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Those wheel weights are criminal

Sorry to start a different discussion in parallel, but what Android phone would people recommend on a £150 to £200 budget? My partners OnePlus X is dead (dropped) and she's looking to replace it. I got a Moto G5 Plus last time which seems ok apart from a poor camera, I just wanted to know if...

Well that will be a totally different driving experience! Enjoy!

Totally depends on the condition of the axle, grip levels, tyre choice, driving style, diff ratio.... But it's on borrowed time I reckon!

For the first half lap anyway 😂

What are you racing this year?

Makes your car illegal to drive on the road Gives you bragging points in the pub

Oh it's not self-inflicted damage like kerbing wheels thats the issue, but having had a range of stuff I definitely prefer having dailies I dont feel the need to wash, worry about where i park them, or whether theyre stolen. Leave nothing personal in them and insure them properly and ignore.

Full of win. Dailies you dont give a s**t about are the way forward!

Looking good. The boot trim has to be the single most dissapointing thing on the E9x series, its awful.

Even by Amazon's standards that is epic.

Totally agree with both of these. I keep trying to convince myself on something else, but the car is good enough at everything that anything else always involves too big a compromise somewhere.

It's odd, the front of the E46 has dated very well, especially one of the 40 headlight combinations. The rear end on the touring on the other hand echos E36 styling queues and looks ancient now.

Which is fine as an argument for why you dont need a cage or airbag in second gear in a carpark, but not when you then want an MOT, which gives you the right to use the same vehicle at 60mph down a back road or at 70mph on a motorway

I agree entirely, but I dont think solving the issue is trivial. True, and polybushes arent a problem I've done autosolos as well, although always in vehicles which predated airbags, however I used to use a clip in harness and keep it in a bag in the boot for instance. I'm not even going to...

It's not normally headbutting the windscreen tube thats the problem, it's the one beside your head above the door frame, which especially with bolt in cages can be fairly well inboard and low if you're tall. Once again, fine if the seat is setup for you, for competition, not so much if it's...

The issue is there are two specs of certified padding. The first is like pipe lagging, its round, wrap around and soft and its designed to stop you banging your knee or head climbing in and out of the car, it WILL NOT protect your head in a crash. The other kind is a hard material which either...

I've not mentioned seats moving, merely occupants, and surely you can see the difference between a 3 point inertia belt and a 6 point harness in a rollover in terms of you head, neck and ability to move if the roof comes in. Buckets and harnesses by their very design hold you bolt upright with...

The classic car thing doesnt seem to be so focussed on "is it modified in ANY way", it's more "is it historic" So a 50 year old car with a 40 year old engine swap is fine it seems, but the same swap done yesterday isnt. Likewise, some brake parts from a suitable non oem supplier is probably...

Does a clio not have seatbelt pretensioners and airbags in the seats?

Exluding mega old stuff with single airbags etc, I'd take the following view: Buckets and harnesses alone should fail under: An airbag obviously missing or defective. and A seat belt load limiter or pretensioner obviously missing where fitted as original equipment steering wheel with no airbag...

Exactly, it prevents the cases where someone presents a standard power 172 "track car" with a decat, harnesses and a non airbag wheel but standard seats, half the airbag system still fitted.... Which is correct as theyve done a half arsed job of replacing one safety system with another, and...

20 :tonguewink: The issue is that if people behaved responsibly there would be no need to regulation, but many dont, so regulations are tightened at the inconvenience of those who have always tried to do things properly. It shouldnt pass now as said. I put mine through and it gets recorded...

Upcoming draft version from May this year mate https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/mot-inspection-manual-for-class-3-4-5-and-7-vehicles

It must have been one of the drafts in the last round then, but there was definitely discussion of not passing cars with ABS removed where it was originally fitted, i.e. a clio cup is fine, but a 172 with ABS removed wouldnt be. As you say though, it's not in the current manual. Interestingly...

Old school fake burr walnut is nasty, but lots of the modern dark wook trim looks really nice. The stuff in my 3 series looks almost piano black until you actually look at it and then it has a straight grain in it. Looking good dave

NOt nowadays, if it was fitted from the factory it must be present and working correctly, unless its a competition car. Decats are total b****cks, people removed them because Max Power said it was worth 5bhp. The average OEM cat is not significantly restrictive at standard power. I refitted one...

It's simple really, you either maintain the complete manufacturers safety system, or you replace it in its entirety with a cage, buckets and harnesses compliant with the MSA rules.

There are two separate issues here. 1) does total wheel offset affect handling - this is the offset including spacers. Yes it does, go and have a read about scrub radius. That said, whilst it may not feel as nice, sometimes its still faster (balancing multiple compromises) 2) Are spacers...