Car Enthusiast Club [Now Motorcycle friendly!] - First thread to 150k! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[jagdtigger]

On 3/22/2021 at 7:51 PM, Bitter said:

Why is this so hard for people?

Most ppl dont even know where is the fuse box and level wand in their car, why would they care about a part they cant even see? For example i had a "small" issue with one of the rear brakes:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/mfmyukwfda8ozk7/IMG_20200208_110555.jpg?dl=0

 

Guess what most ppl said....  ("if it works dont bother with it"  )

[JoaoPRSousa]

40 minutes ago, DriftMan said:

With the S65 right there and the S85 (also bearings wearing out too soon) it's a bit of misunderstood, but I prefer the looks of a nice E39 over the E60 (not a fan of those headlights)

 

Last summer I went to the frontier with Portugal to check an E34 with an M50TUB25 for around 3000, the vanos was spilling oil and it was losing power (I believe because of that because it revved weird), there are still lots of E34 here, you can check Wallapop, coches.net and autoscout24.es for cars here, any question I'll gladly answer it

I'm trying to get interior plastics for my E91 and try to sell it before summer, want to go with something a bit older since I'm not travelling much with my car anymore, maybe an E30, Civic EK, Toyota MR2... Or even a Miata if I get a good deal, the E36 is a no-no for now as the 325i and 28i coupes are expensive af, but I wouldn't mind trading my E91 325i for an E36 in mint condition

Recambioverde.es is pretty good, I was checking this amazing car , maybe I can get the CIC navigation to upgrade my CCC, the cruise control and few plastics from the interior

 

Hope I can go to Portugal soon, it's been a while since I wanted to visit Oporto

 

The E39 sure has been growing on me. Always liked the E60

VANOS is a bit tricky, but for an M50B30, it's easier to start with an M50TUB25 so we'll see.

https://www.coches.net/bmw-serie-5-525i-touring-5p-gasolina-1993-en-baleares-48161866-covo.aspx ay caramba

Do like me an EK Civic too... An E91 325i is a damn nice car, rare here at least. E36's are only going up I think and it sure would be a nice trade.

[iDeFecZx]

4 hours ago, JoaoPRSousa said:

 

I thought the 28i's were the 2L turbos... Fair enough, you still got the big NA, I'd love of those

Current ones are

[711jrp]

7 hours ago, JoaoPRSousa said:

 

 I don't think the S62 is half as bad as the S65/S85, bearings wise.

 

I think this is 100% true after owning both, the whole s62 rod bearing thing  is a bit of a red herring, no one posts on the net when their bearings are fine. I have quite a few palls into the 150k mark on the standard set and some cracked the 200k. Just as a side note replacing them as a service item is actually not too bad at all, price wise. 

[bcredeur97]

1 hour ago, 711jrp said:

I think this is 100% true after owning both, the whole s62 rod bearing thing  is a bit of a red herring, no one posts on the net when their bearings are fine. I have quite a few palls into the 150k mark on the standard set and some cracked the 200k. Just as a side note replacing them as a service item is actually not too bad at all, price wise. 

+ you do it once good for a loooong time 

[JoaoPRSousa]

1 hour ago, DriftMan said:

If my E91 is so rare there I could publish an ad in a Portuguese site too lol, I hope I can get in return all the investments I've made...

 

About VANOS, talking with another mechanic apparently the M50TUB25 is a bit more reliable than the M50B25, as the VANOS is really easy to repair and take care of, but most of the time it's a bit complicated to swap that engine due to the small space lol

 

 

Yeah, the thing here is importing. It was rather expensive, people would still pay like 4 grand to import that 325i into the country... Sucks big time.

Ah, good to know.

 

1 hour ago, 711jrp said:

I think this is 100% true after owning both, the whole s62 rod bearing thing  is a bit of a red herring, no one posts on the net when their bearings are fine. I have quite a few palls into the 150k mark on the standard set and some cracked the 200k. Just as a side note replacing them as a service item is actually not too bad at all, price wise. 

 

Yeah, thought so too.

[FakeFBI]

17 hours ago, JoaoPRSousa said:

Yeah, the thing here is importing. It was rather expensive, people would still pay like 4 grand to import that 325i into the country... Sucks big time.

Ah, good to know.

just to ask if gibraltar if british wouldnt that mean if you imported it trough there it would be cheaper, or through spain?

[Tonyx]

now motorcycle frendly

any motorcyclist around?

 

[PandaCopyRight]

2 hours ago, Tonyx said:

now motorcycle frendly

any motorcyclist around?

 

There are a few here, dont remember who.
I personally was trying to get my motorcycle license then the pandemic hit and now i also lost my job recently, so i have slightly postponed that 

[FakeFBI]

18 minutes ago, PandaCopyRight said:

There are a few here, dont remember who.
I personally was trying to get my motorcycle license then the pandemic hit and now i also lost my job recently, so i have slightly postponed that 

rip job and license, idk if this affects to latvia, but here in us you can get paid to like do some pretty fun/easy tasks for money online. NOT mining.

[AlwaysFSX]

3 hours ago, FakeFBI said:

just to ask if gibraltar if british wouldnt that mean if you imported it trough there it would be cheaper, or through spain?

can I get this translated

[PandaCopyRight]

13 minutes ago, FakeFBI said:

rip job and license, idk if this affects to latvia, but here in us you can get paid to like do some pretty fun/easy tasks for money online. NOT mining.

i mean i use my GPU for mining when i got no use for my pc, its not much but its something for the future

 

Nah just currently gonna be chilling without a job cause i need a bit of a break

[FakeFBI]

2 hours ago, PandaCopyRight said:

i mean i use my GPU for mining when i got no use for my pc, its not much but its something for the future

 

Nah just currently gonna be chilling without a job cause i need a bit of a break

do you atleast have some money to sit on

[PandaCopyRight]

4 minutes ago, FakeFBI said:

do you atleast have some money to sit on

enough

[JoaoPRSousa]

6 hours ago, FakeFBI said:

just to ask if gibraltar if british wouldnt that mean if you imported it trough there it would be cheaper, or through spain?

 

If I read this correctly, no, the only criteria that affects these taxes geographically wise are if the car was in the EU in these last years, if they weren't, importing is even more expensive.

[arnavvr]

6 hours ago, AlwaysFSX said:

can I get this translated

Since Gibraltar is a British territory, and it borders Spain, would it be easier to import a car from there?

[AlwaysFSX]

5 minutes ago, arnavvr said:

Since Gibraltar is a British territory, and it borders Spain, would it be easier to import a car from there?

I know about Gibraltar, just not wtf was said

[arnavvr]

1 minute ago, AlwaysFSX said:

I know about Gibraltar, just not wtf was said

Didn't I just translate it?

[AlwaysFSX]

1 minute ago, arnavvr said:

Didn't I just translate it?

Ahh gotcha okay

[chaozbandit]

 

[JoaoPRSousa]

Does anyone here have any experience with a steam cleaner / steamer regarding car interior cleaning? Want to get started with that (as well as exterior detailing) but I'm pretty clueless on what to get.

[bcredeur97]

Just now, JoaoPRSousa said:

Does anyone here have any experience with a steam cleaner / steamer regarding car interior cleaning? Want to get started with that (as well as exterior detailing) but I'm pretty clueless on what to get.

No but I’ve used a Portable clothing steamer to remove window tint and it works pretty great 

[JoaoPRSousa]

3 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

No but I’ve used a Portable clothing steamer to remove window tint and it works pretty great 

 

I'm looking for something to clean the carpets and cloth seats / door cards with, I've seen some cheap portable ones on Amazon, but I wonder that would cope with a whole interior, being that it only lasts for like 15mins before needing a refill... And I also don't know if I should buy a steam cleaner or a steamer, apparently they are different things.

[JoaoPRSousa]

18 hours ago, FakeFBI said:

just to ask if gibraltar if british wouldnt that mean if you imported it trough there it would be cheaper, or through spain?

 

8 hours ago, arnavvr said:

Since Gibraltar is a British territory, and it borders Spain, would it be easier to import a car from there?

 

One thing, Portugal IS NOT Spain.

[bcredeur97]

24 minutes ago, JoaoPRSousa said:

 

I'm looking for something to clean the carpets and cloth seats / door cards with, I've seen some cheap portable ones on Amazon, but I wonder that would cope with a whole interior, being that it only lasts for like 15mins before needing a refill... And I also don't know if I should buy a steam cleaner or a steamer, apparently they are different things.

Steam cleaner will have higher pressure to actually blast things off I believe.

 

i wonder what the ammonyc guy uses