Oooh is that le mans blue? Mine is exactly the same, except auto.
Another vote for a bmw diesel...
Another vote for a bmw diesel...
Whats the best car you have ever owned
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I took a 2006 E90 330d auto from 3 months old/3k miles to 157k miles over 6 years. It was a fantastic mile muncher(I managed 41k miles from 1 MOT to the next once) and a great all round car. That was black though.brillomaster said:Oooh is that le mans blue? Mine is exactly the same, except auto.
Another vote for a bmw diesel...
I did however have a E90 330i auto a few years later in Le Mans Blue(a lovely colour). I much preferred the 330d overall though.
Hard one....
I guess it is my TVR Griffith, I saw one in the papers when they showed the motor show and it had covered lights! I was about 10 or 11. Finally got one when I was 23 and had it since. It looks great, sounds great, has never left me stranded and never failed an MOT.
This reminds me, I'd best go put it on charge!
I guess it is my TVR Griffith, I saw one in the papers when they showed the motor show and it had covered lights! I was about 10 or 11. Finally got one when I was 23 and had it since. It looks great, sounds great, has never left me stranded and never failed an MOT.
This reminds me, I'd best go put it on charge!
Wildfire said:
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theres no way a 100% reliable TVR is real!
Hey - my Mk 3 TVR Grantura was reliable - after I cut the body off the frame, and replaced the missing rusted tubes, and put it back on and fixed all the original shortcomings - built during the receivership and the kid they sent over the wall at night to harvest parts to keep building them apparently grabbed tow left hand lower A arms, etc. etc. I raced it for several years and everything stayed together rather nicely. The plexi rear window even sayed in place (because I remembered to install window restraints!)
If you want to talk about cars which never had one single minute where everything worked properly at the same time, let's swap Rover 2000 TC stories!
If you want to talk about cars which never had one single minute where everything worked properly at the same time, let's swap Rover 2000 TC stories!
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Mine certainly wasn't!(Cerbera 4.5). 2 wiper motors/2 boot locks/3 starter motors, plus a full rebuild including the crank and cylinder head.brillomaster said:
On the right day and at the right time it was awesome though. I did battle on with it for 6 years(18k miles) and I'm still glad I had one. Mine wasn't a daily and I take my hat off to anyone that uses them everyday(I'd have smashed mine to pieces I reckon! :lol: ).
Pondrew said:
Not so actually Pondrew, from memory.....the RS differed from the XR3i thus..:
115bhp as standard as opposed to 105bhp for the 3i
Beefier, thicker exhaust manifold
Twin coil ignition
Left hand brake servo with a linkage across the bulkhead for right hand drive cars
Twin front anti roll bar links from the white heat MK3 RS turbo
Thicker anti roll bar front and rear
Higher poundage springs with Bilstein dampers
Different anti roll bar pick up points.
With 115bhp it was only 17 shy of the RS turbo.
The seats were a big stand out for me with the RS1600i. My Dad's mate had one and I used to love going out in it. My Dad also had a 1982 Escort XR3 when I was younger. The best mk3 I managed was the 1.3L! Although I did have a mk5 RS2000 later on and I really liked the seats in that too. 8)john-e89 said:Pondrew said:
Not so actually Pondrew, from memory.....the RS differed from the XR3i thus..:
115bhp as standard as opposed to 105bhp for the 3i
Beefier, thicker exhaust manifold
Twin coil ignition
Left hand brake servo with a linkage across the bulkhead for right hand drive cars
Twin front anti roll bar links from the white heat MK3 RS turbo
Thicker anti roll bar front and rear
Higher poundage springs with Bilstein dampers
Different anti roll bar pick up points.
With 115bhp it was only 17 shy of the RS turbo.
A good thread.
LeeZ4MR said:The seats were a big stand out for me with the RS1600i. My Dad's mate had one and I used to love going out in it. My Dad also had a 1982 Escort XR3 when I was younger. The best mk3 I managed was the 1.3L! Although I did have a mk5 RS2000 later on and I really liked the seats in that too. 8)john-e89 said:Pondrew said:
Not so actually Pondrew, from memory.....the RS differed from the XR3i thus..:
115bhp as standard as opposed to 105bhp for the 3i
Beefier, thicker exhaust manifold
Twin coil ignition
Left hand brake servo with a linkage across the bulkhead for right hand drive cars
Twin front anti roll bar links from the white heat MK3 RS turbo
Thicker anti roll bar front and rear
Higher poundage springs with Bilstein dampers
Different anti roll bar pick up points.
With 115bhp it was only 17 shy of the RS turbo.
A good thread.
Absolutely Lee, the seats are even better than the Recaros in the turbo cars, Shark grey Scheel seats, like driving around in your fav armchair, absolutely superb they are...!
He had his when I had my Turbo. The turbo was a much more desirable car at the time as it was seen as being a "proper" Ford Motorsport RS.john-e89 said:
Now it seems to be going completely the other way; the Mk111 Turbos are so "last year" and the 1600i is the one to have. Fads I suppose.
Totally John.john-e89 said:LeeZ4MR said:The seats were a big stand out for me with the RS1600i. My Dad's mate had one and I used to love going out in it. My Dad also had a 1982 Escort XR3 when I was younger. The best mk3 I managed was the 1.3L! Although I did have a mk5 RS2000 later on and I really liked the seats in that too. 8)john-e89 said:Not so actually Pondrew, from memory.....the RS differed from the XR3i thus..:
115bhp as standard as opposed to 105bhp for the 3i
Beefier, thicker exhaust manifold
Twin coil ignition
Left hand brake servo with a linkage across the bulkhead for right hand drive cars
Twin front anti roll bar links from the white heat MK3 RS turbo
Thicker anti roll bar front and rear
Higher poundage springs with Bilstein dampers
Different anti roll bar pick up points.
With 115bhp it was only 17 shy of the RS turbo.
A good thread.
Absolutely Lee, the seats are even better than the Recaros in the turbo cars, Shark grey Scheel seats, like driving around in your fav armchair, absolutely superb they are...!
I had mine from 2002 to 2006. When I got it in 2002 it was quite an under the radar car, but by the time I sold it the drifting scene was really picking up/gaining momentum for sure. I still browse them in the classifieds and nice ones do seem to fetch good money now.Pondrew said:
I only paid £12k for mine back then(18 month old/19k miles). There is one for sale at the moment for £25k! Drift tax for sure!
I really like the Jap scene as well.