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Paul.Stuhlfelder

For Sale: As I'm getting closer to Mortgaging myself up to the eyeballs I'm getting rid of my M Roadster, therefore for sale is my Racelogic Traction control system. This is a 6 cylinder model, which means it will work on engines up to 6 cylinders. Works just the same with a 4 cylinder as it would w...

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Charlotte Church? and Bryn Terfell, wow what a history :wink: :wink: Hah, Bryn Terfel lives down the road from a guy I used to work with, and one day in the office he said - "I wish Bryn Terfel would stop singing in the shower, you can hear him all over Dinas..." one of the more gullible ...

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Its ok, I got a phonecall once off the old man, after him and all of his staff pondered over the car for ages trying to find the headlight switch!

not only that, but the old man had a BMW before, so did one of his staff!

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I've rang a few indies/specialists... none of them seem to have heard of a similar problem, and none of them want to take it on

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I'm going there tonight to see whats what. At the rate of things, I think I'll bring the car back here and have a look myself. To say that I'm not exactly confident in the garage is lacking. Personally, I think BMW should pay for the "investigation" because an engine with 38,000 miles on t...

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I'm visiting there tomorrow. I even had a quick PM off to Damon to see if it wasn't the same issue he had (search for a long story there!) Basically, its definately top end, and to expect to pay 1500+ vat to strip down an engine, and to be told "They've got not idea" is a bit of a piss tak...

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Its definately top end rattle, my local (non bmw) garage, and a tappet specialist have told me... by the sounds of things, BMW want to strip it right down!

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Oh dear god..

Just got off the phone with BMW, they've got no idea whats wrong with it. And they'd like to do a strip-down, the cost?

£1500 + VAT !!!!

And the worst case scenario...? A new engine, on top of that...

I'm royally screwed!!

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I have been looking at those. One I was looking at said you needed to put the key in and turn one click. Do you need to do that with yours? Let me know as it looks really cool. Yes, you'll still need the key. You have to turn the key to position 2, then press the button. You can either have the but...

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I had one call me before, saying the usuall... £80 to register, but if they sell the car, you get the £80 back, but not only that.. (the car at the time was on sale for just over £4,000) they said that they had people interested in the car for over £5,000!! They rang and rang and rang, and I hung up...

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I'd get your engine looked at asap. I recently changed the oil in my S50 ///M for some Castrol Edge 0w30 and it has began rattling, I changed it back to 10w60 yesterday, and it remains. It sounds like something is been thrown about in the tappet cover, I would describe it like having a few flails on...

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It had better bloody not...

Its already been done once, and this one should be under the 3 year warranty from the garage, but I know what'll happen. If it is this again, I'll probably get the the whole -

"well, you changed oil, so we can no longer offer our guarantee...."

yadda......

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Changed the oil... still the same

Booked into the BMW garage on Thursday... best lube up and warm up the debit card I think!

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Its the "EDGE" oil thats suggested on the Castrol website. And its the Edge 0w 30 thats in it now.

The stuff I've got from the local BMW place is Castrol Motorsport 10w 60 and on a label it says - "Exclusively approved for M3, M5 & Z8"

Fingers crossed!!!!

Paul.Stuhlfelder

Just dropped the car off at the garage, it drives perfectly quiet until the oil warms up!

on the wall of the garage, they had a poster on the wall for choosing oil, and that one suggested 5w 40 !

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A few weeks back, I went on the Castrol website, and using their online "Choose your car" thing, it came up with - Castrol Edge 0w 30 So I got a load and had an oil change done, and now the engine rattles when warm like theres a bag of marbles in the tappet case. So I spoke to BMW, and exp...

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Does Gordon Brown do that weird thing with his jaw when he breaths in because people repeatedly punch him there?

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You *may* be able to fit 6.5's with a major tight squeeze, but I went down the cuttin' route instead.

http://www.cymrudigidol.co.uk/mroadster ... l_ring.php

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Alex L wrote:especially as most people who want ///Ms want them in Estoril.

For some strange reason :p

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Just about 39,000 miles, only done 18,000 when I bought

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Fantastic, someone mentioned this pic on the Wales & Marches meet, I'm going to give this a try once I re-charge the old digital camera

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I'd be interested in a how to guide

I assume any Micrometer from eBay would do the job?

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On the way back home yesterday, a silver Z3 was coming in the opposite direction and me and Karma71 got a flash/wave

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Great turnout :) Great to meet a lot of new faces! Karma and myself had an um... interesting drive back! Firstly, a Murcielargo outside llangollen, with its "batwings" up :D Shame he wasn't booting it. Followed by quite heavy bouts of snow.. well, I say snow it was more like mini hail! Had...

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You'll be glad to know, I sort of remember the gear knob, but wanted to see one again...

So I just did a search for -

Knob

garythefish

:p :p :p :p

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I'm leaving the "de-contamination" until saturday I think...

Karma will tell you, my car is in desperate need of a good clean.. I think I might need some weedkiller for the inside too

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My ///M on average will do 200 miles to a tank. (50 miles per quater) yet, some peeps on here see 260 miles to a tank on the ///M. The only time I see an improvement is on a LONG motorway drive sticking to 70. Otherwise, it seems that I can either drive like its stolen, or drive like miss daisy and ...

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If we all made "lurve" to our cars, wouldn't the ///M be considered a slut?

4 holes!!? you dirty b***h!

Paul.Stuhlfelder

I've found out that smoking in a fast convertible is dangerous. Many a times I've had the end of the cigarette fall off and hit me in the eye! Good job I've quit! - Any time is a good time for a Starter button (Honda S2000 buttons are lovely) but bear in mind, you'll need some way of connecting up y...

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I took mine out of the car, it was springy, and incredibly tempremental.

I've replaced it with a Starter Button now.

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Well...

I'm deffo up for this

Might be an idea to sort some times? Karma/Icarus...?

I can get us to the meeting point, but I've got no idea where the garden center is

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Is the wear light supposed to go out by itself, or does it need to be reset @ BMW garage?

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I know he's a fiction writer, but he's based it on facts, you should read -

"State of Fear" by Michael Chritchon (the guy who wrote Jurassic Park)

Good read.

Personally, I think that Man Made Global Warming is a load of bolloks.

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The body is fibreglass, so crashes always look extreme because the fibreglass will shatter, however, the internal "cockpit" is super strong :) I think you should definately go test drive one, see what its like getting in/out with the roof in place etc, and see if you can get in/out when an...

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Probably the idea...

BMW seem to think if you can afford an ///M, you can afford all their ridiculous prices

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I originally thought my S50 was missing a jack, but it does say somewhere in the manual that it doesn't come with a jack or a wrench thingy....

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*cough* fancyplates.com *cough* Keep a legal set in the boot though.... ;) EDIT: I should add, I've got personalised plates, with the middle space taken out, and I've got a silver/black border with the BMW logo etc, however, I've stuck to the standard UK font and never got pulled, wether as a mate, ...

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The ///M sounds like a bag of spanners when started from cold, but soon quiets down within a couple of seconds.

I think its a characteristic of both Hydraulic Tappers and Straight Six engines... I've been told to listen to a TVR Speed Six starting cold if you want to hear it bad!

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Mine didn't come with a jack, or a tool for taking off the wheel nuts.

So I've got an amplifier hidden in there instead

http://www.cymrudigidol.co.uk/mroadster ... 4/amp2.jpg

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First things first, get rid of Norton. Its known in the IT world as "Bloatware" I.E. its so bloated, that it slows everything down. You can get plenty of free combos for AV/Firewall. Such as - AVG or AVANT for Anti Virus, and ZoneAlarm for Firewalls. If you can get rid of AOL, do it, as sa...

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Might be worth checking if both systems are earthed to the same point?

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My mate has the "S" model... I'm still unsure as to wether the S stands for **** or Sport... :D Tis got the same bodykit etc as a Type-R, just not the VTEC engine. The VTEC is a brilliant engine, but at the lower end, hasn't got the power to pull the skin off a rice pudding. I had a drag r...

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Having seen the comment - "I can't stop staring at it.." in this thread : http://www.zroadster.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12087 Made me think, What is your favourite angle/view of the car? Mine has to be the rear end, especially with the roof down, I just love the massive wide tyres, the qu...

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Lovely

I just love the interiors on TVR's

I'd love to have the spare cash about to be able to buy a Tuscan (prefably with a dead engine) then I would love to drop in a RELIABLE engine in there, with as much, or more HP than what the current Tuscan engines give out.

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Hm.. keep me informed, may be fun for shits & giggles!

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Um, aint the sidelights on a Z3 especially a wider bodied M used as "extremity markers" I.E. how to show the width of the car at night?

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He is right. Some of the Alpine units have an ADDITIONAL + feed, which they state must be connected to the battery, its if the unit has a powerful amp inside, it doesn't overwhelm the cars wiring loom. The stereo will still take + and swithed + as normal from the loom, but will also use this extra c...

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Peel the carpet away from the pedals, theres a grommet that goes through there straight into the engine bay, which will let you run a cable nicely to the jump-start point

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I've found that the front numberplate holder is quite handy... especially if you misjudge how close that wall is...

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"Whats that in my ass Batman?"

"Cock, robin..."

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