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Shame.

Still it's not a bad photo - shows hardtop v softtop well! And it makes the standard wheels on mine look inadequate!

Cheers!

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The jury's still out on to what extent mine underwent a Lorenz fettling in Germany in the past.

It's certainly has the quad pipes and as originally mentioned at the top of this thread, it feels friskier than the other Z1s I tried.

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[quote="Jet"]Cheers Teatray, they turned out better than I expected. quote] No worries! Do you have images yet from the pics you took of thine and mine parked next to each other? I was most amused when waiting for you because I knew when you were near by even though I couldn't see you beca...

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Having seen those clocks close up, I can confirm to you that they really do look excellent.

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Hey TeaTray, how you doing? Back in Sunny Russia? How did the Beaver hats go down, well received I hope. U decided on them doors yet, well hurry up and get them fitted, so I got someone to swap ideas with. :D Got back on Tuesday and it's 'orrible and wet here. Much like it was in the UK. Yes the fu...

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Cool - finally had my chassis number to hand and discovered that, despite now sporting a black leather interior, originally (as Jet guessed from the dark green leather on the dash) my car had a lemon yellow interior! It was built in November 1990 and had the following spec: SA 282 : Light alloy whee...

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They've had that on sale for at least a year because they had it when I was looking to buy one this time last year.

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I've heard a similar story about the Z3 coupe, which was developed by BMW engineers in a basement before the "boss" saw it, liked it and ordered the go-ahead. I don't know if I should believe such stuff but the automotive world is full of crazy and emotional choices, just look at why Lamb...

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Well got caught out for the first time since owning the ///M in the rain today and I have to say I drove like miss daisy......... So just wondering does everyone else have a complete change of driving character when the rain comes down?? Not a complete change, but certainly a degree more caution. T...

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I've been on the North Weald day. Had an A3 1.8T quattro at the time and managed to send it into the most almighty tankslapper attempting one of the manouevres they set you, much to the amusement of onlookers.

Great fun.

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Z1 Does not do too well. c.f Audi TT roadster. I suppose that’s why alot have cracked windscreens/panels creaky seats The ones I have driven are definitely weaker then an SLK or a CLK cabriolet. Rank Torsional Rigidity Nm/° 1 Rolls Royce Phantom 40500 2 VW Phaeton 37000 3 Audi A8 4.2 Quattro 36000 ...

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felix wrote:I have a set of 4 available (without tyres) though they need to be refurbished.

Hi Felix - I could be interested pending more info. Can you pm me more info about condition, price and where you are? I tried to pm you but repeatedly got a debug error message.

Cheers

RT

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Was really very, very surprised to happen on a black Z1 wearing Russian plates parked on a side street here in Moscow. Somehow didn't think there'd be any here since it's not like you see too many Z3s or Z4s. Rather smart - had a dark red leather interior. Not seen that before. I'll be even more sur...

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This so happened to me last time I was in the UK. I was in roadworks on the Northern section of the M25 when the road split into a contraflow. It was a nice day and I was doing 30mph (heavy traffic) so I had the doors down as well as the roof. I was aware that a guy in a blue Vectra VXR had been gaw...

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G2TRG wrote:sfh3l, you could always tie a string to the handle then just pull it from the drivers side lol

This had occurred to me! Just seemed a little Heath Robinson...

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Well annoyingly I can't! Perhaps because I have stupidly long legs for my height - eg I have the seat jammed as far back as possible.

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Cool - thanks! That's good news.

Jet you have a PM in response to yours.

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Has anyone done or seen done a modification which would permit you to close the passenger-side door whilst driving without leaning across the cabin? Ie a switch on the centre console or somesuch similar? At 5"10, I can only just reach the passenger side handle from the driver's seat and have to...

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Looks like fun!

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If it got the full Lorenz treatment it could have included the 2.7 conversion and LSD. Does it have a front strut brace? They included that as well ... That should take it to around 7 secs (not the strut brace that is :D ) No, there's no front strut brace. And I would have though that if it was a 2...

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The Z1 is usually slated as slow and the 0-60 time is listed as 7.9secs but I'm wondering what other's views on this is? Mine has always felt perkier than that (it's supposed to be standard apart from the exhaust) and indeed yesterday I dragged it against a friend who'd just bought an Audi A3 2.0T (...

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Hi senna i feel totaly let down by the performance of the Z1 and it only became apparent whem my mum pulled away from the lights in her fiat punto much faster than me. Its either sell the car or find someone with the balls to do such a conversion.How much would it cost if you did the same conversio...

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He crashed at 200kph and isn't dead in that?

They're stronger than they look...

You can't even tell what colour it was.

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Was delighted, on Saturday morning, to pass a matching H-reg green Z1 going the other way on Putney Bridge. First time I've ever passed another Z1. Lots of friendly waving from the people inside - a man and a pretty blonde.

Was it you?

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Hey TeaTray, Funny you should say that but I thought it was just my Z1 that had a pattern bonnet fitted in the past, as the compound crumbles as I tried to screw in the washer tubes, it definitely resembles fibreglass, if that is the case, I dont recall Fibreglass ever having this "spring"...

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The bonnet is made of fibreglass rather than the thermoplastic on the wings is it not?

At least it looked like fibreglass when I drilled a hole in it...

Does this mean TVRs and things suffer similarly?

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There are usually a few on www.uk.mobile.de with interstellar mileages.

There's two for sale on Autotrader that have done 68k miles and 61k miles apiece.

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Hey Teatray, Im liking the interior, this is the first closeup you have posted, is it just the seats or the entire interior in Black? And whats the expo behind the Ninja Turtle? I thought you were joking about that...? Cheers. The entire interior (including windscreen roll-bar) is in black leather ...

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You are right. I've noticed before that mine is like that too and I've seen it on other cars to greater or lesser extents. This is the only pic of mine I can find which shows it to any particular degree though: http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b40/RacingTeatray/Z1Home-side2.jpg I have to say I don'...

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Cool - thanks. Roughly what I thought since my car appears to have been religiously serviced every 10,000 kms.

It has just chalked up 10,000kms since the last service (an Inspection II) so I think I'll get an oil service done when I'm in London at the start of July.

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In mileage terms?

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Yup - can't imagine why you'd want to shut the door! London was obviously crawling with Z1s at the weekend. I was about on Sunday evening and went to meet a friend for a drink at the Builders Arms in Chelsea. When I arrived (in the car), said friend remarked that he'd just seen another green Z1 go b...

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Nope! I like the look of the car with it on far too much!

Plus driving with the hard-top on and doors-down is pretty fun - that's when people really goggle at the no-doors thang.

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I disagree on the S3. What constitutes "soul"??

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Concur with the S3 suggestion. I had one before the Z1 and it was a perfect all-round car for someone without a family. Very tunable too. I also have an Allroad and it's a pretty strong contender for the practicality award, esp if unlike me (!) you got the economical 2.5TDi. They are really very cap...

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Any temp provided the scarf and coat are warm enough. The heater is surprisingly effective. It needs to be above 20 degrees though for it to be bearable with the doors down as well. Managed 80 with the doors and roof down last weekend - s'pretty windy and requires the wearing of close-fitting wrap-r...

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Fingers crossed then! Or else the Сorsican tourist industry is going to boom!

Weather sounds nice. It's raining here.

What colour is the interior? I guess that lemon might be better than black in a hot country!

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Good tip from Harris about not touching anything red! I like it. Since I am thin and have long legs in proportion to my overall height, I find it easy to hop in and out, but most people don't. With the roof on, I tend to use the edge of the windscreen and the side of the door opening to lever myself...

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Go for the green one! I had a choice of black and green when I bought and, while Dream Black is very nice (and usually my preferred car colour), I find the green really shows off the styling best of all. I get loads of compliments on the colour. I envy you living and having a Z1 in Sardegna! I was s...

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Sounds like it might be more expensive second time around!

Something like that but I'd want a darker earthier red - more oxblood -than that.

Although am more keen on the idea of a dark tan - sort of cognac-coloured. Reckon that could look quite nice with the green bodywork.

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Hmm. Not bad.

I would quite like a dark red or tan leather interior hence the query.

Was it done locally in SE London?

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I second that, TT you do more with your Zed than most....and the comment about the seat material is so true...., one of the reasons I opted to change mine. Well I'm hoping the Z will have a more cossetted life now I have the Audi as well for more mundane tasks but I still reckon on holidaying in th...

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Cheers!

Someone put me onto it and it seemed a fun thing to do. There's a Z3 MCoupe report as well.

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Doh!

Last WPC I drew up next to gave me a big grin and a thumbs-up!

Guess you weren't so lucky!

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Check it out:

http://www.auto-journals.com/

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Fantastic photo!

If you are in Nice, could it have been your red Z1 I saw in St Tropez about six weeks ago?

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Ok the problem seems to have solved itself. When my mate went back yesterday to have another try, it was working again. However he said that in the gloom of the garage he noticed a tiny blue spark from the lock (he described it as being like the one you sometimes get with light switches in houses) t...

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How did you like Monaco Earpy? I've not been to a Grands Prix there but have visited a few times. Was there two years ago this September in our Zed. I bet the atmosphere was great at GP time cos it's like that anyway cruising round the harbour checking out the yachts and general people watching. Ho...

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Afternoon All, I'm thinking of fitting a new stereo in the Z and wondered if anyone had any recommendations. I'm after something that won't look out of place in the instrument panel (i.e. simple display & design, probably black finish, minimum number of buttons) and will connect straight to my ...

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I don't know - I'm having to do this by remote and I haven't heard back yet. What are the emergency door latches?

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