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That reminds me I need to sort that pipe out on mine. I bought a pot of Kurust and black hammerite smooth, applied the Kurust (amazing stuff) and haven't got round to painting it yet.

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Regarding the CSS, and apologies if you already know this, but if you press F12 in Chrome then click the magnifying glass at the bottom left, you can click on any element within a page and see exactly which CSS rules are affecting it. Absolutely invaluable tool when trying to find that pesky CSS cla...

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I couldn't even sell a set of these for £50 when I tried, granted mine aren't in as good condition as yours but it does point towards them not being in demand. Ended up leaving them stacked up in my shed as spares.

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I've heard nothing but bad things about Gumtree when it comes to selling cars, you might have more luck with PistonHeads.

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You need to rev the 16-valve engine to get the most out of it, whereas the 6-cyclinder 2.0 should be smoother and lazier. What Robert failed to mention is that the 6 cyl engines absolutely come alive after 4000 RPM :twisted: ..this is why my MPG is sitting at around 19 since the Z3 got promoted to ...

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Is that as rusted as it looks? Hard to tell from the pic but if it's anything like mine was (pic below) then I wouldn't sell it I'd take it to the dump because it'd be extremely dangerous to use.

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Got my roll hoops and storage box from a guy in Lithuania on eBay, bargain price too

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*Mandatory Hellrot is the best colour post*

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Don't get too hung up on the mileage, the engines in Z3s tend to be pretty much bulletproof if they're well maintained. With a Z3 at 15k I'd actually be worried that it's been sat around and not maintained properly especially if it's an older one, or even worse driven by an old lady to the shops and...

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So to summarise, you posted a thread asking if these wheels will fit, waited less than an hour for a reply and then bought them anyway. Upon being informed that they won't fit, you're now planning to add ridiculous amounts of stretch which is not only dangerous but potentially invalidates your insur...

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Looks great, how much did it cost?

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I bought black race mesh as didn't want the chrome look on the lower grill, cost me £20 or so for a sheet that will do it at least twice incase you mess the first one up. :D Got any pics of this fitted? I'm not a big fan of the zunsport mesh but I think the race mesh could look quite good, cheap too!

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Spotted on Jockey Road at around 9:40am, chrome gills, reg ending in TAR I think. No wave since I was waiting at a junction. Looked like it had a hard top on, poor form for a sunny Saturday morning at this time of year!

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These posts might be of interest: http://www.bimmerfest.com/forums/showthread.php?p=4065571#post4065571 http://www.bimmerfest.com/forums/showthread.php?p=4672115#post4672115 Apparently EEP-1 refers to the EEPROM chip within the cluster being in update mode. All the threads I can find seem to suggest...

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Yeah sorry about that I was half asleep when I posted this morning, didn't really look at who was posting :lol: After some investigation it appears that this information is available in INPA under the Body / Instrument cluster option. However, this option is not accessible with the cheapo USB to 20 ...

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If it's due an oil service it should say OILSERVICE above the lights, like this. Alternatively it can say INSPECTION on the right hand side, although this doesn't give an indication of whether it's an inspection 1 or 2 it'll atleast give a clue. You do need to wait for the last green light to go out...

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Assuming it's mechanically sound, then I'd say you've got yourself a fantastic deal. All those faults are minor and easy to fix, and you've got yourself a 3.0 for £200 more than I paid for my 2.8 18 months ago! Nice choice of colour too

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They're only a PITA to put back the first time you do it in my experience, and that was because I had left the rubber strip from the top attached to the door and was trying to fit the door card underneath it :head: As long as you remove the entire rubber strip (its quite stiff, seemingly has metal r...

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Don't give up yet! Have you hooked it up to INPA or anything? If you can get the accessory circuit live you should be able to get readings from it, might give you some vital clues...

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Love it, it's like streetview for car porn!

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From what I've read before, this is usually to do the Idle Control Valve getting stuck open, or the clutch switch failing. Here's a thread with the same problem: http://www.zroadster.net/forum/viewtopi ... =5&t=34897

Oh, and welcome to the forum!

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I'm insured with Lockton, and they were fantastic when I set up my policy. A lot of the others either didn't consider the Z3 to be a classic, or insisted in it being garaged (hard without a garage to put it in). I'm paying £350/year for 5000 miles, a hell of a lot cheaper than a comparable non-class...

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I'm not sure but I believe all 6 cylinder models were fitted with a 25% Torsen diff, although there's some debate over whether all the very early 2.8s had them. There's an easy way to find out though, it'll be on the options list for the car which can be viewed by following this guide: http://www.zr...

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I've had a quick scan around and think I'm looking at either the 2.8 or 3.0 variants. Can someone explain the main differences? 2nd values vary quite a lot between them, roughly you'll pay an extra £1k for a similar spec 3.0. But according to Autotrader that takes you from 197bhp to 230bhp. Not mas...

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Welcome to the forum, nice cars you've got there! I've always wanted to have a go at drifting, haven't had the Z at a suitable track to do so though - good to know we've got some knowledge on the subject joining us. I'm not too sure about what else makes a good drift car but an LSD (in the 2.8, not ...

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Does anyone know which socket I have to connect to as there seems to be a couple of circular sockets under the bonnet ? I'm hoping it will be obvious when I look at them closer as the interface may only fit one of them. It's the one behind the washer fluid tank, I don't believe there's any others t...

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If you've got soaked carpets you'll kill your hairdryer much before you dry them out, theres 6 inches of foam underneath! I took mine out and fully dried them with a wet vac and a week in the kitchen, was a pretty big job though since it requires the entire interior trim to be removed

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And the winner is Mike Fishwick! Confirmed as the brake servo hose, since it failed the MOT for it today. Wish I'd sorted it before as I've now been relieved of £25 for a 50p piece of rubber hose and 2 jubilee clips..ah well.

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Apparently the difference is due to addatives in the non-supermarket fuel, at which stage they're added I don't know. I use Shell V-Power in the Z because I only fill it up once a month, but use Sainsbury's diesel in my 307 and get 55mpg+ so the fancy diesel would be pointless expenditure.

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Sounds about normal to me, I get 30mpg on a motorway run and about 18mpg with "spirited" driving. Used to get 240 miles out of a tank when it was my daily driver, mixed motorway and urban. A Z3M getting 220 miles off a tank being driven fast just isn't true, a Z3M gets closer to 10mpg on a...

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I agree with previous owners not being too relevant on a 15 year old car but I've definitely seen some overpriced Z3's in the Stock Exchange recently.

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My particular car/it's history has no impact on the fact that if you do maintenance yourself you'll save far more money than you will retain in value by having the stamps. I posted that comment more to highlight the difference between different people's requirements/attitude towards stamps and servi...

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Or you take a gamble and buy a car with 7 previous owners, the last of which was some polish guy who owned it for several years and seemingly never drove it, no service history, a leaky roof, 3 months MOT, a retarded halfords turbo badge on the boot, and then spend the next year restoring and upgrad...

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Awesome, glad you found it useful

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While you're correct in that there are a lot of people who assume (often incorrectly) that a book full of stamps means the car has been maintained better than one that has been serviced by it's owner, it's a false economy. Yes you might get a few hundred quid more for a car with all the stamps, but ...

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Saw that a while ago, amazing work!

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At a guess I'd say £70-80, if you're at all mechanically inclined I'd do it yourself for the price of oil and a filter (£35ish). It's a really simple job if you're comfortable with putting the car up onto axle stands, there's a great guide by Mike Fishwick here: http://www.zroadster.net/forum/viewto...

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No that was the price to get it delivered there..was seeing how much it cost to get delivered to someone in the USA.

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I just did a couple of tests with different addresses, New York is $23 postage and San Francisco is $13. I'm guessing they're based somewhere on the west coast and the delivery simply goes up the further away from them you are. I went on the USPS website and did a quote for a 10"x10"x10&qu...

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They charge $63 for postage to the UK, almost doubling the price :shock: I think we need a willing USA-resident forum member to act as a proxy if we want to take advantage of this, as it does look like a very good price without the exorbitant postage charges. Air filters aren't that heavy, I would h...

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Time to resurrect my own thread, does anyone know the part number for this? I've scoured RealOEM and can't find it, as is the case with the diagrams sometimes it's unclear as to which pipe is which. Possible candidates: http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts.do?model=CJ32&mospid=48082&btnr=11_...

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Do you have the fuel rail cover? Part 16 on this diagram. If so what condition is it in and is all the silver paint in tact?

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The website doesn't work, and that price seems suspiciously low.. These normally go for £250+ don't they?

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A friend recently took his Mazda RX8,One owner,FSH,30K miles,now approx 5 years old,for which he paid £18K +,and was offered £1500 vs a brand new car costing £20K+.Rediculous ? yes,but no one offered him more. RX8's are a bit of an anomaly, they're particularly prone to compression loss as they get...

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Southernboy wrote:I know you haven't had much in the way of warm weather

No need to rub it in

But 2 weeks on from your post, you are sadly still correct!

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To XVar: So you think I'm a Tw*t huhhhh - wow... What a grown up and mature comment.... Perhaps I didn't consider the law/culture differences in your country, so in that respect I apologise. But if I saw you driving towards me in the UK with fog lights on in high visibility then yes, that's exactly...

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I can highly recommend these mats , they fit absolutely perfectly and seem really high quality. The only downside is that they don't come with the correct circular holes, but you can remove the ones that they come with and replace them with the OEM ones from your original mats. Just takes a little b...

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If you use your foglights at any time other than when visibility is less than a few hundred meters, you're a tw*t in my book. As for DRLs, it's just another instance of european laws being forced upon us for no good reason. I'm sure in Norway where it's dark 90% of the day in some parts of the year,...

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Looks like your alarm indicator/button is smashed the same as mine was, they're about £10 from the dealer, part number 82929401797. Bit of a pain to replace as the wire goes all the way to behind the glove box into the alarm module, but not too bad. Just thought I'd point it out incase you weren't a...

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While the TomTom app for the iPhone is very good, I've found a major flaw with it. On the trip down to Croydon to get my new roof a few weeks ago it was a rare sunny day in England, around 26°C. It turns out that when an iPhone gets too hot, it dims the screen, which is a bit of a problem when you'r...

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