Noccy_Mondy wrote: »Each to their own man, no need to be bringing up topics needlessly
There was no malice intended, I was exploring CIP's comment of who spends that kind of money and puts pretty awful mudflaps on it. :pac:0 -
Who the hell would steal something like that? :eek:
They'd break into your car for the craic around here. Toll change and a torch from lidl went the last time.
Jealous of 166man in his charger. Heading shtateside myself soon, won't even have time to drive/park a car though. Will be there for the EPA deadline for VWs, working with at least one californian teediddlyeye owner. How will I ever resist winding him up???0 -
Would I be mad to buy a 540i msport in the uk ?
Talking 5k+ for a good one after 800 odd vrt and conversion rates.
Tis a fair whack of money on a 14 year old car thats gonna be a pig on petrol/tax and have a nice leaky bmw 4.4 V8.
Brain says E60 525i msport for a grand or so more.
Heart wants an E39 with a demufflered V8
Will probably be my last non grown up car as im going bald and grey lol.0 -
Supergurrier wrote: »Would I be mad to buy a 540i msport in the uk ?
Talking 5k+ for a good one after 800 odd vrt and conversion rates.
Tis a fair whack of money on a 14 year old car thats gonna be a pig on petrol/tax and have a nice leaky bmw 4.4 V8.
Brain says E60 525i msport for a grand or so more.
Heart wants an E39 with a demufflered V8
Will probably be my last non grown up car as im going bald and grey lol.
Forget about it and cop yourself on and don't be going on with talking the bloody nonsense at this hour of your life in a married man wit' four childer.
Hold tough and get a 760i V12 a year or two newer, for even less.
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Supergurrier wrote: »7 series doesn't really appeal though and id prefer a V8 rumble over a V12 hum.
I probly wouldn't owe anything on said car but grown up pants are itching
Well as far as I'm concerned it doesn't get much more "grown-up" than having something like the correct number of cylinders.0 -
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Supergurrier wrote: »Would I be mad to buy a 540i msport in the uk ?
Talking 5k+ for a good one after 800 odd vrt and conversion rates.
Tis a fair whack of money on a 14 year old car thats gonna be a pig on petrol/tax and have a nice leaky bmw 4.4 V8.
Brain says E60 525i msport for a grand or so more.
Heart wants an E39 with a demufflered V8
Will probably be my last non grown up car as im going bald and grey lol.
Personally I don't see the point.
At the end of the day €6k for an E39 that the only difference will be an 8 cylinder engine seems mad to me.
If you're insistent on a BMW then I'd go for an 840i instead. A better and rarer option all round.
Go American for V8's!0 -
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Supergurrier wrote: »Would I be mad to buy a 540i msport in the uk ?
Talking 5k+ for a good one after 800 odd vrt and conversion rates.
Tis a fair whack of money on a 14 year old car thats gonna be a pig on petrol/tax and have a nice leaky bmw 4.4 V8.
Brain says E60 525i msport for a grand or so more.
Heart wants an E39 with a demufflered V8
Will probably be my last non grown up car as im going bald and grey lol.
Ya may as well go down the route. My e39 was a v8 (what am I sh*tting about I still have the damned thing). They have a steering box instead of a rack and brakes are vented all round. Jekyl and Hyde, they rumble along at low rpms but can really bark when opened up. They will try to kill you when the traction is off in the wet
Beware of charging issues (alternators are f*ckin pricey) and electric issues (the French really need to learn from the Germans about bad Electrics). Door handles may break (outside loons okay but inside won't catch the latch) but these are easy changed when the door is opened.
Now, something with a slightly smaller engine and 2 snails would tickle my fancy much more!
Oh wait......
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Supergurrier wrote: »Would I be mad to buy a 540i msport in the uk ?
Talking 5k+ for a good one after 800 odd vrt and conversion rates.
Tis a fair whack of money on a 14 year old car thats gonna be a pig on petrol/tax and have a nice leaky bmw 4.4 V8.
Brain says E60 525i msport for a grand or so more.
Heart wants an E39 with a demufflered V8
Will probably be my last non grown up car as im going bald and grey lol.
Is it really only 800 vrt?
I know of a 1.6 Lancia that was 720, and don't they up it depending on spec too?0
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