Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder2.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Alan Newsgroups: misc.phone.mobile.iphone,comp.mobile.ipad,comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: did this group die? Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2024 15:50:34 -0800 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 82 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sat, 09 Nov 2024 00:50:40 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="a714d5e8c0503f0a296f3823640a8185"; logging-data="3535069"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19vn34jqj1T3MfnJxZUofCsppDMPvUGECc=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:NElgmWX0CX0qJCHnoe+0B0HgzVI= In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-CA Bytes: 4786 On 2024-11-08 15:27, *Hemidactylus* wrote: > Alan wrote: >> On 2024-11-08 12:06, Jolly Roger wrote: >>> On 2024-11-08, RoadRacer wrote: >>>> >>>> Oh, and here's my current road car: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> :-) >>> >>> Is that a 1-series or a 3? What year/model? >> >> 2012 135i M Sport. >> >>> >>> My 335i is the same color. It's been a great car (fuel pump issues got >>> worked out under warranty). 🙂👍 >> My car had an electric water pump failure under warranty... >> >> ...and a failure of the o-rings on the oil filter housing... >> >> ...leading to oil leaking down onto the alternator... >> >> ...leading to a replacement of the alternator... >> >> ...and that wasn't under warranty. >> >> Moral of the story: >> >> If your 335i is using the same engine design, be very aware of you start >> to smell any oil burning. >> >> 😖 >> > I was window shopping Bimmers and found a 1-series online (2010-12ish) that > was really cheap. Then after it hadn’t been bought for a month it got > cheaper and the listing started detailing some of the issues. Hard pass. > I’ve always been interested in an entry level older BMW. There was another > one that was kinda cool looking but I was already in the process of dealing > with my Civic getting rear-ended and totaled and replacing it with an HR-V. > I also had my eye on an ILX around the same price range. Those were pretty > much fancier Civics. I rarely see them and they were discontinued. Well, for me, I've experienced three real problems with my 1-Series: 1. The failed water pump (warrantied). 2. The failed oil sealing leading to a failed alternator (partially bad design, but basically my fault for not investigating the smell of oil far enough). 3. A failed turbocharger charge pipe; where the plastic pipe failed where it was clipped to the metal intake plenum. I fixed that one myself with about $70 in parts and (maybe) an hour of labour. > > For some reason my Youtube feed coughs up rando videos on oddball cars. > Recently it was a 1971 Pantera being driven and I was smitten. Looks like > the sort of car it would be too easy to die in but having too much fun with > the demise. F’in beast. All part of the trend to stick American V8s into European sports cars. :-) > > I’m happy with the HR-V as a small crossover with a higher stance than my > Civic had. Maybe I’ll keep looking at 1-series Bimmers online. They seem > expensive to maintain, but cheaper to get into than a Mercedes or Porsche. > 911s are a bit steep for me. > > A tricked out 1-series would be sweet though I’d be better off with some > Japanese platform hot rod. I seriously don’t get stance cars with weird > camber. It's a classic thing with faddests of all types. Racing cars started using more camber when tire construction went from bias plies to radial, and if some was good for a racing car, then more must be even better... ....right? 😎