Anyone want an oil burner?

[VectraMan]

I can vouch for the Ford Ka not needing oil for at least several thousand miles. Somebody i used to work with drove with the oil warning light on, so I checked the oil level for her, the dipstick didn't register any oil in the sump.

In a way that proves what a poorly built engine it must have been. Apparently the S2000's oil light only comes on after the engine has blown up.

The good thing about the S2000 is that people who are too stupid to check the oil probably write it off on a roundabout before the oil runs out.

[OwlHoot]

My jag apparently has an "idiot's oil gauge" (or did the guy call it a "poor man's oil gauge" ?) in which the needle has only two positions, half way or zero.

I'd rather have a proper oil gauge that actually shows the oil level, and I believe one can buy and fit one separately.

[unixman]

Mind blowing emissions from rotary engines means, unless some yet unknown technical breakthrough is made, the RX8 will be the last mass produced el ever made.

From that perspective I think everyone should own one for a while to piss of the global warming brigade.

I think they will probably come back in some form, with whatever refinements. They are suitable for use only in sports cars really. The engine is a tiny tube shoved between the legs of the driver and passenger, and that gives great handling.

[unixman]

Those were the days when the Rover SD1 3500 could give BMW and Audi a good thrashing V8, rear wheel drive. Not by halves indeed.

[anonymouse]

Barn find from earlier in the year, sold for about £5k

Those were the days when the Rover SD1 3500 could give BMW and Audi a good thrashing V8, rear wheel drive. Not by halves indeed.

News : Rare SD1 Twin-Turbo unearthed - AROnline : AROnline

[DimPrawn]

Those were the days when the Rover SD1 3500 could give BMW and Audi a good thrashing V8, rear wheel drive. Not by halves indeed.

3.5 litre V8 and in Vitesse form those magical British engineers managed 150 bhp from it.

Where are they now eh?

[unixman]

3.5 litre V8 and in Vitesse form those magical British engineers managed 150 bhp from it.

Where are they now eh?

That doesn't sound right. Peugeot, Volvo and Citroen were getting 144 BHP from their joint 2.7 litre V6 from 1975 onwards. According to Wikpedia, the Vitesse V8 delivered 190 BHP, which would seem to make more sense.

[DimPrawn]

That doesn't sound right. Peugeot, Volvo and Citroen were getting 144 BHP from their joint 2.7 litre V6 from 1975 onwards. According to Wikpedia, the Vitesse V8 delivered 190 BHP, which would seem to make more sense.

150 two days after leaving the factory when the SU carbs went out of calibration.

[unixman]

150 two days after leaving the factory when the SU carbs went out of calibration.

Which carbs are those? Rover SD1 Vitesse was fuel injected...

[unixman]

The SD1 wasn't designed by The Rover Car Company Ltd. but by JRT under Leyland management.

Quality had taken a nosedive by then.

Indeed. Or c*ck, as James May would say. Red Robbo and the dead hand of BL were doing their grim work. SD1 was still a good car though, even as BL quality was starting to wobble. Wikipedia says Rover designed the SD1.