HMC BMW coupe meltdowns

[Schaefft]

Love it, I would definitely like to hear how different these feel outside of the obvious exterior/drivetrain differences. Really nice color, too.

[barefoot]

1 hour ago, Schaefft said:

Love it, I would definitely like to hear how different these feel outside of the obvious exterior/drivetrain differences. Really nice color, too.

Fuck the rot, I'd love to drive them back to back... The differences would be so gloriously subtle as to be all but indescribable. 

I'm close to writing a begging letter and jumping on a train. 

[yes oui si]

You don't see Celtic wheels often these days. As above, love the colour combo.

[Peter C]

HMC two Jags Prescott!

[HMC]

XJ8 progress…..

The throaty/ nascar but at times unpleasantly boomy exhaust? lets have a look…

Ah- no back boxes! Im all for v8 choons but this was unpleasant, antisocial and under load at about 2,000 rpm made your ears hurt. I got hold of a pair of back box delete straight pipes of the sort that the xk8 or many shiters has and fitted them after work. 

The difference is huge. Still sporty and nice but no awful booming and very discrete when you wish it to be. Perfect!

Also one of my sons made me an early xmas present at school….

 

[N Dentressangle]

You do realise this means you're now going to have to keep an Austin 7, don't you?

[Schaefft]

1 hour ago, HMC said:

XJ8 progress…..

The throaty/ nascar but at times unpleasantly boomy exhaust? lets have a look…

Ah- no back boxes! Im all for v8 choons but this was unpleasant, antisocial and under load at about 2,000 rpm made your ears hurt. I got hold of a pair of back box delete straight pipes of the sort that the xk8 or many shiters has and fitted them after work. 

The difference is huge. Still sporty and nice but no awful booming and very discrete when you wish it to be. Perfect!

Oddly enough I agreed on a deal yesterday that will see me end up in a very similar situation come the new year, including the chopped off back box! Great to see the straight pipe helps a little.

[Peter C]

[HMC]

I asked chat gpt to add jag founder Sir william Lyons to my photo, in a tracksuit, with a cigar….

And because ive drunk some port, please add Tazio Nuvolari, beside the dog, looking determined…..

 

 

Better lay off the port.

[High Jetter]

42 minutes ago, HMC said:

I asked chat gpt to add jag founder Sir william Lyons to my photo, in a tracksuit, with a cigar….

And because ive drunk some port, please add Tazio Nuvolari, beside the dog, looking determined…..

 

 

Better lay off the port.

Are you still in the pub? 🤣

[Westbay]

Genius! actually found a use for those things sticking out of the doors!  🤣

[artdjones]

10 hours ago, HMC said:

I asked chat gpt to add jag founder Sir william Lyons to my photo, in a tracksuit, with a cigar….

And because ive drunk some port, please add Tazio Nuvolari, beside the dog, looking determined…..

 

 

Better lay off the port.

So had ChatGpt.

That's a terrible likeness of Nuvolari, whose face was totally distinctive.

 

[yes oui si]

I like how Lyons is about 3'8" tall.

[Sigmund Fraud]

2 hours ago, artdjones said:

So had ChatGpt.

Hmmm... Are X300s bigger than I remember them to be, or were Sir William and Tazio much (much !) smaller than the average person ?

[HMC]

More (sober) gpt updates-

1. sold the chummy back to the person i bought it off- no longer have the little freebie garage behind work i can keep it in.

2. EML has come on the x308. Still runs fine. Not sure the “Kray type gangsters” would be keen on having dash lights aflicker and the generally flakey electrics that this particular example has, mind. Words would be had.

[HMC]

8 hours ago, artdjones said:

So had ChatGpt.

That's a terrible likeness of Nuvolari, whose face was totally distinctive.

 

Agreed- i expected a much stronger likeness. See also- Joseph Stalin in a dressing gown added to a photo of my dog. (yes, that was also created  whilst drinking port that same evening) 

Further note to self: STAY AWAY FROM PORT

[BorniteIdentity]

9 minutes ago, HMC said:

Agreed- i expected a much stronger likeness. See also- Joseph Stalin in a dressing gown added to a photo of my dog. (yes, that was also created  whilst drinking port that same evening) 

Further note to self: STAY AWAY FROM PORT

Isn’t that Anthony Eden?

[Momentary Lapse Of Reason]

Just now, BorniteIdentity said:

Isn’t that Anthony Eden?

On the chair ?

[artdjones]

33 minutes ago, HMC said:

Agreed- i expected a much stronger likeness. See also- Joseph Stalin in a dressing gown added to a photo of my dog. (yes, that was also created  whilst drinking port that same evening) 

Further note to self: STAY AWAY FROM PORT

Note to self:-I feel like port 

[comfortablynumb]

Any port in a storm??🤔

[High Jetter]

Port is better than star bored. 😀

Wife wanted some ruby port to go in the Cranberry sauce today - 45ml! I had to have a couple of glasses to recover.

[lesapandre]

2 hours ago, HMC said:

Agreed- i expected a much stronger likeness. See also- Joseph Stalin in a dressing gown added to a photo of my dog. (yes, that was also created  whilst drinking port that same evening) 

Further note to self: STAY AWAY FROM PORT

He's just checking it's not a capitalist running dog.

[HMC]

WBOD news- sold the xj8

Nice car, but felt a bit baggy at 186k compared to the 90k x300, even if it did look nicer than the shed-like x300, which whilst driving wonderfully, has actual moss growing on it in places

So am I a one car man this xmastime?

NO

 

[Weird Car]

10 minutes ago, HMC said:

WBOD news- sold the xj8

Nice car, but felt a bit baggy at 186k compared to the 90k x300, even if it did look nicer than the shed-like x300, which whilst driving wonderfully, has actual moss growing on it in places

So am I a one car man this xmastime?

NO

 

I honestly admire so much how you just continue to go from one extreme to the other, sells Austin 7 Chummy, buys BMW 650, truly an Autoshite legend 😆

[Matty]

50 minutes ago, HMC said:

WBOD news- sold the xj8

Nice car, but felt a bit baggy at 186k compared to the 90k x300, even if it did look nicer than the shed-like x300, which whilst driving wonderfully, has actual moss growing on it in places

So am I a one car man this xmastime?

NO

 

Woah nelly. There cant be many cars that have aged as well as the 6 series. A 2 door coupe 3 litre 6 manual would be an ideal wbod for me. 

[HMC]

5 minutes ago, Matty said:

Woah nelly. There cant be many cars that have aged as well as the 6 series. A 2 door coupe 3 litre 6 manual would be an ideal wbod for me. 

I really didnt like the styling on these in period, nae bother as i couldn't afford one. But IMO theyve aged well.

[Schaefft]

Wow, that's amazing, facelift even! Should be quite a jump in performance as well. I had the same engine in a 750i parts car. The previous owner just bought it and spent a bunch of money on it before the engine seized 😬 The gearbox in these isn't an SMG, right? I think only the M6 got that one.

[Peter C]

850 = 5.0 V8?

[Schaefft]

55 minutes ago, Peter C said:

850 = 5.0 V8?

4.8

[Peter C]

1 hour ago, Schaefft said:

4.8

Close enough!