Six Cylinders Motoring Notes - a Workshop Day Today

[Six-cylinder]

26 minutes ago, beko1987 said:

I'd keep it running* over winter if I can park the zx in the FoD... 

 

"for 3 weeks before I can't afford any more petrol for the month... 

If the 323i does not come to me there is still the 328i that needs exercising!

[Six-cylinder]

1 hour ago, ianbmw said:

I can look after that.....slower than the Alfa I guess!

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170 bhp for the 323i and 190 bhp for the 156.

[Six-cylinder]

CLK is now running again with a repaired wheel and new tyre. Well it was always running, but with its space saver it would spin up with even with a gentle throttle so I was not using it.

[LightBulbFun]

I have always wondered what would happen if you took something like a Citroen Xantia Activa with its very fancy suspension etc

and threw a whole set of 4 space savers or such on the car, and then chucked it round a track or such, I wonder how would the car react to that, and would it set a new record for going through a set of tyres the quickest? LOL

(without doing something silly like a burn out)

[Tadhg Tiogar]

Time was when a good few cars ran on tyres the width of today's space savers. Nobody complained. 

[richardmorris]

22 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

What to do!

I used to own this BMW E36 323i sport and gave it to my son when he crashed my E30. He then went to live in Canada and gave it to his friend, I have had a call tonight from my son to say his friend can't look after it any more and has nowhere to park it and did I want it back.

Not really was going though my head as I already have E36 328i Sport, that I did not have time to get on the road last year. The words that came out of my mouth were different I will take it back, but only if another of your friends does not want it.

So the 323i is better bodily than my 328i but does not quite have the grunt. I see the 323i ran out of MOT nearly 3 years ago.

I will await a further phone call to say if I am off the hook or not!

Is this what it looks like now, or when last MOTd four years ago?

[Six-cylinder]

50 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

Is this what it looks like now, or when last MOTd four years ago?

Ok, yes this is how I bought it Jan 2014 from my friend. It had done 145k miles when I got it and was lovely being using as a business vehicle. Whatever it needed it got, which is why I bought it.

My son Richard loved it and got his friend Keith to improve the car further like spraying the bonnet to lose the stone chips. It was Keith who ended up with it when Richard went to Canada and used it sparingly. MOT records show mileage 169k in March 2016 and I would guess it has not done that many miles since. It has been kept indoors so I am hoping it is still very nice.

These pictures are Sep and July 2015, latest ones I could find including us in matching E36s!

[Six-cylinder]

Invaded by sheep today, we need a few brave shiters to battle with the woolybacks and get my Visa GT back for me!

Look out here they come!

 

It's ours now and your not having it back!

 

The others made me do it, I never wanted to take your car!

[LightBulbFun]

sheep dont like fibreglass right? *he says in a worried tone* 

(rounding up sheep in an Invacar or 2, now that would be a fun spectacle )

[Stinkwheel]

At least the sheep have good taste, they’ve claimed a very desireable car.


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[Tadhg Tiogar]

14 hours ago, LightBulbFun said:

sheep dont like fibreglass right? *he says in a worried tone* 

(rounding up sheep in an Invacar or 2, now that would be a fun spectacle )

You can find other ways of worrying a sheep.....I understand...

[anonymous user]

A colleague once had a problem when the cattle started to eat the wood on his wife's Morris Minor Traveller which was parked too close to the fence. He solved this by painting the wood with creosote. 

[anonymous user]

39 minutes ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

You can find other ways of worrying a sheep.....I understand...

Yes go in the field and start shouting "Mint sauce"

( Ronnie Barker joke)

[hairnet]

50 minutes ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

You can find other ways of worrying a sheep.....I understand...

hes not welsh or fram armagggghhhhhhhhhh

chris lose the beemers - do the merc thing

[Tadhg Tiogar]

13 minutes ago, anonymous user said:

Yes go in the field and start shouting "Mint sauce"...

Strangely enough, a friend of fine used to help out with lambing each year, and would end up with a number of orphan lambs to look after. She tried to give names to some of them, including a tiny one she called Spitfire on account of his ears looking like fighter plane wings. My suggestion of "Mintsos" was not taken up.

[Six-cylinder]

First the good news, I now have the MK1 AX 14TRS as hinted at in my AX 11TZX sales thread.

The bad news was because loading an AX onto a Sprinter custom car transporter and moving 70 miles was too easy @Wingz123 did it with the AX locked, without keys and the handbrake firmly on! My garage on arrival did curse me! Just for a little extra drama the ramp jumped from under the o-s front wheel while unloading it.

The AX 14TRS is now at my favourite garage for them to get it running and MOTed.

I can't wait to get behind the wheel and feel the power of that 1360cc 70 bhp engine!

[Stinkwheel]

To be fair the 1360 tu in a BX was lovely and lively, so in an ax, it must be pretty close to the ax gt performance wise.


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[Six-cylinder]

1 minute ago, Stinkwheel said:

To be fair the 1360 tu in a BX was lovely and lively, so in an ax, it must be pretty close to the ax gt performance wise.


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A GT is 85 bhp and this is only 70 bhp so won't quite have the raucous punch I remember from a GT, but a bit more the my current 11TZX.

[bezzabsa]

you need a bigger field Mr 6c

[Stinkwheel]

A GT is 85 bhp and this is only 70 bhp so won't quite have the raucous punch I remember from a GT, but a bit more the my current 11TZX.

I’ve had 2 mk1 ax gt’s. Another car that is on my shouldn’t have sold that list. It’s a worryingly long list.


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[Six-cylinder]

This is the AX GT that I did most miles in. Sadly last taxed 2001. 

[anonymous user]

9 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

This is the AX GT that I did most miles in. Sadly last taxed 2001. 

Have you sold it, or just forgotten where you have left it?

[Six-cylinder]

9 minutes ago, anonymous user said:

Have you sold it, or just forgotten where you have left it?

Never owned this one, I worked for a Volvo dealer on their used site and part of my deal was I would get a new Volvo company car. Our overall boss decided to cut back on new Volvo company cars and as I was on a separate site I did not need one. My direct boss could not believe that after just a few months they took my new car away and told him to provide me with a used car. He could not do anything about the decision to take my new Volvo, but as compensation said I could drive and take home anything on the used site! I keep getting the AX GT out for another go.

[Andyrew]

This blokes clearly trying to make a run for it so he doesn't end up working on it. 

[hairnet]

mmmm e reg

want.

[Zelandeth]

Saw this today as I gave 6C a run over there to collect the other AX.

It is an unreasonably clean little car...and I very much look forward to getting a shot hopefully!

Do wonder if the big difference in power between the 11 and 13 isn't likely to be horsepower so much as torque.  That can make a massive difference in driveability - not that the 1.1 version here felt wanting for more power.

That's the difference between the 1.6 carb and 1.7i Lada Nivas.  The 1.6 with the carb actually has more power according to the spec sheets - but the 1.7i has about a third more torque, so feels vastly more nippy in the real world.

Said it before, but it's worth repeating...quite sad I don't have more room as I'd really love the little 1.1 AX as a local runaround.  For all its cosmetic challenges it's such a happy little thing to drive.  I reckon it's a car which will find a buyer the moment it gets as far as a test drive.

[Six-cylinder]

22 minutes ago, Zelandeth said:

Saw this today as I gave 6C a run over there to collect the other AX.

It is an unreasonably clean little car...and I very much look forward to getting a shot hopefully!

Do wonder if the big difference in power between the 11 and 13 isn't likely to be horsepower so much as torque.  That can make a massive difference in driveability - not that the 1.1 version here felt wanting for more power.

That's the difference between the 1.6 carb and 1.7i Lada Nivas.  The 1.6 with the carb actually has more power according to the spec sheets - but the 1.7i has about a third more torque, so feels vastly more nippy in the real world.

Said it before, but it's worth repeating...quite sad I don't have more room as I'd really love the little 1.1 AX as a local runaround.  For all its cosmetic challenges it's such a happy little thing to drive.  I reckon it's a car which will find a buyer the moment it gets as far as a test drive.

A quick look up reveals

AX11 carb - 55 bhp, 64Ib ft @ 3200 rpm

AX11 inj - 60 bhp, 65 Ib ft @ 3800 rpm

AX14 TRS - 70 bhp, 78 Ib ft @ 3200 rpm

AX14 GT - 85 bhp, 84 Ib ft @ 4000 rpm

Driving my AX11 carb after owning an AX11 inj feels about the same.

[Six-cylinder]

Emergency clear out of the lay-bye opposite our house due to hedge trimming.

I have learnt that they will cut close to the cars and then cover them in hedge trimmings. Also if I stop them cutting the hedge where we park, then in the spring the hedge will grow out and scratch the cars.

[Zelandeth]

When the council do that around here they will actually reach the boom over the top of parked cars to get to the hedge behind it...which always struck me as seeming a bit ridiculous given the amount of bits of tree and rubbish which wind up flying around everywhere.

[hairnet]

when are the FoD collective being invited to the spice hut for scraninngtons