Show Us Your Motors!

mrk · 24 Oct 2010 at 17:44

Autumn themed car pics go!

Howard · 24 Oct 2010 at 17:49

Hmm, I could have sworn you had some wheels that looked a lot nicer than those :/

Nice pic though!

nichorob · 24 Oct 2010 at 18:20

Is it me or the E46 starting to look a bit dated now?

Princey · 24 Oct 2010 at 18:21

I dont think so at all. It's still one of the best looking coupé/saloons.

mrk · 24 Oct 2010 at 18:22

Damn right

Howard said:
Hmm, I could have sworn you had some wheels that looked a lot nicer than those :/

Nice pic though!

Always had those, they look nicer from some angles than they do others but they do suit the silver body!

mjt · 24 Oct 2010 at 19:08

Facelift is a damn sight less dated than the prefacelift

But then what do expect for a design that entered production almost 12 years ago?

I quite like those M wheels, not too common.

Berger · 24 Oct 2010 at 19:24

fonzee said:
S/C over to the raylle. Sell xsara standard?

Would rather have the money, and standard Xsaras don't tend to sell for much! The engine is worth keeping since it has recent cambelt and clutch!

fonzee · 24 Oct 2010 at 20:32

tucked her in for the night.

fonzee · 24 Oct 2010 at 20:32

Berger said:
Would rather have the money, and standard Xsaras don't tend to sell for much! The engine is worth keeping since it has recent cambelt and clutch!

and how long you reckon till you change your mind?

GT3 · 24 Oct 2010 at 21:10

Burn the Xsara, only way you can gain satisfaction from a BSI equipped car. I'm not bitter...at all.

iaind · 24 Oct 2010 at 21:16

Love that photo fonzee, almost has a storybook quality to it

Smokey26 · 24 Oct 2010 at 21:27

nichorob said:
Is it me or the E46 starting to look a bit dated now?

Not the M3, it's the best lookin M for me, especially the CSL.

[TW]Fox · 24 Oct 2010 at 22:56

Smokey26 said:
Not the M3, it's the best lookin M for me, especially the CSL.

The M3 really is starting to date because it never received the facelift front end. The prefacelift front is really showing its age now.

The facelift E46 Coupe, though, like mrk's is hanging on really rather well I think.

Remember that something can be dated and still look good. A Ferrari F40 is very dated yet still looks awesome.

PeterNem · 24 Oct 2010 at 22:56

Not to mention they're all down on power now, being so old!

iaind · 25 Oct 2010 at 07:49

PeterNem said:
Not to mention they're all down on power now, being so old!

Mrk's is only a 318i, he'd be quicker walking to be honest. Or trading it in for a 1.6 focus - that'd be thinking with his noggin!

mrk · 25 Oct 2010 at 08:16

iaind said:
Mrk's is only a 318i, he'd be quicker walking to be honest. Or trading it in for a 1.6 focus - that'd be thinking with his noggin!

Actually the 2 litre 318i engine is a revvy 143BHP / 200Nm engine so faster than a Focus and considerably smoother/more comfortable among many other things.

SteveOBHave · 25 Oct 2010 at 08:25

Princey said:
Thanks for the comments guys. It'll be a week or so yet before I get her properly. She's being fully machined polished and detailed then its off to Monkfish for a Wortec exhaust and to be undersealed.

So in the mean time have some of the dealer shots until Phate gets some proper pictures for me.

It's just a shame that it has Vauxhall badges on it... You need to get some Holden Badges

Fantastic car tho...

FlyingScotsman · 25 Oct 2010 at 10:35

Subaru Impreza

Here is my scoobie sti putting out around 400bhp.

scoobyrichuk · 25 Oct 2010 at 11:25

FlyingScotsman said:
Here is my scoobie sti putting out around 400bhp.

Very nice, I'm really starting to warm to the hatches now - at first I thought they were the devil's spawn

Out of interest what have you done to get to 400bhp and have you had any engine trouble?

FlyingScotsman · 25 Oct 2010 at 12:03

Hi McHammer,

Yes I really love it had a couple of years now and not had any bother at all with it. (apart from my missus denting the door last week GRRR!!!)

I got a full 3" stainless Hayward and Scott (2 decats) quad exhaust fitted, Hyperflow cold air induction kit and a custom remap.

It is quick, not much will catch it.