Paul Horrell yana gwada farko BMW 'uku'. Kuma yana soyayya da ita.
Wannan shi ne asali. Kuma eh, a wasu fannoni yana da sauƙi na ban sha'awa, kamar takarda mai tsabta. BMW E21 ɗinmu yana da ƙarancin sabo — tun daga shekarar 1975 ya yi tafiyar mil 3000 kawai.
Ƙananan injin mai silinda hudu yana samun mai ta hanyar sauƙaƙe gaɗa ɗaya carburetor. Don saukar da tagar, dole ne ku juya makullin. Sannan — fuskantar da hannu don daidaita madubai. Abin farin ciki, ramukan iska a cikin ciki suna da girma sosai, domin ba a sami yanayin iska ba.
Fonts a maɓalli da kirdado sun yi bambanci tare da juna. Akwai rashin tachometer, saboda haka ba zai yiwu a fahimci yawan juyawar injin ba. Akan murfin zamiya — kawai lambobi hudu ne kawai.
Amma zama a nan da kuma tuƙa mota — jin daɗi ne. Kujerar guda ɗaya da ƙarafunan ƙafafu sun dace daidai. Duba yana da ban mamaki — godiya ga manyan windows da kuma matsatsun tsayayyu. Motar tana da ƙarancin ƙanƙanta da kuma ƙanƙanta. Rike siririn zoben filastik na babbar motar mahalli — kuma zuwa tafiya.
Daidai da auna yanzu, ba mota ce mai wasan kwaikwayo ba. Amma yana da kyau sosai. Kawai yana ci gaba da tafiya, tare da ajiye mai laushi mai laushi, yayin da tayoyin ke yin birgima cikin sauƙi akan rashin jituwa. Yanke shi cikin juyawa — kuma zai nemo hanya da kansa. Jagoran hanya shine cikakke kuma mai sauƙi. Kuma daidai. A hanya, kuna kawai zaune lafiya, ba tare da buƙatar yin gyare-gyare a kowane lokaci ba. Wannan mota tana da natsuwa, amma ba ta fita daga matsayin ta ba. Tana da alama mai musamman.
Karamin injin saman mazugi yana da ƙarfin gaske kuma yana jan aiki. Wannan ba shi ne dangin marasa laushi, murgunye 'fours' ba, waɗanda suka mamaye lokacin. Yana juyawa cikin sauƙi, ko da yake ba tare da ma'aunin tachometer ba, ba zan iya daddance nawa jujjuya yake ba.
Amma ban ji tsoro na juyawa zuwa a cikin, saboda na sani: wannan dabi'ar ta riƙe 1500 hp a cikin gwaje-gwajen samfunan turbocharged Brabham don F1 yanga.
Wannan injin yana daɓɓaka yana da niyya mai nauyi na fata. Kamar yadda ra'ayin tsarin injin BMW ke …