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by Racing Tortoise
Tue 01 Apr, 2008 22:36
Forum: Z1 roadster
Topic: Any Recommendations for Z1 door servicing ??
Replies: 8
Views: 1721

Munich Legends overhauled mine two and a half years ago and, touch wood, they've not given any trouble since then.

But they are a long way from you.
by Racing Tortoise
Mon 31 Mar, 2008 11:19
Forum: Spotted!
Topic: Silver Z4M on A12
Replies: 0
Views: 559

Silver Z4M on A12

Just before Ipswich yesterday lunchtime, going like the absolute clappers, although I suspect not trying all that hard since I was able to keep up, even with the hood down. Tested the GF's headscarf though!
by Racing Tortoise
Mon 31 Mar, 2008 11:18
Forum: Z1 roadster
Topic: Z1 Clear Rear Lights
Replies: 102
Views: 24793

Hi all, Another alternative, try this ones ... All clear :wink: http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/2682/rearwhiteut2.jpg @++ fluo It must be possible to find a manufacturer somewhere who will modify your rear lights if so many people are interested and you want it this much, perhaps ask Fluoman abo...
by Racing Tortoise
Sun 23 Mar, 2008 21:18
Forum: Z1 roadster
Topic: Not Pimp my ride but pimp my bay!!!
Replies: 11
Views: 1998

Good God. I daren't open the bonnet of mine now for shame.

I think mine's going to have to go off for some cosmetic and mechanical titivation this summer.
by Racing Tortoise
Wed 19 Mar, 2008 09:46
Forum: Z1 roadster
Topic: What's wrong with Pirelli
Replies: 11
Views: 1260

Having checked, the T1-R is what my car wears.
by Racing Tortoise
Mon 17 Mar, 2008 16:19
Forum: Z1 roadster
Topic: What's wrong with Pirelli
Replies: 11
Views: 1260

They perhaps do not make them in the correct fitment anymore since it is not a particularly normal one. When I was looking, I found the choice of tyres was very restricted. I ended up going for Toyo Proxes, which seem better than the old Yokohamas that were on there before.
by Racing Tortoise
Fri 14 Mar, 2008 13:38
Forum: Z1 roadster
Topic: Seats:Keep Original or Go New?
Replies: 24
Views: 3359

Is the teutonic hanky-flapping strictly necessary?
by Racing Tortoise
Tue 11 Mar, 2008 10:55
Forum: Z1 roadster
Topic: Seats:Keep Original or Go New?
Replies: 24
Views: 3359

I have had a full black leather re-trim in my Z1 (including centre console, doors etc) and my personal view is that it looks miles better than the original trim. Plus it doesn't age or stain. Worth the money. I've seen Jet's car too, which has had the same done, but in Lemon Yellow leather, and it l...
by Racing Tortoise
Sun 09 Mar, 2008 22:46
Forum: Z1 roadster
Topic: is the forum alive again?
Replies: 3
Views: 923

Bravo.
by Racing Tortoise
Mon 04 Feb, 2008 22:38
Forum: Let's talk
Topic: What Have u Done to your Z this past 7 days ?
Replies: 46
Views: 4184

Last 7 days? Well I was actually in the UK for part of last week, so the Z1 was dug out of hiding, relieved of its hard-top and driven. First around London and then up to Suffolk and back. With the roof down, and the doors when doing less than 50mph. Got spotted on the A12 by a friend of my flatmate...
by Racing Tortoise
Fri 01 Feb, 2008 19:14
Forum: Z1 roadster
Topic: Hubba hubba!
Replies: 19
Views: 2705

GBP37k? Ouch. That's very low mileage and a nicer colour, but no hard-top.
by Racing Tortoise
Fri 01 Feb, 2008 12:16
Forum: Z1 roadster
Topic: Hubba hubba!
Replies: 19
Views: 2705

I'd pay 30k for an RLE in that apparent condition. Just not one that colour. I appreciate that others may like the colour, just as some also like Fun Gelb. Personally I couldn't have a Z1 in either shade but that's just me. And repainting a car like that wouldn't be right.
by Racing Tortoise
Thu 31 Jan, 2008 15:52
Forum: Z1 roadster
Topic: Hubba hubba!
Replies: 19
Views: 2705

Hubba hubba!

RLE with hardtop.....god, if only it wasn't techno-purple! In fact, it's a good thing it is, otherwise I'd be straight over on the next plane to buy it!

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/357127.htm
by Racing Tortoise
Fri 18 Jan, 2008 10:26
Forum: Let's talk
Topic: UK Petrol costs
Replies: 47
Views: 5094

X958 wrote:Perhaps we should all move to Venezuela?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008 ... .venezuela

0.7p a litre!! :shock:
Jesus! I thought I was doing alright at 42p per litre!!! But 42p per tankful is unbelievable!
by Racing Tortoise
Thu 17 Jan, 2008 16:07
Forum: Let's talk
Topic: UK Petrol costs
Replies: 47
Views: 5094

Tony made his millions and has now ducked out to spend them, it's Gordon's turn now, when he has made his millions he also will duck out. That's not strictly accurate. Ex-PMs make their millions post-office. Did you not see the news item this week about Blair taking up a post as a political advisor...
by Racing Tortoise
Thu 17 Jan, 2008 09:57
Forum: Let's talk
Topic: UK Petrol costs
Replies: 47
Views: 5094

It's horrendous. Last time I was in London a couple of weeks ago, a litre of Optimax was 113.9p from the local Shell garage, and Tesco Surrey Quays wanted 109.9p for their super stuff. The Z1s got a small tank so you don't get too stung each time, but filling the Merc from empty cost me nearly 80 qu...
by Racing Tortoise
Thu 17 Jan, 2008 08:36
Forum: Let's talk
Topic: Caption Competition
Replies: 36
Views: 3380

"Who said BMW drivers were like Lemmings?"
by Racing Tortoise
Wed 16 Jan, 2008 17:17
Forum: Z1 roadster
Topic: I've finally taken the plunge !
Replies: 21
Views: 3123

I've just taken out my insurance with Hagerty Insurance and very good they were too. £174.30 for myself (37, central Edinburgh, 3 points, 2000 miles pa) and three other named drivers over 25. I would highly recommend them. Hagerty are my new favourite people! They just gave me fully-comp classic co...
by Racing Tortoise
Mon 07 Jan, 2008 11:58
Forum: The Gallery
Topic: Flirting with the dark side...
Replies: 13
Views: 2534

Thanks, I'm pretty chuffed with it. It's in the shop today having a custom cat-back exhaust fitted, since the current one's back boxes are on their last legs. Hopefully it will sound rather naughty when it gets back!
by Racing Tortoise
Wed 02 Jan, 2008 16:13
Forum: The Gallery
Topic: Flirting with the dark side...
Replies: 13
Views: 2534

Yes, I'd love a "Banker's Express" 6.3 and a 6.9 wouldn't go amiss either. How they drive? I rather like how mine drives. It was after all tuned and assembled by Porsche so does know how to tackle corners as well as demolishing the straight bits! The star on the end of the bonnet puts me i...
by Racing Tortoise
Wed 02 Jan, 2008 13:46
Forum: Z1 roadster
Topic: I've finally taken the plunge !
Replies: 21
Views: 3123

Good show. Urgrun cars are definitely the best.... :lol:

I still renew my BMW breakdown cover every year - they are very good. A smart chappie comes out and can usually magic up a cure.
by Racing Tortoise
Wed 02 Jan, 2008 13:43
Forum: The Gallery
Topic: Flirting with the dark side...
Replies: 13
Views: 2534

Yup, t'is an E500. 326bhp V8 hidden in what looks like a Croydon minicab. Makes a lovely burble - all the more so because there is a blow on one of the rear boxes. Will make an even lovelier burble as am having a custom cat-back Powerflow system (with discrete hidden tailpipes to keep up the cover (...
by Racing Tortoise
Wed 02 Jan, 2008 10:48
Forum: The Gallery
Topic: Flirting with the dark side...
Replies: 13
Views: 2534

Flirting with the dark side...

...I needed a bigger car to go with the Z1 but that didn't mean it couldn't also be LHD and silly. Since I couldn't find a decent E34 M5 Touring that I liked, I've gone over to the dark side. I do feel like I should keep a pair of sawn-off shotguns on the passenger seat at all times: http://i16.phot...
by Racing Tortoise
Wed 02 Jan, 2008 10:43
Forum: Z1 roadster
Topic: I've finally taken the plunge !
Replies: 21
Views: 3123

Glad to hear it! That's the one I believe I originally recommended!

Do you get BMW approved used care with it?
by Racing Tortoise
Fri 14 Dec, 2007 10:15
Forum: Z1 roadster
Topic: please advise of a trustworthy bodyshop for my damaged Z1
Replies: 8
Views: 1753

Jet should be able to tell you - he just had his Z1 fixed after a prang and it's looking like new again.
by Racing Tortoise
Mon 03 Dec, 2007 14:28
Forum: Z1 roadster
Topic: Wind Deflector
Replies: 20
Views: 2873

Jet, your car looks absolutely amazing! Congratulations. I'm very impressed. And jealous. I wish I had the time to put that much effort into mine.
by Racing Tortoise
Wed 28 Nov, 2007 08:17
Forum: Z1 roadster
Topic: BMW Z1 video from BMW-WEB.TV
Replies: 4
Views: 1103

Cool. But what are they wearing at the beginning? Looks like Lawrence of Arabia meets Biggles!
by Racing Tortoise
Thu 25 Oct, 2007 19:22
Forum: Z1 roadster
Topic: Update on my search for a Z1
Replies: 67
Views: 8379

Yes, lovely. Z3's rather nice too.

But see the two together like that and it's hard to believe that the Z3 was launched 10 years after the Z1....
by Racing Tortoise
Thu 25 Oct, 2007 14:43
Forum: Z1 roadster
Topic: Update on my search for a Z1
Replies: 67
Views: 8379

senna wrote:
I started off with the green/yellow one by wrapping it in cotton wool, and sitting on pillow cases to prevent the seats getting dirty. As I matured/evolved, I put a 321 B.H.P engine in it.
:bow
by Racing Tortoise
Thu 25 Oct, 2007 09:14
Forum: Z1 roadster
Topic: Update on my search for a Z1
Replies: 67
Views: 8379

Is the Z1 radio any good though? Presumably it's the sort of thing you remove and carefully keep in a cupboard whilst actually using a new headunit with CD/iPod/digital functions? keep in a cupboard? Isnt that the opposite to your "drive it like you stole it" attitude to the Z1? :D I beg ...
by Racing Tortoise
Wed 24 Oct, 2007 18:27
Forum: Z1 roadster
Topic: Update on my search for a Z1
Replies: 67
Views: 8379

Is the Z1 radio any good though? Presumably it's the sort of thing you remove and carefully keep in a cupboard whilst actually using a new headunit with CD/iPod/digital functions?

I know I would - I haven't really got any cassettes I'd want to listen to any more.
by Racing Tortoise
Wed 24 Oct, 2007 07:25
Forum: Z1 roadster
Topic: Update on my search for a Z1
Replies: 67
Views: 8379

^^ More or less what Bruce said. Mine's still on its original km/h clocks and reads a healthy 103,000kms so given a full service history back to year dot, I've no reason to doubt it. I don't see the replacement back box as a sign of anything other than that at some point somebody rightly thought the...
by Racing Tortoise
Tue 23 Oct, 2007 15:46
Forum: Z1 roadster
Topic: Update on my search for a Z1
Replies: 67
Views: 8379

I would seriously query your assertion that 9 out of 10 people prefer lemon yellow leather to black leather. Why ? On an ur-grun Z1, there is absolutely no contest whatsoever as to which looks better :P Well then I'm that 10th person because it isn't my cup of tea at all - I wouldn't like the lemon...
by Racing Tortoise
Tue 23 Oct, 2007 15:39
Forum: Z1 roadster
Topic: 24
Replies: 13
Views: 2398

The film would be a good plan.
by Racing Tortoise
Tue 23 Oct, 2007 13:04
Forum: Z1 roadster
Topic: Update on my search for a Z1
Replies: 67
Views: 8379

[quote="RacingTeatray] Originality can be damned in my view. Be that as it may, it tends to ensure stronger residuals. In the UK at any rate . . . Most people viewing that car would feel more comfortable paying £16,800 knowing that the original interior was still in situ after only 30k miles a...
by Racing Tortoise
Tue 23 Oct, 2007 10:58
Forum: Z1 roadster
Topic: 24
Replies: 13
Views: 2398

Yes indeed, thats one good thing I have to say about CaroleNash, they are very efficient when things go wrong. On the flipside, I get a new looking frontend, as the bonnet, bumper and side panel get resprayed in the process, so I finally get rid of a gazillion stone chips, one less thing for me to ...
by Racing Tortoise
Tue 23 Oct, 2007 10:54
Forum: Z1 roadster
Topic: Update on my search for a Z1
Replies: 67
Views: 8379

Personal taste might come into it but in that case why buy the lemon interior in the first place when the camouflage interior is just as common ? Because some of us don't like either of them? I personally find the acid yellow too garish for my taste and I absolutely detest the grey alcantara/ camou...
by Racing Tortoise
Tue 23 Oct, 2007 05:24
Forum: Z1 roadster
Topic: Update on my search for a Z1
Replies: 67
Views: 8379

senna wrote:I have first hand experience of the Lemon interior. It is not that bad, should easily last 60000 miles (accidents excluded). Even so why change the door trims.
They take ages to wear.
Personal taste?
by Racing Tortoise
Mon 22 Oct, 2007 15:09
Forum: Z1 roadster
Topic: 24
Replies: 13
Views: 2398

I was standing on the opposite side of the road, so saw it happening, he had the audacity to tell me: "if I had a car like that I wouldnt park it there". I told him that if he had a car like that, I would not advise he drive it at all, as he is a sh*t driver. So you'll get repairs on insu...
by Racing Tortoise
Mon 22 Oct, 2007 15:08
Forum: Z1 roadster
Topic: Update on my search for a Z1
Replies: 67
Views: 8379

It's exactly like my car, which is also Ur Grun and also has the green dash and green carpets combined with black leather on the inner doors, sills and centre console/gearlever/handbrake. I assume it was because the original owner disliked the original trim, since I've checked the chassis code on mi...
by Racing Tortoise
Mon 22 Oct, 2007 09:33
Forum: Z1 roadster
Topic: Update on my search for a Z1
Replies: 67
Views: 8379

Magic1 wrote:Its seems to be the only Magic Violet imported into Britian by a BMW dealership.

Only had it for five weeks, really please, this is my first Z.
Well have fun! They really are unique cars.
by Racing Tortoise
Mon 22 Oct, 2007 09:33
Forum: Z1 roadster
Topic: 24
Replies: 13
Views: 2398

Re: 24

Jet wrote:3 hours later, parked off the A406, a truck scrapes the front wing, dents the bumper and scuffs my alloys.
Oww oww oww. Did you catch the bastard?
by Racing Tortoise
Fri 19 Oct, 2007 12:42
Forum: Z1 roadster
Topic: Wind Deflector
Replies: 20
Views: 2873

Ker-rist that's an expensive piece of perspex! 340 euros??

Surely you could make your own?
by Racing Tortoise
Fri 19 Oct, 2007 12:38
Forum: Z1 roadster
Topic: Wind Deflector
Replies: 20
Views: 2873

Have ordered Perspex deflector from http://www.cabriodesign.nl/frameset_eng.htm Does someone have an extra hardtop for sale possible, I would be very interested!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ta. Note that you also need the mounting kit (obsolete) as well as the hardtop so if you see one for sale, I'd be tempted ...
by Racing Tortoise
Fri 19 Oct, 2007 09:13
Forum: Z1 roadster
Topic: Wind Deflector
Replies: 20
Views: 2873

I can vouch for the Perspex, simple, rock solid design, unobtrusive, easy to fit and it works very well, Height dependant of course. Just one problem, it can be like a mirror and reflects everything passing in front of you, making you think it is coming from your blindspot. A blindspot mirror or ti...
by Racing Tortoise
Fri 19 Oct, 2007 09:08
Forum: Z1 roadster
Topic: Update on my search for a Z1
Replies: 67
Views: 8379

Magic1 wrote:It would be the Z1 on piston heads with minimal miles, why ?
No reason other than curiosity! There aren't many Magic Violet Z1s around in the UK.
by Racing Tortoise
Thu 18 Oct, 2007 13:29
Forum: Z1 roadster
Topic: Update on my search for a Z1
Replies: 67
Views: 8379

It wasn't the one advertised on Pistonheads with a minimal mileage was it?
by Racing Tortoise
Thu 18 Oct, 2007 09:52
Forum: Z1 roadster
Topic: Update on my search for a Z1
Replies: 67
Views: 8379

Did you ever look at the one at the Perth BMW dealer?
by Racing Tortoise
Tue 16 Oct, 2007 06:55
Forum: Z1 roadster
Topic: Z1 Speed
Replies: 11
Views: 1757

I can't tell what that speedo reads, but I've seen an indicated 220kph in mine on the autobahn between Freiburg and Basle. Felt remarkably steady at that speed - more so than my Alfa.

I'd agree that the gauge looks cold - mine tends to sit bolt upright and rarely deviates from that.
by Racing Tortoise
Tue 16 Oct, 2007 06:49
Forum: Z1 roadster
Topic: Brake rotors and pads for Z1
Replies: 12
Views: 2054

I note that mine appears to be fitted with E36 M3 items. Hmm I presume you did that in your conversion! The E36 has 5 stud hubs, but the Z1 has 4 stud. For clarification: The rear disks (rotors) on the Z1 made for most of production are Z1 only items, they are not E36 items. The fronts are E30. NOT...

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