DonW

Agreed, keep it going please.

On how keen you are to snap your spine and break your teeth? ☺️

As I always say, just look at the wheels on an F1 car. No stupidly low profile tyres there! And I know that putting anything bigger than a 17" diameter wheel on a BMW 3 series makes it horrible to drive.

Thanks. I've not driven an E46 M3, but was lucky enough to drive an E30 M3 round the Nurburgring many yeas ago. To me that is the only real M3. Great on road and track. And my 330i only cost £1900!

I did a deal with my mechanic friend of many years to let his 2 sons have my old BMW 2002 turbo racer and he'd buy me a decent BMW 330i and will also sort the bodywork on my current BMW 530i touring, I found out today that he's bought a 330i (I found it on the Web on Saturday) and is giving it a service and check over. It's apparently a good one, one owner last 7 years and drives well. 0 to 60 in 6.2 seconds, limited to 155 mph maximum, black with a black interior. So I'll drive to his workshop in the 530i and drive home in the 330i. Or would if my county wasn't in lockdown. I can't risk a £1000 fine, which is the penalty over here. Patience!

It's not the first time. Made in China: And spot the difference:

I don't know what make of cooker we have but it is metallic black. Same with the fridge. Some people regard cars in the same way.

I was fooled by the Capri style grille but then recognised the doors. Looks like someone stuck the back of a DeLorean and the grille of a late model Capri onto a base Camaro shell. I was never a fan of Frua's work, even the AC 428 and Maserati Mistral looked awkward to me, as if they'd been gently sat on by an elephant. But both were far prettier than this! Thanks Michael, good one!

Stop it! They used to be good cars. Buy an old BM and look after it, but most of all drive it, it's what it was built for.

My sister drove a Messerschmitt for a while in the sixties. You really do pull the cockpit canopy over your head and feel like a fighter pilot, especially with that abbreviated steering wheel.

I'd suggest dragging out the vehicle and getting rid of it humanly so as not to pollute or otherwise mess up the environment. Drop a food parcel to the idiots who stuck it there and leave them to it. And if they make it back home, invoice them for all costs. On second thoughts, forget the food parcel.

That catches the spirit! Thanks.

It'd be worth more as a good runner. What's a 2200/6? Cheers, -Don.

Back to the future part 101.? I really like the wheels though.

I'm glad she was OK. I'd feel safe in an E36, I knew I was safe in my E30 'cos I hit the Armco at 80 mph in it and walked away unharmed, and in a 2002 I rolled into a dry stone wall once years ago. Not that I walked away from that! The metal was better back then. My E34 is very solid too, but my E46 was not quite the same, the beginning of the end... I was fortunate to do the Mille Miglia Storica with my dad in his 1934 M45 Lagonda. We chased one of these for many miles through winding mountain roads at entertaining speeds and the die was cast for me: . BMW 328. The new ones I wouldn't be seem dead in!

Maserati Ghibli, '66 to '73. Looks pretty accurate.

Yes they have got even worse since his day! I just happen to prefer the earlier cars. The merger with Rover in '94 led to the use of cheaper materials and components as well. It's why the older cars are much sought after! .

They began to go downhill after the eighties in my opinion, though the E34 5 series and E46 3 series were OK. Chris Bangle has a lot to answer for!

Sorry to hear that Ryan. All I can suggest is not to give up! It can be hard to work out why people do what they do sometimes.

Thanks Kurt I do appreciate your aim is to share something of interest re the design process, and I did watch the clip, it was very interesting even if I don't like the outcome. At least I know more about how it came to be. Cheers, -Don.

The so-called 'New Mini' isn't so much a design as a cross between a rip-off and a practical joke that seems to still be fooling a lot of people. I still wonder what BMW were thinking of. Just my opinion.☺️ Sorry this was a bit of a knee-jerk reaction of mine, I know it is a good car underneath the skin and many people like them.

It's funny because I read this a few times and loved it but after re-reading through my factual WW2 flying books such as Dambusters and Reach for the Sky, I started to read it again but couldn't engage with it, I actually found it disrespectful to the memory of the real aircrew and ground staff who gave everything they had for their cause. Very clever and funny but not for me right now. If you weren't so far way you could have mine to enjoy with pleasure!

Oh yes, I'd forgotten this one. Read it as a teenager, very powerful.

What set them apart from the other American V8 powered European GTs such as the later Bristols, the Jensen CV8 and Interceptor and the AC 428 was that all 99 or so GKs except one had a manual gearbox.

Yes, I suspect the same thing is on the 1:1 with the wing on the trunk. It's still a good model, I always enjoy seeing your work!