![[TW]Fox](/data/man-of-honor/2009.png){kind=avatar}
Make a weekend of it. I didn't let the fact it was 600 miles away stop me from enjoying the Scottish Highlands for example
What have you done to your car today?
- Thread starter mattyprice4004
- Start date
Make a weekend of it. I didn't let the fact it was 600 miles away stop me from enjoying the Scottish Highlands for example
Soldato
OcUK Germany weekender (taking in the Nurburgring) would be more fun.
Man of Honour
- Joined
- 21 Nov 2004
- Posts
- 45,009
Service part 2. Spark plugs and front disks and pads. Not going to be cheap!
Caporegime
Caporegime
Phwoar, 24MPG over the last 180 miles, mostly town and B roads with occasional spurts of acceleration. That is really good and totally unexpected...
It's very very good and contained, it's just too short. There are plenty of better roads, but this works due to the 2 epic bits and flow you can build.
I am 95 miles from it, I just got in a drove there then did some 'laps' and drove home. Good music or a V10, coffee stops and the roads were fairly clear and to be honest the cars I came across on the triangle signalled me past
Man of Honour
- Joined
- 21 Nov 2004
- Posts
- 45,009
Pads cost more than discs. Good job AMG/Brembo 
Soldato
Man of Honour
Ditto!
Good? That is hideous.
Nope thats good, my trip computer is currently sitting at a shade over 14mpg
Soldato
Gave it a wash, wax, and polish.
Soldato
Good? That is hideous.
Pretty standard with the E30 really, this was my cab's returns...
Today I fixed my highbeam telltale as it had broken, exciting stuff.
Soldato
An Audi R8 does a tiny bit less than that...
My fuel consumption is bad enough but I don't think I could justify running an E30 as a daily with costs like that.
My fuel consumption is bad enough but I don't think I could justify running an E30 as a daily with costs like that.
Soldato
Even I'm not daft enough to run an old car as a daily, an only car yes, but not a daily.
I never really gelled with the cabriolet hence the fact I only covered 3500 miles in it. My Golf mk2 though has seen nearly 15,000 miles driven by me since Dec '13 and whilst it's not amazing on fuel at 32mpg average over those miles, it's not awful.
I don't need a car which is why I'm happy to only run older cars, if/when I need a daily though I'll get something modern, boring, sensible and reliable...I wouldn't run an mx5 and an e30 as my only cars if I needed to drive every day.
As for my high beam telltale replacement, I went from a tiny LED with a cap on it (originally it was a tiny bulb with a blue cap) to a large blue LED with some paint to tint / lower the brightness.
Before:
After:
It might be a touch bright but it's similar to the previous tiny LED I had in there and I rarely have full beam on anyway as most of my night driving is around town / on the motorway with traffic about.
I never really gelled with the cabriolet hence the fact I only covered 3500 miles in it. My Golf mk2 though has seen nearly 15,000 miles driven by me since Dec '13 and whilst it's not amazing on fuel at 32mpg average over those miles, it's not awful.
I don't need a car which is why I'm happy to only run older cars, if/when I need a daily though I'll get something modern, boring, sensible and reliable...I wouldn't run an mx5 and an e30 as my only cars if I needed to drive every day.
As for my high beam telltale replacement, I went from a tiny LED with a cap on it (originally it was a tiny bulb with a blue cap) to a large blue LED with some paint to tint / lower the brightness.
Before:
After:
It might be a touch bright but it's similar to the previous tiny LED I had in there and I rarely have full beam on anyway as most of my night driving is around town / on the motorway with traffic about.
Associate
Car washed, Wheels off and cleaned, calipers painted, mirrors plastidipped, arches waxoyled, wheel nuts sprayed back to black and then a quick polish.
I'm freezing.
I'm freezing.
Soldato
Watched it drive away for the last time. I got just over £2000 more than what I paid for it 30k miles ago but naturally I still feel like a part of me has been taken away Best car I've ever owned by far.
Best car I've ever owned by far.
Soldato
Had it remapped.
Soldato
Why did you sell it geekman?
Caporegime
24MPG how I've been driving it is excellent. I was really surprised. I was expecting sub 20! Its the least economical E30 I think, 325i touring. I think even the E30 M3 gets better MPG.
Today I went and collected some genuine optional 15" basketweave BBS' with centre caps, and a full leather comfort interior in black with no rips or tears, recently re-coloured.
Fitted all of it bar the door cards which I'm going to do tomorrow. Also bought a couple of replacement plastic bits.
Expensive day.
Today I went and collected some genuine optional 15" basketweave BBS' with centre caps, and a full leather comfort interior in black with no rips or tears, recently re-coloured.
Fitted all of it bar the door cards which I'm going to do tomorrow. Also bought a couple of replacement plastic bits.
Expensive day.
Last edited:
Soldato
Daily mpg updates again, brill