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benelvin

Hi there me and my finace have just purchased our selves 2003 X5 3.0D sport. Will get some pics up soon. Full Description: 5 Doors, Diesel, 60,000 miles, Saphire Black, ,MANUFACTURERS SERVICE HISTORY,Black LEATHER UPHOLSTERY, UPGRADED ALLOYS, HEADLAMP WASHER PACKAGE, DYNAMIC STABILITY CONTROL, PRIV...

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Shame about the Z Benelvin but the 5s are nice cars. I have an E39 that my MoT man always calls "armchair motoring" However, are you now so far up from the road that you now need parking guidance? http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m105/Telbar/Z3/IMG_0561mod.jpg Cheers Titan :twisted: ROF...

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BenZ3-2.0 wrote:£3K Crazy! to put in perspective i just sold a 2000 Ford KA for £1750???

5'er looks cool.

Yup - it's nuts, but then if you look at the lower priced z4's coming down from above it's not suprising really.

Good thing is that in a year or so when I want to buy another one, or two, for nothing!

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whiteminks wrote:Sorry to see the zed go Benelvin but the new addition looks very nice.

Who are we going to take the pee out of now when discussing zeds, trailers, boats and caravans in the same breath?

I know!! What are you going to do with yourselves eh?? It made a great tow car... aaaahhhh

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Zed gone, £3k.

Silly amount of car for the money, how low can they go??

Anyway, I'm cruising in this now:

Hubba Hubba!

benelvin

Sold - £3k dead. Very sad to see it drive away :bawl: Could've probably got a couple of hundred quid more if I'd been patient, but I was planning to part-ex it for my new car when someone crashed into me so went ahead with the new car anyway and have been carrying the balance rather painfully, so it...

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Hmm didn't even hit my £3000 reserve... what the hell??

benelvin

There is no M-Sport. There's a sport.

I laugh hard whenever I see things like this, then it quickly changes to pity.

benelvin

Cheers! I'm hoping I get a decent price - some of them have been fetching big money (relatively) but some haven't too...

Time will tell!

benelvin

Sorry to see you selling the Z, Ben. What's next on the horizon as a replacement? Yeah I'm going to be really sad to see it go - took it for a short drive yesterday and still loved it despite having been driving an e60 545i (that's the new car) around for the last 2 weeks! I wish I could afford to ...

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BonBon wrote:Surprised you don't have a mate who had his eye on it.
(Tires must be from Dec. 08)

Funnily enough I do

He just can't afford it right now!

benelvin

I've finally bowed to the sensible pressure and got a car with four seats. (Which is really what I need) Managed to keep a small taste of impractical and fun motoring by getting a 545i, but I'm sure going to miss my little blue zed when it's gone. Keep trying to work out how I can afford to keep it,...

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oopsie! I thought they were 17s!

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http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 0298499160

Going to be sad when it goes

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didn't you get a special "wallet key" with your set? It's a flat plastic one with no remote, I take it with me when I'm sailing so I can lock all my gear in the car and not have to take out the main key (which would clearly die quite quickly).

benelvin

A true V engine Is it? I thought it was an "inline V" engine, like the VR6, W8 and W12 engines, where they are either a very narrow V engine, or a staggered inline, depending on how you define them? Although the W variants open up another definition can of worms - are they a staggered V o...

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And that is something I liked about the golf actually - the gearbox was very very positive. It did also make a very interesting engine note when revved hard - quite rough like a 4 pot but also tuneful at the same time like a v8!

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I sent the zed off for an inspection 1 yesterday (customwerks, near heathrow - would highly recommend them), chap who came to collect the car left me with a VW Golf V5 (2.3l) of the 97-2004 generation. A nice metallic black, glistening in the rain. Interesting, I thought. A true V engine, a very wel...

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Unfortunately prices have been plummeting - for all cars. You need to put it on at under £5,000 if you want to sell it. For comparison you can get an e46 330CI with below average mileage for £6,000, and a 328CI for £4.5... An E60 530i can be had for less than 10k. Hope that puts things into perspect...

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Aaah you've got such a fun job coming!!! You need to remove the stereo, then undo a big screw at the top of the heater controls and the bottom or the stereo hole, then the thing just swings out (well, back in actually) and you maneouver it up to the stereo hole so you can get at the bulbs! It's pain...

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Right - had my 452's fitted this morning. First impressions: 1. Ride quality - hitting a manhole cover/speedbump/rough patch used to be like being dropped from 50 feet. The falkens are like being tapped with a rubber mallet. 2. Tyre noise - less of it. Those P6000s were truly w**k - I send my thanks...

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I don't think the M roadster has a spare at all, it just has an air compressor supplied, because the double exhausts take up all the room of the spare. There are lots of cars supplied without spare wheels now. I guess for cost saving and improved co2 output. Long gone are the days of a full size sp...

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My nail incident got me thinking... Given that I was a) unable to get the flat off the hub and b) that if I was not at home, there is sweet FA that you can do with the wheel anyway would it be a stupid idea to ditch the spare, jack and wrench to save a huge amount of weight, increase performance and...

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F99ANT wrote:The wiring was there when i converted it just required one relay and a pair of switches to get it all working.....

What was involved in getting the elements in?

Care to do a short write up ?

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Can I turn me seats into heated seats by just adding the elements and switches? I seem to have an extra wire in the loom under the seat, suggesting that the wiring is already there...

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SpunkyM wrote:As I've said many times in the past...

THERE IS NO BETTER VALUE/PERFORMANCE RATIO TYRE THAN THE FK-452.

End of.

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:puzzle: Where do all these screws come from ? they should be in a toolbox or in a wall ! No idea :? There is some building work going on next door, which makes me suspicious, but then I could've picked them up anywhere... Much as I hate the p6000's I'd rather have run them through their full lifec...

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£150 for pirellis? :shock: That's almost in Michelin PS2 territory. Not had experience with the fk-452's but there are several members on the forum who have given positive reviews on them. Do a search and see what comes up. Yeah looks like Mupps likes em! I'll report back on wed when they've been f...

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Is there a difference between an "induction kit" and a replacement air filter?

I'm confused!

K&N seem to sell filters that fit in the existing air box...?

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Went out to wash and wax on sat morning to find a totally flat offside rear. Tried to change to the spare, but couldn't get the wheel off the hub (common problem I feel) so had to call the AA. He pumped me up and off I went to kwik fit, who found a nail and a screw in the tyre, the nail being close ...

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try turning the wheel whilst stationary with the engine on and off. if there's any difference it's working!

benelvin

yup, I'm a july 1999 built T plate and I'm a facelift

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I used Bosch Super 4 when I did mine...

Not because I thought they were any good, but because: one of my plugs had died, it was a sunday, I wouldn't be able to change them for another two weeks unless I did it that day, halfords didn't have 6 of any others of the correct spec.

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Just have - doesn't work.. always about 7 secs interval when on the move. Did you switch intermittent on, then as soon as the wiper starts to move, switch the control back to off - then wait the time you want, then move the control back to intermittent? You sir, are a jedi. I can't wait to get home...

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Out to play ya big wimp!

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Well, if I had a garage I'd give it a go but it looks a bit hardcore for my on-street skills

To the spanner-man I shall go!

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RealOEM shows a load of springs (presumably to release the brake shoes) - wondering if I've lost some...

how do I get in there to check it out?

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I'm getting brake squeel when trundling slowly from the nearside rear on long stop start drives (live in london). Once it starts it gets quite bad. Gently pulling the handbrake stops it squeeling, which makes me think that the handbrake is binding on that side. I think pressing the footbrake doesn't...

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Hmmm think that 200+vat for the 1er is definitely too much then!

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What do you pay for an inspection 1?

I've been quoted £200-£225 + VAT, which I think might be on the expensive side

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no scuttle shake at all in my 2.0 I have to say... I think all the bollocks about the ride/handling is indeed, bollocks. Best way to be sure is to try for yourself!

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ChrisXL wrote:You can order one from: http://www.emiata.com/Z3Window.asp

Takes about 4 days for delivery and is easily fitted.

"Easily Fitted" is a bit strong - but me and the missus managed it at the 4th attempt

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muppet wrote:suddebly a '99 zed makes more sense

Hehe, does that mean that mine is going to go up in value

'99 2.0 mmmmmmmmm who wants it.....?

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The OEM roll hoops are really serious, BMW once having an advert for the Z3 showing one with a Seven series saloon resting on top of the roll bars and windscreen. The hoops were not always fitted, because the forged steel windscreen frame is designed to provide the mandatory roll-over protection re...

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If you unfold a paper clip and stick it down there and start jabbing about you'll soon find it - I managed to anyway, but I did scrape all the crap that had gathered around the bottom about first to make it a bit easier.

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I use mine whenever I'm going to have the roof down for anything longer than a short trip and I'm sure it's not going to rain :nerd: If you put it so that it sits right up near the front (away from the back of the car) then it doesn't take up too much room. You won't actually save anything by attach...

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worked for me for a stutter at 1800 revs! Unfortunately it was getting quite bad so I had to buy the plugs from halfords. Ouch

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Spunky 1 - 0 Rest of ZRoadster.net ;) It's defo fixed - all seems much smoother and really is running nicely now. My idle seems to be more stable too. Didn't realise it wasn't, but I can tell the difference now. I just wonder when the last change was - Inspection 2 was the last service before I boug...

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changed the plugs this evening - seems to have fixed it! Only drove to the chippie though, so can't be 100% but I reckon it might have done the trick. First time changing the plugs so I'm well chuffed with meself :D Lost one of the little engine cover bolt hole covers down in the engine somewhere th...

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interesting idea - I'll check it out this evening...

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