Nonsense Thread

[Northern]

Weekly dose of Volvo fuckery:

These are control arms for SPA generation XC90/XC60/V90, maybe more variants.
What do you notice about them?



That's right. Every single point gets a bracket.
(Also the outer Balljoint is upside down, but that's probably for muh safety, because the strut mounts to the "extra" mounting point on the arm.)
Seems excessive, and expensive, but it was definitely easy to change because you don't have to bust the taper on any balljoints.
Also 4 bolts and one stud are TTY and need to be replaced during an arm change. IMO that point is straight fuckery.

Not sure what you're supposed to take away from this, but I was forced to learn this against my will, and now you are too.

[Panici]

Did it sell?

Do you think it was because it was low on power or just that the M3 & a 328i are effectively the same thing?

Yep it sold, for slightly more then my reserve as well!
Buyer had it shipped back down to the USA.

The north american M3 just feels like a 328i with a tuning package IMO.
The M3 interior and body bits are nice, and suspension is certainly tight and sporty. But without the powerplant it doesn't have the soul.

[2mAn]

Yep it sold, for slightly more then my reserve as well!
Buyer had it shipped back down to the USA.

The north american M3 just feels like a 328i with a tuning package IMO.
The M3 interior and body bits are nice, and suspension is certainly tight and sporty. But without the powerplant it doesn't have the soul.

Reserve?... where was it auctioned?

They are all truly just M50. Bored and Stroke DOES qualify IT as a ///M special but still not an exotic like the prior (S14) and later (S54) were