Jump to content

HMC- AUTOSHITE 2.0


HMC

Recommended Posts

I have to say I wonder if bmw and the Anglophile burnt fishtrousers guy who was at the helm in the 90s had an eye on the old bristicher roadster of the 50s/60s when they sanctioned the z3. Mine is 22 years old and probably older than lots of trad classics when people started hailing them as classics.

Its a pretty analogue driving experience. Utterly conventional/ old school in its layout and maybe that’s a key part of its appeal. It’s  e30 originated rear end and woofly, creamy but not rapid delivery of power are a relaxed way to amble about. Actually I was considering getting something older, British etc. but why pay x5 the cost for something that rusts badly and has grease points? 

Plus I don’t have a garage, so man logic dictated it was very sensible and rational to but this z3 instead. A sort of user friendly budget version of an mgb, and if you like with its 6 cylinder lump that is as powerful as such, a big healey/ Tr6 on the cheap.  A cliche perhaps, but with the sun out I don’t mind.

D1EC3657-1064-48B7-85A1-3272418524E6.thumb.jpeg.442dfcff8e35243b1e091ba9b49cc144.jpeg
 

7E854F10-3EC6-4549-AD6A-0EB48E81EE4B.thumb.jpeg.f0c8130ad4b34fb18717b3e86223d8fd.jpeg

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Do like the colour combo of that.  A friend of mine has a red one back up north which seems a fun toy.  Only thing I remember being a buzz kill for me in that was that the ride seemed incredibly harsh to me (like modern Audi levels).  To the extent I'd probably have wound up avoiding driving it because of that.

Did make a lovely noise though.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

1 hour ago, HMC said:

I have to say I wonder if bmw and the Anglophile burnt fishtrousers guy who was at the helm in the 90s had an eye on the old bristicher roadster of the 50s/60s when they sanctioned the z3. Mine is 22 years old and probably older than lots of trad classics when people started hailing them as classics.

Its a pretty analogue driving experience. Utterly conventional/ old school in its layout and maybe that’s a key part of its appeal. It’s  e30 originated rear end and woofly, creamy but not rapid delivery of power are a relaxed way to amble about. Actually I was considering getting something older, British etc. but why pay x5 the cost for something that rusts badly and has grease points? 

Plus I don’t have a garage, so man logic dictated it was very sensible and rational to but this z3 instead. A sort of user friendly budget version of an mgb, and if you like with its 6 cylinder lump that is as powerful as such, a big healey/ Tr6 on the cheap.  A cliche perhaps, but with the sun out I don’t mind.

D1EC3657-1064-48B7-85A1-3272418524E6.thumb.jpeg.442dfcff8e35243b1e091ba9b49cc144.jpeg
 

7E854F10-3EC6-4549-AD6A-0EB48E81EE4B.thumb.jpeg.f0c8130ad4b34fb18717b3e86223d8fd.jpeg

I really like my dad's. I feel a prat in a convertible, but everything else you said is true. Not a sports car but just a lovely thing to operate and be in. Nice noise, and I think personally that the looks have aged really well. You might have to keep this more than a month at this rate 😄

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • HMC changed the title to HMC- NEW- BMW Z3
  • 3 weeks later...
  • HMC changed the title to HMC- NEW- ALLEGRO! contains BL tat

In 2013 myself and a few other Allegro apologists drove five Allegros from Longbridge to Seneffe (the Belgian BL plant) to mark 40 years of the Allegro launch.  Partly for something to do, partly because we wanted to see what, if anything, was left.  Apologies for the shite scans from the club magazine, but the first photo below shows @Craig the Princess's Applejack S3 in front of a faded but still visible BL roundel on the end of the building.  The second shows a friend's Equipe in front of one of the factory doors (albeit probably replaced since BL days)...

1342793195_Seneffe1red.thumb.jpg.5f2d580f0c796003c93ac70bf8e8a64d.jpg

627534703_Seneffe2red.thumb.jpg.11fc12356167834f4e3ac117bfc47ca7.jpg

Link to comment
Share on other sites

5 hours ago, HMC said:

To quote Britney Spears, WOOPS I did it again. Due to be delivered at the end of the week. Eagle eyed shiteists will note the Belgian sticker. For this is a CKD kit made in 1976 in Belgium and re imported in 1981…. Late registration madness!

97D699B0-6BC5-4779-9E4A-F369119E10A3.thumb.png.a66ec706fc07d6b9c2e44cf648a4b571.png

You might just have won this month. Well bought!

Link to comment
Share on other sites

1 hour ago, JeeExEll said:

My older cousin was an apprentice electrician in the early 80s and had a maroon Allegro on something like a M or N or P-plate.  One day some other tradesmen where he was working quietly put gravel chips and harling stones in all the Allegro's hubcaps then refitted them.

From the noise as he was driving about town he thought the car was fucked, couldn't understand it.  (Summer either 1982 or 83 with window down and paranoid), so he drove it around for a couple of weeks like that then took it to the local backstreet garage where everything was revealed.  He'd thought the gearbox was fucked.

That was done with ADO16's too. Please don't ask me how I know.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
×
×
  • Create New...