BC Oppo Meet: Simonkhtse's Photos

"CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever" (carsoffortlangley) 05/15/2019 at 10:44 • Filed to: Best of COFL, PNW, PNW Cruise

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Simon sent these to me to share with everyone! It features his stunning 1 series which he had gone back to Vancouver for after driving his 635Csi the first day.

Longtime Lurker’s roadtrip setup. Go Roughriders lol

Future Heap Owner > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 05/15/2019 at 01:09

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I like how he went around the back and found both my and gmctavish’s Oppo stickers.

Also, I didn’t think about how many European cars were there until I saw those gas station photos and  thought “hey most of those cars have their gas filler on the same side as my car.”

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > Future Heap Owner 05/15/2019 at 01:14

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Yeah, west coast oppo seems to be all about the Japanese/Euro cars.  East coast/southern oppo is really into the American cars (it seems to me)

E90M3 > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 05/15/2019 at 07:51

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Who’s 1er is that? 

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > E90M3 05/15/2019 at 08:40

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Simon's. The photographer. It was his 635 too

E90M3 > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 05/15/2019 at 08:42

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He on oppo? 

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > E90M3 05/15/2019 at 08:45

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He sometimes comes around, but no, I don't believe so

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > E90M3 05/15/2019 at 09:07

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This whole trip made me really want a BMW. Especially since he got that 1 series for what I paid for my Forte

E90M3 > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 05/15/2019 at 09:29

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Understandable , it wouldn’t be as cheap as the Forte to run, but for the most part it’s been pretty reliable. I’ve spent more than I should have on maintenance , but that’s because I didn’t do the coils myself.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 05/15/2019 at 10:53

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Who was driving a subaru?

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 05/15/2019 at 10:55

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lol you joke but GMctavish’s Subbie was not handling the drive very well.  His transmission was cooking itself

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > E90M3 05/15/2019 at 10:57

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Yeah, at somepoint (who knows when) I think I will replace the Forte with something nicer/more fun.  

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 05/15/2019 at 11:12

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Among other reasons, our more gentle climate allows for the existence of older Japanese and Euro cars. So then you can develop a loyalty to the B R A N D and buy a modern one some day. Or, of course, you go back and find the classic you always wanted.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 05/15/2019 at 11:14

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Was it an automatic? Those are not really set up for spirited driving.

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 05/15/2019 at 11:19

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It was yeah.  The AMG was also an auto but did pretty well!

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 05/15/2019 at 11:22

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Also, I feel like the west coast is maybe a little less MURICA than other parts*

*ex cluding rural WA, OR and CA

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 05/15/2019 at 11:23

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See, you were picking up what I was laying down. But we may have several, uhhh, consumer-based patriotic folks on here so I kind of left it alone...

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 05/15/2019 at 11:26

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Nothing wrong with that. If you look at the 2 cars I’ve bought brand new, I’m making Mexico great again.

# MMGA

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 05/15/2019 at 11:35

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I had a 2.5L impreza with the auto, it was great for city driving or hwy cruising but when you started hustling it on back roads it quickly started saying no bro I don’t want to do this.

Mid Engine > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 05/15/2019 at 11:42

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Is Gold Bar considered rural?

Future Heap Owner > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 05/15/2019 at 11:58

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Then Oppo will have to find a new easy target

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > Mid Engine 05/15/2019 at 11:59

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hell yes

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > Future Heap Owner 05/15/2019 at 12:00

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How is the volvo doing?  

Mid Engine > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 05/15/2019 at 12:11

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A dude told me he had been to Gold Bar once, and there were a total of three cars. I called bullshit, everyone has pick ups :)

simonkhtse > E90M3 05/15/2019 at 13:08

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I am now!

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > simonkhtse 05/15/2019 at 13:09

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yay!

simonkhtse > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 05/15/2019 at 13:10

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Hahahaha to be fair I lucked out on the deal. Been a great car to me so far though (already did close to 25k km since last August), and it’s already taken me to a track day and a Utah trip.

That said, keeping up with you on the drive to Pemberton was certainly no easy task!

simonkhtse > E90M3 05/15/2019 at 13:12

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I got a BMW specialist that works on both my E24 and E82, and I help out every now and then at his shop as well, which keeps the cost down.

The N52 in the 1er has been reliable so far though - that’s the one reason why I opted to go with the 128 instead of the 135 (which would’ve costed me around $3k more to own) . I already have one project in the E24 , so don’t fancy adding another one.

simonkhtse > Future Heap Owner 05/15/2019 at 13:14

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I have two blipshift stickers on the back of my 1 series, so I instinctively look out for these things.

Your Volvo is very, very nice though. Couple years ago when I was still driving around in manual wagons, I almost went and bought myself a V70R... Still ponder  about that sometimes.

simonkhtse > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 05/15/2019 at 13:16

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This was why I was glad not to be driving the E24 on Day 2 - a) I wanted to do a much more spirited drive; and b) the 4-speed ZF automatic in that E24 would probably kill itself in the process.

simonkhtse > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 05/15/2019 at 13:19

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This could easily have been a early 2000s Volkswagen.

E90M3 > simonkhtse 05/15/2019 at 13:31

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That’s the same reason I got an E92 328i over an E92 335i, for the reason that the N52 should be more reliable. I’ve got a friend who is willing to help me work on it, since the main thing I was lacking was a space. Other than coils and gaskets, it’s been good to me. L ast CEL, it was just an O2 sensor, which was easy enough to do myself. Think I might do the cooling system soon.

gmctavish needs more space > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 05/15/2019 at 13:31

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Yeah, I was indeed  hustling on backroads, and the transmission was not a fan. I think it was cutting throttle or in some sort of limp mode at one point, even though I never got an AT Oil Temp warning

simonkhtse > E90M3 05/15/2019 at 13:42

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Nice! The good thing about my particular car is that it came “pre-modified” — on top of the Sports trim (which adds the sports suspension and the sports seats ), the previous owner also added M pedals, cross-drilled rotors, a set of Pilot Sports on wider tires, and the performance exhaust, which sounds bloody glorious. The funny thing is that he traded it in for an M2 at a BMW dealership, and the sales guy at BMW thought this car was completely stock. 

The only thing that was missing is the ZHP shifter, which I added a week after I got this car.

Next year I might add the 3-stage intake manifold from the 330i and give it a chip to bring a little more fun to the equation. 

E90M3 > simonkhtse 05/15/2019 at 14:35

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My dad has the titanium exhaust on his 135is, it sounds so good. I can only imagine it on the N52. I’ve wanted to do the stage 3 manifold to it as well, but I’ve been more focused on paying it off instead of modding it, plus if I do anything to a car, it should probably be my E90 M3 first.

Future Heap Owner > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 05/15/2019 at 17:35

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Fairly well. I said that I would take it to the shop right away.... predictably, that turned out to be a lie. I called one shop and they said the part would be $500 $600. Then I re-read the FCP Euro post that gmctavish found and realized this thing can just be removed from the steering column and tucked behind an interior panel, where would I only have to remove four torx screws and two panels to access it to un-jam it if it jams again. So I thought “why am I paying the shop over $600 to remove two shear-head bolts?” Now I’m trying to remove it myself. I have one bolt out, but the other is proving more difficult (they’ve both got blue loctite on the threads).

My next step is to take my soldering iron and warm the bolt up enough to melt the loctite, which should get the second bolt the rest of the way out (it’s currently a few turns out). I’ll be making a post about it in the next few days, once I either finish or give up.  But a nice side effect is that, after cutting slots in the heads of both those bolts with my dremel tool and unscrewing one of them, the mechanism hasn’t jammed since (I’ve started it six or so times).

Future Heap Owner > simonkhtse 05/15/2019 at 17:37

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Thank you! Kind of you to say even after it refused to start Sunday morning . I’ve grown quite fond of it myself. You should indulge your Volvo curiosity the next time it strikes you!

simonkhtse > Future Heap Owner 05/15/2019 at 18:21

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I am the owner of two BMWs and a Volkswagen manual turbo wagon before, so believe me when I say that I understand when our cars refuse to cooperate every now and then . It’s part of the charm.

Seriously though. I want that with all my heart. 

Future Heap Owner > simonkhtse 05/16/2019 at 03:06

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Ooh, yeah, there’s a blacked-out V70R that’s frequently parked a few blocks away. It looks great.

If you want to know all the sordid details on this particular V50's fussiness (well, at least in the last few years), check out the post I made after going through its service history: Everything Wrong with My $5,000 Volvo .