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Not petrol prices, but our heating oil has gone from around 58-60p  a litre for the last year or so, to around 120-150p a litre  now.

It's just crazy.

Who should I blame?

B58 lump as fitted to M240i/M340i is probably one of the best engines made.

3 litre straight 6 with loads of top end power and 'stump pulling' torque at the bottom end.


My actual car made 445 bhp and 475 lb ft of twist when strapped to the dyno at Viezu. BMW quote a very conservative 369BHP and 369 lb ft of torque.

Yes, I reckon this engine in the 5 series estate, wither this one or the last one, probably makes for one of the best all round family cars money could but. I loved my m140i hugely - when it was working, and the 335d was no slouch either 

To be fair my car is not quite stock.

A used £20 JB+ from Ebay gives something like an extra 4PSI of boost.....and she has always been run on 99 octane petrol.

I never made any attempt to 'run the car in' like days of old.....full boot from day one. I've been told that cars treated like this tend to produce more power. Perhaps it's true.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/06e0a08f3df7f2a6

 

B58 lump as fitted to M240i/M340i is probably one of the best engines made.

3 litre straight 6 with loads of top end power and 'stump pulling' torque at the bottom end.


My actual car made 445 bhp and 475 lb ft of twist when strapped to the dyno at Viezu. BMW quote a very conservative 369BHP and 369 lb ft of torque.

Yes, I reckon this engine in the 5 series estate, wither this one or the last one, probably makes for one of the best all round family cars money could but. I loved my m140i hugely - when it was working, and the 335d was no slouch either 

In other news....

Brent Crude just broke through $88.00 and David Lammy thinks that Cyprus is a member of NATO! 

I'm not that concerned about the price of fuel rising, we've seen it all before. I am concerned about running short, that brings out the worst of driver's behaviour.

A little Mexican man fills up and washes your car at the same time? 

I actually couldn't work out that it meant it was cheaper with a car wash. What a fickin idiot I am 

In other news....

Brent Crude just broke through $88.00 and David Lammy thinks that Cyprus is a member of NATO! 

A little Mexican man fills up and washes your car at the same time? 

As it's cheaper without, I guess he pays you to let him do it 

I imagine he's glad of the work. 

A little Mexican man fills up and washes your car at the same time? 

As it's cheaper without, I guess he pays you to let him do it 

A little Mexican man fills up and washes your car at the same time?