Jake
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mine broke
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3CorsaMeal
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mine has got a bit sticky, sometimes doesn't go all the way down in one go.
taking it off to clean anyway so will grease it up with £1000 VW grease
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pow
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Electronic spoiler? WTF? Gimic, unlike my Q2 electronic dif
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Jake
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corrado has one of them aswell
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sand-eel
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Registered: 15th Mar 07
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I have electric windows.
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sand-eel
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quote: Originally posted by daymoon
was gonna say check seal on rear window and side windows
[Edited on 27-09-2011 by daymoon]
Luckely if it was a coupe its only £20 for the 2 seals per side FROM BMW....unlike VW who are useless nobs.
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3CorsaMeal
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Oh3mw6ur-E
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3CorsaMeal
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i like them on rolling roads
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkqBNOd5fUc&NR=1
about 20seconds in
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sand-eel
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QI32BYkcxlY
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sand-eel
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWNet1uQ4_M
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3CorsaMeal
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quote: Originally posted by sand-eel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QI32BYkcxlY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uhxr2BAeBIs
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sand-eel
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cavmad
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quote: Originally posted by Chris C
Isn't there a problem with rear subrames on higher mileage cars ?? And rear springs snap
It's the high powered (i.e 2.8 or above) E46 models that could suffer from this problem, I think they had to be strengthened to stop the sub frames from ripping out.
*edit: listen out for worn diffs and any noises from the rear brakes. There's a disc protector cover for the rear brakes which rots out due to shit being thrown up under the car. Once this plate goes it'll take the handbrake shoes (or pads, or whatever they are) out with it and it's a bit of a pain in the arse to sort it out.
[Edited on 27-09-2011 by cavmad]
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Gary
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Buy an auto. Far better to drive than the manuals imo
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cavmad
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Not with the six cylinders they're not, at least I don't think so anyhow.
The 2.5 is fantastic when you welly it through the gears, nice smooth power curve and just the right soundtrack.
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pow
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My mates 328i manual is a joy to drive
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Jambo
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Registered: 8th Sep 01
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The seals are probably hugely expensive. The front hood seal is something like £250
I need mine replacing as although they don't leak they are very noisy and require weekly gummi-pledging
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sand-eel
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weekly gummi-pledging
That stuff should last ages as well.
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sand-eel
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Aye door seals are £150 odd....seems just window seals are cheap.
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Jambo
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It's usually fine but if it rains the squaking comes back
So I do it as an when usually once a couple of weeks sometimes twice in a week. Takes about 2mins so not much of a pain. The seals where almost brittle when I started they are so flexible now
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