BeetleGav
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Red brake light just works for me. Kinda shows off the rear spoilerish boot shape by making it more pronounced to see.
Get these red roof pics up. Gives me something to read while sat round the pool on wifi.
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chris_uk
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I like the red lights, i think it would look a lot better aswell of you could put another set of exhaust pipes on the other side..
[Edited on 25-09-2013 by chris_uk]
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BeetleGav
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It can be done pretty easily once you get hold of an m bumper. Doesn't look right just butchering the bumper
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Ben G
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Met up with a guy last night to sell him the facelift rear lights and 265/30/19 tyres. Didn't fancy the work involved in getting the lights to work, so sold them on for a small profit.
Drove the Z4 from essex to glasgow last night (420 miles). Done it on one tank of fuel (50 litres). Not bad at all!
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BeetleGav
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I managed a full tank when picking my car up from Exeter. Not sure how many miles.
Guessing you was averaging 65ish?
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Generation
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Wouldn't it have been cheaper to post :/
Seems a bit drastic
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Ben G
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Met up with a guy last night to sell him the facelift rear lights and 265/30/19 tyres. Didn't fancy the work involved in getting the lights to work, so sold them on for a small profit.
Drove the Z4 from essex to glasgow last night (420 miles). Done it on one tank of fuel (50 litres). Not bad at all!
Had an issue with 70 miles to go with a dash light coming on. Turns out its the check engine light. Could be a coilpack problem but the cars running fine and the lights gone off so hoping it'll last until I get back home on sunday.
Driving on the 'rest and be thankful' tomorrow iirc, on the way up to my other halfs parents' caravan at lochgoilhead. Will get some pics up as it's beautiful there.
Can't fault the fuel economy. For a 10 year old 3.0 straight six petrol packed with luggage, it's not bad at all!
Only thing I wish it had were more supportive seats. My back was aching after the 9 hour drive up! Would've done it in 7 hours but we got caught in traffic due to a lorry fire on the m6. Cunt.
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Ben G
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quote: Originally posted by Generation
Wouldn't it have been cheaper to post :/
Seems a bit drastic
Sorry, phone messed up there. Met up with him in northampton on the way to glasgow.
Missus is scottish and visiting her family for a few days.
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Ben G
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quote: Originally posted by BeetleGav
I managed a full tank when picking my car up from Exeter. Not sure how many miles.
Guessing you was averaging 65ish?
Was doing 70-80 until traffic, then 70 after. As I reached cumbria, all the street lighting was non existant so sat at 65mph.
It's quite surreal driving on big motorways completely alone!
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BeetleGav
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Haha I like a dark motorway get to play with the highbeam which is rare,
Strange the other day the faster I went the more range I got, the car was encouraging me to go faster
Get hold of some m seats, they are pretty solid but really comfy I think
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Ben G
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Would love to gav, but want to sell it for aomething bigger next year.
Love the driving experience, but just fancy an.extra 2 seats. Been looking at e46 m3's for a while, but may go for something a bit newer.
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pow
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CHILDREN ALERT
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Simon_16v
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quote: Originally posted by pow
CHILDREN ALERT
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chris_uk
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37.2 mpg..
I guess that aint bad at all
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BarnshaW
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got 37mpg out of mine last week ben, same engine i assume, well impressed
[Edited on 25-09-2013 by BarnshaW]
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Ben G
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quote: Originally posted by pow
CHILDREN ALERT
no. theres been situations where i've had a need for more seats/car space and have had to use the other halfs focus, which I don't like.
135i's look impressive and I don't mind the looks of the coupe.
Cheers chris, thats much better than I expected to get!
Barnshaw, it's the M54 engine iirc, unsure whether thats the same or similar to yours, but it definitely is decent. It makes journeys effortless, sitting at 2500 rpm at about 70mph on cruise control.
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Ben G
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The cars filthy up close and it's proper cold up here, so that's all you're getting for now gav
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alan t
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looks in that last picture!
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Ben G
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Cheers alan. In reality, the roof isn't perfect, but looks fine from a distance.
Think i'll give the car a quick wash tomorrow before heading off for some scenic pics through loch lomond national park. Wish i'd brought a decent camera with me
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BeetleGav
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Wow looks good still!
Get a 130i I'm finding my car hard work for not being practical. Like the 1 series but they ain't spec'd aswel as my car for the price think I got a bargain
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BarnshaW
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does anyone know if the backseats go down in a 1 series coupe? or does it have a cubby hold in an arm rest or anything? i was eyeing the 135i's up like you ben the other week, if i could get my fishing gear in one id be tempted
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pow
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I've loaded the Alfa up to brimming point point and needed a bigger car loads of times but I couldn't part with it
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whitter45
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quote: Originally posted by BarnshaW
does anyone know if the backseats go down in a 1 series coupe? or does it have a cubby hold in an arm rest or anything? i was eyeing the 135i's up like you ben the other week, if i could get my fishing gear in one id be tempted
Yes they do but optional extra at £350 so you would need to check the spec
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BarnshaW
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cheers whitter
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whitter45
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correction I believ its just the load through the centre arm rest
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