Nice! You look very happy there.
Yes I was
It was just the day after I painted my roof and got my M kit
They forgot to place headlight washers hosepipes and I noticed when I look at this photo
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Ever seen me at work?
(Click on the first picture...)
Think he is
Yes, it is! But no I'll go to my outside hot wine bar! Cheers!
BMW
1988 E30 M3: (STOLEN) Zinnabarot/Tan
1991 850Ci (SOLD): Euro spec, Black/Black, Wokke Chips, Remus Exhaust, ACS Body Kit, 3.91 LSD
1999 M Coupe (SOLD): (Euro S50B32), Estoril/Estoril/black, RE SSK, RK6A, RAID Steering wheel, R.Forbes sub-frame kit, ACS splitters/roof wing, Hi-perf. chip, Vibrant exhaust rear diffuser, ACS Type II Race wheels
2002 M Coupe: (US Spec, S54) JET Black/Black, UUC SSK, RK6A, RAID Steering wheel, SS Powerflo headers/Custom Exhaust, 3.73 LSD, R.Forbes sub-frame kit, ACS splitters/roof wing, rear diffuser, SSR GT3 18" wheels
2006 Mini Cooper S: Hyper Blue/white Top/blue-charcoal interior, Alta Supercharger pulley/cold air intake/light Crank pulley, Headers, OBX exhaust (Daily Driver)
Year 1996; Turkey Autoshow Fair, BMW AG stand. Estorilblau metallic grain produced only 1 in 1510 850CSi.
Year 2011; A lot of time, effort and money expended in this beauty has been renewed.
There are many special 8-series automobile market in Turkey.
www.8coupe.com / Turkey Inventory
A few photos...
Current Garage:
91 e34 M5 - spoiled & demanding 27 y/o -glanzshwarz
91 850i/6 -another spoiled & demanding 27 y/o- schwarz-gone but never forgotten
06 325i - undeserving, spoiled & demanding 27 y/o daughter's DD-hellrot
03 MINI Cooper S JCW -spoiled & demanding, yet deserving wife's DD - Chili/Panther
05 X3 3.0i -family workhorse - diamond schwarz
12 X5 3.5d - torque monster - space gray metallic
86 GMC Cabellero - Old Faithful 32 y/o DD BMW Support Vehicle
08 Cub Cadet 19HP 46" hydrostatic- yard vehicle
88 Schwinn Sierra - 1WD Off Road Vehicle
e31 & OHC BMW CCA #385540
A pic of the 8 after work yesterday. The Eibach/Bilsteins dropped the front just a bit compared to the worn out EDCs.
Me on the old 23' Daycruiser jetboat.
Last edited by 02540ico; 12-31-2011 at 08:52 PM.
I'm not saying you're stupid, I'm saying you have bad luck at thinking.
'05 Saab 9-3 Aero; '80 Bradley GTE, 96V electric; '64 Falcon 'vert;
'78 Glastron/Carlson CV23 '96 K2500 Suburban; '88 Suzuki Intruder 1400
Wasn't this thread supposed to be about the owners of the cars?
When in doubt, drive flat out!
Who makes the Daycruiser? What power plant?
I've got a 2004 23' Yamaha SX230 with twin MR-1 engines putting out 140hp each. The MR-1s are motorcycle race engines modified for marine use. Not sure if true with yours, but mine has a dry sump oil system so no worries of oil starvation in aggressive maneuvering. Plus no transmission with the jet boat, so you can go from full forward to full reverse...as long as you do not throw yourself and your passengers overboard.
Yamaha went from the 140hp engines to 160hp engines in the 2006 model and then in 2010 they added 1' to the length + some neat changes + twin 180hp engines = the SX240 with a ~$10K increase in the base price.
I have a 2006 sx230 and boy those that thing move, going on my fifth year and loving every minute of it
I got the Calypsorot '92 850 6spd in June '09 keeping it for ~2 years, but then got the Lagunengruen '92 ACS 850 automatic spring '11 due to major engine problems with the 6spd. Henry Lawrence with Power Plant Racing plans to breath new life into the 6spd as his own car after years of tuning engines for other 8s.
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We could turn this into the SX230 forum, but everyone else would hate us.
I will just say I think the SX230 is very innovative just like the 8s, but not built in the limited numbers. An engineer friend of mine feels it is one of the best thought out boats he's ever seen. I like the way the SX240 has a step at the bow and they changed the step from the swim platform at the stern so it is not a seat cushion on a hinge rather just sculpted lower in the body there to step thru. The swim platform is great where I love being able to sit on the back while enjoying the water and with the additional radio remote built into the stern you never even have to get out of the water to change the station or CD track or volume.
I had an older 27' Sea Ray which was impractical for the lake where I keep my boat as it gets shallow (down to 3'-4' at the upper end), so when the Sea Ray sank (not my fault...catastrophic leak caused either by muskrats or deteriorated rubber seals) I bought the SX230 with its 18" draft plus it planes faster than any other boat I've ever owned. Just a very fun boat with ZERO mechanical issues to date.
An added bonus which I never thought about...no props to cut yourself on. A friend mentioned that to me while out my SX230 and I said no one ever cuts themselves on a prop; then ~2 weeks later a friend almost cut a toe off hitting their prop while swimming with the boat anchored/engines off and the outboard trimmed fully down in the water. 15 stitches, but they did not lose the toe.
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It was a '78 Anthony. I built a mild (~340hp) 454, running straight thru-hulls. The previous owner hadn't winterized properly and the block was cracked. I sourced a 454 from a GMC 1-ton, as a bonus it had 4-bolt mains.
I loved 'hitting the brakes'!! If I had the place diverter down and threw it in reverse, I could throw a wicked rooster about 25' in the air, straight up and into the boat.
She'd throw a really nice rooster with the diverter up. I really, really miss the lack of maintenance! (and the rumble!!) 10min a couple times a year. Now with twin stern drives its a whole lot of time and $$$ to maintain them.
Last edited by 02540ico; 01-10-2012 at 09:09 AM.
I'm not saying you're stupid, I'm saying you have bad luck at thinking.
'05 Saab 9-3 Aero; '80 Bradley GTE, 96V electric; '64 Falcon 'vert;
'78 Glastron/Carlson CV23 '96 K2500 Suburban; '88 Suzuki Intruder 1400
Nice...I do not trailer my boat much as my parents' live on a lake in the Uwharrie National Forest (55,000 acres) where Lake Tillery is ~12 miles long x ~ 2 miles wide at its widest, so not a huge lake...I love it thou because lots of undeveloped shoreline with trees, trees and more trees. There are some modest homes and then as always some multimillion dollar mansions, but not so much as some of the other area lakes as Tillery is off the beaten path.
My wife just asked me about trading in our 2002 Jeep GC Overland with a 5.7L HO V-8 & 4x4. She likes the new Jeep GC Overland Summit, but wants the 3.6L V-6 & 4x2. With the 5.7L V-8 you can sometimes forget you are towing a boat with ~3,000lbs dry weight. so even not trailering the SX230 much I plan to stick with the V-8 & 4x4. Actually I do not think the trade-in is going to happen at all as the Jeep only has ~110K miles on it, so just breaking it in. The wife got excited when I mentioned a ~$1,500 repair (she'd freak if she knew what I've spent on the 850), but $1,500 is only 2-3 months of the payments you'll pay for years getting a new vehicle.
I'm not saying you're stupid, I'm saying you have bad luck at thinking.
'05 Saab 9-3 Aero; '80 Bradley GTE, 96V electric; '64 Falcon 'vert;
'78 Glastron/Carlson CV23 '96 K2500 Suburban; '88 Suzuki Intruder 1400
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