Show Your Car and Car Discussion Thread

[Alex]

6 hours ago, Mistio said:

 

Reported for not showing the car!

Haha - taking delivery officially (it's already in my name just need to pick it up) on Sunday. So I'll post some pictures then

[Alex]

  

Took delivery of my Miata finally, absolutely love the color. Gave it a good wash and wax too - really didn't need to polish it as it has a ceramic coating.

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[Joe__Bishop]

My little one a4 Quattro 2019

[Bastiaan_NL]

That Miata looks sweet!  

 

Nice A4 Joe, I bet that's a comfortable ride.

[J7SC_Orion]

14 hours ago, Alex said:

  

Took delivery of my Miata finally, absolutely love the color. Gave it a good wash and wax too - really didn't need to polish it as it has a ceramic coating.

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...that's a nice, cleverly disguised Miata 

 

...and looking at the Ontario plate, I used to live in Ontario in the snow (+gravel+salt+brine) belt before moving to BC...hope you have an additional vehicle for the winter months

[pio]

I've made some decent progress on my Jeep lately.  Dad's metal shop has been super busy lately, so still waiting on the ladder we're building for the back to access the spare tire up there.  But the basket's done now, with toolboxes.

 

[Supercrumpet]

A few weeks ago I actually bumped into someone else with a lowered Alltrack while traveling on some back roads, and we pulled over in one of the towns we ran through to chat and get a few pictures. First lowered Alltrack other than our own that either of us had ever seen in person. Really cool occurrence.

 

[Bastiaan_NL]

On 20/07/2021 at 05:32, pioneerisloud said:

I've made some decent progress on my Jeep lately.  Dad's metal shop has been super busy lately, so still waiting on the ladder we're building for the back to access the spare tire up there.  But the basket's done now, with toolboxes.

 

Nice ride! Do you take it offroad sometimes or is it just for the looks? (both good reasons, as I like the looks )

 

41 minutes ago, Supercrumpet said:

A few weeks ago I actually bumped into someone else with a lowered Alltrack while traveling on some back roads, and we pulled over in one of the towns we ran through to chat and get a few pictures. First lowered Alltrack other than our own that either of us had ever seen in person. Really cool occurrence.

 

I've never seen one in person, and 2 of them is pretty cool indeed!
Looking good together  
 

 

[pio]

5 hours ago, Bastiaan_NL said:

Nice ride! Do you take it offroad sometimes or is it just for the looks? (both good reasons, as I like the looks )

 

I've never seen one in person, and 2 of them is pretty cool indeed!
Looking good together  
 

 

It's a 4x2, so not a lot off road. But I do take it off pavement for sure every chance I get. Climbed a small hill actually on the 4th to watch fireworks. Discount tire even said, "wow, that's the biggest tire we've ever put on one of those"....  

 

I just figured it's a patriot, so it needed to look the part. Did the same with my Honda, made it look more like a Honda. Ive got lots to do still. Ladder, rock sliders, bumpers, cb antenna, tools.....  It's getting there though. Hard to find time at the metal shop. 

[J7SC_Orion]

@Bastiaan_NL 's new Miata !

 

[Alex]

Got some help washing the S2000 today

 

 

 

Edited August 3, 2021 by Alex

[Mistio]

Sorry to say but the dog is more interesting :). 

[Bastiaan_NL]

On 23/07/2021 at 22:56, J7SC_Orion said:

@Bastiaan_NL 's new Miata !

Dang that's ugly

 

4 hours ago, Mistio said:

Sorry to say but the dog is more interesting :). 

I've got to agree. That's not because I don't like the S2K, I love them but because I love dogs even more!

[BWG]

Here's some of the newly acquired BMW.

 

 

[Alex]

Automatic?

[Supercrumpet]

2 hours ago, BWG said:

Here's some of the newly acquired BMW.

 

 

 

Very nice. 750?

[Andrew]

It's a 7 series, they only came in auto.

[BWG]

750i xDrive @Supercrumpet

 

DCT 8 speed paddles nearly instant shift unlike my Mustang.

[Bastiaan_NL]

Those gearboxes are pretty fast indeed, and with 4600lbs it's not a bad thing that it's an automatic.. 

Edited August 18, 2021 by Bastiaan_NL

[J7SC_Orion]

I like the Beemer ZF (?) automatics, especially in sport mode...

[Andrew]

Yeah, BMW use ZF gearboxes.

 

Fun fact: If you have an Aston Martin DB11 and the gearbox breaks, don't buy one from Aston Martin, save a bunch of money and get one from Chrysler, specifically for the 300C SRT8. Literally the same gearbox.

[J7SC_Orion]

...fun fact #2: Aston Martin and Mercedes have several 'connections', while the Chrysler 300 still has some older-model Mercedes E class genes. 

[Andrew]

I want to take my car to the Nordschleife eventually, I just worked out how much it's going to cost in fuel (just too and from there, excluding laps) and it's going to be about £500. Anyone want to sponsor me? I have terminal lumbago.

[BWG]

1 hour ago, Andrew said:

I want to take my car to the Nordschleife eventually, I just worked out how much it's going to cost in fuel (just too and from there, excluding laps) and it's going to be about £500. Anyone want to sponsor me? I have terminal lumbago.

 

Only if you fold a gpu in half on a podcast video.

[notyettoday]

My little race car is now smoke free for the first time since I've owned it... Took a chance on an unknown MX-3 engine last weekend and got lucky,  and after breaking some ridiculously hard to find components trying to get a fitting disassembled,  It now has correctly functioning a/c.