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Neal(2.8Roadster)

I have recently purchased a Z3 98(S) 1.9 Automatic with 27000 miles on the clock complete with hardtop. I am disturbed to find I am only getting approx 16mpg!!!! I have since taken it to a dealer to have it checked. (Fairbairn's in Glasgow) After a diaognostics check they said they couldn't find an...

Neal(2.8Roadster)

I recently got 'strongarmed' into paying £40 NOT to get clamped (they had the clamp half on when I got back after five minutes or less) Had parked in a (closed) carpet shop car park for a couple of minutes while I had a look round the car place next door on a sunday afternoon in Kieghley. Being from...

Neal(2.8Roadster)

Probably a bit vague, but I have seen a leather repair service in the small ads at the back of one of the BMW mags recently (total BMW ?)
has a before and after pic of a biege lether seat ?

will look for it in the morning and post a phone number or web address .

Neal(2.8Roadster)

As i worked on an IT helpdesk some years ago I would say REBOOT

and then close off the call as "RTFM"

But I dont do that anymore so :

click on start and go into control panel,
click on 'mouse'

all the setting should be in there to change back to normal.

good luck

Neal(2.8Roadster)

I went with direct line after they came out cheapest on Confused.com if thats any help.

32 YO living in York with 7 years NCD came out at £320 FC

Neal(2.8Roadster)

Not sure about how many (depends on the camera and what the actual resolution is) but as memory cards are becoming so cheap, I would say get one just in case. that way you wont be caught out with a full card and something unmissable to take snaps of ?? prices on ebay : 64 MB £13.50 128 MB £11.50 256...

Neal(2.8Roadster)

Have a look at http://www.confused.com they have always managed to come up with a very reasonable quote for me.

Neal(2.8Roadster)

If there is no airbag I would use it as an excuse to lower the price.
If you decide you want to replace it with an airbagged wheel I would imagine it will cost a (small?) fortune ??

Neal(2.8Roadster)

Geoff H wrote:On the Z4UM I saw a post about a site that has a vehicle data check so thought I would take a look...

And the site address is .. ??

Neal(2.8Roadster)

You do not need to give a reason, that is the whole strange thing about it. You can request any information like that as long as you pay your £4.50 PVR, sorry this is not the case. The law requires the DVLA to protect the privacy of individuals whos details are registered with them there are a few ...

Neal(2.8Roadster)

I was just wondering if the red ///M Coupe that showed on the starting area was anyones on here ?

V433 HKX ??

Neal(2.8Roadster)

Maybe if you PM RobBruce he may be able to (unoficially) help you out ??

worth a try ?

(sorry Rob if this is out of order)

Neal(2.8Roadster)

I must admit Mr Moore's 'Bowling' film had me hooked. No doubting though he is a serial 'Bush hater' and because of that I wonder how balanced this latest offering is :| Must see it. Agreed ! not wanting to get involved in a political row, but Mr Moore tells the story the way he wants people to see...

Neal(2.8Roadster)

Sorry CC,

all I get from http://www.strut-bracer.co.uk is a 'page cannot be displayed' message.

??

Neal(2.8Roadster)

It depends on where the site is hosted and what was going on there, If the hosts are having tech problems then anyone using the site will get slow responses, or nothing at all. Commercial hosts normally sort these things out pretty quickly but slow responses rather than no response can take a while ...

Neal(2.8Roadster)

cc wrote: personally i have just ordered a sparco for £94.95 with free p&p.

Where from ?

Neal(2.8Roadster)

Got the reg number and rang local rozzers. They said to contact insurance First witht the details she gave, if they show up to be false they will trace from there. funny though from what people have said above I can feel some delayed whiplash coming on :twisted: :twisted: trouble is she gave her add...

Neal(2.8Roadster)

..... Someone just drove into me in a car park. I am pretty sure they gave False detials and to make matters worse the address she gave was a travellers site :shock: She gave her insurance company as ATS which to my knowledge is not a car insurance company ?? The Mobile number she gave does not exis...

Neal(2.8Roadster)

I bought a Sedio Mount for my Ipaq 5550 and it is Great !
Best mount I have ever had, and I have tried a few.

Would certainly recommend these mounts to anyone.

Neal(2.8Roadster)

AndyBass wrote:Er, don't the Japanese drive on the right like us.

Dont we drive on the Left

Neal(2.8Roadster)

I think I would have spent my money on a sports seat upgrade in a standard colour rather than the standard seats in a special colour

Personal tastes I suppose but that interior colour is a bit over the top for me.

Neal(2.8Roadster)

My local dealer said the same thing, they even said that they dont like doing it for customers as there is too much potential for things to go wrong !

Neal(2.8Roadster)

That sounds right to me, although the place you are ordering from should be able to tell you the correct size for any given model if the wheels are standard ?

Neal(2.8Roadster)

Two words .....

Hubba Hubba

Neal(2.8Roadster)

Its eight per seat but Doug Sends ten in case you over sand etc (they come thicker than needed so you can sand to a perfect fit.) I would say it takes about an hour per seat, probably faster for the second one one you know what you are doing. Full and very detailed instructions here : http://www.way...

Neal(2.8Roadster)

If you need some decent ones rather than the rubbish BMW chose to fit as standard email Doug Whalen at whamac@msn.com

He machines Delrin(?) ones that wont wear out and posts then to you very cheaply indeed. I got some and they are great, solved the prob totally.

Neal(2.8Roadster)

Why bother to put a driver in a mask if it isn't someone recognisable? Mmmmm.....Well they did it for this Guy before he drove off the Aircraft carrier didnt they ? http://www.jla.co.uk/images/Artists/McCarthyPerry1P.jpg Would you have recognised him without the Mask/Helmet :lol: :head: (its Perry ...

Neal(2.8Roadster)

r123sly thats kind of what I mean, if they cant show who it is, why bother to pay his fees, when they can get someone else just as good for a tenth of the price.(no doubt?) another romour is that it is Damon Hill, but I cant see that he needs the money really ?? or that they could afford him either ...

Neal(2.8Roadster)

Sly, I dont reckon your suspitions are correct I'm afraid. The first Stig, the one that went off the aircraft carrier, was Perry McCarthy (ex LeMans and F1) So it looks like they are just going for racing drivers rather than celebrities. Why would you pay the premium for a celebrity racing driver, t...

Neal(2.8Roadster)

presumably if they have instructed someone to chase the losses then you have extra legal cover on your policy. The same happened to me a while back, I got the details of the company that were chasing it, and kept in touch with them regularly until it was resolved. It all worked out OK in the end, bu...

Neal(2.8Roadster)

C_W

Yes other countries got Non //M powered coupes, but not the UK (as far as I know)

Neal(2.8Roadster)

bit of a giveaway

VERY nice looking car though !
great wheels.

Neal(2.8Roadster)

XP Service Pack 2 fixed the problems I was having with dropped connections.

Read this :

http://support.microsoft.com/default.as ... =842242#11

Before you install though as there are some programs that have troubles after installing it.

Neal(2.8Roadster)

love that interior ! looks great with the black bodywork.

very nice indeed.

Neal(2.8Roadster)

I went for 225/40/18 Goodyear Eagle F1's in the end after reading lots of stuff on here about various tyres.

Very happy with them indeed.

Neal(2.8Roadster)

they do look pretty good.
would look into it when mine need changing for sure.

Neal(2.8Roadster)

bit over the top but I smoke and the missus hates it.

I do turn them off with the top down

(although even the fresh air stinks of cows round here !)

Neal(2.8Roadster)

I have managed to make some time to put some photos online at last (with the new wheels on the Z)

www.nealglover.co.uk

Neal(2.8Roadster)

I am happy but I would imagine my Neighbours hate it when I come home late as it is pretty loud

Neal(2.8Roadster)

I have a '97 2.8 with the earlier alarm on a separate key fob.

Mine was silent before I took it in to get a keyfob programmed and after they tinkered with it it now beeps three times on locking, once when unlocking.

Seems they just turned on that function while they were fiddling the guy said.

Neal(2.8Roadster)

I don't trust the computer enough to go down to single figure range, but I have a friend who does that in his 535. I will refill when the range drops to around 30 miles, so 370 miles may be possible, but I don't want to try it!! I ran mine for almost 20 miles in Austria (forced to due to lack of Ga...

Neal(2.8Roadster)

I had sky+ put in and had the 'magic eye' thing installed at the same time, its great but the only problem with it is the wiring. you need one from the box to the 2nd TV and one from the 'eye' back to the box for the remote to work. For a freeview setup I would spend £40 on a new freeview box for th...

Neal(2.8Roadster)

and me :lol: (seriously though, an independant place should charge around £300-400. I paid £250 for a mazda one about three years ago at an independant place in York. Look for a place thats not approved by any insurance companies as they are often better, insurance companies use the cheapest places ...

Neal(2.8Roadster)

JAY , In the past five years means just that, If you got done for speeding four years nine months ago and they ask for convictinons in the last five years you must declare it. Bus as Larri said it should not make any difference to the price, although not answering the question truthfully could put y...

Neal(2.8Roadster)

I work for Norwich Union and got the same answer from a guy here who worked in Claims for years. He said that if a case gets investigated for any reason, the first things they would check is for simple things like convictions that were not declared when taking out the policy or that the owner doesnt...

Neal(2.8Roadster)

Just one question, why would you want to pay to get expired points taken off your license ? They have a date next to them on the license so anyone who wants to check (car hire company maybe ?) can see they have expired. I have all my old points going back 15 Years still on mine and have never come u...

Neal(2.8Roadster)

To get hold of a set just email Doug at : whamac@msn.com

they are not listed on his website, but he will let you know the exact costs etc. And you can Paypal the money to the same email address.

Neal(2.8Roadster)

certainly not Aluminium, hard white 'plastic' is the best description I can come up with

(I got them in two days too which was pretty impressive.)

Neal(2.8Roadster)

I bought some delrin(?) bushings from Doug Whalen and fitted them myself. Cost $10 I think and did the job brilliantly.

Took a couple of hours which isnt too bad.

Neal(2.8Roadster)

Maybe they bought a blue ineterior as they dont like the red one

they are on ebay quite often really, full lot seats door cards console etc.

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