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Hi Apolyon, I am based in Surrey......Kingston Upon Thames to be more specific so not a million miles away.....

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Hi all, After getting rid of the Zed about 12 months ago I am now also changing jobs. I have managed to store my old alloys in one of the garages without anyone paying particular attention but now do need to get shot of them. They are not in perfect condition but are they by no means a mess. Maybe t...

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Test drive [albeit in Italian] here...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwAagn7a ... re=related

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Very randomly I had exactly the same thing this morning and have been googling to see if there are any answers.....so far have found this

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Totally agree with everything said above....the amount of time I've wanted to leave negative feedback to a Seller but haven't as I know they'll just do the same for me even though I paid by Paypal within minutes of the auction finishing!

Very frustrating.

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Having read through the thread I agree with most but no one seems to have touched on my own personal pet hate..... People who cannot join a A road / Motorway properly! They come down the slip road and flat refuse to look at the lane they are joining until the very last minute.....generally results i...

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Oh yeah, on the plus side we found out that it was the blokes doing the guttering that caused all the damage to the Zed.....luckily they hadn't been paid for the work and so the difference will be taken off what we owe them so I'm not left out of pocket.....

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New car in all it's 'glory'..... http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l275/tq_dan/DSC00153.jpg http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l275/tq_dan/DSC00154.jpg The biggest downside of having this is that it had enough seats to fit other people in so I can't get away with not giving lifts anymore and being a ...

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For sale here

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New car is already sorted....it's a Seat Leon Cupra with a few mods: RDR 210bhp remap (rolling roaded at 208.4bhp) Blue silicon boost hose kit K&N panel air filter It's a little less obvious than the Zed so hopefully will attract less attention from the locals etc.....if it does get damaged then...

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Well it's finally done, the Zed has gone and to be honest it's a total relief. I've had such poor luck with it over the last 2 months that it just wasn't enjoyable to own anymore. Just to show how bad my luck with the Zed has been I left it at my folks house which is gated and so totally safe from v...

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Hi all, I have a number of things that will be up for sale as from this coming Saturday [13th October]. The reason they're not up for sale now is that my car isn't officially gone yet and I don't want to tempt fate. Z3 16" 5 Spoke Alloys. All 4 tyres are in good nick with 2 of them being close ...

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Know how you feel.....have just had to get rid of mine for the same reason....I would have dearly loved to know who'd done mine and then sorted it myself....

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Well, car has gone [or at least will have done by next Saturday].....got the new motor sorted.... Seat Leon Cupra..... http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l275/tq_dan/Leon1.jpg http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l275/tq_dan/Leon2.jpg Not nearly as exciting but should attract less attention and won't de...

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Bump....so far it looks like selling at this time of year is going to be extremely difficult....

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Generally speaking most of my driving is short trips around town and I usually fill up on about 200 miles....I could probably do 220 before running out completely!

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stu wrote:Lovely, but wrong time of year? Price looks right-ish.

Stu, it's a terrible time of year to be doing this but unfortunately I've been left with very little choice after recent events. I guess I'll just have to wait and see what happens....

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domross wrote:Price and age of car might be handy??.....Good luck with the sale

Yeah sorry....it's on for £6,900 and is an S reg....1998

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Picked up the Zee from BMW today after having it's new door fitted.....it's back at my folks under lock and key waiting for a new owner :cry: Manual 2.8L 2793cc 6-cylinder engine BMW Z3 with 72,000 miles. Full service history with 4 months MOT and 9 months tax. ABS, Traction control. Remote Central ...

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Hi Pingu, where did you find the reason for sale? Can't see it on pistonheads?

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I am just looking at other cars to replace the Z....in general they have to be fun ish without drawing too much attention...they also have to be cheaper to run as the new flat is proving slightly more expensive than I thought! I have looked at a Seat Leon Cupra which is a 52 place, 45,000 miles with...

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Well, car has today gone into BMW [again] and I have [another] courtesy car....this time it's a Mini Cooper S Convertible so less grown up than the 3 series diesel they gave me last time....the used car manager also agreed to have a look at the car to give me an idea of how much I should be listing ...

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It's a 98 S with 72k.....thinking of trying 6.5k and see what happens...

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Jamila - I remember when you contacted me through Facebook....seems like things have gone slightly pearshaped for both since then! I agree that there comes a point when you just have to cut your loses. I just don't want to watch my car disintergrate in front of me and would rather it go to a new [s...

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Whiteminks - oddly enough the name 'road2ruin' I've had for years through gambling [played poker tournaments across the world] and I've actually always considered myself a lucky person. The issue I'm having at the moment is that the car is 100% reliable and is an amazing machine...the trouble is tha...

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Hi Dav, I don't blame the Z at all....to be honest in the 2.5yrs I've owned it 90% of the money spent has been through choice and not due to any sort of mechancial failure. The issue I am having at the moment is that I am such a horrendous car related run and after spending that much on the car I do...

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That's it, I give up. I'm am not sure what I've done but it's pretty obvious that someone somewhere doesn't want the Z to survive. I picked up the Z from BMW last Thursday after some kind sole knocked off the the wing mirror, damaging the door in the process. I come down today and find that some ***...

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Can't be of any help as to what the problem is but if you want to turn your roof 'manual' have a look at this thread: http://www.zroadster.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=14152&highlight=roof Has picks of the motor. You simply turn the t-shaped key to disengage the motor so you can manually lower and ...

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No probs, I did mean to start off my post with....this happened to me about 3 months ago and it's nice and easy to sort out....i am one of the least technical ppl around so if I can sort it then you should be fine! The tricky bit is just trying to manouvere the cluster in such as way so you can reac...

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Disconnect the battery. Undo the two torx screws under the cluster. Pulling the cluster out is a bit daunting and fiddly, what I did was to use a screwdriver to pull the tabs where the screws were, towards me, and eventually it came out, starting with the left side. There are three cables connected ...

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best to be totally honest in case the **** hits the fan,i have told my current insurance company about my new wheels,even though the policy has only 3 weeks to run I must admit [rightly or wrongly] that I never informed insurance companies about wheels mainly because I assumed that if I ever had to...

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Sounds very similar to what happened to mine a few weeks ago.....turned out to be the 3rd micro switch which needed replacing....had to go back to BMW to get sorted....

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Cheers Colonel & 321bhp.....I've only really ever used the M25 between J7 and J21 so never really had to deal with the right hand side of it before!

Sounds like it's a case of having a look at the travel news just before setting off and trying to work out 'the lesser of two evils'

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Quick question for those who drive the M25.....if you were coming on at J10 [A3] and you were heading toward J27 [M11] which is the best way to go round? I will be travelling on a Friday at about 2.00pm if this makes any difference? AA Routemap says clockwise but just wondered whether the other way ...

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Insurance company have coughed up so the car has gone into BMW today.....so for the next week or so I will be mostly driving a 320D SE Automatic.....feels quite wierd having to drive a 'grown up car'.....

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I have just finished having my car roof repaired. In the end it turned out to be the 3rd microswitch which is hidden away behind the passenger seat somewhere.....the switch itself only costs £42...however the labour was about £400

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Did want to start a seperate topic on this so hopefully someone here is able to answer me.... I have just had a call from an Independent Inspector to say they want to come and look at my vehicle to assess the damage. Their attitude seems to be that if the damage is to a wing mirror then you are prob...

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benelvin wrote:Oh dear - did they bend the door panel when they snapped it off then?

Unfortunately yes.....at the top of the mirror joint [where it meets the door] it is bent inwards.....

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Well.....after nipping into BMW on the way to work all thoughts of this just being a quick change of wing mirror have been blown out of the water....I need a new door apparently.....the labour is £900.....they're working out the parts and will send that to me later today....excellent...

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The damage......hopefully something there is still usable!

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Thanks for the info Rob.....I will have a look into it tomorrow and speak to the dealership to see what they think....

Depending on what they say I'll then have to think about it!!

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That's really tough luck you're having lately! :( What bits do you need? Do you still have the (now detatched) mirror? A complete new mirror with all its electrics is £££expensive from BMW - a breaker may well provide a cheaper way of replacing it. IIRC when I had to replace the front facing portio...

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Thanks Henry, will keep an eye on this....much appreciated...

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So....I come down to the car this morning to find that some little **** has ripped off the passenger side wing mirror. I don't know what I have done but I seem to be suffering from the worst luck [car related] at the moment. :head: Luckily there is no damage to the door or anything else but I am so ...

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Personally I love my 360....can't beat a few pints of Stella Bock then a few hours on Lost Plant shouting at random others taking the game far too seriously....

Anyway, really should consider bed....

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The only parts involved are a new micro switch and new wiring.....I think they come to about £42.00......

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Right...first off Rob, an apology. You were totally correct in what you said about the T shaped thing. By turning it the motor is disengaged so I was able to spend last week manually lifting the roof up and down. It was the dealership that gave duff advice in that they said that it was an emergency ...

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Right, things that I've learnt in the last 24 hours; 1) That T Shaped thing doesn't seem to disable the automatic roof.....all it does is allow you to manually raise and lower the roof by turning it. 2) No one seems keen to touch problems with an electric roof. I have phoned 3 independents local to ...

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Hi Rob, I had actually just been out to the car and had a look behind the trim to see if I could spot the valve that you mentioned earlier.....the T shaped key was the only thing there so assumed that would be the case....thanks for the pic though as it's nice to have it confirmed....I will have a f...

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Rob [or anyone else].....can you tell me how to make the roof 'manual' until I get this fixed? If it's not a huge effort to do then that'll buy me some time once I get a quote for getting the work done....at the moment I'm thinking worst case....

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