[Pond]

Originally Posted by MashinBenzin

When I had my discovery, I followed one and really admired the teardrop shape of the glasshouse and the sculpting of the haunches. Still like the back of it. Stood 20 feet away head on looking at the front, less so!

The most poetic way I've ever heard of saying "it was fecking ugly but took me a while to realise".

[Alscoob]

Originally Posted by MashinBenzin

Bonnet shut line aside, they got that car soooo right.

Most of the Fx platform had that issue, but with a bit of care and OCD you can easily correct it.

[MashinBenzin]

Originally Posted by Pond

The most poetic way I've ever heard of saying "it was fecking ugly but took me a while to realise".

Probably because that’s not remotely what I said.

[MashinBenzin]

Originally Posted by Alscoob

Most of the Fx platform had that issue, but with a bit of care and OCD you can easily correct it.

Yes, it made a real mess of the front ends of the F3x especially in lighter colours. The fix sounds interesting!

[danb1979]

Outside the GP surgery again; patiently waiting

Tucked right in too seeing as 95% of the folks attending the docs are OAPs and cannot drive for toffee

[Pond]

Originally Posted by MashinBenzin

Probably because that’s not remotely what I said.

Another sense of humour failure?

[MashinBenzin]

Originally Posted by Pond

Another sense of humour failure?

No

[Bianchi Dave]

Originally Posted by danb1979

Outside the GP surgery again; patiently waiting

Tucked right in too seeing as 95% of the folks attending the docs are OAPs and cannot drive for toffee

Haha Dan, pretty sums up my approach to parking anywhere! As my wife moans about how long it takes to find a space, I just tell her to think of the most useless, reckless or inconsiderate knob who is likely to be using a particular car park, and then double it...

[danb1979]

Originally Posted by Bianchi Dave

Haha Dan, pretty sums up my approach to parking anywhere! As my wife is moans about how long it takes to find a space, I just tell her to think of the most useless, reckless or inconsiderate knob who is likely to be using a particular car park, and then double it...

Same Dave; even the wife parks way out beyond when she's in the BMW; she got very used to doing that with my Jap import E39 touring and then the F01 7'er (mainly due to its size etc)

[Alscoob]

Originally Posted by danb1979

Same Dave; even the wife parks way out beyond when she's in the BMW; she got very used to doing that with my Jap import E39 touring and then the F01 7'er (mainly due to its size etc)

It has been known for both me & the wife to drive around a car park looking for a space and said F*uck it I'm not parking here and drive out and go elsewhere.

[Alscoob]

Originally Posted by MashinBenzin

Yes, it made a real mess of the front ends of the F3x especially in lighter colours. The fix sounds interesting!

All about lining the top edge of the front bumper with the bonnet and tweaking the in / outward movement on the front wings, ensuring of course that the bonnet is on straight first.

Takes time but worth it.

E89 Z4 is similar but harder to do as the bonnet is also part of the wheel arch, so you have the horizontals to the wing to sort first then bumper edge then bonnet front to bumper, ensuring it aligns with the tops of the headlights too!

[boba-fett]

[Bianchi Dave]

Originally Posted by Alscoob

It has been known for both me & the wife to drive around a car park looking for a space and said F*uck it I'm not parking here and drive out and go elsewhere.

Yup, done that a few times

[P-ToK72]

Another day, another "car park" albeit this time in a field.
Took the lad down to Bicester Heritage today for the Sunday Scramble.
Good thing about a wagon is that they double up as a bench when the boys got tired legs.

[KRS_SN]

Originally Posted by P-ToK72

Another day, another "car park" albeit this time in a field.
Took the lad down to Bicester Heritage today for the Sunday Scramble.
Good thing about a wagon is that they double up as a bench when the boys got tired legs.

Nice...Imo dark wheels(i generally don't like them) on metallic grey is just so right.

[MashinBenzin]

Originally Posted by Alscoob

All about lining the top edge of the front bumper with the bonnet and tweaking the in / outward movement on the front wings, ensuring of course that the bonnet is on straight first.

Takes time but worth it.

E89 Z4 is similar but harder to do as the bonnet is also part of the wheel arch, so you have the horizontals to the wing to sort first then bumper edge then bonnet front to bumper, ensuring it aligns with the tops of the headlights too!

That's brilliant 👏

[agentorange]

I'm not sure if it's the OCD of others or my lack of artistic eye, but I'm not seeing the issue with the F36/F30 bonnet shut line. I'm at this point somebody reading this is screaming at their computer, "You can't see that?!"

[G50]

Wild camped on Haystacks(name of a hill) in the Lake District on Saturday, parking at Honister Slate Mine(last photo).
Got up at dawn and was back to the car for 7am to enjoy empty roads on the Honister Pass, Winlatter pass, then from Penrith to Alston, probably my favourite road - the Hartside Pass.
Parked in what was the car park of the highest cafe in England before it burnt down a few years ago.
Absolutely epic road when it's empty like that, well surfaced and well sighted. Quite a few sequences of ~120 degrees bends that I "made progress" through so much so that I felt a bit sick when I got to the top.
I just can't believe it's took me so long to realise an old M3 with a naturally aspirated high revving V8 and a manual gearbox with it's voice opened up a fair bit is my perfect (weekend) car.

[G50]

Tent look back thread?

[Abzynthe]

The neighbours probably weren’t happy with me parking up and taking up the whole cul de sac haha.

[Alscoob]

Originally Posted by Abzynthe

The neighbours probably weren’t happy with me parking up and taking up the whole cul de sac haha.

Should have started them both at the same time as well... double wammy!

[danb1979]

Originally Posted by G50

Wild camped on Haystacks(name of a hill) in the Lake District on Saturday, parking at Honister Slate Mine(last photo).
Got up at dawn and was back to the car for 7am to enjoy empty roads on the Honister Pass, Winlatter pass, then from Penrith to Alston, probably my favourite road - the Hartside Pass.
Parked in what was the car park of the highest cafe in England before it burnt down a few years ago.
Absolutely epic road when it's empty like that, well surfaced and well sighted. Quite a few sequences of ~120 degrees bends that I "made progress" through so much so that I felt a bit sick when I got to the top.
I just can't believe it's took me so long to realise an old M3 with a naturally aspirated high revving V8 and a manual gearbox with it's voice opened up a fair bit is my perfect (weekend) car.

Superb car to do those roads in... It's a LONG time since I drove Honister Pass! Talking c2009 just before I reverted my charged DC5 back to stock to sell on (house deposit)

I did Wrynose/Hardknott up to Honister via Ennerdale Bridge then back to Keswick/the M6 via the A66 many moons ago in a BB8 Prelude I'd just had fitted with BC coilovers and set up by my motorsport mechanic pals; 2 tanks of VPower and a great day (bloody long day) out

Might have to repeat that in my F31