Is that in Mini Moke? I bet that’s a lot of fun. For me ideal way of upgrading Mini would the BMW K bike head conversion on the BMC A

Best tug of war I know. I still have weak spot on the IX, specially the Touring. Nivas are cool too.

I fail to understand the problem with this thing. It is clearly a minivan. I’ve seen raving review of Toyotas JDM luxury minivan here but if germans make luxurious minivan, everyone hates it. Minivan is quite logical starting point to have something luxurious as one of minivan’s goals is to maximize interior space and…

This is pretty much Goodwood FOS for you as one can experience pretty much all the varieties of Otto engine. Out of F1 my personal preference is Lotus 49 for looks and Honda RA300 for sound, but when the insanely high strung V12/V10 things happened in the 90s and 00s the noise level just seemed to go to another realm…

I’ve had two E46 330Ds with 200-270k miles on them (first one got rear ended, second one with 270k miles was not needed anymore) and both worked really nicely. Currently my E30 325ix Touring at something closer to 250k miles and E36 328i Touring at 245k miles work quite well (except that way too costly front…

I would HIGHLY recommend doing a cruise around Norway. I have only driven through northern part with my ex in her old Mini in mid may. One of the prettiest places I’ve ever been. Just google search “lofoten” for example

Oh interesting, I didn’t know that! I thought all american I6 intake manifolds were similar unequal length piece of crap. Not saying the old M30 or M20 manifold is anywhere near ideal but far far more advanced than those single carb designs many american motors had. Actually with M30-like design you could have shorter…

How about something like BMW M30 stock intake’s idea where individual runners are roughly the same length, start from plenum that is fed from the opposite side of engine? You seem to have quite a lot of space over the other side of engine and you could mount your throttle body and it would be on the “cold” side of the…

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I’ve owned two E46s (330XD 3-pedal Tourings), currently I own an E30 (325IX 3-pedal Touring) and an E36 (328i 3-pedal Touring). All of them have done well over 200k miles (few have reached 250k) and one thing that is shared between all of them has been indicator stalk with no clap or loose feel what so ever. They…

Times they change. And it gets faster all the time. Wayyyy faster. My ideal car is E30 Touring (size, tech, dynamics, usability, design) and in many ways to me E30 is the definition of BMW, the very platonic idea of the brand. Today all manufacturers need to cater every niche there is, sell similar tech packaged in…

Moar pics of my new beater. Falling quickly for it. Need to lose cheapo Dotz wheels for Style 24s I have waiting and fix some minor rust. M52B28 is a fine motor.

I kind of dig E46T little bit more but I am also one of those that think E30 is solution for most of life’s problems. E36 is by far the cheapest way of enjoying the lineage right now. Engine swapped E30 Touring is pretty much ideal car to me. Even more so the IX Touring as I live in Finland. I have one but it is…

E39 wagon with facelift & m-sport is utterly lovely thing. I just got my beater version. E36 wagon. Original M52B28 with Mtech body kit and sports seats, LSD, three pedals, functioning climate control, cruise control, rear parking sensor and a sun roof. Thing has Koni setup and feels utterly wonderful with smooth…

I think Omega is roughly 5-series sized but yeah, E39 vs this thing... Omega was pretty ok car for its time and I believe would have made good platform for badge/panel-engineering but for it to work as a Cadillac they should have done more. I think there were some reaally bad electrical gremlins or something wrong…

As fine diesels as BMW builds, what you really want would be E87 130i or 135i, depengind on your taste on forced induction, of course you need both to suit whatever feeling you have in the morning. 5-door hatchback, roughly Golf-sized (with less rear passenger space though) with either 260hp N52B30 NA inline 6 or…

I think Bangle saw that the E46/E39/E38 gen perfected the design language BMW had been developing since the beginning of E-chassis codes. There was no way out other than to destroy everything and start again. After much laughter and ignorance pretty much all other manufacturers followed, some could argue often with…

As someone with experience with pedestrian versions of all of these... Out of all Cossie traits and Touring Car heritage you picked Sierra’s interior as a quality that trumps MB and BMW? I could not disagree more, sorry. With a bit of leeway both E30 and W201 interiors have some qualities (including fit & finish) that…

Following your worries with your carriers seems absurd from here in Finland. Here we get (real) unlimited non throttled 4G/LTE for 15-25 euros / month from all major carriers.

Nokian tires (translated Nokia’s tires) were previously just Nokia tires. Nokia was established in town Tampere and nearby town Nokia in mid 19th century. First they made paper pulp but then turned their focus towards rubber products, most likely because of some acquisition processes or so. Over time they have made…