loserone Posted November 10, 2019 Share Posted November 10, 2019 ^ reiterated, htey were spot on with my MX5 and very reasonable price wise. They wouldn't be afraid to thrash it about and give you some advice either. gm and Jim Bell 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted November 10, 2019 Share Posted November 10, 2019 Knob Jockey* on Wallsend High St. West is BIG on Circle MiNi racing... Shure he has a 'pending' bonfire stock, just ayske..... *Forster Motors https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/other-sport/forster-getting-gear-btcc-bid-1463831 Jim Bell 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardthestag Posted November 10, 2019 Share Posted November 10, 2019 3 hours ago, Jim Bell said: Evening gents. Just back home safe. What an odd car buying experience. The seller was very nice but didn't really seem to know the craic with the the car despite "doing most of the work himself", which quickly changed to "the last owner actually done the work, and there's no reciepts". Fair enough, the listing never said there was so I looked at it with my eyes, drove it at length, then made a decision on buying it. The crack with the clutch was that "ages ago after a 200 mile drive the clutch went to the floor twice but it's never done it again since. And the garage said they'd fixed it." So literally, fuck knows. Good on him for mentioning it at all. Clutch seems to work fine, we took it out for an hour and he said "don't pay for eeet til yer happy wee eet" So I punted it round rural Yorkshire and it seemed right enough. Chipped him down a bit on a few things and ended up with enough off that it made sense (to me) to just roll the dice and steal the rice. fucking awesome went for a gypsy when this popped up at the top of my list and good jobby too well bought Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac Hunt Posted November 10, 2019 Share Posted November 10, 2019 FFFFlood Damaged, have they not had a lot of rain up there in those Yorkshire ? had to have all the carpets out of my Dad's car once, someone drove fast through some 'not mega that deep' flood water and bow waved him. He said ' I looked down to my swede shoes and they were swimming in the footwell in muddy water' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted November 10, 2019 Author Share Posted November 10, 2019 12 minutes ago, Isaac Hunt said: FFFFlood Damaged, have they not had a lot of rain up there in those Yorkshire ? had to have all the carpets out of my Dad's car once, someone drove fast through some 'not mega that deep' flood water and bow waved him. He said ' I looked down to my swede shoes and they were swimming in the footwell in muddy water' Well it's been up on eBay 3 times over the last 4 weeks and he lived up a big hill, so I think I'm safe from flood damage. It's dirty, but not flood dirty. 320touring, Lacquer Peel and Isaac Hunt 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bezzabsa Posted November 10, 2019 Share Posted November 10, 2019 needs a louder supercharger whine... can hardly hear it over the Jimmy Nail impressions!!! #needs more interior# LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skattrd Posted November 10, 2019 Share Posted November 10, 2019 Did we get the 0-60 yet? If not I guess 7.2, slower than slk. Jim Bell and loserone 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted November 10, 2019 Share Posted November 10, 2019 No, but here's my 206 as a starter for (seven point) eight Jim Bell and Lacquer Peel 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted November 10, 2019 Author Share Posted November 10, 2019 30 minutes ago, skattrd said: Did we get the 0-60 yet? If not I guess 7.2, slower than slk. Not done yet but will. I was hoping the Bini would match the SLKs best time but thinking about it, ones a 2.3 and the other is a 1.6. Is that a fair expectation? Be interesting to see how the Cooper does though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dome Posted November 10, 2019 Share Posted November 10, 2019 When are you bringing it to Knockhill?? gm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted November 10, 2019 Share Posted November 10, 2019 30 minutes ago, loserone said: No, but here's my 206 as a starter for (seven point) eight Please tell me the 206 is a 140? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted November 10, 2019 Author Share Posted November 10, 2019 12 minutes ago, dome said: When are you bringing it to Knockhill?? Whens the next time folk are going? loserone 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted November 10, 2019 Share Posted November 10, 2019 21 minutes ago, 320touring said: Please tell me the 206 is a 140? Yes, the 180s have stupid seats. It's not that fast, but the torque is lovely. bigfella2 and 320touring 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_Q Posted November 10, 2019 Share Posted November 10, 2019 Not done yet but will. I was hoping the Bini would match the SLKs best time but thinking about it, ones a 2.3 and the other is a 1.6. Is that a fair expectation? Be interesting to see how the Cooper does though. Once upon a time, I'm gonna say about 2007, I had less children and more cars.The number of children at that point was in fact zero, and some of the cars were BMWs.I liked BMWs so being as I had no children or other reasons not to do stuff I took one of mine to the BMW show at Santa Pod.They had the old drag strip going and I seem to recall that of all the various M stuff and engine swapped E30s the fastest times on the day were all BINIs.I can't confirm whether the fastest BINIs had back seats or carpets, I imagine not as eny fule kno such things mess with the seriousness of your racecar business. Jim Bell 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Tidybeard Posted November 10, 2019 Share Posted November 10, 2019 5 hours ago, Jim Bell said: he seems to open the taps after the lights. shedenvy and scdan4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dome Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 8 hours ago, Jim Bell said: Whens the next time folk are going? It'll be next year now, think they've just had the last one of this season. 320touring and Jim Bell 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shedenvy Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 10 hours ago, Noel Tidybeard said: I can probably trace my love of cars to this scene in this film - just cool, the car, the actors, the bridge, the music. Perfect. Loverly 'S too Wilson squared, got me firing up ebay within seconds! Jim Bell and 320touring 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted November 11, 2019 Author Share Posted November 11, 2019 Another quick vid, I bottled out for safety reasons but it has so much more to give. Like 3 more gears. Doesn't stop pulling. AqkHodT5DPk scdan4, gm, The Moog and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobblers Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 that looks a lot of fun! Jim Bell 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted November 11, 2019 Author Share Posted November 11, 2019 For @Lacquer Peel (and me. And everyone else). So on greasy roads, with shit tyres, the results for the Bini power run are quite disappointing, but logical. I was comparing it with the SLK, which is a 2.3, with a great auto box and new great tyres. The Bini is a 1.6 with a manual box, and deadly tyres. It's obviously gonna be a bit slower. The best 0-60mph I got out of the SLK (1455kg) was 6.48 as below. The best 0-60 mph I got out of Cooper S (1240kg) is 7.43 as below : Even with great tyres and a dry road and practice, I don't think I'll pic up a second. Still, though I'm a bit disappointed. Lacquer Peel, Dave_Q and DeeJay 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted November 11, 2019 Author Share Posted November 11, 2019 12 minutes ago, cobblers said: that looks a lot of fun! Indeed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted November 11, 2019 Author Share Posted November 11, 2019 19 hours ago, loserone said: I'm going to say 7 and then wonder if I can nip out in the two fastish cars tonight L1 wins a Twix. He was s closest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 I feel I should take the legacy out and see if I can beat that, but that's such a bad idea when it's advertised everywhere. Jim Bell 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skattrd Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 1 hour ago, Jim Bell said: L1 wins a Twix. He was s closest. Really? Jim Bell 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 1 hour ago, Jim Bell said: For @Lacquer Peel (and me. And everyone else). So on greasy roads, with shit tyres, the results for the Bini power run are quite disappointing, but logical. I was comparing it with the SLK, which is a 2.3, with a great auto box and new great tyres. The Bini is a 1.6 with a manual box, and deadly tyres. It's obviously gonna be a bit slower. The best 0-60mph I got out of the SLK (1455kg) was 6.48 as below. The best 0-60 mph I got out of Cooper S (1240kg) is 7.43 as below : Even with great tyres and a dry road and practice, I don't think I'll pic up a second. Still, though I'm a bit disappointed. It's ok M9, I'll walk;) Jim Bell 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 12 minutes ago, skattrd said: Really? Yes man, I got it spot on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted November 11, 2019 Author Share Posted November 11, 2019 17 hours ago, skattrd said: Did we get the 0-60 yet? If not I guess 7.2, slower than slk. Stewards enquiry! Sorry man. You were indeed within a rats ballhair of the correct answer. 2 twixes for you! The Moog and Cavcraft 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dome Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 I'm not brave enough to try a 0-60 in any of mine but 7.2 sounds pretty good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted November 12, 2019 Author Share Posted November 12, 2019 It's the little design touches that make a great car. Some people might think it would be limiting or impractical to run a (really not a) race car as a daily and only means of transportation but BMW added key features to help with the drudgeries of everyday life. Worried about your shopping rolling all over the car? Fear not! BMW have included several SHOPPING RETAINING HOOKS around the load area so that you can rest assured your tangerines will go unjossled. Great design. Springer, 320touring, privatewire and 8 others 6 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted November 12, 2019 Author Share Posted November 12, 2019 The day after I bought it I checked the tyre pressures. One was on 9psi (seemingly harder to tell by eye or foot with large low profile tyres!) The others wernt too much better. That's ok. I have a compressor. But I can't find the cigarette lighter. Checked all over the dash. Ah, it's halfway down the pile of interior on my kitchen floor, attached to the shifter surround. Dug it out. Used the minimum amount of screws to affix it in place (2) Plugged it in. Hooray, now I have a power outlet and cup holders. -1000 race car points. The 17s are coming off tomorrow (tyres are all ostrich-shit and don't hold air) and shall be replaced with 15 inch steels shod in fresh Rainsports. I don't like big wheels and small wheels make the car go faster. Scruffy Bodger, theshadow, LightBulbFun and 11 others 12 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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