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[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

 

To this day, the most exciting car Ive ever driven was my Chevette HS. Approx. 180bhp and iirc it weighed exactly a ton.
It was a seriously quick car, in its day and on more than one occasion left a 911 struggling in vain to keep up.
It was being driven by a young, stupid eejit though. 
Those were the days. 

[Rangie]

Bought the RRS in September 2019 have kept every bill/receipt since I've owned it total spent to date is £5576.25 that includes absolutely everything tyres , battery , wipers + various fluids etc .
I have two folders full of bills/receipts that came with it when I purchased it I'll add that lot up when I get a few minutes to spare.
The advice on the RRS forum is to allow £1200-£1500 per year to cover service/repairs if you use a reputable independent so I'm happy with my costs.

[tunnie]

Bought the 435i in November 2022, so far spent £510. Big bulk of that is £399 on a gearbox service. £111 on an Opie oils service pack in the summer of '23. (oil, filters, pollen, air)

Will be a little more this year, trying to shred through the run flats currently fitted.

MrsT's Zafira has been very reliable, less £100 year engine service bits. Had 2 new tyres last year, first time in our ownership. That said these EV salary schemes do look temping considering all she does is school runs.

Quite like the new Volvo EX30 and quite reasonable on the scheme as well.

But I did the sensible thing and throw a shed load more of salary on the pension.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Why does C-L-I-O become clit?

Remember Nicole? Well, she had both

Quite a lickable clit if I remember the adverts correctly.

[Rangie]

Had the Subaru Forester 7 years on the 1st of April, again the car came with all service bills receipts from the one & only owner (deceased neighbour) again I have every receipt / bill since I've owned it total costs to date £1426.79 that includes two timing belts & water pumps tyres etc etc. Pretty good value & it never misses a beat ..👍

[Doctor Gollum]

Why does C-L-I-O become clit?

Remember Nicole? Well, she had both

Quite a lickable clit if I remember the adverts correctly.

Indeed 

Likeable too

[TheBoy]

picks its heels up when asked.

All things are relative.  I consider 150bhp to be a sluggish dog .  Maybe when I'm (even) older.... 

And to think it wasn't all that long ago that 150bhp was considered to be pretty decent.

By the late 80s, most 2l petrols were getting thereabouts.  Thats 35yrs ago now

By most, you mean the Cavalier, Early 90's perhaps with the shift away from K Jetronic injection and carbs.

The newest stuff being much more efficient at burning the fuel to the point that they'll either do a gazillion mpg or produce a bucket load of power... Although this almost always requires forced induction to compensate for the lack of displacement so the flip side is extremely short engine life.

A decent tune on a modest NA engine will get the job done for most people. Obviously if you want to get around more excitingly, then you just add boost on a modern lump. Ultimately though you're limited by traction and chassis deficiency so a manual box and 150bhp will be as much as most people can make good use of.

All that said, if you want something more, then get it whilst you can. Do love the burble of a V8

The redtops were a good example.  But plenty of others.  Pretty much any new design from the late 80s was in that ball park.I seemed to remember bro's MkII GTI being 140bhp from a 1,8.  Even a 1.8 K series was north of 140bhp in standard trim, though the 1.8s came a bit later.  Honda too were producing stuff getting close to 100bhp per litre from a NA motor in the first part of the 90s.

Same bro had an RS Turbo in the mid 80s, that couldn't have been far off 140bhp from a 1.6 judging by the speed he had to go to court over , but thats forced induction so doesn't count

[Doctor Gollum]

The RS2000 had 150bhp (retuned from the 8v lump in the MK3 Granada/Sierra), but the 2.0 Zetec lump was 135/140 iirc.

The Zetec S 170 in the Focus didn't appear until the MY2000 facelift.

The V6 Mundeo was 170bhp all day long.

Mercedes had 185bhp fuel injected twin cam straight six from the early 70's but mainstream stuff took a while to catch up.

The Honda 1.8 revved to about 8k so not sure if that counts 

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Bike engines were producing 100 BHP a litre NA back in the time of Moses.

Quite simple really.....lots of revs and a carb for each cylinder.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

The RS2000 had 150bhp (retuned from the 8v lump in the MK3 Granada/Sierra), but the 2.0 Zetec lump was 135/140 iirc.

The Zetec S 170 in the Focus didn't appear until the MY2000 facelift.

The V6 Mundeo was 170bhp all day long.

Mercedes had 185bhp fuel injected twin cam straight six from the early 70's but mainstream stuff took a while to catch up.

The Honda 1.8 revved to about 8k so not sure if that counts 

Long time ago now, but, my 1991 Sierra 2.OGLX came with a DOHC lump that made it pretty quick.

Can't remember how much power it made now, but I think around 125BHP.

[Doctor Gollum]

The RS2000 had 150bhp (retuned from the 8v lump in the MK3 Granada/Sierra), but the 2.0 Zetec lump was 135/140 iirc.

The Zetec S 170 in the Focus didn't appear until the MY2000 facelift.

The V6 Mundeo was 170bhp all day long.

Mercedes had 185bhp fuel injected twin cam straight six from the early 70's but mainstream stuff took a while to catch up.

The Honda 1.8 revved to about 8k so not sure if that counts 

Long time ago now, but, my 1991 Sierra 2.OGLX came with a DOHC lump that made it pretty quick.

Can't remember how much power it made now, but I think around 125BHP.

That rings a bell, same as the Granada. Mechanically the RS2000 lump was the same... When the head went on my L reg Scorpio I did consider the RS2000 head thinking it would be different... 

[TheBoy]

The RS2000 had 150bhp (retuned from the 8v lump in the MK3 Granada/Sierra), but the 2.0 Zetec lump was 135/140 iirc.

The Zetec S 170 in the Focus didn't appear until the MY2000 facelift.

The V6 Mundeo was 170bhp all day long.

Mercedes had 185bhp fuel injected twin cam straight six from the early 70's but mainstream stuff took a while to catch up.

The Honda 1.8 revved to about 8k so not sure if that counts 

The Zetecs were underpowered from the moment they were launched, so ignore them.  I remember that PoS 1.6 Zetec Focus she had for several years.  What a crock of shite - not even remotely close to the 1.6 K series Rover I had at the same time.  I think it claimed around 110bhp, but was flat as a witches tit...   ....but could keep up with the equally shite 1.8 Focus her bro had at the same time .  Apart from when it randomly would cut out, which dozens of firmware updates never full resolved.

The V6 mundano was either a 2.9 or 3.0 IIRC, so a bit disappointing.

So Fords from that era are not a great example.

[TheBoy]

Bike engines were producing 100 BHP a litre NA back in the time of Moses.

Quite simple really.....lots of revs and a carb for each cylinder.

Yeah, but no torque, sadly.  As nothing is better than 15,000+ rpm rattling your gonads

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Bike engines were producing 100 BHP a litre NA back in the time of Moses.

Quite simple really.....lots of revs and a carb for each cylinder.

Yeah, but no torque, sadly.  As nothing is better than 15,000+ rpm rattling your gonads

In 2024 superbikes can manage more than 200 BHP per litre without forced induction. No grunty low down torque but low weight and gearing tends to cover this up.

My Yamaha FJ1200 only made 125 BHP but was also a proper 'stump puller' when it came to torque.

[Doctor Gollum]

MK1/2 Mundeo had the 2.5. the 3.0 didn't appear until the Mk3 and was a similar performer to the C25xe

Can't speak to the other options as 9 of my first 12 cars were Fords (7 Granada MK2/3 and 2 Sierras) the other three were a 1.6 Pug 405, a 2.0 Renault 25 and a 1.3 Polo