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

Leonard Hofstadter

Yesterday vs lunch time today vs one hour ago:







Lunch time today vs one hour ago:

James Bond Junior

Lovely E46 Captain. What is she, 325ci? Apart from being as useful as a chocolate teapot in this weather?

Leonard Hofstadter

James Bond Junior wrote: »

Lovely E46 Captain. What is she, 325ci? Apart from being as useful as a chocolate teapot in this weather?

Thanks, yeah it's a 325 alright.

Toyotafanboi

I'm not even really a passive fan of BMW's but I often think I'd like one of those 3 series coupes, 2.0 petrol or diesel would be a good daily I'd say, they are a really nice looking car.

James Bond Junior

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

I'm not even really a passive fan of BMW's but I often think I'd like one of those 3 series coupes, 2.0 petrol or diesel would be a good daily I'd say, they are a really nice looking car.

I reckon a 320cd could be a nice daily hack alright.

Toyotafanboi

The diesels even in that model gave chain and turbo trouble did they?

Mickiemcfist

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

I'm not even really a passive fan of BMW's but I often think I'd like one of those 3 series coupes, 2.0 petrol or diesel would be a good daily I'd say, they are a really nice looking car.

There's pretty much no point in the petrol engines smaller than the 325, extra 300 quid to tax the 6 cyl, same insurance, same fuel consumption & more reliable.

I know this after having a few of them! 320i also very slow. I've a 325i sport I picked up for 800 quid 8 months ago, 7k later no problem at all. You do have to expect suspension bits replacement though. They've a very delicate setup.

James Bond Junior

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

The diesels even in that model gave chain and turbo trouble did they?

Swirl flaps mainly I believe and breather filter I think. And rust.

Leonard Hofstadter

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

The diesels even in that model gave chain and turbo trouble did they?

Diesels in those ones are fine (both four and six cylinder engines), they just need to have had the oil filter changed to the vortex type, otherwise they can lunch their turbos. The swirl flaps need to be deleted as well. Several owners on the E46 owners group on facebook have ones with over 250,000 miles so they can't be too bad. It's the four cylinder diesels between September 2007 and mid-2014 that have the chain problems, the latest diesels are absolutely fine (so far).

But feck diesels and their sensible running costs, life's far too short to have such boredom; silky smooth sweet sounding naturally aspirated six cylinder petrols that have a slight fondness for oil and petrol stations is what it's all about:P!

btkm8unsl0w5r4

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

I'm not even really a passive fan of BMW's but I often think I'd like one of those 3 series coupes, 2.0 petrol or diesel would be a good daily I'd say, they are a really nice looking car.

Yeah yeah...I am not a bmw fan but I would like x model, or y. Would give my arm for m model z or classic model t....face it you love them...cause they are bloody fab.

TrailerBob

Toyota had a peek at the road today... didn't last long.. 8ft snow drifts at both ends of our lane..water deliveries cancelled

Toyotafanboi

Hudson Creamy Vista wrote: »

Yeah yeah...I am not a bmw fan but I would like x model, or y. Would give my arm for m model z or classic model t....face it you love them...cause they are bloody fab.

Yeah, no, I honestly don't like but not in a hater way, they just don't enthuse me.

Give me an old Starlet any day.

Hopefully a mod comes along shortly to move this thread back on topic :pac:

high horse

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

The diesels even in that model gave chain and turbo trouble did they?

They don't give any trouble with the chain and the turbo troubles can be avoided by changing the breather filter on the turbo with every third oil change. I'm up to 205k miles on my 320d still on the original turbo.

Edit to add: I've had it since 80k miles and I had intended to get the swirl flaps blanked off but never got around to it and don't think I'll bother

selectamatic

Same here 175k miles on a m47 e46 320d
Original turbo, egr, clutch and flywheel.
All thats been done is Regular oil changes and a vortex breather filter fitted.

MetzgerMeister

More pics less talk

Aaronh86

Scooby out for a play yesterday

Stealthirl

Winter tires are fantastic,Low ground clearance is not

Staph

My forester was out too, perfect yoke for this weather! :pac:



Is this sideways? Sorry, if it is!

job seeker

For a minute, I thought you were asking if you were drifting sideways.. Son I am disappoint!

Skylinehead

A graceful beast, well suited to the conditions on the side roads of the Phoenix Park.





Yes I got stuck

Tropheus

My 2003 Allroad. Owned since new and now with 251k miles. Still going strong and loving the snow.

wonski

Always liked these Audis.

Keeping it for such a long time must be some sort of a record!

fancy pigeon

Avensis rescue team: there's salt in there too. Helping out stranded motorists; one of which was a cocky individual in a RWD that didn't think they needed a 4x4...


Till I could go no further


So I parked it up


All taking a rest!

Foxhole Norman

Some non snow photos from last weekend at the Vee!

punisher5112

No pics foxhole

Foxhole Norman

punisher5112 wrote: »

No pics foxhole

Should be fixed now!

hooch-85

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

Should be fixed now!

That car looks badass. Wheels/stance is perfect.

James Bond Junior

hooch-85 wrote: »

That car looks badass. Wheels/stance is perfect.

My favourite car on all of boards including my own.

mloc123

My neighbor told me I hadn't a hope of getting the car out today... We had 2-3ft drifts on the street. I gave him a cheerful beep as I sailed out.

tossy

mloc123 wrote: »

My neighbor told me I hadn't a hope of getting the car out today... We had 2-3ft drifts on the street. I gave him a cheerful beep as I sailed out.

S3 has performed flawlessly over the last few days but today i had to abandon it and walk down a country road. The mounds of frozen snow left in the middle of the road were like concrete and too high for me to clear.

q85dw7osi4lebg

Went for bread and milk.......the long way :pac:

mloc123

tossy wrote: »

S3 has performed flawlessly over the last few days but today i had to abandon it and walk down a country road. The mounds of frozen snow left in the middle of the road were like concrete and too high for me to clear.

Yeah, the only issue I had was the fear if beaching it. Had to dig out the driveway and street in front of the house to avoid the same.

Foxhole Norman

James Bond Junior wrote: »

My favourite car on all of boards including my own.

hooch-85 wrote: »

That car looks badass. Wheels/stance is perfect.

Cheers lads, delighted with how it looks and performs now, just need to get the front end sorted at the very least but that'll have to wait for the moment with my recent bill :pac:

Off to France in it for a week at the end of the month, looking forward to taking it around some of their roads

Cast Iron

Micah Famous Self-possession wrote: »

Went for bread and milk.......the long way :pac:

Beautiful machine that. As good to drive I'm sure!

Manic Moran

The lead image on my 'selling the car' classified. We don't want to sell it. I've never owned a flagship car before, and though it has spent far too much time in the repair shop for my taste, it's absolutely wonderful. Unfortunately, though it has almost every gizmo and gadget known to autodom, one thing it does lack is room in the back for a baby seat, and the wife's getting a little large to be climbing up out of the thing. Plus she's stopped working, so that's one less income to offset the not insubstantial cost of monthly payments.

With any luck, nobody will want to buy it, and we shall have to come up with some sort of plan to keep it. I have no idea how we'll afford it, but we really like this one.

Oh, and for those of you suffering from snow, photo taken this week.

Manic Moran

Oh, yeah. Forgot to post this. We're members of a local car enthusiast club, "Quattro Crew". Started by Audi guys, but frankly, as long as you like cars, you're in, as evidenced by the non-audis which went for lunch. (It's not exactly a formal organisation, but there are a couple hundred members). As you can see, wife and I prefer to drive our separate cars rather than share each others' company (Hey, we have walkie-talkies).



You are looking at 48 cylinders, and some 3,600hp. My puny little 340hp S4 at the near end accounts for somewhere under 10% of the hp and is the weakling of the group. The estate car accounts for about 33% of it.

(Larger version of the same image: https://i.imgur.com/gnN7eHO.jpg )

ELM327

Lovely machines one and all. I love the caddy!
Oh to be in a country where one can own cars and not get raped by 55% fuel tax, excessive motor tax and the insurance monopoly!

MetzgerMeister

ELM327 wrote: »

Lovely machines one and all. I love the caddy!
Oh to be in a country where one can own cars and not get raped by 55% fuel tax, excessive motor tax and the insurance monopoly!

And where 95 Octane is considered premium :pac:

Carpentry

ELM327 wrote: »

Lovely machines one and all. I love the caddy!
Oh to be in a country where one can own cars and not get raped by 55% fuel tax, excessive motor tax and the insurance monopoly!

...where the government "rape" other countries for this privileges...

bear1

Manic Moran, genuine curiosity but are you American with Irish roots or Irish and emigrated to California? Nice that you're doing so well for yourself.

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000

Carpentry wrote: »

...where the government "rape" other countries for this privileges...

Source?

Mickiemcfist

Hunky Monster wrote: »

Source?

Here's a picture of America's penis entering another country against their will

Neilw

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

And where 95 Octane is considered premium :pac:

It is premium fuel, octane ratings are different usa to Europe.
Usa 95 is roughly equivalent to 98/99 octane in Europe.

MetzgerMeister

Neilw wrote: »

It is premium fuel, octane ratings are different usa to Europe.
Usa 95 is roughly equivalent to 98/99 octane in Europe.

My point exactly :cool:

biko

Drop the politics please.
More pictures of cars

Manic Moran

Sadly, I missed the opportunity. When I was personally occupying Iraq, I spent more time drinking tea and getting to know the locals than I did filling jerrycans with stolen/raped oil. https://i.imgur.com/iXgVQfg.jpg

To answer the slightly more appropriate point...

Manic Moran, genuine curiosity but are you American with Irish roots or Irish and emigrated to California? Nice that you're doing so well for yourself.

Both, actually. My parents happened to be in California when I popped out, so American by birth. At age 25, I decided that I was not going to achieve my fortune continuing working shifts in Ballycoolin, so I upped stakes to try my luck in the US, this was in January 2000. Despite the foolhardiness and recklessness of the way I went about it, things seem to have generally worked out.

It is premium fuel, octane ratings are different usa to Europe.
Usa 95 is roughly equivalent to 98/99 octane in Europe

In fairness, there's a station near me pumps 101 octane if you want it. There just isn't much call for it, as even the 'premium' cars like Audi/Mercedes run on 91.

m17

Picked her up this morning loving it

hooch-85

Nice, I have been looking at these lately. What engine is that? Do they come with the 2.0 TSi from the GTi at all?

hooch-85

OSI wrote: »

Your petrol options on the A3 are, 1.0 TFSI with 116BHP, or 1.5 TFSI with 150. If you want anything beefier you have to head straight to the S3 at 50k+ with the 2.0 310BHP same as the Golf R.

That's a bit sh1t. One of these with the GTI engine and PP diff and brakes would be a decent car.

m17

hooch-85 wrote: »

Nice, I have been looking at these lately. What engine is that? Do they come with the 2.0 TSi from the GTi at all?

It a 2.0 tdi with a 150bhp there is also a 2litre petrol with 220 bhp
Inside the cabin