Show Us Your Motors!

mjt · 10 Jun 2012 at 17:42

-Ad- said:
Stick with normal lights that are perfectly good, get a Tom Tom, deal with the seats.

Then buy a decent integra, strip it out (selling the bits on) and have a great weekend/trackday weapon :evilsmilie:

Alternatively, buy second hand.

Or get a better job

InvaderGIR · 10 Jun 2012 at 18:05

[TW]Fox;22106629 said:
Even a 1990's E36 for example had projectors yet the brand new 1 Series and 3 Series has headlight tech from a 1992 Ford Fiesta unless you spec Xenons? I dont get it - projector lenses are just better, they look far better, they work better and they stop the front headlights looking like something Kia would make. Although I would imagine even Kia use projectors these days.

Both my 1988 and 1989 E30s have projectors as standard too.

I agree though, why modern cars don't have these as standard is beyond me, especially BMWS. I find it a bit annoying that my last 4 BMWs have all had them and yet my more modern Ford doesn't. The 1 series I'd have pretty much expected it to have them, like I also expected the iDrive to include nav, which it doesn't now. :confused:

at BMW.

Jonnycoupe · 10 Jun 2012 at 18:46

mrk said:
Probably because some 'suit' at BMW HQ had a bit of a bad day in a meeting about costs savings or something.

Effective not 'bad'. Piece cost down on the entry stuff for company cars to get them into the fleet and then you can charge for upgrades for the people who care where a large margin can made.

AndrewNR · 10 Jun 2012 at 19:13

SDK^ said:
Soft touch

Sexy.

Howard · 11 Jun 2012 at 08:13

Jonnycoupe said:
Effective not 'bad'. Piece cost down on the entry stuff for company cars to get them into the fleet and then you can charge for upgrades for the people who care where a large margin can made.

Sad, but true. Let's face it, most BMW/Audi company car drivers don't give a hoot about Xenons and projector lenses, they focus on the badge.

LizardKing · 11 Jun 2012 at 11:04

Howard said:
Sad, but true. Let's face it, most BMW/Audi company car drivers don't give a hoot about Xenons and projector lenses, they focus on the badge.

This! All our managers drive BMW's and normal staff have Golf TDi's, shame that not an option was ticked on any of them. Yet weirdly the engines are quite respectable.

But hey, the car park looks posh full of BMW's ....

Basher · 11 Jun 2012 at 11:25

-Ad- said:
Stick with normal lights that are perfectly good, get a Tom Tom, deal with the seats.

I assume you've never been in a BMW with reflector lights?

shoes · 11 Jun 2012 at 11:36

I polished and painted my wheels this weekend - went out to take a few photos with my mate who has an MX-5. I know the car is a mess, I will get round to properly cleaning it soon

And finally a nice fisheye one for fox:

Janesy B · 11 Jun 2012 at 11:48

Which brake pads is that MX-5 using? Seems to have a bit of a problem with brake dust...

shoes · 11 Jun 2012 at 12:03

[TW]Fox · 11 Jun 2012 at 12:08

Whats happened at the back? Is the suspension shot or had you just been shopping for potatoes?

LizardKing · 11 Jun 2012 at 12:27

[TW]Fox;22114528 said:
Whats happened at the back? Is the suspension shot or had you just been shopping for potatoes?

Broken camber arm by the looks of it

shoes · 11 Jun 2012 at 13:07

[TW]Fox;22114528 said:
Whats happened at the back? Is the suspension shot or had you just been shopping for potatoes?

Nah, loads of neg camber as it's running so low. I need to get some adjustable, or at least modified, bottom arms to pull the bottom in a bit.

mrk · 11 Jun 2012 at 13:08

Those tyres need some Poorboys New Look Trim Gel applied tot hem, STAT.

rossk26 · 11 Jun 2012 at 13:46

Not sure if its the colour of the wheels deceiving me, but the front tyres on the mx5 seem to have a much larger profile...

shoes · 11 Jun 2012 at 13:52

mrk said:
Those tyres need some Poorboys New Look Trim Gel applied tot hem, STAT.

Agreed, they do look a mess. I did use some of the autoglym bumper care on them as it states on the bottles you can use it on tyre walls.

Turns out you can use it on tyre walls, it doesn't do anything, but use it you can.

rossk26 said:
Not sure if its the colour of the wheels deceiving me, but the front tyres on the mx5 seem to have a much larger profile...

They're the same all round - he started painting his wheels and never finished it - I think they should go back to silver personally. It's only plastidip so should come off fairly easily - probably just with the jet wash in fact.

alexisonfire · 11 Jun 2012 at 19:44

Turns out very low clio's are great for floods*

*might have used the bow wave from a discovery in front.

Minstadave · 11 Jun 2012 at 19:58

shoes said:
I polished and painted my wheels this weekend - went out to take a few photos with my mate who has an MX-5. I know the car is a mess, I will get round to properly cleaning it soon

These both look in a right state and clapped out.

Firestar_3x · 11 Jun 2012 at 20:26

alexisonfire said:
Turns out very low clio's are great for floods*

Very brave going through what looks like a LOT of water.

How deep was it?

alexisonfire · 11 Jun 2012 at 21:24

Firestar_3x said:
Very brave going through what looks like a LOT of water.

How deep was it?

It was either go through it or not get home

It wasn't that deep, 1-1.5ft in most places 3ft at its deepest. I waited for something big to come along so i could follow it through. The discovery moved most of the water out the way!

First one i almost got stuck, started to float!

I have cut slicks on at the moment so pretty useless in standing water.