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That's a nice looking M. Is that Temple Newsam House in the background, and did I see your car parked in Allerton Grange Avenue, Leeds, yesterday? I'm probably totally wrong, but I just caught sight of a red M out of the corner of my eye, and I'm putting two and two together.

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Thank you most sincerely for those replies. This is the first time I have been on the computer since I posted my initial question almost 24 hours ago, and I am amazed (and encouraged) to have received such a detailed response so quickly, especially from Dudster, whose advice virtually tells me every...

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Does anybody on here have any experience of driving long distances in Norway? I have been (by air) as far north as Tromso, which is more than 200 miles north of the Arctic Circle and has the world's northernmost university, the world's northernmost Chinese takeaway, and more or less the world's nort...

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[but given the wide rear of the //M i think there may be a problem.]

In fact, isn't the pre-facelift 2.8 exactly the same width at the rear as an M?

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I always find it easier to connect under the bonnet. For one thing, if you feed the wires through the small gap just to the front of the wheel arch (near the black plastic liner), you can close the bonnet and lock the car.

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Now you tell me! Next time, perhaps.

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Saw a nice looking blue ZM Coupe parked in Wapping High Street on Thursday evening - was it anybody on here?

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Ditto. I've owned BMWs for 27 years (a succession of 320s every three years until I had a middle-to-late life crisis and got my Z) and I cannot remember every having to top up the oil between services.

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Surely, it depends on the type of driving you do. For example, the service lights should - in theory at least - take into account the number of starts from cold, so somebody using their car as an everyday driver around town will get through the lights, mileage wise, a lot quicker than somebody like ...

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I might be due for a replacement exhaust for my 1999 2.8 before the coming summer is out and, rather than wait until the old one has blown and I have to get a new one fitted in a hurry, I want to suss out a suitable stainless steel replacement. If it also has a sportier tone than the standard issue,...

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Nicola: The Oxford Oximiser which you're referring to works a treat, and £19 is a steal - I paid about £40 for mine three or four years ago. This has been discussed on previous threads - it's not just a straight charger, but monitors the level of charge and lets the battery discharge periodically to...

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As I said on 29th January.

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Just to put Lowlander's mind at rest, my 2.8 Z - which I bought new - will be seven years old in April and so far I haven't seen the slightest sign of rust anywhere. I had the hole on my boot lid drilled out and the chrome lip put on the lock by the dealer prior to delivery, and I can only assume th...

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Hello Gazza Sorry to hear you had your car keyed, but at least you've managed to get it fixed. Could have been worse - it could have been your SL !!! They're the scum of the earth - bring back flogging, I say! It's a combination of jealousy and mindless vandalism. They only go for cars that look a b...

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Touche!

Nice car.

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Garythefish: Hi, Gary. Looking at your number again, I've just had a thought. Why don't you flog the Z and buy a sporty Merc? Then you could pretend your number reads: GAZZA SL Like I said before, don't take this too seriously. I'm as much a number plate nerd as anybody, it's just that I believe tha...

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I had the same thing happen with my front bumper, which was out of alignment where it meets the bonnet on the front wheel arch - slightly set back at one side in relation to the other. I arranged to have it seen by the bodyshop when the car was in for its annual service, and to their credit they (Sy...

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Sounds like the battery - 100 miles last weekend should have been more than enough to give it a good charge unless it's on its last legs. Get the alternator checked before you buy a new battery, though. In the longer term, since like me you don't use your Z much in winter (in my case hardly at all),...

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Geoff H (and anybody else who might be interested): Yes, the Registration Numbers Club is still going strong. I was one of the very first members, in 1975 or 1976, and like you I thought it had folded but I saw a feature on car numbers in the Daily Telegraph last year which mentioned the RNC, so I c...

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Garythefish: Good luck to you. All I'm saying is that the police are soon going to get very keen on mis-spaced numbers. Your nickname's Gaz (or Gazza), mine's Gra (pronounced Gray) - so why doesn't my number mean anything to anybody but me, when yours does? Don't get too serious about all this - it'...

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For anybody who might be interested (yawn, yawn), my plates are as follows: I have 100 GRA on my 1999 2.8 Z3 (my name being Graham). This plate dates from 1958, was issued by Derbyshire County Council, and has been in my possession since 1975 - since when it's been on around eight BMWs. My other pla...

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As the owner of a pre-facelift 2.8 (April 1999) I'm obviously biased, but I can honestly say I wouldn't swap it. I think it looks, and sits, exactly right. The difference in the width of the rear arches (and rear track?) might be minimal, but it makes all the difference when looking at the car from ...

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Mike Fishwick wrote: "In most countries the use of foglamps without headlights is no longer legal.." As far as I know it is legal ik the UK, so long as conditions are bad enough to warrant the use of foglamps. The point I meant to make in my previous post, and didn't, was that both the car...

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Do I take it we are talking about FRONT fog lights? I have two cars with front fogs, a 1999 2.8 Z3 and a 2004 Land Rover Freelander, and both have identical set-ups. On both cars I can have my FRONT fogs on with either the headlights OR just with the sidelights. The REAR fogs will work when either t...

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Taking it out once a week should be OK, but if it's longer than that I would get an Oximiser (rather than an ordinary charger). Don't forget that the security system alone - assuming you leave it alarmed - takes quite a bit out of the battery. Which country are you in?

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A hard one to call between two trips... Sheffield to Westport, County Mayo, on the west coast of Ireland, in June, glorious weather, hood down every mile of the way in both directions. Round the North Wales coast road on the outward journey in the early evening, an overnight stop at the Trearddur Ba...

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The best thing really is NOT to put your car away for the winter, or at least not for the entire winter without it ever getting moved. My Z spends virtually the whole winter in the garage, but whenever I wake up to one of those cold but really nice crisp, blue-skied mornings, and I have roughly 45 m...

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As a Christmas present, my wife has had a water colour painting done of me in my Z3 2.8, which the artist did from the main photograph which my wife took, plus a few more close-ups which I took of specific details which she could't see too clearly, like the wheels, side gills and radiator grill. I'm...

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It looks a nice car. By a huge coincidence, I had already seen it on the Heritage of Brentwood website which I was browsing a couple of weeks or so ago out of interest because I had been talking to the Heritage proprietor (Barry Neal) through a sporting (non-motoring) connection. Re double Vanos. Al...

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My 1999 2.8 spends most of the winter in the garage, and the best thing I ever bought (after having similar trouble to the above during its second or third winter) was an Oxford Oximiser, which I leave permanently connected to the car when I'm not using it. I'm not a technical person, but from what ...

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I am only adding another post to this thread so that it stays somewhere near the top of the pile (at least on the first page) and doesn't disappear into the mists of time, as it is almost a month now since I raised my original question.

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I would definitely tell your insurers, and get something in writing to the effect that they accept any changes. They might only be cosmetic, but in the event of a claim for theft or damage they might argue that such changes made your car more attractive to car thieves or joy riders. Always be on the...

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Thanks for those useful replies, and in particular to Stu (Z Register Organiser). I'd be happy to play a more pro-active role. My main problem at the moment is that, until my wife forces me to retire and my son takes over the full running of our business (we run a sports news agency), I work every s...

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Re the previous thread on here about the Z Register, and several comments (including one from me) on the theme of “What happens next?" My membership of this site was subsquently ‘upgraded’ (thanks) to show me as being a Z Register member, but it does still rather leave me asking: What is the pu...

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As I said in a previous thread, I had a new rear screen fitted by Sytners in Sheffield in April 2004. It cost £199.23, made up of £98.73 for the window, £70.83 fitting and £29.67 VAT. It was already starting to look scratched a couple of months ago, but it came up really well with Renovo polish whic...

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Touch wood, but I would say that by and large I get more positive reaction than negative. My 2.8 is now six and a half years old, but I've had it from new and it still looks like new! Unless it's actually raining, the hood is down (I'm lucky enought to only use it in summer). Scruffy kids on street ...

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I had a 320i two-door in Mauritius blue for three years. Like a lot of dark metallics, it looked great when the sun was shining on it, but a bit drab at other times. Eats petrol? I'm getting 32.8mpg out of my 2.8 according to the computer, although it's never used for anything but longish journeys -...

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John Boy, are you saying that a power hood (which I have on my 2.8) also reduces boot space? I didn't realise that was the case.

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I'm with you on everything but the camping - I like my creature comforts too much! Despite what the press tended to say when the first Z3s were being reviewed, I think the boot space is pretty good for the kind of car it is. If I need a lot of luggage space, I use my Freelander. My wife and I often ...

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As suggested by Mike Fishwick, I rang the club office this morning. Whilst the lady I spoke to was extremely courteous, their reply was basically, after referring my query to her boss: "It's nowt to do wi' us" (as we say in Yorkshire). She was quite adamant that the zroadster.net website i...

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Just wondering if Foxy has heard anything yet. The weeks are slipping by (and I'm several weeks ahead of Foxy in the queue), and I'm still waiting.

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Hey, hang on, I was in the queue before you, and I'm still waiting!

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That's fine, and thanks for the explanation. Didn't want to ruffle any feathers, but I was just a bit puzzled, to say the least. Perhaps something to that effect ought to be sent out with the membership details and Z Register windscreen sticker to explain the situation to new members - i.e. that the...

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I can endorse the Renovo product for hoods. Also, their plastic rear screen cleaner is amazing, if you follow the instructions. Don't know what it's made of, but it smells exactly like the embrocation I used to put on my legs when I was doing a lot of cycling! Ellerman's Rub, I think it was called. ...

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To quote: "I paid my membership - now what happens??" A good question. While you're at it, perhaps existing members could help me, too. I have joined the BMW Car Club and Z Register and submitted my details, both on the printed application form on line since I joined. Does the Register act...

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On my 1999 2.8, just the other week, the bracket on the other side of the rubber mount from the exhaust came adrift where it was spot welded onto whatever it was meant to be spot welded on to. It meant having all the rear bumper removed because they couldn't risk welding so close to plastic, and cos...

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Touch wood, I don't think there's any corrosion around the opener on my Arctic silver 2.8, built in March 1999, although at the moment I'm in the office and the car is at home. Somebody asked when the chrome "lip" for the locks started to be fitted as standard. It was a dealer fit on my ve...

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I had a new rear window fitted by Sytners in Sheffield in April 2004. It cost £98.73, plus £70.83 fitting, plus VAT!

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