Barry

Sadly not the one in the picture but possibly they will start building the DMC 12 again. It was never a good car but always had a certain coolness about it.

http://gloopa.co.uk/delorean-goes-back-to-the-past-to-restart-car-production/

2006 Quattroporte. Yes, parts are horrendously expensive. Even something like a simple oil change isn't simple due to the dry sump system. 

Maserati ac service

It is a Sierra with a different badge but the Merkur came with a 2.3 turbocharged engine, the Sierra came with 2.8 and 2.9 N/A engines in XR4 form. 

Also check out the Sierra XR8. Very rare car. Came with a Mustang 302 engine. 

@treks mine was a Mercedes M136. Got any photos of the Allison?

Which bush needs replaced? I'd be happy to take a look at it for you

You're welcome 😊

http://www.uaedsa.ae

@Carnity so what is happening with this? You said it would be paid on the 31st. 

I still want you to make a payment on my behalf to the Emirates Down syndrome association.  

This is a cause very close to my heart. I had an aunt and an uncle who both died from complications relating to this syndrome so it is something close to my heart. 

In the past I've organised events and raised a lot of money for people with Down's syndrome in my home country. I understand that it is against the law here and I am more than happy for my money to go to emirati sufferers of Down's syndrome 

i would ask all other top posters to also donate their earnings to the cause. We can all live without a few dhs

Google maps needs an online connection. Maps.me works offline

I also recommend maps.me on App Store. I had no data on my phone and spent 2 months walking from the east side of Germany to France last summer with this as a map. One bit of advice I will give you, before you go somewhere, zoom in on the area you are travelling to when you are still at home with wifi and it will download the map so you can use it offline. 

There's no big secret. A good machine polish with removal of all swirls and scratches and application of a high quality carnuba wax. Personally I recommend Meguiars products. If it's good enough for concours cars, it's good enough for anything I will drive. Poorboys also make some fantastic products. 

You should get a professional detail done on your car. Even just once. Once your car has been professionally cleaned, it will make it much easier for you to keep clean. 

That new VAG brown is a nice colour though and looks well when polished up. Makes a nice change from all the usual black or white VAG dross out there. 

So does admin have a definitive answer on this? It would be cool to have somewhere to discuss things like this

Found a few more pics.

BMW E36 M3 - Very fun car to drive on a wet road, huge slides at 70-80 MPH always put a smile on my face. Also had M3 Evo Individual, very special car. Can't find pics of it at the minute but they'll turn up sometime. This particular M3 in the pic though was a piece of shit. It was just hanging together but it was fast and went sideways, that's all I was interested in. Plus it was cheap!

Mercedes C220 CDi - Nice torquey diesel engine and nice car on the motorway. Pretty reliable too. A set of injector seals was all it ever needed.

Opel Ascona - This had a 2.3 8v engine, twin Weber 50 carbs, 4 branch manifold, straight through exhaust system with cherry bomb tailpipe. Loud and sideways.

Peugeot 306 D-Turbo - Great chassis and very economical. 90 BHP standard but made 130 BHP with a couple of tweeks to the injector pump and turbo. Could never get the boost compensator set up properly so was a real smoke machine while the turbo was waiting to spool up.

Ford Sierra XR4i - 2.8 V6 engine. Wasn't as fast as you would think but it made the most wonderful noise and would happily throw the tail out at road junctions. I would kill to have it parked in my garage now.

Lexus IS200 - Quick enough but not so fast. Liked to drink petrol a lot considering it was only a 2.0. This was the sport model so came with LSD as standard and everyone knows LSD is codeword for DONUTS!

Answer, a baby Tesla

I saw this on Evo. AMG are working on an F1 engined hypercar. I think last time someone used an idea like this was the Ferrari F50.

http://www.evo.co.uk/news/18211/mercedes-f1-team-confirms-f1-engined-hypercar

Just read this article about a series of spooky accidents that happened to people who worked with the car James Dean died in. 

http://jalopnik.com/5113390/the-curse-of-james-deans-little-bastard

I had this problem in the UK. Unless you have headlights with self levellers and washer jets, they used to fail you for having HID bulbs. It's easy to get around though, just remove the bulbs and ballasts come test time and fit your old bulbs. Once you get your test, you can fit the HIDs and ballasts back in. Doesn't take long as most of the kits are plug and play  

If you're going for LED sidelight bulbs, I'd recommend staying away from the cheap Chinese ones and spend a bit extra on decent ones. The Chinese ones will start to flicker and die after a while and flickering lights tend to draw attention from the police.

I saw one Mitsubishi Lancer driving through Al Quoz a couple of days ago. All the lights on the front changed colour from green to blue to red as he drove along. Money doesn't buy taste! 

In the garage in Sharjah I was in previously, they used to buy scrap compressors in bulk for the most popular cars and keep them in stock. Maybe it's a similar setup?

I'll work on anything. Earliest car I've worked on was 1935, latest was 2016. 

It's something to do with something called BPA I think.  Apparently it's cancerous. There was a lot of discussion about it in a firm I used to work at and most of the people then switched from plastic to filling glass bottles from the cooler. 

Angry dad destroys daughters car with a bobcat after catching her with a boy. 

http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/704344/car-destroyed-dad-video?ref=yfp

@DiamondDallas it's good that you posted the price but what actual work was carried out for that price, what parts were changed etc. so people can gauge actual value for money. Obviously it was more than just a simple system regas. 

When you first start the car, chances are that the dashboard and all the pipes inside are hot from sitting in the sun. No cooling will occur until the ac system has cooled the air pipes. That's why you don't get immediate cooling effect when you start the car. 

I saw this on another forum a couple of weeks ago. Surely it defeats the purpose of a Maybach  which is to have a big back seat and loads of legroom? One simply does not drive ones own Maybach. One has a chauffeur.