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I shall be there both days again this year, but in the 3.0csl and I am also booked to do the AA 'Grand Tour', which is a rally that involves a trip out into Northants and Oxfordshire before we arrive at the circuit and another parade lap at some point during the weekend. It would be good to catch up...

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I think it is very sad that the world is so both interconnected and f&cked up that we suspect everything we see on the internet. Then again we have very good reason to! If you're genuine Bruno then my heart goes out to you and I wish you the best in sorting out your financial emergency and if yo...

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Yes - I meant to say that I am surprised by the ratings Scorpion quotes. My experience of the Toyos must come to about 15,000 Z1 miles and a further 50,000 in my M3 and I would say that their wet weather grip is not very reassuring for the first couple of miles, but after they are warm there is noth...

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Nice work Jamal! Well documented too, but then I would expect nothing less from you 8-) I had my rear wings off the other day and reinforced the cracked piece at the lower edge of one and the crack where the door forces the wing up on the other. I have also adjusted the wing so that the door now kis...

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I've used the T1-R on my Z1 for years now and I rate them very highly. I also used them (same size even) on my old E30 M3. The 'must have' tyre for that car used to be the Goodyear Eagle F1 (old tread pattern), which were on the M3 when I got it, but over the time I owned the car these moved to 'NLA...

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According to Classic & SportsCar, the Z1 did sell and it had less than 200km on the clock!
Either way that is BIG money

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Great write up Ian. You make it sound so simple. After reinforcing both front wings while on the Tech Day, I took the opportunity of a wash-out Bank Holiday Monday to spend some time on the rears. Had them off and reinforced the wing-top area of the driver's side where there is a small crack where i...

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Very nice indeed Toni. I like it

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Hmm. That makes Magic Violet look truly subtle! That is definitely not for me :shock: As for the Dino - well. I am somewhat familiar with the brown curse, as you know. However, that vehicle doesn't so much 'take the biscuit' as represent the biscuit itself. Is a Dion VIN really worth £130k these day...

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Nice CSL. Is that by any chance Phil Smith's old car?

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Brilliant Weekend Jamal. well done and thanks from us all for the effort and organisation you put into making this happen. My steering wheel is definitely less animated now and what remains by way of wobble feels much more like a simple (slight) imbalance in one of the front wheels, so thanks too fo...

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That is a relief. They are a complete pain in the arse

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So have you yet?

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Good idea to replace all of these as they do get sad and tatty quite quickly. I am convinced that is what is leading to the spate of cracked panels around now. I thunk I have a very few of these, but i would be in for a bulk purchase, rather as Roger did with the SHC630 gearbox oil a few years ago.

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I went for the 150+ option. What a sad little car. To make that nice inside would take a lot of money and almost better to start again with some sort of non-original retrim. It always surprises me when you see the few Z1's that are like this. These cars were a lot of money when new and there were ma...

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Hi David, Good to see you are properly in love. It only gets better with time :D Dartmoor is a spectacular place to enjoy the little car too. Mine is firmly in the garage at present as DVLA managed to send my tax disc somewhere other than home. They are sending a duplicate, but till then the little ...

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It took even less time for the itch to start then we predicted, Dr Klauser

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If it comes to it, I don't think that the importing is difficult at all. I did look at this many years ago when looking either for the Z1 or the M3 (too much water has passed to remember which it was!). You drive the car home and can drive on the foreign plates for (I think) 6 months, in which time ...

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I really like Purblau and the red interior would look cool with a Traumschwartz car, but the blue and the red doesn't do it for me I'm afraid!

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I love it Jet! Well done mate.

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Green Genie wrote:
Side indicator position looks a little odd!

Wouldn't kick it out of bed though, would you ?

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By all accounts Bez is the one responsible for the Z1 escaping from captivity and for all the fun we've had. Great man, obviously

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Just to add my twopenneth to this one - welcome! Buy yourself a Z1 and you will have a car that remains as unique in its concept as the day it was first conceived. There are other roadsters, sure. Faster cars do exist, as well as those that are more robustly engineered and eminently more practical. ...

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Thanks for including me Jamal and sorry this has been my first foray onto the forum since the New Year.
Looking good......

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Oh Jonny, These things come around every now and again and you've made the right decision for you, for now. The future is full of possibilities and you can have another crack at Z1 ownership in time if that is what suits you then. In the meantime you have had fun and can look back at the little chap...

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I can't say whether Weismann did the conversion, but my guess is that the choice of the US spec 'M3' is that it has the more normal plenum chamber that is associated with the single throttle body and as a result the brake servo set up is unchanged over standard. There will be others on here who can ...

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tg184 wrote:>and they don't recommend driving with the doors down.

Why not?

Erm - because they are missing the point completely and have never ever driven on I'll wager!

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Well done Darren. Needless to say I missed your post as I was busy working, but we went to see Rush last weekend. EXCELLENT film. Buying the tickets at the multi-screen in Milton Keynes the guy behind the counter said it was great and that he'd seen it 3 times already. I blew all my street cred by s...

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Oh dear. Journos again. My guess is they read most of the stuff on another ill informed 'test' and regurgitated it in the article. That said, I've not read it, so can't comment.

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Chaps, I haven't been through the camera yet, so I shall add mine in a few days when we're all back up to our necks in the daily drudge. Great photos from ChrisS and Darren though! Special thanks to Jamal for making this happen, to Roger and Ivor for the routes (Fish Hill always a favourite lads ;-)...

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Cheers Ivor.
Sadly no good for me as I have a different nav system. However, I am sure I can tag along - or at least I hope so!
See you in the morning.

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Hey Roger,
I am in the 911 this year as part of the celebrations for the 50th and so on, so I won't be part of the little group, but Super Sausage worked well last time and is a good place to meet up.
I'll come and look you guys up at some point during the weekend.

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Oh dear RT. How bloody annoying. I don't have any recommendations, but hope that you get it sorted as spoon as you can - especially now that the sun is out!

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Bloody hell mate - give us a chance!

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Saturday, middle of the day! http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a5/sfh3l/photo3.jpg OK, so Catherine doesn't take the best pictures, especially not with the iPhone and especially not when she is scared! http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a5/sfh3l/photo2.jpg Nice one of Fred up front: http://i8.photobuck...

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The babyseat was Fred's Recaro seat for Armandin, his son, who came with us on most if not all of the drives :D The black car belongs to Jean-Yves. It has many mods - this won't be precise, but we have 2.9 motor, Schaffer short-shifter, retrim in red leather, LSD, 17" wheels, no doubt springs a...

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ChrisS wrote:So was it someone going down to the Pyrenees who passed me on the A26 near Arras on Friday? Urgruen, with hardtop Jxxx xxx I think...
(I was in a coach!)

Not sure Chris. No green zetties with hardtops were on the trip and also they would have had to tank it from Arras to Mirepoix if it was Friday!

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OK Jet - It took a while to get stuff sorted when I got back home, but here goes with a few pics: http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a5/sfh3l/Z1%20Mirepoix%202013/DSC_0192-2.jpg The Z1 at our first stop - just south of Rouen. Nice hotel with a French Z4 (no connection) 1926 Rolls 20 and also a Citroen...

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Though I am not actually back home from France just yet, I wanted to say a massive 'thanks' to Fred for the tour of the Ariege-Aude that we so enjoyed over the weekend. It's true that the weather did not exactly play ball with us (some route changes as a result of snow) and that I hadn't anticipated...

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Sam put the knackered ones on my car :D They' have been fine so far, normal, my original inserts didn't feel right. I preferred the softer dampers to cope with London conditions and negate the harsher ride of my bigger wheels and lowered suspension. That sounds terrible! You did ask me to. :D They ...

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Toni, I am only aware of the spin on filter for the Z1 and would be interested to hear if there are any of the other type???? For servicing I would go to DMWorx at Stoke Mandeville. 01296 698086 Russell and Stewart. Russell was a BMW Master Tech and left the dealer network to do his own thing. Alway...

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Tofty81. Welcome! I have little to add to what has been said already but just wanted to echo previous comments and to say to you not to get disheartened, as you will find the right car and it will be worth waiting for. I agree re panel condition, but I would say so long as they aren't actually broke...

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Cool Jet.
We are off to France tomorrow in Fred's tour. Looks like a wet week according to the forecast, but there we are.

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Hey RT,

I found the OEM ones very soft and wallowy when I got my Z1 and went for a set of SPAX dampers. Much better and much less of a floaty feeling. Not expensive and based in Bicester, just up the road.

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Dear All, We have now reserved the Saturday night at Ettington Chase, so roll on August! I wondered whether there was any more news on the Lotus F1 tour? Also whether anyone had thought about how we address the limited numbers of spaces? I mentioned this to Catherine and she said (not exact words, o...

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Hey Paul, One of my front wings started that trick a few years ago - look slike it might even be the same bold hole as yours (though on the other side of the car). I noticed it while it was confined to the area between the bolt hole and the gutter that runs up the side of the bonnet opening (gutter ...

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Oh Sh1t Raps - that looks awful! You are obviously well enough to type, but very sad to see the little car looking so crunched.

Good luck with the journey from here

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Forgive me - it has been a long time since my last confession. I have been very busy and had a number of other 'issues' to deal with, but still alive and kicking. 31st August to 1st September sounds great to me and the Cotswolds is/are a great place to tinker around, so count me in for 2 please. Jet...

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Jet - still an excellent idea, despite the SNOW that fell yesterday and the deadly ice this morning. My preference would be Option 3 "Separate Date Entirely". That is only because I am in Spain for the Saturday before Gaydon Sunday and will be fully occupied during the Silverstone Classic ...

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