Car todo lists....

[Jon Frost]

3a.) Replace aerial that only half erects.

 

[Swissy]

1.Replace bumper that her next door likes to bash (3 times now) with her volvo when parallel parking

2.Replace boot lid spoiler with the larger oem one (already got)

3.ITG Panel filter

 

[Malt_Vinegar]

Realistic...
1 - De-cat pipe
2 - New backbox section
(should help release a few more ponies with the japspeed downpipe/manfold
3 - Replace brakes consumables in next 10k
4 - Apexi breathing mods or type S intake swap

Would love but probably a long way off/will never happen...
1 - Respray/blowover
2 - Sort all body defects (shopping trolly dings mainly!)
3 - Ickle turbo (not sure worth it FWD, and close to 200 bhp without)

4 - Shop it in, and get a Ginetta G27r as an everyday car!!

 

[loltim]

1. replace sheared exhaust manifold stud/bolt & gasket.
2. sell it, maybe.

 

[jamoor]

I can't decide. Either...

1) Buy E39 M5

or

1) Retrofit 16:9 Navigation System
2) Eisenmann Exhuast system
3) Gruppe-M air intake
4) 255bhp Remap
5) M5 mirrors

I saw this the other day, looks nice.
http://search.autotrader.co.uk/es-u...MW&model=M5&min_pr=&max_pr=18000&max_mileage=

on the 530d
1) Replace outside temp sensor
2) give it a proper clean
3) Fix rear door brake.

On the mx-5

Nothing really, I may turbo/supercharge it though, although it will become a little less fun if I do.

 

[Solari]

You know it would be wrong not to go with the M5.

What is the BHP/Torque figures on these and fuel like compared to yours (540?) ?

My inexperienced and face value view:

TBH I've seen the vids of a workmate around the ring with an M5, and while it's a beast, and I drool over it when it's in the car park downstairs, it was funny watching him become owner of a barrier - he was trying to keep up with another workmate's 911 and ended up paying out...

Unless the driver completely was inept, it seems that cornering tight and at speed (especially over brows where your grip will be reduced) isn't its strong point I'd get something much more fun for the money!

 

[Shimmy]

1)Replace rear bulb.

2)Get new car in the new year.

 

[[TW]Fox]

Unless the driver completely was inept, it seems that cornering tight and at speed (especially over brows where your grip will be reduced) isn't its strong point I'd get something much more fun for the money!

Yea thanks for the opinion but I'll take my opinions on the handling credentials of BMW M Power cars from somebody who doesn't own a MK4 Golf if its all the same

 

[ooEy]

1). Collect new (to me) car tommorow
2). Get slight scratches etc sorted.
3). Xenons
4). Build in-car PC

 

[energy]

Rear washer not working
Hand brake travel long and one side much stronger than the other
Power steering fluid needs topping up
Headlight wiper does not park properly at times
Rattling interior trim at back somewhere
Front seat cushion detaches from base when pulled upwards
Seatbelt light flickers intermittently - related to above
Needs a good clean in & out
Front lower engine mount meeds replacing
Clonking from rear suspension

I think thats about it!

 

[Solari]

Yea thanks for the opinion but I'll take my opinions on the handling credentials of BMW M Power cars from somebody who doesn't own a MK4 Golf if its all the same

I was going off my workmate's comments more than anything tbh. Although it was a beast, he pushed it way too far and didn't expect it to fly off the track Was quite shocking watching the vid, I expected something weighing that much to cling to the road like glue although to be fair, at that speed, I doubt any of the tyres were touching the road after he hit that brow FWIW I love the M3s, just a shame they have the whole **** driver label

Obviously I can't say anything personally as I've never driven an M-Power car The M5s are HUGE though, I'd rather have something a bit less like a tank!

 

[Gooner14]

Oil Service
Clean/Refurb Interior
Refurb Alloys
Respray front/rear bumper, colour code rear spoiler
Simota Carbon Airbox
SuperSprint Rear Exhausts
Remap
KW V3 Coilover
Race Logic Traction Control

 

[[TW]Fox]

Obviously I can't say anything personally as I've never driven an M-Power car The M5s are HUGE though, I'd rather have something a bit less like a tank!

I think you need to drive something that size before you guess based on assumption. Put it this way - a 5 Series Sport outhandles a Mk4 Golf, which if you just judged based on size, you wouldn't expect. There is more feedback through the wheel, the steering is more precise and it corners flatter.

 

[Jon Frost]

I think you need to drive something that size before you guess based on assumption. Put it this way - a 5 Series Sport outhandles a Mk4 Golf, which if you just judged based on size, you wouldn't expect. There is more feedback through the wheel, the steering is more precise and it corners flatter.

And it has the power coming from the right set of wheels.

 

[Solari]

I think you need to drive something that size before you guess based on assumption. Put it this way - a 5 Series Sport outhandles a Mk4 Golf, which if you just judged based on size, you wouldn't expect. There is more feedback through the wheel, the steering is more precise and it corners flatter.

I think you're fortunate enough to live somewhere that you can actually park the thing without having palpitations about dings in car parks or on local streets I've sat as passenger several times in my workmate's M5 which has been awesome (and just looking at the engine bay evokes amazement). Huge cars in city suburbs and parking though = nightmare.

Horses for courses, I'd rather have something like an Elise 111R but that's just me Not denying they are lovely bits of engineering Why you think I'd compare an M5 or whatever 5 series to a Mk4 Golf is beyond me though

 

[[TW]Fox]

It just seemed like you'd assumed that anything bigger than a Golf doesnt handle and anything smaller does, like so many other people do.

111R would obviously run rings around an M5 handling wise Not at all my sort of car though

 

[Solari]

It just seemed like you'd assumed that anything bigger than a Golf doesnt handle and anything smaller does, like so many other people do.

111R would obviously run rings around an M5 handling wise Not at all my sort of car though

I admit I did have a semi-assumption that huge, heavy cars won't handle so well so fair play. I think perhaps the videos I saw of that M5 galvanised the misconception, due to the fact that he was trying to keep up with a crazily powered Porsche.

I'm more into noise and nimble feel, so I guess that puts us at polar opposites of the spectrum. Not that my current motor reflects this, but as I said before, it's a stepping stone and is more than tolerable right now

 

[Darryn]

1) Get Rear Passenger side rear wing keying repaired (3rd September)
2) Get Enkei CTR original alloys refurbed
3) Get 4x Yoko Parada2 205/45/r17 to fit Enkei 17" CTR alloys
4) Swap 18" OZ off and fit standard 17" CTR alloys
5) Avoid Trees/Walls/People/Other cars for 18months
6) Sell CTR and buy ITR

 

[[TW]Fox]

I admit I did have a semi-assumption that huge, heavy cars won't handle so well so fair play. I think perhaps the videos I saw of that M5 galvanised the misconception, due to the fact that he was trying to keep up with a crazily powered Porsche.

Put the wrong driver in the right car and you'll always get that. I dare say that if you put me in a Lotus Elise 111R, said 'keep up with that 911', I'd make the Lotus Elise look like it handles like a Trabant as I went spinning backwards to my death after the 5th corner

 

[Solari]

1) Get Rear Passenger side rear wing keying repaired

Just had exactly the same thing sorted today by a newly acquired friend at a bodyshop! I was lucky: 5 minutes work with wet & dry, compound and rotary polisher/buffer, cost me £10 too... well happy