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You can imagine him looking at the options list:

hmmm. 8.1 litre with extra power? Hmmm, like it.
ABS? No, that's for girls.

What a muppet.

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Felix - you have a Z1 - you MUST have a life - 'nuff said mate.
With 3 old BMW's I am fairly familiar with realoem, but that is a neat trick.

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Felix, you know your way around realoem better that I do!
Still, I thought I recognised the switch from my Dad's old car, and I was right.....
Plenty of those around in breakers' yards.
Either that or you could "carelessly" get out of a mini-cab and walk away with one.....
Te he.

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I'll be taking my Z1 down this year (so it will probably be a wet one). I'm going first thing Thursday, travelling over on the Eurotunnel and coming back Monday morning. We stay in a hotel in town, I but plan to be fairly late at the circuit on Saturday. Normally I get to about 3:30AM and have to ca...

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I would also vote for the switch being the culprit. That pic looks like a switch from an E30, but I have a feeling it's more a rectangular shape on the Z1. Isn't that the E28 switch, like this one: http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts.do?model=DC92&mospid=47222&btnr=51_0445&hg=51&fg=...

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Thanks Frederic,

I've always run my cars for a few miles before draining oil, so that it drains more completely. With the Z1 I think I might be doing it cold in future!

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Just changed the oil on the Z1. Could they make the oil filter in a more difficult place or what? Burned my forearms, squished my fingers and generally struggled,but managed it. Tell me - is it recommended to remove the undertray to get at the filter? I thought I would,but it goes up into the wheelh...

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I was thinking actually that what I might do next time it plays up is to swap over the door control modules, just to see if this has an effect. I was working on the basis that if it corrected the problem, then the driver's was faulty, and that if it didn't, we could regard it as OK. (always looking ...

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Thanks for this Paul.

I guess that is a job for a nice day! I feared it would be a wing-off job to find out, but that sounds within my expertise. Not sure whether patience runs that far though.......

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I believe that there may be a problem with my driver's door. It played up a while ago, by not shutting completely (ie not latching in the up position), but then appeared to correct this and had been fine since. Now it appears to work intermittently correctly. Sometimes it will not shut on the outsid...

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Senna, Id be very interested to hear the outcome of the M50 swap - thses are plentiful and easy to get hold of. I'm guessing you're thinking about the E36 328i with a better inlet manifold. That way, should be good for an easy 225bhp? Cool name, by the way. Not enough reverence in this world I say. ...

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G.
Did you fit it yourself?????
When you say roled up in a small box, it sounds as if it was literally just the canvass and the window - not the frame. Is that right?
Was fitting a real bitch, or did you get someone else to do it?
Sorry for the Spanish Inquisition.......

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Ben, I saw an article on the BMC induction in one of the BMW mags recently. They were impressed with the real power gains they measured. Looks cool too. Did you buy direct from BMC in Itally, or did you find someone retailing at a decent price over here? Also, if you don't mind my asking, how much d...

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Cheers Chris,
I have been out a couple of times since, and it has been perfect.
My only worry is not being able to leave the car secure if it won't shut properly when I want to park it up.
A bit cold to have the top down today, but a lovely day for it nonetheless....

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My Z1 has a lovely fruity exhaust note, as the PO had a stainless back box made up identical to the BMW system. Below 3000 rpm there is a very bassy overlay, and I am very pleased with it. I was looking at the induction system, with a view to balancing things up a little, trying to get a bit of fun ...

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Having had a chance to test the wind deflector last weekend, I am pretty pleased. It certainly doesn't cut out all the gusts that tug at the top of your head, but I would say that once you hit about 30mph it gets no worse until over 100. For me, that pretty much covers the "normal use" ran...

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Funnily enough, the emulsion paint in my children's playroom is that colour! It's where I sit on the "play" PC

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Last time I was in the BMW dealer in Oxford, they had that very car for sale......
Not sure whether it is still there, as this was a couple of months ago.

As I remember, all Clarkcon could do was bang on about women's knickers, and how slow the car was.

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My wind deflector arrived from the Fatherland today. Very easy fit, took 25 mins, including bending the supplied brackets about a bit for best fit. No verdict yet on how good it is at the job as the weather looked too horrible to venture out. I used the Zed at the weekend and got it filthy and din't...

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Mine's a 1990 Sport Evo, in black. Not a garage quen, but I try....

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a5/sfh3l/DSCF1509.jpg

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I'm planning to take mine to Le Mans next year, possible for both Classic and 24Hrs events. Fabulous car for the job.
For the 24Hrs, I am even planning to take my bike down. After getting 3 adult sized bikes into the boot of my E30 M3, one into a Zed should be childsplay! (with any luck).

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I am always looking out for bits, and how much they go for etc etc. I keep seeing this on German eBay. My German is somewhere between poor and ridiculous, but I think this might be a complete hood, new, and from a firm that lists similar for other cabrios on it's eBay shop. http://cgi.ebay.de/CABRIO...

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Have a great Christmas everyone.

Remember, the garage is a much better place than sleeping in a chair!

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You weren't hanging around. I thought the Z1 looked so fresh against newer cars. It really is a design that has aged well. Looking at one alongside a Z3 you would be hard pressed to say the Z3 looked a more modern design. I was there in the CSL - looking all of it's 33 years, but beautiful with it! ...

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Te he Paul. I get those too, and I have less of an excuse. I was considering making one up out of perforated zinc and copper pipe for a frame, and painting it all black. That would match the material used for the dash shelf, and look fairly "BMW" I thought. Or perhaps not! I've seen pictur...

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Thare was a very neat little Dream Black one at the BMWCC Day at Silverstone too - no slouch either!

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Thanks chaps. I'll try the Renovo stuff, as that is on its way and looks very good. As a side issue, I see the post about T-Cut. I have been meaning to tackle light scratches on the glass of my CSL for a long time, but not really plucked up the courage. Does anyone have any experience of what might ...

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Does anyone have a recommendation for a wind deflector for the Z1?
I don't see a BMW one listed on RealOEM, but I have seen plenty of pics of cars wih them fitted.
Trying to hold onto what little hair I have left!
Thanks in advance for your advice.

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Thanks mate. Kit duly ordered.

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Very sad to see this. I agree that to repair would be a daunting task. Must have been a strange accident though. The o/s wheel looks intact, and it is hard to work out what must have happened. A tempting buy for bits alone, but oo much money already. Nice low mileage car as well. I hope someone with...

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Well, I have now finished messing around with the various bits of tarting up I wanted to do before I took any pictures, and here we are! If you get bored with the pics - ignore. http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a5/sfh3l/DSCN0359.jpg http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a5/sfh3l/b03a0db3.jpg http://i8.ph...

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Carletti, The blue car is stunning - beautiful! I wanted a blue one, but here in the UK that is a real long shot. I picked up a Traumschwartz one last week. I am now "over the moon". I still fancy it in blue though! Good luck in your quest for your own Z. I looked at a fair few on www.mobi...

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Everything comes to he who waits..........

However long it takes, it WILL be worth it.

Know what you mean though.

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Picked up my Z1 today. Fantastic! The car is just a delight. Everything I wanted and more. Today was a perfect day for it too. Only a 40 mile trip home, but I seem to have managed to do 120 miles today! I will post a few pics when I can, but I want to have a bit of a clean up first. BIG grin right n...

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Snap! Bought a lovely little Dream Black car from Jazzbo (forum ID) on Sunday. I hope to pick up on Thursday. So another love affair begins.................... I too have been lusting after a Z1 for ever. I drove a dealer car at a launch event for the E36 coupe, and promised myself then that I would...

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Still looking for a Z1 (and trying to create enough garage space to be able to look after it too). How much do you guys reckon a Purblau one should command as a premium, given that it seems quite a rare colour. I've never seen one in this colour in the UK, and it is a colour I like. Your thoughts wo...

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Bruce, your car just looks the business.

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Paul,
Tried sending you a PM, but not sure you are getting them (that's the second I've sent).
I am interested.
Can you either send me a PM or email me on samlever@thinkpositive.co.uk ?

Thanks Paul, and hope all is well with you.

Sam

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There is Z1 on mobile.de at the moment with a 3.0 litre M3 motor.
The car is metallic black and the seats have been trimmed in bright red leather.......

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There was a guy I dealt with at Hartlake some time ago who managed to wire my then (brand) new E46 head unit through to a non-BMW, non-Alpine changer, by way of an interface box. I am sure that a similar think would be possible, taking the old round plug and making up a loom that terminated in a mor...

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