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garethj Rank: Isuzu Florian

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10 minutes ago, MantaGTE85 said:

Those alloys weren't fitted to the E39 post-2000, so what happened to the 2002 originals?

I’m on a few Facebook groups for these and I had no idea there were so many wheels available across 9 years production.  I’d be amazed if any of them had kept their originals 20 years later.

Cheggers Rank: Lancia Gamma

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A German colleague was telling me about his new Mercedes A Class Limousine recently. It seems to be the German for Saloon.
Schaefft Rank: Lancia Gamma

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1 hour ago, Cheggers said:
10 hours ago, MantaGTE85 said:
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A German colleague was telling me about his new Mercedes A Class Limousine recently. It seems to be the German for Saloon.

It is, any 4-door is a Limousine.

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New POD Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

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On 27/05/2023 at 21:18, garethj said:

Early MINI with the Toyota diesel looks useful but I’m staggered by the sheer number of things that go wrong with MINIs generally 

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Popular car, designed by Engineers at Longbridge, but just at the end of the project, the big bosses in Germany decide to make it in Oxford?  

No worse than any other "BLMC"  product designed since 1958. 

I mean the gearbox issues the petrol version had was a nod back to the Metro Turbo, the power steering issues were probably related to the fact that the electric power steering was a Lucy's Car braking Spin off.  Head linings. That seems to be a rover thing. Electrics and BCM, well yes. Shit occasionally. 

Nothing particularly high tech though. Just painful to fix. 

wesacosa Rank: Lancia Gamma

wesacosa

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2 hours ago, Schaefft said:

It is, any 4-door is a Limousine.

Wasn't the Trabant Saloon also called the Limousine?

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12 minutes ago, wesacosa said:

Wasn't the Trabant Saloon also called the Limousine?

Yeah, 2 door sedans are the same, it's the direct translation for sedan/saloon.

alcyonecorporation Rank: Renault 16

alcyonecorporation

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16 hours ago, MantaGTE85 said:

Those alloys weren't fitted to the E39 post-2000, so what happened to the 2002 originals?


He lost them and was flogged for failing to conform to the expectations of originality conferred on a fucked BMW by a niche interest car website. 

M'coli Rank: Isuzu Florian

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8 hours ago, New POD said:

Popular car, designed by Engineers at Longbridge, but just at the end of the project, the big bosses in Germany decide to make it in Oxford?  

No worse than any other "BLMC"  product designed since 1958. 

I mean the gearbox issues the petrol version had was a nod back to the Metro Turbo, the power steering issues were probably related to the fact that the electric power steering was a Lucy's Car braking Spin off.  Head linings. That seems to be a rover thing. Electrics and BCM, well yes. Shit occasionally. 

Nothing particularly high tech though. Just painful to fix. 

IIRC the Bini was made in Longbridge and the 75 in Cowley - when Rover was sold off, the two production lines were swapped over.

alcyonecorporation Rank: Renault 16

alcyonecorporation

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8 minutes ago, M'coli said:

IIRC the Bini was made in Longbridge and the 75 in Cowley - when Rover was sold off, the two production lines were swapped over.


Yes, and imagine how ragingly shit the BINI would have been had it been made by Rover, with the K Series. 
Can you imagine the levels of apologism and back-pedalling? 

"But...but, it won a design award!" 

"But, but...it's always the inlet manifold gasket and never HGF!  WHY DOES EVERYONE HAT ROVER?????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!! MEDIA CONSPIRACY! MEDIA CONSPIRACY! WAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!"

"Nothing wrong with my K Series, everyone else is wrong, they should all be checking their oil and coolant levels every time they go out like it's nineteen-fifty fucking seven"

Foam, foam, fucking foam. 

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MOT fail includes ''corrosion within 30 cm of tow bar'  so does that mean you could take the tow bar of and they couldn't fail it?

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