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Me too, can you PM me your number? I've lost it

....I was expecting the usual internet arguments re: lowering. But, I guess it's a Friday. I kinda wish I hadn't googled "rainbow kiss" though, I was silly enough to click on the definition of the Hershey's variant :puke:

Oops, sorry, should'a searched!

Why having a B-road thrash should be left to hillclimbs. I was sent this, it's reasonably sobering. http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.a...ison?&mid=0 Scroll down to "10 pence Short"'s posts

Check the heater pipes at the back of the motor closest to the firewall? I was getting leaks from there.

Hmmm, don't suppose you do houses?

Yup, Mike's on to it. Just plug numbers into But you'll have to make assumptions about material, etc. With a U-bar, there's always a bending moment about the mounts, which gets bigger the stiffer it gets. But not sure how much it matters on a road car.

Man that "Carbon Fibre" vinyl looks horrid...to me it looks like they cocked up the resin and left a massive dry patch Keep your car white imho, and what Graham said^

............Like the orange valence better

Ooooh man....I want it. Anyone want to buy a (just as ugly/fast) Subaru? Good luck with the sale Graham!

Spacers ain't all bad. Lets you run ballin' rims. I even have some short studs if anyone needs em

Was like a monsoon on the northern. New tyres, new wipers, rain-x and awd meant it was all very enjoyable. I really love driving in mad weather. Anyone else weird like me?

Haha, to top it off Mum wants another E46 (she seriously regrets selling hers). I think the idea with the "safe car" thing is that I drive through the ports with the big trucks, through the masses of Remuera tractors, and deal with nutcase South Aucklanders on a daily basis - so having a tiny/invisible/tin can E30 wasn't "safe enough". Neither a facelift nor is it a 325i, but have passed it on to him. I really dig it though.

Lol apparently it's ok if it's only a weekend car and not a daily lol.

On behalf of Dad. Must be: -Coupe -Factory manual -318i or 325i -Completely standard -Working Aircon -No rips or tears in the seats -Facelift -Open to a prepurchase inspection by Glenn or similar Preferably: -No sunroof -Tech1 or Tech2 wheel -Full service history -Very mint We are in no rush, please make sure your car fulfills the requirements before asking. We have a 1.8L manual MX5 if you're interested in a swap. Cheers.

Bump, Date of manufacture is 37th week of 2009. August last year, so they're still nice and fresh $600 to Bimmersporters? (I want a new downpipe)

Yup, I do indeed have a blue one, you'd have to paint your rims gold to match though Yeah, sometimes I'm glad I'm on the inside of the car (secretly the bugeye is growing on me) I didn't like the price, interior, driving position, or seats of the Evos. I'm sure they're quicker - but as a daily, I'd much rather the STi!P.S. My insurance on the Subaru is cheaper than the touring's 'cos it's stock. But insurance companies wouldn't even look at me when I said "evo". Weird.

No even auuu. (I've always wondered how people knew where to go for those congregations) Haha, a cruise with the Megane and the bugeye STi? Two very awkward looking turbo vehicles

Haha, bang on. Guilty as charged - went to see some type R's but couldn't justify the money when a slowbaru was the same money. Yup they rev to 8, but to be honest most of the poke is gone by 7 and a bit rpm in standard.I also went to see some 328's but couldn't really deal with the looks and the falling apart interiors. Lol. that legacy is not a bad deal, but not very exciting in terms of track day ability.

Rofl, no not quite (think uglier) and by revs I mean 8krpm. I should add to the list that I like torque almost 400nm of it even. And its gotta be manual! I'll post it up if the prepurchase inspection goes well tomorrow.

Fully agree, an expensive old tyre is usually no better than a cheap new tyre! Tyre age is as important as tread depth imho. The rubber breaks down and the compound is no longer as the manufacturer intended. The compound is what makes a tyre, the tread pattern/brand are what sells the tyre. Been playing with some tyre data recently - 2+ years after manufacture, tyres start becoming poor. Compound and condition dependent of course. It's even worse with race/semi slicks where life is generally the number and type of heat cycles rather than available tread (unless of course you're doing an enduro!) If you wanna get serious about tyres, buy a durometer! My (possibly erroneous/invalid) 2c worth.

Lol its got two! Even scored lots of stars in the safety tests etc. (Was abysmal in the economy ratings though.) ...don't actually want to post up what I'm getting as it's somewhat embarrassing.

Going for something that I can go snowboarding in (awd), trackdays, comfy, quiet, good brakes, good handling, lots of revs to play with. And new lol. Only one car that ticks all of the above in the 10-14k bracket....it's really ugly though

I have what I think is an e30 bosskit sitting in my garage. Free to the first person that pm's me.

Up, swaps for 225/45R17's