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Jet, With all of them there is a story..... The Metro was less of an obsession and more of a convenience at the time - like I say: easy and cheap to work on and since they didn't wear the miles too well they got replaced with alarming repetition. I suppose in total we are looking at nearly 900,000 m...

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Hmmm. My list is short and, in places, sweet: 1981 to 2005 - 1971 BMW 2800cs (though not driving till June '83) 1983 to 1984 - 1973 Mini (Phlegm Gren) 1985 to 1985 - 1984 Metro City (Dung Brown) :oops: 1985 to 1986 - 1985 Metro City (Black) 1986 - 1987 - 1986 Metro MG Turbo (Black) 1987 - 1987 - 198...

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I use Silkolene Pro S 5W40. It is a fully synthetic esther based oil that was recommended by Opie Oils. Prior to that I had used Mobil 1. The Silkolene seemed to make a noticeable difference to the way that the 3.0csl ran at high revs, when compared to the Castrol RS I had been suing prior to that. ...

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I tried Webuyanycar.com when I was first thinking of selling the M3 Sport Evo and moving to the M3 CSL. To disclose numbers on the net would be inappropriate, but let's just say that the price the car made at private sale without any real pushing was 200 times the 'banker' offer from the website. 20...

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Jet, I didn't know you'd been inducted into the Dark Side by a CRX. I had one of those too. Bloody fabulous little car. I did over 90,000 miles in mine, mostly at the kind of speeds a 25 year old would in that kind of car and it never let me down - ever! I rate the CRX a little like the Z1 in the wa...

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There's not much weight to be lost from the Z1......

Spare wheel - check
Jack & tools - check
Err......

It's either gastric band surgery for me

or carbon panels for the Zettie

All of a sudden a little power gains look like the easy way out.

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Jamal, I think you're doing a cracking job. 'Bigging' up is just what the Z1 needs within the Club and the magazine. The 318d is an admirable car, and I'd prefer it to an Audi or a Golf, but it hardly sets the pulse racing now does it? In the Z1, we have a car that cannot really be compared directly...

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Sandy, Welcome to the Z-one. Nice to see some 'new blood' and I hope you enjoy your time here and post many more contributions. I have owned my Z1 now for the past 6 years and would concur with most of what was written here. The previous owner of my car disliked the tatty old OEM rear box and had on...

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Not for me either.
I think that without the damn great roundel it might just about me OK, but that's only my trying to be kind!

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I would suggest the control arm rear bushes too, as this made a huge difference on my old E30 M3. However, on the Z1 spacing the front wheels out by about 10mm (each side) makes a real difference to the sharpness of turn-in, as I discovered when I had to do this to fit my Brembos........ Obviously, ...

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Terry, I would only ever use BMW original on bits like this. That said, if you buy them from C3 (0208 659 7272) then the belt and tensionner come to less than £30..... The difference probably pays for some more (BMW) long life antifreeze and a water pump for 'insurance'. Still a day out of your life...

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Hey Jonttt,

They are only authentic Z1 models if the doors drop into the cills with a loud 'clunk' never to be seen again !

Only kidding.

I've just taxed mine at £205 - a model is beginning to look the smart choice with the weather we are having.

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I'm not the Moderator of this forum, nor am I the most regular of its contributors. I may have no right to say what I write here, and it is in no way intended to offend anyone. However, I do find it very difficult to see others being treated in a way that I feel is unfair without at least saying my ...

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OK, I think I understand.

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Isn't all this getting a bit unnecessarily pointed? It seems to me that Jamal is organising all of this for us, just as he did before and it seems to me that a bit of appreciation wouldn't go amiss. The last tour we did in the Cotswolds was a truly excellent weekend and I am sure that this one will ...

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Ben,

I have been away from the forum for a while on account of work pressures, but this is all a bit conusing to me. I am definitiely down for Jet's Z1 Tour, so probably couldn't make yours. Is there a reason for picking the same date?

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A shame so many people take Clarkson's word as gospel when it comes to motoring.
If it hasn't got a V8 or a supercharger he automatically thinks it is inferior.

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OK, so I've 'broken the duck' now myself. I popped out for a quick on yesterday morning. The sky was a beautiful pale blue and there was glorious winter sunshine. However, there was apalling black ice too! I drove about 25 miles and saw three cars in the dtich in that space of time. The Z1 was fine,...

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Felix,

Mine are 312x25mm. The callipers I used do require a small spacer to fit within the standard wheels, whereas these should fit straight in.

How's that 2.8 road-burner coming on?

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Terry.
Do you have to go posting links to pictures of RLE's? You just make the rest of us pig sick about what we can't have!

How good does that car look?! Mind you, shame about the (typical) miserably faded Nubuk. I wouldn't kick it out of bed though

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Err..... Re Senna's penis: It may not be that small after all, as his knowledge of Z1's is considerable and therefore lots could be hidden behind it!

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Me too.....

Of course, mine isn't cortesy of Herr Bovenseipen, but the best I could do......

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Jet, I was a little worried by the title of this post. I had visions of the topic being way off-piste. I do, however have clients who work for Relate, so can help with most things these days if needs be :shock: My first encounter with the Z1 is something I recall as if it were yesterday. I had seen ...

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Come on, be honest........

I know I haven't. We have only just got rid of the snow and it is Damn cold too. Does this mean we are due a fantastic Roadster Summer?

Fingers crossed!

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Hey Congratulations Ben! You kept that one quiet. It may just be my being 'off radar' for so long, but well done either way. The only problem of having two children who are both into cars will be that they will fight over the inheritance! Time you picked up another sliding-door plastic fantastic met...

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Chaps, It's been a while since I have been on here - pressure of work and the fact that time seems to go faster than dry ice in the tropics. My personal vote would be for Jet's proposal of Ettington again, as it is very central and in beautiful countryside. However, Sufflolk also could fit that part...

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Jonnie,

I'd always go OEM if possible for bits like that, though not Stealer prices if it can be avoided. Try the guys at C3 (0208 659 7272). They do OEM bits at (usually) a decent discount.

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Andy, Nice to see you are still enjoying the Z1 and that the Italian weather is suiting you (he said, jealously). Not sure about how to get to that heater motor as I haven't yet had to do that. However, from what you say I think you are right that it is the motor or bearing. I had the resistor fail ...

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Ouch :bawl: That's a sad and sorry mess. I'm up for most things, and I have a decent imagination, but i'd say that was a pretty long shot. So many of the panels are done for as well as all of the other work and the car doesn't even look as if it was in brilliant condition before the smash. Judging b...

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Nice to see Spokey as ambiguous as ever! I am sure someone told me that this car had had some 'action' recently. Wasn't it one of you when we were in Wales? I love the clour but not the Alpina badges. I like to see cars of a type that I own selling for good money as, as it makes me feel good, but £3...

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Mmmmmmm. 330mm. Those'll fit in the standard wheels, right? Just kidding. I know my 312mm's with Brembo calipers are the very largest thing that those little wheels will accomodate without the caliper lathing a grove into the rims! They look nice though. Are they with E28/E30 M3 hubs and strutts?

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Senna,
Those suspension linkks on your pictures of the exhaust look well though out. I didn't realise that your heart transplants went as far as a complete central nervous system and new bones too?

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Does anyone on here know this car?

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Cheers Paul. Personally, I love it. What is strange is that in the Gaydon pictures, the one from the rear looks remarkably like Urgrun, while the one from the front quarter has a patch that catches the light exactly as Traumschwartz does and yet your pics from the showroom look very like Magic Viole...

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Not sure mate, but so far as I know there were no factory rhd cars - full stop

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Sorry Spokey - that's a bugger.

At least it is all peripheral stuff and no cracked sump - or panels for that matter. I guess the bump-stops might be in for replacement too then.....

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Very eloquently put Tortoise!
Correct too.

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Hey Chris,

I have an AL0548x too! Our cars are close. Is yours a German car (originally)?

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Welcome Darren.

I know that you will enjoy the Z1 and I hope to meet you some time soon.

Best wishes,

Sam.

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Sorry Jet,

When we spoke I didn't think of the crank sensor. I have only ever had that fail on one car (not a BMW) and the evidence was just sudden and total loss of power, no speeding up or anything like you had.

Good luck,

S

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Jonny,

Were hese the same idiots that did the tyres on the green car?

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Congratulations RT - I'm glad that you are back where you should be. I don't suppose the cobweb (and offending arachnid) could be removed by taking out the main bem unit from behind and hoovering the void that sits in front of it through the hole created? Otherwise I think you know the answer.... Re...

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Tony, Jake and I will be in the 3.0csl. We're doing the RetroRun with a start time just before 9AM, so we should be back to the circuit by noon all being well with the old girl. RetroRun parking is on the infield behind where the old Bridge corner is. See if you can blag a pass onto the Car Club sta...

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I returned from the Classic yesterday safe and sound in the CSL. The meeting was as fabulous as ever, though not quite so well attended this time around. I have to say that by the time I arrived on Friday afternoon that I felt a bit like a jacket potato. The old car has a black vinyl interior, lots ...

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Ah, Bikes eh? I always used to take my bike, but the Z1 made that a bit tricky. I did borrow my sister's Brompton for couple of years but even that wouldn't really fit in the car! I'm gessing you are either in another car or have a mate with a 'support vehicle'. Good luck and perhaps see you there.....

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Personally I think that is one of those looks that is better 'with the lights off' if you get my drift.....

I still favour Estoril as the best non-Z1 BMW paint colour for a Z1

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Budget I do indeed run Spax dampers and original stock springs. I'd like to lower the car a little but haven't managed yet to find decent springs that do this for a late chassis number car. However, the Spax dampers were a great improvement for the handling. I had always felt the car was a bit float...

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At least you have a couple of months of decent wether before it becomes an issue. Well, fingers crossed anyway.

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That sounds very similar. Sounds as if the easy way to overcome might be if we were to swao cars - after all your now looks very similar to mine and the mileage is almost exactly the same.........

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I note a couple of comments recently re issues with the wipers. I missed this the first time around, but are the symptoms as follows: Wipers judder on the first 10% of their travel, as if the baldes are sticking to the screen, but in fact caused by interruption to the power supply. I have noticed th...

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