Show Us Your Motors!

[ui]ICEMAN · 28 Nov 2015 at 16:27

N430 is the same as mine, just they are called GT's in the US. They're a V8V with the S motor, suspension and a few other bits. Cracking value, I paid $40k less than my precious Vantage yet got an even better spec'd car.

Greg0986 · 29 Nov 2015 at 16:37

Weather is horrible and no time to take good pictures, but I bought this yesterday.

Need to clean it, fix a few cosmetic issues and then I can get some better pictures (Bumper was taken off to do the cambelt and wasn't put back on right, door pillar plastic trim and need to refurb a wheel)

Tom|Nbk · 29 Nov 2015 at 16:43

Used to have one of these, fantastic car would definitely have another!

Gorbash12346 · 29 Nov 2015 at 18:40

the workhorse

The daily driver

The precious...

and the project car...

one day will be sporting a rotrex charged K20A,

On Holiday · 29 Nov 2015 at 18:48

Gorbash12346 said:
IMG

Nice!

I got rid of my FN2 Type R a few months ago, had a 08 WRX STI Hatchback (wrote that off!) and now I'm on one of these too (middle)

It did have a front splitter but it couldn't handle getting up my drive after 2 days of ownership and decided to split! Looking to raise suspension a little and get another splitter.

What's yours running to get that sort of power/torque?

tummelv · 29 Nov 2015 at 19:51

Snow snow snow.

Vita · 29 Nov 2015 at 21:59

Omg y u ruin bmw. Must be oem.

mrk · 29 Nov 2015 at 22:00

Needs ACS centre caps

tummelv · 29 Nov 2015 at 22:01

Sorry, not a fan Vita.

I do like the colour though.....is it actually purple or just the white lights in the carpark?

[TW]Fox · 29 Nov 2015 at 22:02

Vita said:
Omg y u ruin bmw. Must be oem.

Basically that, yea.

Vita · 29 Nov 2015 at 22:04

mrk said:
Needs ACS centre caps

They are

Colours actually orient blue. Dark blue with highlights of purple.

paradigm · 29 Nov 2015 at 22:09

Orient blue is a lovely colour. Shame about the car

sigma · 29 Nov 2015 at 22:12

Front wheel looks bigger than the back? Well, further spaced out, at the minimum.

Odd lighting perhaps?

Cleisthenes · 29 Nov 2015 at 22:15

I don't get why you'd post a picture again when you already know that a lot of people aren't a fan of your car.

I have to agree though, I'd prefer it oem.

Vita · 29 Nov 2015 at 22:16

sigma said:
Front wheel looks bigger than the back? Well, further spaced out, at the minimum.

Odd lighting perhaps?

Odd lighting plus dodgy shot of phone Cam.

I can take criticism. The ACS stuff is marmite. Most on here dislike it. I bet if I stuck an alpina b3 kit on and alloys and raised it to the correct height most opinions would change.

[TW]Fox · 29 Nov 2015 at 22:19

It's not so much the wheels its the daft ride height. The wheels would probably look ok if the car didn't have the Ebay Coilover McDonalds Krew look.

I just don't get why people lower them that far? It won't drive better or look better...

Vita · 29 Nov 2015 at 22:24

[TW]Fox;28881008 said:
It's not so much the wheels its the daft ride height. The wheels would probably look ok if the car didn't have the Ebay Coilover McDonalds Krew look.

I just don't get why people lower them that far? It won't drive better or look better...

That's been a fault on my part to swap the standard msport suspension back over. Plus stance Is lyf. I actually wish I had held out for a decent b3.3. One sold on the bay for around a £1k minus engine. It's not actually that low. The dodgy pic makes it look like that though.

sigma · 29 Nov 2015 at 22:27

[TW]Fox;28881008 said:
I just don't get why people lower them that far? It won't drive better or look better...

It does look better to some people.

savagesam117 · 29 Nov 2015 at 22:34

I drove her properly for the first time yesterday, to the MOT place and back.. Damn it's quick and you can actually go around a corner at more than 30mph without getting under steer like in the Polo.

Although, I did lose a bit of trim. Had to turn around and get it!

mrk · 29 Nov 2015 at 22:57

sigma said:
It does look better to some people.

How does it handle that low though? Surely there is going to be a compromise when driving around a winding road on a sweet Sunday afternoon enthusiastically?