Wing mirrors on cars

=A31500 a year? WTF? I can buy a =A3500 car and spend =A3200 a year to= keep it going for 5 years. That's =A3300 total ownership cost per year= . I love morons that buy new cars and sell them to me at a fraction of = the cost, just because the ash tray is full.

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"A life without danger is a life not worth living" -- Moist von Lipwig

But the Boxster 6 is a boxer. ;-)

You can never disguise the sound of a diesel outside of the car - although some do a remarkable job inside it.

My dislike of them is based on the stink they all produce. Regardless of what they claim, emissions wise.

This is the problem. A spare part costs the same regardless of the age of the car - unless being sold off cheap due to excess stocks. So becomes a much bigger percentage of the car's value.

Remove the bulb? When did you last buy a car, 1985? The "bulb" will at minimum be a soldered in LED on a circuit board and these days there'll be a warning on the information screen too. Feel free to remove that if you wish!

As with most car repairs, buying the parts isn't the hard part.

What's so bad about it?

Bullshit, they smell better than petrol fumes.

Spare parts cost f*ck all. I bought a wheel bearing for =A39. It's the= =A350 labour to fit it that's the problem. If you or your friend can d= o it yourself, it's not a problem.

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I'm not so think as you drunk I am...

My current car is a 2002 reg. Simple enough to take out the ABS LED. Yes, there's also a "service required" on the LCD display that accompanied it, but that's not an MOT failure.

An ABS sensor takes anyone without any mechanical knowledge 30 minutes to fit. It just bolts on.

So you converted it to run on an inappropriate fuel and somehow thats the fault of Hondas build quality? Yeah, ok. What next , complain when your diesel breaks down when you fill it with unleaded?

Yes, was thinking of BMW for some reason. I think they're the last major car manufacturer to sell inline 6's.

They can be nasty, especially if not maintained.

It was professionally converted and it proves the engine wasn't very strong, since other makes worked just fine.

BMW aren't exactly renowned for cutting edge tech.

And petrol isn't? The stench of petrol is revolting. Diesel smells nice, never enjoyed waiting in a large train station while several trains set off?

It's amazing anyone buys those unreliable badly designed things. The parent company, Rover, went bankrupt years ago. My neighbour's car is a top of the range Rover. The headlight switch is in a non standard position, I had to ask her where it was. Then when I tried to reverse it, I found the rear window was a third of the normal height and I had no visibility.

If it was a professional conversion the engine wouldn't have died or they'd have known at the start not to do it. Either way, I suspect you got it done by some Kev in a local lock up who wouldn't know one end of a gas bottle from the other and probably didn't realise that the variable valve timing probably required adjusting for a different fuel.

Could well be, but as you say a classic configuration. Although not so easy to package as that abortion, the V6.

A lot of garages refused because "Honda engines are made of softer metal and the valves can melt". This one though said that they could supply an additive which lubricated them so it would be ok. I believe the problem was the additive system wasn't too reliable so it didn't always get as much as it should. But both the garages that refused and the one that did it go to prove that Honda engines are weak and need special care when converting, others don't need that additive rubbish.

What was wrong with a V6?

I know that a 4-cylinder boxer is perfectly balanced, like 2- and 6-cylinder inline, and so doesn't need any dynamic balancing shafts. Does the same apply to a 6-cylinder boxer?

For all that 4-boxers are supposed to be well balanced, the one in my dad's Citroen GS sounded VERY rough. Maybe it was because it was a high-revving and low-geared car...

Ever tried a 3 cylinder petrol? I got one and thought it was a diesel the noise it made!