Stanley Knife:
kr79:
If I had the cash I’d love either a Fiat 132 . . . Try finding a fiat 132 thoughHere you go, but before you get the cheque book out you’ll have to remove the crap from the blacked-out rear windows and find a decent 2.0 litre engine - but the best of luck in finding the original alloys . . . rarer than a honest politician!
I would if i had the cash but baby on the way so i best not lol.
switchlogic:
Freight Dog:
Agree with Luke. Interesting choice of BMW.My E36 BMW has been going 22 years. An old friend. I’m not one to form attachments to machinery but this is different. It’s extremely tatty now, corrosion a losing battle from the years and a blown head gasket that I put sealer in to stem the death. The idle control valve is gone too and it revs up and down at idle. The handbrake rubs. But that car has never ever ever failed to start on a tick or let me down in the mst viscous of weather or left for weeks on end. Their engineering in the 80s was incredible. I open the bonnet and look at that long 6 cylinder engine and can stare at it for ages just marvelling at it. I’m just in awe. It’s like a terminally ill person who still runs marathons. A true tank. They put their engines in WW2 fighters. The (contraversial) pedigree shows.
I’m same with 6 cylinder BMW engine, I think its a work of genius. Ive owned two, both in E30s. Such a wonderful engine to drive. A friend bought a diesel BMW a while ago and while the diesel is no doubt brilliant I thought they were mad! I said why but a diesel when BMW produce the best petrol engines in the world!
I really like the E30s too. Such nice looking cars.
The e39 5 series was probaly the best car of its era.
id love a mercedes s class or sl the models from around 90-2000 not sure of model number but the last model mercs designed purely by engineers not accountants.
not a massive merc fan but the engineering and quality of these is great.
I have two 530Ds, a 2001 and a 2002, bloody good cars but they don’t like speed cameras, they make em flash 