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Comment from President Akio Toyoda Concerning the Outcome of the 2016 Dakar Rally
by News Feeder, 06-12-2023, 01:09 AM
The Dakar Rally is arguably the world's most challenging endurance race. It is a formidable test of teamwork, tenacity and communication that requires vehicles, drivers, co-drivers and mechanics to perform consistently in extreme conditions over a distance of more than 8,000 kilometers.
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Comment from President Akio Toyoda Concerning the Outcome of the 2016 Dakar Rally
by News Feeder, 06-12-2023, 01:09 AMThe Dakar Rally is arguably the world's most challenging endurance race. It is a formidable test of teamwork, tenacity and communication that requires vehicles, drivers, co-drivers and mechanics to perform consistently in extreme conditions over a distance of more than 8,000 kilometers.
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Toyota GAZOO Racing Celebrates Decade of Participation in the 24 Hours of Nürbur
by News Feeder, 03-12-2023, 10:23 PM
Toyota GAZOO Racing announces the entry of three vehicles—a Toyota C-HR Racing, a Lexus RC, and a Lexus RC F—in the 44th 24 Hours of Nürburgring endurance race to be held in Germany from May 26 to 29, 2016.
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Toyota GAZOO Racing Celebrates Decade of Participation in the 24 Hours of Nürbur
by News Feeder, 03-12-2023, 10:23 PMToyota GAZOO Racing announces the entry of three vehicles—a Toyota C-HR Racing, a Lexus RC, and a Lexus RC F—in the 44th 24 Hours of Nürburgring endurance race to be held in Germany from May 26 to 29, 2016.
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Got a Gopro and a car mount
by EmZ, 03-12-2023, 06:10 PM
I treated myself to a second hand GoPro Hero3+ the other week as someone I know was selling it so thought what the hell I've always wanted one. Brought a cheap car mount from Ebay which arrived yesterday to my delight so I took it for a test run this morning on the way to work.
Done a little editing to the video because watching a car drive along is rather boring.. Until I get to a nice little stretch of road where I like to open him up a bit and hear my induction kit kick in.
Watch the video below -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3zO-gq903U
Done a little editing to the video because watching a car drive along is rather boring.. Until I get to a nice little stretch of road where I like to open him up a bit and hear my induction kit kick in.
Watch the video below -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3zO-gq903U
Got a Gopro and a car mount
by EmZ, 03-12-2023, 06:10 PMI treated myself to a second hand GoPro Hero3+ the other week as someone I know was selling it so thought what the hell I've always wanted one. Brought a cheap car mount from Ebay which arrived yesterday to my delight so I took it for a test run this morning on the way to work.
Done a little editing to the video because watching a car drive along is rather boring.. Until I get to a nice little stretch of road where I like to open him up a bit and hear my induction kit kick in.
Watch the video below -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3zO-gq903U
Whoops, I've gone German!
by toxo, 03-12-2023, 08:34 AM
After owning a plethora of Japanese cars (Honda Civic, MK1 MR2, MK2 MR2, Sunny ZX, MK3 MR2, MK3 Supra) and working on many others (mostly IS200s and MKIV Supras) I decided it was time to scratch another itch and get something with a German straight 6 as a daily driver. I'm dead set on convertibles now, and it needed to cost £5k or less and be relatively sensible (basically, not an M3). This was in October 2014.
So after a bit of hunting I found this advert:
![[Image: 01-ebayAdvert.jpg]](http://theshado.ws/images/ojc/BMWThread/01-ebayAdvert.jpg)
I only have the one photo saved from the advert but there were loads. It looked in ace condition so I went and test drove it, and paid the cash there and then. SO MANY TOYS! I mean who needs a TV tuner in a car?!
After having it a few days some problems came to light. Some of these were the car being incorrectly advertised (it didn't have Bluetooth and just had the Harmon Kardon trim rather than having the upgraded stereo) but my largest issue was with the roof hydraulics leaking. A big argument ensued between me and the dealer, involving angry phonecalls and letters via recorded delivery. Annoyingly you can't just take a car back and get a refund by UK law, you have to give the supplier the chance to fix the problem first. Eventually he had my car for a few days and the roof was fixed. I'd knocked him down by quite a lot from the initial price so I wasn't really that fussed about the Bluetooth and HK stereo, but I used them as leverage during the process. So by November I had a car that worked well that I quite liked.
![[Image: IMG_20150610_140516.jpg]](http://theshado.ws/images/ojc/BMWThread/IMG_20150610_140516.jpg)
![[Image: IMG_20150610_140535.jpg]](http://theshado.ws/images/ojc/BMWThread/IMG_20150610_140535.jpg)
After driving it around for a few months I'd got to know the car quite well and was getting to grips with its faults. It drove terribly (mostly due to 4 mismatched budget tyres) and used oil. If you ask most 330 owners they will tell you the engines use oil, and BMW subscribe to the "anything less than 1L every 1000 miles isn't a problem" school of thought, the same as Toyota. However asking a few more people in the know highlighted a couple of things that can cause heavy oil consumption, so I concentrated on the chief one of these, the CCV valve.
The CCV is a clever version of a catch can or PCV system. Breather hoses connect to it and it connects to the intake manifold to pull oil vapour out of the crank case, separate the oil via a vortex system (the bit that fails) and then put the oil back in the sump and the air back into the intake. There's a rubber diaphragm in the valve which after 10+ years has gone brittle and split, and so have all the breather hoses! As it's under the intake manifold and a LOT had to be removed, I gave it to a garage to do along with the oil service to keep the stamps in the book. CCV and associated hoses replaced, oil consumption fixed!
That brings us to March last year - those of you who know me know that I love a road trip round Europe and a mate of mine organised one for his birthday. We checked out France, Luxembourg, Germany, Holland and Belgium over 4 days. I updated the satnav to the latest discs (which also updated the stereo's software/firmware) and customised a few things like the startup logo and speed camera alerts.
New plates required for the trip:
![[Image: IMG_20150321_140245.jpg]](http://theshado.ws/images/ojc/BMWThread/IMG_20150321_140245.jpg)
![[Image: IMG_20150321_140231.jpg]](http://theshado.ws/images/ojc/BMWThread/IMG_20150321_140231.jpg)
The luggage space isn't bad for a soft top:
![[Image: IMG_20150411_055818.jpg]](http://theshado.ws/images/ojc/BMWThread/IMG_20150411_055818.jpg)
Those are decent sized cases under the black plastic panel. The panel can be folded up out of the way to give you full boot space, but then you can't retract the roof. The roof sits in that space when it's down.
I had some interesting company, more Germans!
![[Image: IMG_20150411_063454.jpg]](http://theshado.ws/images/ojc/BMWThread/IMG_20150411_063454.jpg)
![[Image: cars_hotel.jpg]](http://theshado.ws/images/ojc/BMWThread/cars_hotel.jpg)
The SL55 AMG had a smaller supercharger and a remap, left me standing with my puny 240bhp! The 6 series did too, it's a 645 grand tourer, when the guy filled it up it had a range of over 1000 miles yet was still faster than my car...
It looks pretty good rolling, love those rear lights!
![[Image: rolex_rolling.jpg]](http://theshado.ws/images/ojc/BMWThread/rolex_rolling.jpg)
Ultimately it looks best with the roof off though (bear optional)
![[Image: bearintheback.jpg]](http://theshado.ws/images/ojc/BMWThread/bearintheback.jpg)
So after a bit of hunting I found this advert:
Quote:2003 (53) BMW 330Ci M SPORT
2 Door High Spec Convertible With 6 Manual Gear Box
Vehicle Specification
TOP SPEC EXAMPLE - FULL UP TO DATE SERVICE HISTORY - 2 FORMER KEEPERS FROM NEW - LAST OWNER SINCE 2010 - LOW VOSA VERIFIED MILES - NEXT MOT DUE 01/07/2015 - 6 SPEED MANUAL GEAR CHANGER - 5 SERVICE STAMPS IN THE BOOK (LAST SERVICED @ 64,458 MILES) - REVISED FACE LIFT MODEL - UP GRADED HARMAN KARDON SOUND SYSTEM - FINISHED IN METALLIC SAPPHIRE GREY WITH ELECTRIC BLACK POWER HOOD - FULL BLACK ELECTRIC MEMORY ADJUST SPORTS LEATHER INTERIOR - FULL COLOUR SCREEN SATELLITE NAVIGATION SYSTEM - TV - BLUETOOTH - REMOTE CENTRAL LOCKING - 2 KEYS - AUTOMATIC HEADLIGHTS - MULTI FUNCTIONAL SPORTS LEATHER STEERING WHEEL - 231 BHP - TRIP COMPUTER - REAR HEATED GLASS SCREEN - RAIN SENSITIVE WIPERS - CRUISE CONTROL - CD MULTI CHANGER - SPORTS SUSPENSION - PART DISTANCE CONTROL - LOW TAX BAND MODEL - PAS - MAINTAINED REGARDLESS OF COST - ALL USER MANUALS AND HANDBOOKS PRESENT - A VERY RARE LOW MILEAGE CONVERTIBLE
I only have the one photo saved from the advert but there were loads. It looked in ace condition so I went and test drove it, and paid the cash there and then. SO MANY TOYS! I mean who needs a TV tuner in a car?!
After having it a few days some problems came to light. Some of these were the car being incorrectly advertised (it didn't have Bluetooth and just had the Harmon Kardon trim rather than having the upgraded stereo) but my largest issue was with the roof hydraulics leaking. A big argument ensued between me and the dealer, involving angry phonecalls and letters via recorded delivery. Annoyingly you can't just take a car back and get a refund by UK law, you have to give the supplier the chance to fix the problem first. Eventually he had my car for a few days and the roof was fixed. I'd knocked him down by quite a lot from the initial price so I wasn't really that fussed about the Bluetooth and HK stereo, but I used them as leverage during the process. So by November I had a car that worked well that I quite liked.
After driving it around for a few months I'd got to know the car quite well and was getting to grips with its faults. It drove terribly (mostly due to 4 mismatched budget tyres) and used oil. If you ask most 330 owners they will tell you the engines use oil, and BMW subscribe to the "anything less than 1L every 1000 miles isn't a problem" school of thought, the same as Toyota. However asking a few more people in the know highlighted a couple of things that can cause heavy oil consumption, so I concentrated on the chief one of these, the CCV valve.
The CCV is a clever version of a catch can or PCV system. Breather hoses connect to it and it connects to the intake manifold to pull oil vapour out of the crank case, separate the oil via a vortex system (the bit that fails) and then put the oil back in the sump and the air back into the intake. There's a rubber diaphragm in the valve which after 10+ years has gone brittle and split, and so have all the breather hoses! As it's under the intake manifold and a LOT had to be removed, I gave it to a garage to do along with the oil service to keep the stamps in the book. CCV and associated hoses replaced, oil consumption fixed!
That brings us to March last year - those of you who know me know that I love a road trip round Europe and a mate of mine organised one for his birthday. We checked out France, Luxembourg, Germany, Holland and Belgium over 4 days. I updated the satnav to the latest discs (which also updated the stereo's software/firmware) and customised a few things like the startup logo and speed camera alerts.
New plates required for the trip:
The luggage space isn't bad for a soft top:
Those are decent sized cases under the black plastic panel. The panel can be folded up out of the way to give you full boot space, but then you can't retract the roof. The roof sits in that space when it's down.
I had some interesting company, more Germans!
The SL55 AMG had a smaller supercharger and a remap, left me standing with my puny 240bhp! The 6 series did too, it's a 645 grand tourer, when the guy filled it up it had a range of over 1000 miles yet was still faster than my car...
It looks pretty good rolling, love those rear lights!
Ultimately it looks best with the roof off though (bear optional)
Whoops, I've gone German!
by toxo, 03-12-2023, 08:34 AMAfter owning a plethora of Japanese cars (Honda Civic, MK1 MR2, MK2 MR2, Sunny ZX, MK3 MR2, MK3 Supra) and working on many others (mostly IS200s and MKIV Supras) I decided it was time to scratch another itch and get something with a German straight 6 as a daily driver. I'm dead set on convertibles now, and it needed to cost £5k or less and be relatively sensible (basically, not an M3). This was in October 2014.
So after a bit of hunting I found this advert:
Quote:2003 (53) BMW 330Ci M SPORT
2 Door High Spec Convertible With 6 Manual Gear Box
Vehicle Specification
TOP SPEC EXAMPLE - FULL UP TO DATE SERVICE HISTORY - 2 FORMER KEEPERS FROM NEW - LAST OWNER SINCE 2010 - LOW VOSA VERIFIED MILES - NEXT MOT DUE 01/07/2015 - 6 SPEED MANUAL GEAR CHANGER - 5 SERVICE STAMPS IN THE BOOK (LAST SERVICED @ 64,458 MILES) - REVISED FACE LIFT MODEL - UP GRADED HARMAN KARDON SOUND SYSTEM - FINISHED IN METALLIC SAPPHIRE GREY WITH ELECTRIC BLACK POWER HOOD - FULL BLACK ELECTRIC MEMORY ADJUST SPORTS LEATHER INTERIOR - FULL COLOUR SCREEN SATELLITE NAVIGATION SYSTEM - TV - BLUETOOTH - REMOTE CENTRAL LOCKING - 2 KEYS - AUTOMATIC HEADLIGHTS - MULTI FUNCTIONAL SPORTS LEATHER STEERING WHEEL - 231 BHP - TRIP COMPUTER - REAR HEATED GLASS SCREEN - RAIN SENSITIVE WIPERS - CRUISE CONTROL - CD MULTI CHANGER - SPORTS SUSPENSION - PART DISTANCE CONTROL - LOW TAX BAND MODEL - PAS - MAINTAINED REGARDLESS OF COST - ALL USER MANUALS AND HANDBOOKS PRESENT - A VERY RARE LOW MILEAGE CONVERTIBLE
I only have the one photo saved from the advert but there were loads. It looked in ace condition so I went and test drove it, and paid the cash there and then. SO MANY TOYS! I mean who needs a TV tuner in a car?!
After having it a few days some problems came to light. Some of these were the car being incorrectly advertised (it didn't have Bluetooth and just had the Harmon Kardon trim rather than having the upgraded stereo) but my largest issue was with the roof hydraulics leaking. A big argument ensued between me and the dealer, involving angry phonecalls and letters via recorded delivery. Annoyingly you can't just take a car back and get a refund by UK law, you have to give the supplier the chance to fix the problem first. Eventually he had my car for a few days and the roof was fixed. I'd knocked him down by quite a lot from the initial price so I wasn't really that fussed about the Bluetooth and HK stereo, but I used them as leverage during the process. So by November I had a car that worked well that I quite liked.
After driving it around for a few months I'd got to know the car quite well and was getting to grips with its faults. It drove terribly (mostly due to 4 mismatched budget tyres) and used oil. If you ask most 330 owners they will tell you the engines use oil, and BMW subscribe to the "anything less than 1L every 1000 miles isn't a problem" school of thought, the same as Toyota. However asking a few more people in the know highlighted a couple of things that can cause heavy oil consumption, so I concentrated on the chief one of these, the CCV valve.
The CCV is a clever version of a catch can or PCV system. Breather hoses connect to it and it connects to the intake manifold to pull oil vapour out of the crank case, separate the oil via a vortex system (the bit that fails) and then put the oil back in the sump and the air back into the intake. There's a rubber diaphragm in the valve which after 10+ years has gone brittle and split, and so have all the breather hoses! As it's under the intake manifold and a LOT had to be removed, I gave it to a garage to do along with the oil service to keep the stamps in the book. CCV and associated hoses replaced, oil consumption fixed!
That brings us to March last year - those of you who know me know that I love a road trip round Europe and a mate of mine organised one for his birthday. We checked out France, Luxembourg, Germany, Holland and Belgium over 4 days. I updated the satnav to the latest discs (which also updated the stereo's software/firmware) and customised a few things like the startup logo and speed camera alerts.
New plates required for the trip:
The luggage space isn't bad for a soft top:
Those are decent sized cases under the black plastic panel. The panel can be folded up out of the way to give you full boot space, but then you can't retract the roof. The roof sits in that space when it's down.
I had some interesting company, more Germans!
The SL55 AMG had a smaller supercharger and a remap, left me standing with my puny 240bhp! The 6 series did too, it's a 645 grand tourer, when the guy filled it up it had a range of over 1000 miles yet was still faster than my car...
It looks pretty good rolling, love those rear lights!
Ultimately it looks best with the roof off though (bear optional)
Toyota Displays a Mirai-Based Research Vehicle with Satellite Communications Function
by News Feeder, 01-12-2023, 10:12 AM
At the 2016 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS), Toyota is displaying a research vehicle based on the Mirai fuel cell vehicle which is equipped with satellite communications technology from Kymeta, a U.S.-based company that is the world's leader in flat-panel antenna technology.
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Toyota Displays a Mirai-Based Research Vehicle with Satellite Communications Function
by News Feeder, 01-12-2023, 10:12 AMAt the 2016 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS), Toyota is displaying a research vehicle based on the Mirai fuel cell vehicle which is equipped with satellite communications technology from Kymeta, a U.S.-based company that is the world's leader in flat-panel antenna technology.
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Nissan TITAN Warrior Concept Makes World Debut at the 2016 North American Internation
by News Feeder, 01-12-2023, 03:08 AM
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Designed and engineered to perform - Infiniti reveals daring Q60 sports coupe at NAIA
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Global Debut of the All-New Lexus LC 500 at the 2016 NAIAS
by News Feeder, 30-11-2023, 09:25 PM
When the Lexus LF-LC Concept debuted at the 2012 North American International Auto Show, the press, loyal customers, and enthusiasts wondered if the concept's arresting styling and dramatic proportions could ever evolve into a production 2+2 coupe. Today, four years after the debut of the breakthrough concept that inspired it, Lexus has revealed the all-new LC 500 luxury coupe. This provocative, athletic flagship coupe—makes the strongest statement yet about the brand's future product direction.
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Global Debut of the All-New Lexus LC 500 at the 2016 NAIAS
by News Feeder, 30-11-2023, 09:25 PMWhen the Lexus LF-LC Concept debuted at the 2012 North American International Auto Show, the press, loyal customers, and enthusiasts wondered if the concept's arresting styling and dramatic proportions could ever evolve into a production 2+2 coupe. Today, four years after the debut of the breakthrough concept that inspired it, Lexus has revealed the all-new LC 500 luxury coupe. This provocative, athletic flagship coupe—makes the strongest statement yet about the brand's future product direction.
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Global Debut of the All-New 2017 Lexus LC 500 at the 2016 NAIAS
by News Feeder, 30-11-2023, 03:32 PM
When the Lexus LF-LC Concept debuted at the 2012 North American International Auto Show, the press, loyal customers, and enthusiasts wondered if the concept's arresting styling and dramatic proportions could ever evolve into a production 2+2 coupe. Today, four years after the debut of the breakthrough concept that inspired it, Lexus has revealed the all-new LC 500 luxury coupe. This provocative, athletic flagship coupe—makes the strongest statement yet about the brand's future product direction.
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Global Debut of the All-New 2017 Lexus LC 500 at the 2016 NAIAS
by News Feeder, 30-11-2023, 03:32 PMWhen the Lexus LF-LC Concept debuted at the 2012 North American International Auto Show, the press, loyal customers, and enthusiasts wondered if the concept's arresting styling and dramatic proportions could ever evolve into a production 2+2 coupe. Today, four years after the debut of the breakthrough concept that inspired it, Lexus has revealed the all-new LC 500 luxury coupe. This provocative, athletic flagship coupe—makes the strongest statement yet about the brand's future product direction.
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My new toy is300
by john wan, 29-11-2023, 03:56 AM
Well picked it up yesterday never really driven auto before without the car trying to kill me, this one didn't I think it likes me ha ha ha ha , I think one of the first things I need to do is sort bodywork as it has a few scrapes an dings I think stevie wonders indian brother owned it, before I did as it's a little dented here an there, an it has a personal plate that as a Friend pointed out looks like sing
I'll post pickys up soon best bit about it its only done 55000 not bad for an 02 plate 😃👍
I'll post pickys up soon best bit about it its only done 55000 not bad for an 02 plate 😃👍
My new toy is300
by john wan, 29-11-2023, 03:56 AMWell picked it up yesterday never really driven auto before without the car trying to kill me, this one didn't I think it likes me ha ha ha ha , I think one of the first things I need to do is sort bodywork as it has a few scrapes an dings I think stevie wonders indian brother owned it, before I did as it's a little dented here an there, an it has a personal plate that as a Friend pointed out looks like sing
I'll post pickys up soon best bit about it its only done 55000 not bad for an 02 plate 😃👍