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If the wiper module should be live, then loose earth. If the wiper module should not be live, then short circuit. A broken earth would stop things working, a loose earth would cause intermittent fault if the circuit should be live, a short tends to make things work that you don't want to. I would ta...

pingu

I'd recommend Clinton, or the US published 3 Series Haynes manual, or the TIS / ETK CDs. You should be able to get any of them for around £15

pingu

Faults with a lot of things at the same time are usually down to either
a) fuse, or
b) a bad earth.

pingu

Funny that. I've had the the same feeling. When I had my Z3 2.8 (Mar 03 to Nov 05), it was the only one around. Now I see them all over the place. If you want to know what it feels like to drive a really common car, get a 330 convertible. Also, there's no feeling of being in a club. God, I miss my Z...

pingu

managed to salvage a few pics from my phone........ Jeez, fantastic quality pictures from a phone. BTW, forgot to mention - a very well done for a first cruise. I appreciate what planning is required to get 22 cars from A to B, especially if 20 of them don't know where B is. A big WELL DONE from me.

pingu

Good trip. Thanks to Marvellous and trickyb. Got back to Nottingham just as the football kicked off. Sorry to abandon the meet at the A6 jct. I guess by the positive comments you all caught up with the leaders further up the road. trickyb - I trust the comment from the Punto driver and your injury a...

pingu

I miss the speed of the Z3 soft top. Like Kipper wrote it's so quick to lower the top you can do it at the traffic lights . It must take about 30 seconds to lower / raise the E46 roof, so I have to pull over in a lay-by. I tried doing it at traffic lights once - big mistake :head: . Especially, as y...

pingu

Glad I'm not alone.

pingu

I do two 150 mile journeys a week and love it, especially in this weather. Really look forward to the radio telling me the m/way is blocked. It gives me the excuse I need to do a bit of "sightseeing" :twisted: There are some truly amazing little country roads around the Midlands. You would...

pingu

I can't believe how many convertibles go around with the roof closed.

It's 27C today and I still saw three cars with the roof up. Is it me? Why do these people buy convertibles?

Personally, regardless of the temperature, if the sun's out, the roof's down.

pingu

I've got a cover for my 3 series convertible and I still have my old Z3 one. They are both BMW originals and both do an excellent job. The only problem I found was the Z3 one would start to blow off. I cured it by punching some reinforcing rings in it and using bungees to attach it securely. Anyboby...

pingu

Pingu, I thought the £80 already included VAT? They shouldn't be charging you VAT on top of that. You are quite correct. Below is the price of a plate from Reg Transfers... Base Price of C1 GBP: £994.00 + £173.95 VAT Department Of Transport Fee (DOT Fee): £80.00 No VAT Total Payable: £1,247.95 Pric...

pingu

Am fortunate enough to have EAZ1 on the Z1 I nearly got run over by EAS1. It was on a truck :shock: Best place for plates is definitely DVLA http://www.dvla-som.co.uk/home/ I got the one I wanted for £250 (incl transfer fee + VAT). Elite et al will charge £250 for the same plate, but then tell you ...

pingu

Is that Phil Collins in the CD changer?

Regards

H Palmer esq

p.s. Nice shine, Meguiars?

pingu

Something dodgy, perhaps.

Cancelled... Sold for £4,300... then sold again for £5,200

pingu

The only potential catch that I've heard about is that the discount may be off the maximum fuel price. This means if you live in a cheap fuel area you won't see as much benefit.

If he manages to negotiate 10p off the max price, I think everyone should see some savings.

pingu

330 Sport Convertible

but 2.8 Z3 sold

- wish I could have kept it.

pingu

Similar route to Jules' "Road to Nowhere" last year. I think you went further, though...

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pingu

If you use T-Cut to clean the screen, you MUST use a proper polish afterwards. If you don't your screen will crack within a fortnight.

I used to use T-Cut, then the BMW "toothpaste". Sorts it out for a while.

pingu

Marco, the £80 for the new key was mostly labour for matching the key code to the car. The actual key only costs around £20. http://www.zroadster.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5004&highlight= has instructions on how to do it yourself. I know it's a bit late for you now, but maybe it will help someon...

pingu

One hell of an April Fool by Jay if there isn't

pingu

Went through Banbury at around 2 this afternoon and I think there's some people out reccying routes. I saw a black coupe (...TRW) and a silver roadster with a hard top on. Both came from the Gaydon end of town. BTW, the rain at Gaydon was horrendous. Let's hope the sky empties itself between now and...

pingu

Jay, you have a PM & e-mail.

p.s. Do you run a dodgy website? The BT Gateway blocks it!!

pingu

I've got a car cover, spare (used) rear window (with zipper), and a rear window blanket.

I've been waiting for the Sunday weather forecast before expressing interest. It looks good.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/5day.shtml?id=2941

pingu

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pingu

According to my V5C, my 330 is 244 g/km (oh dear). Perhaps, if I don't drive it, I won't do the kms, so the grams of CO2 will be less. Hang on, there's something wrong with this argument (can't quite spot it yet). On the other hand, once I've paid my £210, the more I drive it, the less per km the wi...

pingu

Only oil and brake fluid (I think).

The section on aftermarket modifications had some sticky marks I couldn't identify

pingu

I found a book in America called "Clinton". It covers 3 Series 89 - 98. The electrical section is excellent. It gives voltage readings on the diagnostic pins for different faults, etc. I live in the word of technical manuals (real job, not eBay) and this is one of the best manuals I've see...

pingu

I look after the most powerful trucks on UK's roads.

700bhp ... but they are 120ton when fully loaded, so the 0-60 ain't too impressive

pingu

Why do they never admit that some of these youths are better drivers than they are. The kid saw the stop stick and stopped in time. The Camero nearly rammed him (and he knew where it was going to be) He managed to steer around the first stick at 125mph without losing control. He never hit anything. ...

pingu

Welcome to the the forum. http://www.zroadster.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4511&highlight=indicator may help with the indicator problem. Also some people are using orange bulbs sprayed silver: http://www.zroadster.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5335&highlight=indicator A strut brace is a piece of m...

pingu

Unless they changed the dipsticks when they did the facelift (which I doubt) you have the correct dipstick. The "block" is the min / max range.

pingu

Ignore the politics, just have a laugh at Paxman's attitude to Galloway. Then after that he plays Devil's advocate with the guy in the studio. Brilliant. John Humphrey's natural successor? http://news.bbc.co.uk/nolavconsole/ukfs_news/hi/bb_rm_fs.stm?checkedBandwidth=bb&nbram=1&checkedMedia=r...

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Carrying 3m of wood - Thai style

pingu

Drew Z, I resisted the chance of voting for R. U. Seerius of the Monster Raving Loony Party, but I would have voted for TopFuelKing of the eBay Rainbow Alliance if he'd been standing.

pingu

Is there going to be a corporate opinion about this from a zRoadster Moderator, or one of the site controllers?

Are links to bargains welcomed, or not?

pingu

I agree with varboy.

Is a hyperlink on a forum page not like the on/off button on the telly?

I'm sorry that some people didn't think you provided a service. Personally, I think you did.

Perhaps, someone is upset that an ebay item has reached a wider audience and pushed the price up??

pingu

I used to have a flat in Marbella (right on the front), but decided that rather than having to go back to the same place every year, it's better to visit a different place every year.

You needed to be a lottery winner to keep the place!

pingu

Just done the recce with Giles and Stu. Obviously, I'm not going to give away any routes, etc., but what a lucky bunch you are :P . The routes are brighty damn awesome. Hope the weather is as good for you as it was for us. Sorry I won't be there, hope you have a good time - and remember to stick to ...

pingu

A forum member has tried to load the TIS on their XP Home computer and got the problem "AUTOEXEC.NT" is not suitable for running MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows applications. Has anyone with XP Home Edition managed to successfuly load the TIS? Does anyone know what the problem could be? Thank...

pingu

Probably the best would be the BMW TIS on eBay. It is the actual BMW Technical Workshop Manual. If it's good enough for BMW, it should be good enough for you :!: http://search.ebay.co.uk/bmw-tis_W0QQfkrZ1QQfromZR8 I'm not going to plug any particular ones :twisted: . Just let you decide from what is...

pingu

Just tested some random links on the site. They all worked. If anyone has any problems with the site, please PM me. Just to keep the thread clear of chit-chat. I'm on narrow-band and I have noticed that the pictures take time to load, but they do appear after about 15 seconds. I created the pages in...

pingu

If you have alarm buttons on your key ignore this. If your key only has an illumination button, or no button at all, read on. Mine is also a 1997 car. I got one transmitter and two keys. You should get four keys (as shown on the left in the owners manual). I'm not sure, but I think you should also g...

pingu

Here's the one I made. Obviously, you will have to change the avatar. I got a free tax disc holder with my insurance, so I cut that up and put the sticker in that. I may post a photo of the finished article tomorrow (or should that be today?).

pingu

I've made my own and it's in the windscreen above the tax disc. Apologies for any breech of copyright, but there was no profit involved, so I don't think it matters.

In theory, it's free advertising!

pingu

I know some will disagree, but it's only a lump of metal.

Flesh and blood are what counts.

Glad your mates OK.

pingu

Noticed John Boy has the same fold-line I've got.

Any top-tips for getting rid of it? I use the BMW blanket (waste of time) and a towel whenever I fold the roof, but the line just gets worse

pingu

My 406 is at the point of "Do I sell it while it's still worth something?", or "Do I run it into the ground?". So I'm looking at every estate with a buyer's eye. I quite liked the look of a ZT-T I saw the other day, but I guess that's another one off the list now. I noticed that ...

pingu

1997 2.8 with 32,000 on it. Insured for 6,000 per year. Last year I did 6,012 (don't tell Norwich Union). 5,500 with the top down. Strictly for pleasure. Every mile's a smile :mrgreen: . I sometimes use it for work. Normal journey time is 2.5 - 3hrs (155 miles) - all motorway. In the Z, it's more li...

pingu

Thanks for the endorsement. I've finally created a website http://www.coolp.bravehost.com Sorry about the adverts, but it's the price you have to pay for using a free web host. Details of the CDs are on the site. 2005 not covered yet . If anyone wants to buy a pack, just PM me and I'll do an eBay au...

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