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Just picked this up...

Posted: Sat 26 Mar, 2011 22:02
by theduck
2.0 straight 6 z3 with 91k on the clock, got it for a very keen price imo. Couple of quick pictures, will take more tomorrow.

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Posted: Sat 26 Mar, 2011 22:04
by TitanTim
Congrats :lol:

I like the second pic.....looks moody 8-)

Tim.

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Posted: Sat 26 Mar, 2011 22:04
by hornel Z3M
That looks superb, you would have been quackers not to buy that one. :wink:

Posted: Sat 26 Mar, 2011 22:21
by theduck
Thanks for kind comments. Am very happy with it so far!

Posted: Sat 26 Mar, 2011 23:07
by jontymo
Looks great and a nice colour, look forward to seeing some daylight pictures

jontymo

Posted: Sun 27 Mar, 2011 07:44
by G2JRP
Looks nice, I like the colour and with the hardtop. Will look even better in the daylight.

All we need is some sunshine

Posted: Sun 27 Mar, 2011 08:17
by billz
Welcome, looks like a nice one you found for yourself and with the added benefit of a hard top.
bill

Posted: Sun 27 Mar, 2011 08:48
by GazHyde
Looking good, just can't wait for daytime pictures! :lol:

Posted: Sun 27 Mar, 2011 10:48
by aceman
Love the pics very atmospheric :wink:

Enjoy the car but just remember to take the hardtop off as soon as possible. :D

Posted: Sun 27 Mar, 2011 17:09
by devboy
Beautiful looking car, hard hat included. :D

Posted: Sun 27 Mar, 2011 17:19
by Tori
That looks very clean and straight.

Posted: Sun 27 Mar, 2011 17:45
by Devon Z
Nice to see another 2.0 in the fold, there's more on here now than when it was a current model and a founder member of this site owned one :lol:

Hope for some nice weather and get the roof down 8-) enjoy.

Posted: Sun 27 Mar, 2011 18:16
by theduck
Thanks all. Unfortunately I have been too busy driving it today to take any photos :oops:

Will get some in the week though. Couple of intial niggles though, at 80mpg the front end begins to feel very light. Also at 40mph there is a slight wobble through the steering wheel. Lastly, the airbag light has come on, I have been told this is likely the connectors for the seatbelt pretensioners?

Posted: Mon 28 Mar, 2011 20:13
by theduck
Took the hard top off tonight and went for a quick drive in the country. Only one way to describe it, I loved it! Been a while since I was in a convertible with the roof down and I had forgotten what a thrill it is!

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Posted: Mon 28 Mar, 2011 21:27
by Robert T
Like that. :thumb:

Cheers R.

Posted: Mon 28 Mar, 2011 21:33
by devboy
Looking even better in the daylight! Nice one. :thumb:

Posted: Mon 28 Mar, 2011 22:48
by GazHyde
Nice car, and even better in the daylight :thumb:

Gary

Posted: Tue 29 Mar, 2011 18:18
by seasurfer
Very nice, love the colour :wave

Gill

Posted: Tue 29 Mar, 2011 18:35
by Z3cade
Very Nice duck :wink:

Now let the modding bug begin!! :twisted: wont be long........

Posted: Tue 29 Mar, 2011 18:38
by theduck
Unfortunately got to start with fixing it...

Got wheel wobble at 40mph, checked balancing, still got to check for sticky calipers. Got ABS, ACS and airbag light on. Got few cosmetic bits to do to :( Oh and a dead shock absorber.

Not looking quite as good a buy now :(

Posted: Tue 29 Mar, 2011 18:52
by zedwheels
Think it's a stunning colour, what is it called?
Hope you can sort out the niggles and get some happy :drive experiences.

Posted: Tue 29 Mar, 2011 19:08
by Z3cade
theduck wrote:Unfortunately got to start with fixing it...

Got wheel wobble at 40mph, checked balancing, still got to check for sticky calipers. Got ABS, ACS and airbag light on. Got few cosmetic bits to do to :( Oh and a dead shock absorber.

Not looking quite as good a buy now :(
Sorry to here that ducky.. these cars arnt as hard or expensive to work on as you may think..... and were all here to help :thumb:

Posted: Tue 29 Mar, 2011 19:26
by theduck
Thanks guys, think the colour is steel grey

Not too worried about being difficult to work on just how hard it is to identify faults :(

Posted: Wed 30 Mar, 2011 11:01
by theduck
Good news! ABS & ASC lights cured themselves! Feeling a bit happier with it today, now just to sort the other issues, and find someone with an airbag light reset tool to avoid the BMW diagnostics fee...

Posted: Wed 30 Mar, 2011 11:12
by GazHyde
theduck wrote:Good news! ABS & ASC lights cured themselves!
Mine does that. Comes and goes, was on yesterday for a while but gone off again. Hadn't seen it for about 4 weeks before that
theduck wrote:now just to sort the other issues, and find someone with an airbag light reset tool to avoid the BMW diagnostics fee...
I just ordered one for £39.50 which a few people on here have used. Much cheaper than BMW charges.

http://www.bavariandominator.co.uk/page ... ent_294575

Posted: Wed 30 Mar, 2011 11:28
by theduck
Cheers for the link. Shame they dont sell one unit that does Airbag and service lights, wold be on it straight away then, however I dont think I'll need the airbag one again after using it as I am pretty sure I knw whats causing the fault and will fix it first.

Decisions decisions...

Posted: Sun 03 Apr, 2011 21:24
by Dave'z3
STUNNING car...It the gun metal grey? ...You've just added a colour to my list! Congrats on a great purchase!

Posted: Sun 03 Apr, 2011 21:27
by theduck
Its steel grey, BMW colour code 400

Posted: Wed 06 Apr, 2011 09:39
by Dave'z3
Love it! Congrats :D

Posted: Wed 06 Apr, 2011 17:04
by theduck
If I actually get homewhile its still light tonight I may have a quick update for you all ;) Only a subtle one mind.

Posted: Thu 07 Apr, 2011 18:33
by theduck
Well I was going to have a nice update but buying parts from Ebay is apparently a bad idea as they dont fit...

Posted: Mon 11 Apr, 2011 19:12
by Diamondj
It looks really mean in that colour, hope you sort out all the little niggles :)