Well, I have introduced myself. Now let me introduce my baby. She was made on the 10/06/1997 is finished in Arctic Silver. Has a 2.8l engine. Is Automatic. She has had three or four different registration numbers during her short life and has now reverted to her original R715 SST.
Comparison to other cars is difficult. She doesn’t accelerate like my Firebird, but she doesn’t use as much fuel as it did. She uses less fuel than my previous 1.6 Astra and is certainly a better vehicle to drive. She was the most exciting car that I have ever driven. Those big wheels and wide tyres introduced me to tram lining, something I had not experienced prior to driving a Z3. Point the car in any direction and press the accelerator and wow, I never knew where the car was going to go. A set of new tyres helped, but not that much, Powerflex bushes on the wishbones cured the problem.
MoTs are peculiar. I get advisories on Under-trays fitted obscuring some underside components. (The trays were fitted from new by BMW.) N/S headlamp pattern poor. O.K. fit a new headlamp. Then I saw the price of a new headlamp. I ended up with a pair of Angel-eye headlamps from Taiwan for £249, but they included bulbs and were a direct fit. The big one is O/S/R outer sill corroded. Actually both were and new ones are not available. So a big(ish) bodyshop job.
We exist quite happily together, although we are not doing a lot of mileage nowadays as I use an Eco-flex Insignia for most of my driving. (It’s the 80mpg that does it.) And I don’t do a lot of maintenance myself, but, I still have my spanner!
Photos later.
Comparison to other cars is difficult. She doesn’t accelerate like my Firebird, but she doesn’t use as much fuel as it did. She uses less fuel than my previous 1.6 Astra and is certainly a better vehicle to drive. She was the most exciting car that I have ever driven. Those big wheels and wide tyres introduced me to tram lining, something I had not experienced prior to driving a Z3. Point the car in any direction and press the accelerator and wow, I never knew where the car was going to go. A set of new tyres helped, but not that much, Powerflex bushes on the wishbones cured the problem.
MoTs are peculiar. I get advisories on Under-trays fitted obscuring some underside components. (The trays were fitted from new by BMW.) N/S headlamp pattern poor. O.K. fit a new headlamp. Then I saw the price of a new headlamp. I ended up with a pair of Angel-eye headlamps from Taiwan for £249, but they included bulbs and were a direct fit. The big one is O/S/R outer sill corroded. Actually both were and new ones are not available. So a big(ish) bodyshop job.
We exist quite happily together, although we are not doing a lot of mileage nowadays as I use an Eco-flex Insignia for most of my driving. (It’s the 80mpg that does it.) And I don’t do a lot of maintenance myself, but, I still have my spanner!
Photos later.
is one spanner for one nut?
