Post a picture of your vehicle here Part 5 (don't quote pictures, 24h ban!)

joujoujou

Maybe they won't, maybe they will. I'm just pointing that there are some of them who deliberately looked for a 1.6, bought and insured.

Each to their own.

JohnBoy26

joujoujou wrote: »

Maybe they won't, maybe they will. I'm just pointing that there are some of them who deliberately looked for a 1.6, bought and insured.

Each to their own.

The 1.4 is perfect in those cars. The 1.6 doesn't offer that much more performance and costs €129 extra to tax. Most people go for the 1.4

joujoujou

JohnBoy26 wrote: »

The 1.4 is perfect in those cars. [...]

In your opinion.

colm_mcm

What engine is in yours jou?

JohnBoy26

joujoujou wrote: »

In your opinion.

In my experience.

Top Dog

JohnBoy26 wrote: »

The 1.4 is perfect in those cars. The 1.6 doesn't offer that much more performance and costs €129 extra to tax. Most people go for the 1.4

Perfect for what? Adequate boring A to B driving? Suits some needs but not others. Hardly true to claim its perfect. Horses for courses - personally I'd find it hell.

JohnBoy26

Top Dog wrote: »

Perfect for what? Adequate boring A to B driving? Suits some needs but not others. Hardly true to claim its perfect. Horses for courses - personally I'd find it hell.

Perfect as in it offers the best blend of performance and economy compared to the 1.6. The 1.6 is only slightly more powerful and is not as cheap to run. If I was looking for a more powerful corolla id skip the 1.6 and go straight for a t sport. Your post is very ignorant tbh.

Top Dog

JohnBoy26 wrote: »

Perfect as in it offers the best blend of performance and economy compared to the 1.6. The 1.6 is only slightly more powerful and is not as cheap to run. If I was looking for a more powerful corolla id skip the 1.6 and go straight for a t sport. Your post is very ignorant tbh.

You've plucked my curiosity now. Where on earth are you finding ignorance in my post?

Merely because I said your sweeping claim of it being perfect was inaccurate, and while it might suit some it wouldn't suit others?

Duke O Smiley

I think what John means is, the 1.4 in the e12 Corolla is perfect for those looking for a Corolla. Robust, frugal and punchy for what it is.

James Bond Junior

His and hers. Had the E36 out for cleaning and warm up over the weekend. Hard to believe that the 1er is nearly bigger than the 3er. My Volvo is in the background somewhere.

https://i.imgur.com/V82adcJ.jpg

joujoujou

colm_mcm wrote: »

What engine is in yours jou?

1.4 unfortunately.

166man

Ok so it’s not my car but after 7 years Dad traded in his trusty 159 estate for the above.

What can I say, it’s a stunning car. This model is the Giulia Veloce so 2.0 turbo 280bhp petrol. Has some nice options on it too.

Will get more photos soon - may the Alfa dream live on!!

Duke O Smiley

Beautiful! Absolutely love that colour.

hooch-85

166man wrote: »

Ok so it’s not my car but after 7 years Dad traded in his trusty 159 estate for the above.

What can I say, it’s a stunning car. This model is the Giulia Veloce so 2.0 turbo 280bhp petrol. Has some nice options on it too.

Will get more photos soon - may the Alfa dream live on!!

Excellent i was wondering if Alfa Ireland would bring in the Veloce, seems to be the sweet spot of the range, beautiful car.

JohnBoy26

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

I think what John means is, the 1.4 in the e12 Corolla is perfect for those looking for a Corolla. Robust, frugal and punchy for what it is.

That's it exactly

endacl

rizzee wrote: »

The misses just stuck a deposit on this.

1.2 Lounge spec (Blue and Me, Sat Nav, half leather, pana roof etc).

Quirky little cool car with some nice features that reminds me of my old Grande Punto

Just back from 2 weeks in the big brother of that yoke as a rental, the 500L. I sincerely hope hers is different from that in every way it’s possible for a car to be different.

JohnBoy26

Top Dog wrote: »

You've plucked my curiosity now. Where on earth are you finding ignorance in my post?

Merely because I said your sweeping claim of it being perfect was inaccurate, and while it might suit some it wouldn't suit others?

Ignorance by taking my post out of context when it was plain to see what I ment by perfect, comparing it to the 1.6 which offers the same adequate a-b performance that you'd find "hell" only it will cost you more money to run.

Sure in a drag race the 1.6 will pip the 1.4 but otherwise they drive exactly the same with similar performance in real world driving and while they are no sports car I find them far from hell tbh.

Like for like id choose the 1.4 all day long due to it being cheaper to run and offering similar performance but in the op's case they got the car cheap and in circumstances like that id have no problem with the 1.6 either.

MarkN

166man wrote: »

Ok so it’s not my car but after 7 years Dad traded in his trusty 159 estate for the above.

Your dad is cooler than all our dads :cool:

tossy

MarkN wrote: »

Your dad is cooler than all our dads :cool:

He's cooler than his young fella

Lovely car 166, any pics of the indoors?

shietpilot

tossy wrote: »

He's cooler than his young fella

qft

davycc

Gorgeous car 166man senior!

Best of luck with it hopefully you blag the odd rip of her

Murt102

Have the Golf 1 year this week, longest car I've ever owned! Celebrated by giving it a new set of alloys to freshen the look of it, along with a polish and wax.

It's also for sale if anyone here is interested

TheBigGreen

Not washed in 5/6 months ðŸ˜႒

punisher5112

Imagine the difference when she is washed...

No matter how long I leave the car I've never got the reg or lights to the stage one can't see them.

ShadowHearth

pete4130

From sand dunes a few months back. 15psi, 4H, traction control completely off, power mode selected.

colm_mcm

OSI wrote: »

Surprised it took so long to sell.

There's a lid for every pot

166man

OSI wrote: »

Is this the one Tractamotors had on display for the last ~6 months? Was very tempted to take it for a test drive. Surprised it took so long to sell. How is he finding it?

colm_mcm wrote: »

There's a lid for every pot

Nope went for a new one.

That one is a 172 plate Alfa Ireland car and is being kept in the fleet until September 2018.

He absolutely loves it. I'm incredibly impressed with it too. For Alfa to make a car as good as it from scratch in this day and age of platform sharing is a superb achievement given their past.

166man

MarkN wrote: »

Your dad is cooler than all our dads :cool:

tossy wrote: »

He's cooler than his young fella

Lovely car 166, any pics of the indoors?

Wouldn't be hard to be cooler now to be fair. He probably wouldn't want to associate with the 166man name

I'll get some shots of the interior this weekend.

Foxhole Norman

Some shots of my yoke at C&C yesterday, great turnout for what was a dreary Sunday morning!

tossy

I love those wheels.

Bit of seat porn, i gave them a once over yesterday with some leather conditioner from a BMW seal and protect kit, not sure if using BMW leather cleaner on AUdi leather is cool or not

MetzgerMeister

It’s probably not cool tossy but you’ve a better chance of the BMW cleaner working :pac:

colm_mcm

Isnt the Audi cleaner just basically Skoda cleaner?

punisher5112

colm_mcm wrote: »

Isnt the Audi cleaner just basically Skoda cleaner?

Or seat......

tossy

colm_mcm wrote: »

Isnt the Audi cleaner just basically Skoda cleaner?

Yeah but the inside of the bottle is better quality

quadrifoglio verde

I had been planning to sell her and buy the 2.4 version,
but insurance says no.
So instead of posting it in bangernomics I might as well put the photos to use and post one up in here
Outside of oil services and a timing belt change when I bought it, it's only needed two tyres over the last 27k miles. As I'd been planning to sell, I fecked her in to the nct on Friday and she passed first time. Might as well keep her now :pac:

btkm8unsl0w5r4

Bit of Classic motoring, just purchased this 1992 Neon Blue Design Edition 318i e30 BMW. One of 200 cars in this colour and trim. Super retro. The interior is a cloth/leather blue design and the colour is Neon Blue. There was a neon green too that is super rare. Only 62k miles all service history. Was a UK car, imported to ireland in 2004, then exported back to the UK this year where I immediately brought it back.

Needs some work, will tidy her up to good standard for our 3 nice days during the summer and a few shows. Needs some mechanicals, some trim replaced inside and out and that spoiler removed and the area repainted. The a full correction detail. Let the fun begin.

vintagevrs

That looks lovely. Any more interior photos? Doesn't look like it needs much from that photo anyway. Enjoy

btkm8unsl0w5r4

vintagevrs wrote: »

That looks lovely. Any more interior photos? Doesn't look like it needs much from that photo anyway. Enjoy

done

MarkN

Jesus the inside looks like new from the photos anyway!

bear1

I'll never forget back in 1993 when my parents wanted to buy a 320i (not clued up on bmw but it was the saloon version of the above).
Metallic grey and it looked savage.
Went then to buy it and the fecking thing broke down so my parents cancelled the deal and bought a brand new Skoda favorit.
What a disappointment.

James Bond Junior

That interior is just beautiful. I'm a sucker for BMW, a fool for old BMWs and a foolish sucker for blue BMWs. Get your self on bmw classic Ireland on faceache, there are always bit popping up and a great knowledge base.

kdevitt

That car would have come with a tec 2 steering wheel by the way - if you're looking to make it nerdy original!

Top Dog

Is that the actual design of the carpet or is someone OCD with the vacuum?

beertons

One might say this rear saw action!

MetzgerMeister

Top Dog wrote: »

Is that the actual design of the carpet or is someone OCD with the vacuum?

It's neither design nor vacuum. It's done with the likes of a credit card.

Top Dog

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

It's neither design nor vacuum. It's done with the likes of a credit card.

Awh. I'm all disappointed now

Duke O Smiley

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

It's neither design nor vacuum. It's done with the likes of a credit card.

I’ve always wondered how that worked! Presumed it was vacuum

passatman86

Duke O Smiley

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