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- Tue 23 Jun, 2015 21:57
- Forum: Check your diary
- Topic: Cruise to Cold War Jets Open Day - Sunday 30th August 2015
- Replies: 29
- Views: 13804
Re: Cruise to Cold War Jets Open Day - Sunday 30th August 20
Bo****ks, we'll be away on the 30th, still in France. Will have to miss this one Dave.
- Mon 18 May, 2015 21:30
- Forum: Z3 roadster
- Topic: Deep Purple...
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2101
Re: Deep Purple...
Maybe Mora JeremyZ3Jeremy wrote:Does anyone know the correct name of the very dark metallic purple paint colour
- Sat 04 Apr, 2015 08:03
- Forum: Z4 roadster and Z4 Coupe
- Topic: Introducing our Z4
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6022
Re: Introducing our Z4
Nooooo, we can't sell our 3. She is a unique colour comboDel wrote:Looks like a lovely car I think I would be tempted to get rid of the Z3 if I bought something like a newer and more refined Z4.
- Fri 03 Apr, 2015 21:54
- Forum: Z4 roadster and Z4 Coupe
- Topic: Introducing our Z4
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6022
Re: Introducing our Z4
beautiful.. there is something about Bangle's flame surfacing that, now we have got used to it, makes the angles look so clean. Even the chicken's bum rear looks good. Z3 and Z4 are two totally different cars in style and accomplishment. You have the best of both worlds, so enjoy. Cheers gookah, lo...
- Fri 03 Apr, 2015 21:36
- Forum: Z4 roadster and Z4 Coupe
- Topic: Introducing our Z4
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6022
Re: Introducing our Z4
What gave it away Brian?brilie wrote:Pictures taken in your back yard Dave?
- Fri 03 Apr, 2015 21:33
- Forum: Z3 roadster
- Topic: What did you buy your Z3 this week ?
- Replies: 2088
- Views: 413498
Re: What did you buy your Z3 this week ?
A Z4 to keep our Z3 company in the garage - http://www.zroadster.net/forum/viewtopi ... =7&t=42569
- Fri 03 Apr, 2015 21:29
- Forum: Z4 roadster and Z4 Coupe
- Topic: Introducing our Z4
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6022
Introducing our Z4
Well, we've only gone and done it. We've treated ourselves to an early (big) birthday present. We've bought a Z4 to keep our Z3 company in the garage. She's a 2006, 2.5 Si Sport in Metallic Silver Grey with 40,000 on the clock on BMW Style 101 rims. She was the eighth Z4 we looked at and we travelle...
- Sat 28 Mar, 2015 10:43
- Forum: Check your diary
- Topic: Cruise to Duxford spring meet 03/05/2015
- Replies: 40
- Views: 9379
Re: Cruise to Duxford spring meet 03/05/2015
We were Dave, got back home at 01:30 last night. Doing some catching up on the forum(s) todayDavejue1 wrote:Man of leisure eh Dave! Though you were soaking up the sun?!
- Sat 28 Mar, 2015 07:37
- Forum: Check your diary
- Topic: Cruise to Duxford spring meet 03/05/2015
- Replies: 40
- Views: 9379
Re: Cruise to Duxford spring meet 03/05/2015
6.45 :head: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's supposed to be a day off work! Hi Brian - you could always get a room at the Crown in Great Chesterford - not sure how many have booked there besides Yocky and us. Few drinks in the bar on Saturday night, big cooked breakfast on Sunday and then a 10 min ambl...
- Tue 03 Mar, 2015 21:42
- Forum: Z3 roadster
- Topic: Help Please - Suspect Power Steering Pump
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2221
Re: Help Please - Suspect Power Steering Pump
Agreed Del, and mine was one of the last ever made, so she's now 13Del wrote:Glad you got it sorted ...we all have similar cars of a similar age and therefore, get similar problems
- Tue 03 Mar, 2015 18:06
- Forum: Z3 roadster
- Topic: Help Please - Suspect Power Steering Pump
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2221
Re: Help Please - Suspect Power Steering Pump
In the words of Manfred Mann's Earth Band... Davy's On the Road Again. This morning, I got her up on axle stands and removed the plastic under tray from the front of the engine to see this: http://s20.postimg.org/6yk4ct4wt/IMG_0001.jpg So you were right Del, it was the union between the steel pipe f...
- Mon 02 Mar, 2015 22:58
- Forum: Z3 roadster
- Topic: Help Please - Suspect Power Steering Pump
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2221
Re: Help Please - Suspect Power Steering Pump
Hope mine's as easy to fix Del…
- Mon 02 Mar, 2015 22:25
- Forum: Z3 roadster
- Topic: Help Please - Suspect Power Steering Pump
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2221
Re: Help Please - Suspect Power Steering Pump
Cheers Bill, some interesting reading. I'll get underneath tomorrow and get the splash guard off and have a good look.
- Mon 02 Mar, 2015 22:11
- Forum: Z3 roadster
- Topic: Help Please - Suspect Power Steering Pump
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2221
Help Please - Suspect Power Steering Pump
Well pulled the Zed out to start getting ready for the meet on Sunday, she started first time (since last October) but there was a different noise from the engine :( . Firstly I thought water pump but when I looked where she had been parked there was a pool of power steering fluid under the front of...
- Sun 01 Mar, 2015 21:54
- Forum: Z3 roadster
- Topic: What did you buy your Z3 this week ?
- Replies: 2088
- Views: 413498
Re: What did you buy your Z3 this week ?
12 months tax.
- Thu 26 Feb, 2015 20:39
- Forum: Z3 roadster
- Topic: done it again
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2760
Re: done it again
He is also called Dave sometimes :roflmao: He is! Nice fella, nicks ya seat when your at meets as well, have to watch them sort you know!! :D And I'll do it again Dave :D :D Yes I had this problem with the bonnet. I couldn't release it myself so took it to an indy. It took 3 blokes, 2 on the bonnet...
- Sat 21 Feb, 2015 22:11
- Forum: Z3 roadster
- Topic: Accurate indication of Z3m value
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2074
Re: Accurate indication of Z3m value
Ended @ £10,600...
- Thu 19 Feb, 2015 19:42
- Forum: Z3 roadster
- Topic: Insurance - result :-)
- Replies: 25
- Views: 4896
Re: Insurance - result :-)
Yep, mines fully comp with Churchill.
- Thu 19 Feb, 2015 13:18
- Forum: Z3 roadster
- Topic: Insurance - result :-)
- Replies: 25
- Views: 4896
Re: Insurance - result :-)
I'm eligible for SAGA now. I don't know if this is a good thing :shock: . Saga don't seem to be competitive for anything in my experience. People assume that they do a special price for us oldies and that's just hype. SAGA has never been any good for me either. I use Churchill at the moment £156, b...
- Wed 18 Feb, 2015 22:18
- Forum: Stock exchange
- Topic: Z3 luggage.
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2404
Re: Z3 luggage.
They weren't just cookies they were M&S cookies, bought from the service area en route
- Wed 18 Feb, 2015 21:00
- Forum: Stock exchange
- Topic: Z3 luggage.
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2404
Re: Z3 luggage.
Is this the sort of thing you're after?
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Roadster-Custom ... uggage+set
£150 + £35 shipping
Wouldn't fit in mine due to the Harmon amp in the boot.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Roadster-Custom ... uggage+set
£150 + £35 shipping
Wouldn't fit in mine due to the Harmon amp in the boot.
- Wed 18 Feb, 2015 20:32
- Forum: Stock exchange
- Topic: Z3 luggage.
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2404
Re: Z3 luggage.
Dave, when we went to Andorra last year we used soft travel bags of various sizes. Got everything in ok and the benefit is you can utilise all the small gaps. http://s20.postimg.org/joc4sy1i5/IMG_0003.jpg We also used the area behind the seats as well, lots of room there with a careful bit of packin...
- Thu 12 Feb, 2015 22:28
- Forum: Z3 roadster
- Topic: Seat bolsters.
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1435
Re: Seat bolsters.
Don't know about the bolster but I had my seats refurbed a couple of years ago and the whole base of the seats were swapped over for the same reason.
- Wed 11 Feb, 2015 21:36
- Forum: Z3 roadster
- Topic: Oil filters.
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2807
Re: Oil filters.
But not for my 2.2...
http://www.eurocarparts.com/ecp/c/BMW_Z ... 004&000231
http://www.eurocarparts.com/ecp/c/BMW_Z ... 004&000231
- Wed 11 Feb, 2015 21:20
- Forum: Z3 roadster
- Topic: Oil filters.
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2807
Re: Oil filters.
Just bought a Mann filter for my 2.2. It came with the large rubber ring and the sump washer but no small 'o' rings. Sounds like a change in policy - I'm about to order some thro' EuroParts - thanks for info. Will now definitely check beforehand. Got mine from Carpart4less but I think they are the ...
- Wed 11 Feb, 2015 21:09
- Forum: Z3 roadster
- Topic: Oil filters.
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2807
Re: Oil filters.
Just bought a Mann filter for my 2.2. It came with the large rubber ring and the sump washer but no small 'o' rings.
- Sun 08 Feb, 2015 22:44
- Forum: Check your diary
- Topic: Zedfest w/e in Yorkshire next year??
- Replies: 46
- Views: 12661
Re: Zedfest w/e in Yorkshire next year??
But not the last weekend for us...swamper wrote:End of June sounds ok to me
- Sat 07 Feb, 2015 16:01
- Forum: The Lounge
- Topic: Davejue1 somewhat older and wiser today
- Replies: 37
- Views: 5371
Re: Davejue1 somewhat older and wiser today
Count me in as well, that makes seven of us...
- Thu 05 Feb, 2015 21:12
- Forum: The Lounge
- Topic: Davejue1 somewhat older and wiser today
- Replies: 37
- Views: 5371
Re: Davejue1 somewhat older and wiser today
Don't worry at all Dave, at the end of the day it's just a numberDavejue1 wrote:... yes 43 today. Still they say it's how you feel inside and I don't feel 43 so that'll do for me!
Belated Birthday Greetings
- Thu 05 Feb, 2015 20:08
- Forum: Z3 roadster
- Topic: Is it just me?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 2918
Re: Is it just me?
No I always wave - don't always get a wave back though
- Thu 15 Jan, 2015 20:52
- Forum: Z3 roadster
- Topic: Headlight Bulb Replace - 2002 2.2i
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2366
Re: Headlight Bulb Replace - 2002 2.2i
I had exactly the same issue when I changed mine. I did it by removing the air box, but be very careful when removing the coolant pipe - it will be brittle.
Best of luck.
Best of luck.
- Sun 26 Oct, 2014 16:20
- Forum: New to zroadster.net?
- Topic: New Member South Beds
- Replies: 24
- Views: 6621
Re: New Member South Beds
Ask mint about that, his hotel bill must be through the roof! Yes Dave, have been to quite a few cruises this year, West Country, Rutland Water, Dorset, Welsh, Peak District, Lake District, and a couple of meets Newark air Museum & East Midlands Aeropark. Also went to Andorra, not a cruise as s...
- Wed 22 Oct, 2014 07:51
- Forum: Z3 roadster
- Topic: Throttle cable oiling
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2791
Re: Throttle cable oiling
My 2.2 is definitely fly by wire. I fitted cruise to it earlier in the year. As said above a 10 minute job.Robert T wrote:It was only the very last models that were fly-by-wire. 3.0 and S54 ///M, definitely. Not sure about the 2.2 or double-vanos 2.8.
- Tue 30 Sep, 2014 21:30
- Forum: Z3 roadster
- Topic: New car, happy boy (and wife) :)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1332
Re: New car, happy boy (and wife) :)
Welcome from another 2.2 owner - enjoy what's left of the good weather.
- Sun 28 Sep, 2014 21:51
- Forum: Z3 roadster
- Topic: Repairing Headlight Dimmer Switch
- Replies: 9
- Views: 8834
Re: Repairing Headlight Dimmer Switch
Brilliant write up and photos Pingu. Well done, great ingenuity and a tank full of fuel into the bargain
- Sat 20 Sep, 2014 08:39
- Forum: Z3 roadster
- Topic: Door Mirrors
- Replies: 19
- Views: 4110
Re: Door Mirrors
Agreed Mike, even "3in1" comes in a spray can now.Mike Fishwick wrote:… but try buying an oil can in B&Q!
- Mon 15 Sep, 2014 07:50
- Forum: Event/cruise aftermaths
- Topic: Welsh Cruise
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7689
Re: Welsh Cruise
Thanks Jim for a superb cruise. Great roads, great company and great weather - what more could you ask. It's good to be able to put faces to names - some new as well today, hope they enjoyed the cruise. A really enjoyable day, we're looking forward to the next one already :) . Cheers, Dave & Pau...
- Mon 08 Sep, 2014 09:50
- Forum: Check your diary
- Topic: VC10 beer and burger
- Replies: 81
- Views: 22594
Re: VC10 beer and burger
Just to add my thanks to Pete & Dave.
A great afternoon, great weather, great company and great aeroplanes to mooch around - fantastic. Thanks to all for making it a good meet. See you on the next one
A great afternoon, great weather, great company and great aeroplanes to mooch around - fantastic. Thanks to all for making it a good meet. See you on the next one
- Thu 14 Aug, 2014 18:06
- Forum: Stock exchange
- Topic: Wanted: 6 or 10mm spacers
- Replies: 2
- Views: 782
Re: Wanted: 6 or 10mm spacers
Saw some in Halfrauds today... £15 for 10mm but not hub centric ones which I believe are better...
- Wed 06 Aug, 2014 19:43
- Forum: Z3 roadster
- Topic: Best way to confirm speedo reading.
- Replies: 31
- Views: 5705
Re: Best way to confirm speedo reading.
I have the tomtom as well and there is a 3mph difference at 80mph. Speedo being higher on both cars I use it on. On recent road trip through France I passed several roadside speed indicators and they always agreed wth Tom Tom - I agree you do get some gps signal interruptions which temporarily dist...
- Wed 06 Aug, 2014 19:40
- Forum: Stock exchange
- Topic: Estroil (sic) blue 2.2 z3. Previously owned by tanning salon
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3026
Re: Estroil (sic) blue 2.2 z3. Previously owned by tanning s
£5000 seems a lot to me, for a car that was previously registered as Cat D.
- Wed 06 Aug, 2014 19:33
- Forum: Z3 roadster
- Topic: Best way to confirm speedo reading.
- Replies: 31
- Views: 5705
Re: Best way to confirm speedo reading.
I have a TomTom and when my speedo reads 70 I'm actually only doing 65.
- Thu 31 Jul, 2014 19:45
- Forum: Z3 roadster
- Topic: Clunking on acceleration and braking..
- Replies: 22
- Views: 7151
Re: Clunking on acceleration and braking..
As mentioned above - what about the weights in the bumper - did they check those?
- Mon 28 Jul, 2014 07:51
- Forum: Z4M roadster and Z4m coupé
- Topic: wanted m roadster
- Replies: 20
- Views: 10011
Re: wanted m roadster
You wont need to look at any others. Liam's is superb.
- Sun 27 Jul, 2014 21:57
- Forum: Check your diary
- Topic: VC10 beer and burger
- Replies: 81
- Views: 22594
Re: VC10 beer and burger
Bo****ks, returning from hols on the 6th. Don't think I'll be able to make this one Pete. Hope you all have a great time.
- Thu 10 Jul, 2014 07:01
- Forum: Z3 roadster
- Topic: Crash damage repaired
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1327
Re: Crash damage repaired
I try and park as far away from other cars as possible in shopping centres and parking garages, guaranteed when I return to my car there is always someone parked right next to me, even though there are dozens of empty bays :head: Agreed, I parked our daily drive on its own away from anybody at a NT...
- Tue 08 Jul, 2014 07:44
- Forum: Stock exchange
- Topic: Searching for Z3 front OS clear sidelight
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1579
Re: Searching for Z3 front OS clear sidelight
£45! Are they not £30 from the Dealers? Haven't tried the dealers yet, I was told the dealers only sell them in pairs. :( This was the first place I tried as I got brake pads last week £5 cheaper than another local car parts dealer that I normally use. I got just one for £28 from my local dealer la...
- Fri 04 Jul, 2014 06:39
- Forum: New to zroadster.net?
- Topic: New to me z3
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2923
Re: New to me z3
Welcome from me too.
- Wed 02 Jul, 2014 20:18
- Forum: Event/cruise aftermaths
- Topic: Mint in Andorra
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7164
Re: Mint in Andorra
Fraid not Dave, we're travelling to France on the 17th. Catch you on another meet sometime thoughDavejue1 wrote:...Are you going on the midland meet?
- Wed 02 Jul, 2014 06:53
- Forum: Event/cruise aftermaths
- Topic: Mint in Andorra
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7164
Re: Mint in Andorra
Yes and Pauline uses it from the passenger seat just as much as me…Southernboy wrote:...I notice you managed to get the armrest to match..... :