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by Racing Tortoise
Tue 24 Apr, 2012 09:53
Forum: Z1 roadster
Topic: Z1 prototype
Replies: 4
Views: 1715

Re: Z1 prototype

Original design really wasn't very pretty!
by Racing Tortoise
Mon 16 Apr, 2012 20:50
Forum: Z1 roadster
Topic: This looks reasonably priced
Replies: 13
Views: 2965

Re: This looks reasonably priced

Is this car also reasonably priced given its very low mileage of 5,700 ? http://www.hexagonclassics.com/car_sales/BMW-Z1/3621.htm I tend to think not unless you just want to put it in a museum, on the basis that you'd be scared to use it for fear of destroying its USP - i.e. the low mileage. Plus r...
by Racing Tortoise
Mon 16 Apr, 2012 15:07
Forum: Z1 roadster
Topic: This looks reasonably priced
Replies: 13
Views: 2965

Re: This looks reasonably priced

I doubt it if you look at the quality of the rest of the stock - it's just a new listing. Plus I bought my Z1 from these guys back when they used to run Munich Legends, so I tend to believe they know their onions when it comes to BMWs.
by Racing Tortoise
Mon 16 Apr, 2012 09:34
Forum: Z1 roadster
Topic: This looks reasonably priced
Replies: 13
Views: 2965

This looks reasonably priced

...compared to some of the stuff kicking around for £22-24k!

http://www.classicheroes.co.uk/cars-for ... s-from-new
by Racing Tortoise
Mon 16 Apr, 2012 09:31
Forum: Z1 roadster
Topic: 2012 Goodies
Replies: 17
Views: 5135

Re: 2012 Goodies

Never understood why they dont cover the entire steering wheel, looks unfinished left like that. http://suchen.mobile.de/auto-inserat/bmw.z1%202.5i-exclusive%20full%20leather-historic-new%20soft.wielsbeke/155869746.html?lang=en&pageNumber=1&__lp=3&scopeId=C&sortOption.sortBy=price.c...
by Racing Tortoise
Tue 20 Mar, 2012 18:47
Forum: Z1 roadster
Topic: Z1 attendance at Silverstone Classic ZedFest 21st July
Replies: 106
Views: 24874

Re: Z1 attendance at Silverstone Classic ZedFest 21st July

No but I received an e-mail apologising for that.
by Racing Tortoise
Mon 19 Mar, 2012 11:12
Forum: Z1 roadster
Topic: Cannot get into my Z1!!
Replies: 20
Views: 7705

Re: Cannot get into my Z1!!

I randomly encountered badboy outside my house yesterday evening after he clocked me taking my Z1 out of my garage and stopped to say hi (good to meet you). Does sound like he has tried all the various options listed here and so far got precisely nowhere. @ badboy: further to our chat, I would think...
by Racing Tortoise
Wed 07 Mar, 2012 20:15
Forum: Z1 roadster
Topic: 25th anniversary
Replies: 11
Views: 3405

Re: 25th anniversary

No.
by Racing Tortoise
Tue 28 Feb, 2012 18:51
Forum: Z1 roadster
Topic: Z1 on TV!
Replies: 13
Views: 3402

1 hr 07 mins for her getting out of the Z1: http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b40/RacingTeatray/Montalbano3.jpg 1 hr 22 mins for her return to the Z1 and driving off. http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b40/RacingTeatray/Montalbano4.jpg http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b40/RacingTeatray/Montalbano1.j...
by Racing Tortoise
Sun 26 Feb, 2012 23:26
Forum: Z1 roadster
Topic: Z1 on TV!
Replies: 13
Views: 3402

Z1 on TV!

On Saturday nights, BBC4 is re-running episodes of "Inspector Montalbano", a 1990's Italian detective series set in Sicily, much to the delight of my girlfriend, who is Italian and a fan of all things Sicilian. So it was duly recorded and watched. It was actually quite good but immeasurabl...
by Racing Tortoise
Wed 22 Feb, 2012 12:29
Forum: Z1 roadster
Topic: I'm back - what's been happening?
Replies: 11
Views: 2987

Did you then miss that I wrote off my green Z1 and that it has since been resurrected Lazarus-like by Ivor?
by Racing Tortoise
Tue 21 Feb, 2012 20:06
Forum: Z1 roadster
Topic: I'm back - what's been happening?
Replies: 11
Views: 2987

When did you leave for Italy?
by Racing Tortoise
Tue 21 Feb, 2012 20:04
Forum: Z1 roadster
Topic: Z1 attendance at Silverstone Classic ZedFest 21st July
Replies: 106
Views: 24874

Bluebaur wrote:RT,

pm sent

Roger
Mille grazie! I now have the Car Club Display package for Saturday. Next to persuade she who commands that she might enjoy a day at Silverstone in July...
by Racing Tortoise
Mon 20 Feb, 2012 23:05
Forum: Z1 roadster
Topic: Z1 attendance at Silverstone Classic ZedFest 21st July
Replies: 106
Views: 24874

How do I sign up and ensure I have the right tickets?
by Racing Tortoise
Mon 06 Feb, 2012 21:18
Forum: Z1 roadster
Topic: Bet that mine was the only Z1...
Replies: 4
Views: 1267

Did get a very odd look from the occupants of a police 4x4 that overtook us on the snow-blanketed A4 on the way home. But I really don't think we would have had much fun trying to go anywhere in the M5 on normal tyres.
by Racing Tortoise
Sun 05 Feb, 2012 22:32
Forum: Z1 roadster
Topic: Bet that mine was the only Z1...
Replies: 4
Views: 1267

Bet that mine was the only Z1...

...out and about last night. Took this as we arrived home late last night:

Image

Might seem odd to have used it but the snow was forecast and it has winter tyres whereas the M5 does not and would not have moved an inch!
by Racing Tortoise
Sun 05 Feb, 2012 22:28
Forum: Z1 roadster
Topic: Z1 attendance at Silverstone Classic ZedFest 21st July
Replies: 106
Views: 24874

I'm up for it.
by Racing Tortoise
Mon 30 Jan, 2012 23:58
Forum: Stock exchange
Topic: Z1 - New Wiesmann Hardtop for sale with mounting hardware
Replies: 5
Views: 2196

Why are you being coy about the price?
by Racing Tortoise
Sun 29 Jan, 2012 23:19
Forum: Z1 roadster
Topic: Another dead Z1
Replies: 16
Views: 3077

Why would that be a Cat B?
by Racing Tortoise
Sun 15 Jan, 2012 23:24
Forum: Z1 roadster
Topic: New soft top anyone?
Replies: 5
Views: 1694

That photo is one of ML's stock photos....
by Racing Tortoise
Wed 09 Nov, 2011 22:23
Forum: Z1 roadster
Topic: Z1 V8 Sell it or Keep it
Replies: 50
Views: 12124

I chose an engine. Alpina doesn't offer the V10.
by Racing Tortoise
Tue 08 Nov, 2011 23:59
Forum: Z1 roadster
Topic: Z1 V8 Sell it or Keep it
Replies: 50
Views: 12124

If I bought a B3s I would fit it with MSport front and rear bumpers anyway. The SE ones are ugly and the Alpina bits do not improve them! RT you use the words "if i boughts a B3s" and drive a M5 V10, surely it would be cheaper to buy a Msport touring and put a M5 V8 or V10 instead of puti...
by Racing Tortoise
Mon 07 Nov, 2011 10:05
Forum: Z1 roadster
Topic: Z1 V8 Sell it or Keep it
Replies: 50
Views: 12124

If I bought a B3s I would fit it with MSport front and rear bumpers anyway. The SE ones are ugly and the Alpina bits do not improve them!
by Racing Tortoise
Fri 04 Nov, 2011 16:36
Forum: Z1 roadster
Topic: Z1 V8 Sell it or Keep it
Replies: 50
Views: 12124

I get why people buy Alpinas. I've quite a hankering for a B3S Touring...discrete (I'd ditch the stripes and badging), whip-crack fast and with a nicer interior than normal BMWs.
by Racing Tortoise
Thu 03 Nov, 2011 00:29
Forum: Z1 roadster
Topic: Z1 V8 Sell it or Keep it
Replies: 50
Views: 12124

Each to their own. I can't see a modded Z1 being worth more than its build costs. Potential market is just too small.
by Racing Tortoise
Tue 01 Nov, 2011 16:18
Forum: Z1 roadster
Topic: Z1 V8 Sell it or Keep it
Replies: 50
Views: 12124

That's "you're having a laugh" money... No way on God's green Earth that anyone sane will pay that much for a V8 Z3M surely, all things being equal...
by Racing Tortoise
Sun 30 Oct, 2011 21:27
Forum: Z1 roadster
Topic: Z1 V8 Sell it or Keep it
Replies: 50
Views: 12124

Selling Z1s is tricky. They are LHD and that murders the appeal for many in this country. Also few people actually know about them. Plus £20k is quite steep money for a small and not very fast roadster given what else £20k can buy you these days, so you really have to want one.
by Racing Tortoise
Sat 29 Oct, 2011 11:16
Forum: Z1 roadster
Topic: Z1 V8 Sell it or Keep it
Replies: 50
Views: 12124

I am not mechanically minded - presume you can fiddle with the gearing of the E90 box to suit the V10's power delivery. Will it take the torque? The V10's not a particularly torquey engine for its size but nevertheless more than the average E90, 335d excepted?
by Racing Tortoise
Fri 28 Oct, 2011 09:09
Forum: Z1 roadster
Topic: Z1 V8 Sell it or Keep it
Replies: 50
Views: 12124

At the risk of sounding flippant, a car like this is worth what someone else is prepared to pay for it and what you are prepared to accept for it! It'll never be worth what it cost to build but I would have thought you could split the difference between £20k and whatever it did cost all-in. Lovely t...
by Racing Tortoise
Tue 04 Oct, 2011 14:37
Forum: Z1 roadster
Topic: Spotted in Monaco
Replies: 20
Views: 4730

by Racing Tortoise
Tue 04 Oct, 2011 12:01
Forum: Z1 roadster
Topic: Eddie's Z1
Replies: 33
Views: 7400

Going for strong money for a car with 77k on the clock (assuming that's miles, not kms).
by Racing Tortoise
Tue 04 Oct, 2011 11:56
Forum: Z1 roadster
Topic: Are these Z1 alloys?
Replies: 1
Views: 683

Yep. Well-spotted. Bargainaceous at that price if they are straight.
by Racing Tortoise
Sun 04 Sep, 2011 16:03
Forum: Z1 roadster
Topic: Bye bye Z
Replies: 22
Views: 4548

I was thinking the other day that Interlagos Blue, which is the colour of my M5, might look good on a Z1.
by Racing Tortoise
Sun 04 Sep, 2011 15:58
Forum: Z1 roadster
Topic: USA Tour!
Replies: 9
Views: 2094

They command big money in the States it seems! $44k!!
by Racing Tortoise
Wed 31 Aug, 2011 21:57
Forum: Z1 roadster
Topic: Interesting Seats
Replies: 2
Views: 890

Pretty nasty!
by Racing Tortoise
Thu 18 Aug, 2011 09:28
Forum: Z1 roadster
Topic: Bye bye Z
Replies: 22
Views: 4548

Commiserations from one who knows!

Brighton does seem a very dangerous place for cars - can they all just not drive down there?


Presume you have agreed valuation?
by Racing Tortoise
Wed 17 Aug, 2011 17:12
Forum: Z1 roadster
Topic: Price of parts!!
Replies: 14
Views: 3258

Z1 was never sold new in the US so I guess they have no stock for the Z1 over there....
by Racing Tortoise
Mon 15 Aug, 2011 13:32
Forum: Z1 roadster
Topic: Chameleon Z1
Replies: 26
Views: 7533

Sepang Bronze........mmmm....
by Racing Tortoise
Sat 13 Aug, 2011 21:07
Forum: Z1 roadster
Topic: Chameleon Z1
Replies: 26
Views: 7533

I wouldn't repaint it! Plenty of green ones in the world and it's hardly the world's most popular colour. That colour's unique, hard to do as you said previously and suits the car's funky nature. A colleague of mine was being very complimentary about it to a couple of days ago - he knows I have a Z1...
by Racing Tortoise
Fri 05 Aug, 2011 09:39
Forum: Z1 roadster
Topic: Z1 Top Rot stickers free
Replies: 5
Views: 1579

How do you corner the world market in Toprot stickers?!
by Racing Tortoise
Wed 27 Jul, 2011 14:03
Forum: Z1 roadster
Topic: Z1 tour 2011, round 2 (?!)
Replies: 12
Views: 2680

I'm not going to be able to make any dates in August or September this year - no free w/ends at all!
by Racing Tortoise
Mon 25 Jul, 2011 21:48
Forum: Z1 roadster
Topic: Z1 Tour 2011-Thanks
Replies: 19
Views: 3501

I'm away that w/end. Have fun.
by Racing Tortoise
Mon 11 Jul, 2011 13:38
Forum: Z1 roadster
Topic: Headlight covering yellow + set of Z1 wheels
Replies: 18
Views: 2287

Sounds like the spider's web stays then.
by Racing Tortoise
Mon 11 Jul, 2011 09:24
Forum: Z1 roadster
Topic: Headlight covering yellow + set of Z1 wheels
Replies: 18
Views: 2287

Thanks Ivor. Is it obvious how the headlamp is mounted to the car - presume it can be relatively easily removed?
by Racing Tortoise
Mon 11 Jul, 2011 09:19
Forum: Z1 roadster
Topic: Cheap Z1??
Replies: 6
Views: 1688

Sounds a bargain!
by Racing Tortoise
Fri 08 Jul, 2011 15:19
Forum: Z1 roadster
Topic: Headlight covering yellow + set of Z1 wheels
Replies: 18
Views: 2287

I am still none the wiser as to how to remove the glass...

I'd dearly love to get rid of Charlotte's Web which features prominently in one of my car's headlamps.
by Racing Tortoise
Tue 28 Jun, 2011 09:24
Forum: Z1 roadster
Topic: Z1 Tour Pictures
Replies: 11
Views: 2655

Nice pics! And thanks from me also to all the organisers. Few from me (I have others but so far only uploaded these three): http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b40/RacingTeatray/Summer2011038.jpg http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b40/RacingTeatray/Summer2011037.jpg http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b4...
by Racing Tortoise
Thu 23 Jun, 2011 10:04
Forum: Z1 roadster
Topic: Z1 Tour 2011
Replies: 211
Views: 65960

Indeed. Burger for me please.

Intriguing wheels Bindy...
by Racing Tortoise
Wed 22 Jun, 2011 12:53
Forum: Z1 roadster
Topic: Z1 Tour 2011
Replies: 211
Views: 65960

Jetski wrote:Might be meeting 2 other drivers at the Ace Cafe on saturday for the journey to the meeting spot, if any of you southerners would like to join us.
Ace Cafe is a little too out of my way for an early Saturday start, so this Londoner will see you at Chieveley Services.