Cars We Drive!

[BrianVarick]

^It's your mom's car, leave it stock...

 

[JayJay]



^It's your mom's car, leave it stock...

+1. I'd leave it be unless she's into upgrades.

 

[mike1445]

Air, 19s, shark paint, faux rust (10), honestly tho wouldn't be a bad idea to lurk the mechanics pages of some BMW forums just to check for maintenance issues to be wary of. Nothing but wiseasses over here.

 

[gomestar]

I mean mostly maintenance issues and not rims suggestions or body kits. And maybe an ipod connector thing, or swapping out the cassette deck with the BMW CD deck.

 

[A Y]

+1 on leaving it alone, with respect to upgrades.

If you want to spend money on it, refresh the suspension with factory parts (probably just the bushings at this point), and that car will feel magnificent. At 22k miles, it shouldn't need anything major. Make sure the oil's been changed, radiator's flushed, and brake fluid flushed, and changing the engine and cabin air filter would be nice things to do, too. If not mileage, then the amount of time passed makes those things essential to change. Diff and ****** fluids are coming up at 30k miles.

Maintenance if it's a 6-cylinder is the usual: water pump, radiator bits (neck, reservoir), various dead sensors, thermostat, and the rear shock mounts tend to die early, too. You can upgrade to something like the Rogue RSMs here.

 

[A Y]

This is a good resource for Z3 upgrades: http://www.unofficialbmw.com/ronstygar.html

A lot of it tends to be "lifestyle" upgrades, and isn't inappropriate for normal people (as opposed to tracktards).

 

[gomestar]

great, thank you for this.

 

[A Y]

Umm, yes please.

Porsche 918 testing at the Ring. I like that Porsche went with a disguise cover that has historical allusions instead of the usual psychedelic swirly bits.

More pictures here: http://www.autoblog.com/2012/07/18/porsche-918-spyder-prototype-looks-sensational-in-martini-livery/

 

[Arthur PE]

No clue what this means. My first time attempting such an operation. The AAA guy recommended them after I changed out my battery and the car was still shaking like a leaf.
Ah, good to know.
Art, buddy, this might as well be in German.

if you have the base car, not the XRS or whatever they call it, you have the 1ZZ-FE engine type
plugs are mfg/part no.
Denso SK16R11
or
NGK IFR5A11
gap is 0.043"



Denso Iridium Long Life Plug

3324​

SK16R11​

$9.35​

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or


NGK Spark Plug Discontinued with No Replacement

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IFR5A-11​

looks like it's the Denso SK16R11


looks like

 

[jet]

**** that looks good

 

[HRoi]

I like how Porsche stole a 360 modena bumper for their 918 camouflage kit

 

[gomestar]

its like the child of a 360 and a Carrera GT.



Awesome.

 

[jet]



I like how Porsche stole a 360 modena bumper for their 918 camouflage kit

stole it and made it better

 

[BrianVarick]

Looks dated to me, maybe just because it looks so much like a 360.

 

[impolyt_one]

It does look a little dated, considering how much it costs and when it will be when it finally comes out (2014?) - it looks like a few previous-gen Ferraris hobbled together with a base R8. Those aren't bad looking cars, but for a milli you could have like 2 Aventadors and a 458...