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by AMCrebel » Sun Sep 19, 2021 10:20 am
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CAR MIGHT NEED ENGINE REPLACE OR SMALL FIX COULD SOLVE THE PROBLEM (NOT SURE)
Place bets now!
My money's on it needing a new engine gearbox and lots of bodywork, but that's just my pessimistic side.
ETA - these are uglier than a fucking Allegro to start with, and the wrap hasn't improved it.
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by LynehamHerc » Sun Sep 19, 2021 10:43 am
It does look shit doesn't it?
The old question, as you're a garage wouldn't it be worth spending a bit of time to see if it is a small fix and then you could get a lot more for it?
I presume wrapping is also a pretty good way to conceal bodywork issues?
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by paulplom » Sun Sep 19, 2021 10:53 am
They are hideous and the look hasn't mellowed over time.
I saw a couple of those bmw's with those rediculous grilles earlier. How did they get passed?
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by LynehamHerc » Sun Sep 19, 2021 12:01 pm
There's been a few articles in the motoring press by their designers justifying them.
If I remember correctly they know that they are very polarising but reckon something like 50% of people or so like them and that's good enough. In addition they think that they'll grow on some of the other 50%.
To me they are just brutal and gross but maybe that's what a lot of buyers in that segment of the market want. I'm not in the market for a new car but if someone came up with a car in that price bracket that I thought was beautiful I probably would be.
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by AMCrebel » Sun Sep 19, 2021 12:37 pm
Yeah can't stand 99% of BMWs new or old so I'm not the target market. Thought they were boring pre-Bangle - then just ugly in the Bangle era, now just in a race with Merc to see who can look the stupidest.
Mind you, I think the MX6 and the 406 coupe are two of the prettiest things ever made so what the fuck do I know?
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by LynehamHerc » Sun Sep 19, 2021 12:48 pm
I remember arriving at Frankfurt airport soon after the E65 was announced and there was one on display in the main arrivals hall.
I thought that it looked disjointed then and still do.
I agree with you about the MX6 and Pug coupe, I'd add the Alfetta GTV to them, in fact I'd add a fair few more pre 2000cars as well.
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by Hooli » Sun Sep 19, 2021 2:35 pm
AMCrebel wrote: ↑ Sun Sep 19, 2021 10:20 am
s-l1600 (46).jpg
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/174930790178
CAR MIGHT NEED ENGINE REPLACE OR SMALL FIX COULD SOLVE THE PROBLEM (NOT SURE)
Place bets now!
My money's on it needing a new engine gearbox and lots of bodywork, but that's just my pessimistic side.
ETA - these are uglier than a fucking Allegro to start with, and the wrap hasn't improved it.
That's a fucking expensive way to look a cunt while driving about
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by LynehamHerc » Sun Sep 19, 2021 3:04 pm
Driving about?
You mean on a trailer like a Transhit?
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by paulplom » Sun Sep 19, 2021 3:18 pm
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