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Hello

Posted: Mon 22 Aug, 2016 21:06
by ansemic
Hello everyone

Got my first Z3 just over a week ago and haven't stopped smiling since. Sold my Toyota Yaris, bought for my daughter to practice driving in, and got a fun car. I always wanted an MX5 and was all set to buy one until I read about chassis rail rot. Googled the alternative, which turns out to be a Z3, a car I'd never have considered.

My own Z3 is a manual 1.9 in Artic Silver.

I also own a 1958 Austin A35 which I've had for 7 years. The difference between 30bhp and 140bhp is certainly noticeable!

Z3 jobs done include oil change, new wind deflector and cd player. Z3 has a slightly lumpy idle which I am reading up on. I also need to replace the seat bushes and replace the missing tweeters.

Looking forward to the rest of the summer with the top down

Mike

Re: Hello

Posted: Mon 22 Aug, 2016 21:34
by ansemic

Re: Hello

Posted: Mon 22 Aug, 2016 23:14
by Bonzo
Hi Mike, welcome to the fold. My first car, in 1967 was a 4 door 1957 A35, christened 'Belinda.' Her body was 50% filler and her oil 50% sawdust, but my girl friend and I loved her, and in her! :shock: We had many adventures in her, rolling down the side of Box Hill in Surrey, seeing one of our hubcaps overtake us as we braked for a traffic light, being T-boned at a cross roads. parking up at what we thought was a secluded spot for a bit of canoodling, only for about 50 cars to come driving past us the other way from a function, their headlights lighting up the interior of our car. After she went I got a Mk1 ford Escort 1100. I did feel flash!

:cheers

Bonzo.

Re: Hello

Posted: Tue 23 Aug, 2016 06:38
by Del
Hi & welcome from another 1.9 Arctic Silver owner :D Is the lumpy idle just when starting from cold?

Re: Hello

Posted: Tue 23 Aug, 2016 18:30
by Fender2004
Great colour choice
Welcome to the forum