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- Wed 04 May, 2011 12:13
- Forum: Z1 roadster
- Topic: What automotive delight could tempt you...
- Replies: 55
- Views: 13217
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...
- Wed 04 May, 2011 10:56
- Forum: Z1 roadster
- Topic: What automotive delight could tempt you...
- Replies: 55
- Views: 13217
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...
- Tue 03 May, 2011 18:38
- Forum: Z1 roadster
- Topic: Best engine oil?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1550
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. ...
- Tue 03 May, 2011 18:33
- Forum: Z1 roadster
- Topic: 20 years old - classic or cherished
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2855
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...
- Tue 03 May, 2011 18:25
- Forum: Z1 roadster
- Topic: What automotive delight could tempt you...
- Replies: 55
- Views: 13217
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...
- Tue 03 May, 2011 18:07
- Forum: Z1 roadster
- Topic: 325i M20 2.8 stroker 0-240 km/h for Z1?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1607
- Tue 03 May, 2011 18:03
- Forum: Z1 roadster
- Topic: Relationships.....
- Replies: 20
- Views: 4613
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...
- Tue 05 Apr, 2011 21:25
- Forum: Z1 roadster
- Topic: Ebay Z1 exhaust
- Replies: 21
- Views: 4136
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...
- Thu 17 Mar, 2011 19:04
- Forum: Z1 roadster
- Topic: Something different
- Replies: 22
- Views: 4289
- Mon 14 Mar, 2011 13:01
- Forum: Z1 roadster
- Topic: Z1 - vague steering?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2630
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, ...
- Mon 14 Mar, 2011 12:57
- Forum: Z1 roadster
- Topic: Timing belt change
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3852
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...
- Sat 26 Feb, 2011 08:15
- Forum: Z1 roadster
- Topic: Have I found an eBay bargain ?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2682
- Thu 10 Feb, 2011 18:59
- Forum: Z1 roadster
- Topic: Z1 Forum Postings - Is it just me or have hings got personal
- Replies: 27
- Views: 3681
Z1 Forum Postings - Is it just me or have hings got personal
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 ...
- Thu 10 Feb, 2011 18:43
- Forum: Z1 roadster
- Topic: Z1 2011 Summer Meeting
- Replies: 19
- Views: 3981
- Wed 09 Feb, 2011 22:04
- Forum: Z1 roadster
- Topic: Z1 Tour 2011
- Replies: 211
- Views: 66019
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 ...
- Wed 09 Feb, 2011 21:47
- Forum: Z1 roadster
- Topic: Z1 2011 Summer Meeting
- Replies: 19
- Views: 3981
- Mon 10 Jan, 2011 08:26
- Forum: Z1 roadster
- Topic: Z1 Publicity
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1516
- Mon 10 Jan, 2011 08:18
- Forum: Z1 roadster
- Topic: Who has driven their Z1 in the last week?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3830
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,...
- Sat 08 Jan, 2011 18:35
- Forum: Z1 roadster
- Topic: RLE modifications
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1640
- Sat 08 Jan, 2011 17:46
- Forum: Z1 roadster
- Topic: Son working on Dads RLE Christmas present one day!
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3109
- Sat 08 Jan, 2011 17:37
- Forum: Z1 roadster
- Topic: S50B32 engine in Z1
- Replies: 44
- Views: 11114
- Sat 08 Jan, 2011 17:33
- Forum: Z1 roadster
- Topic: RLE modifications
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1640
- Thu 06 Jan, 2011 16:32
- Forum: Z1 roadster
- Topic: Relationships.....
- Replies: 20
- Views: 4613
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 ...
- Tue 04 Jan, 2011 17:35
- Forum: Z1 roadster
- Topic: Who has driven their Z1 in the last week?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3830
Who has driven their Z1 in the last week?
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!
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!
- Fri 24 Dec, 2010 08:04
- Forum: Z1 roadster
- Topic: A Happy Z1 Christmas to one and all.. Ho Ho Ho..
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2108
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...
- Fri 24 Dec, 2010 07:59
- Forum: Z1 roadster
- Topic: Z1 Tour 2011
- Replies: 211
- Views: 66019
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...
- Wed 20 Oct, 2010 20:33
- Forum: Z1 roadster
- Topic: OEM parts or not - radiator?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1801
- Fri 27 Aug, 2010 21:09
- Forum: Z1 roadster
- Topic: Maintenance Questions
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1374
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 ...
- Fri 27 Aug, 2010 21:02
- Forum: Z1 roadster
- Topic: Winter project anyone?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 806
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...
- Fri 27 Aug, 2010 20:56
- Forum: Z1 roadster
- Topic: Looky Likey Z1 Alpina For Sale
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1927
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...
- Sat 21 Aug, 2010 18:58
- Forum: Z1 roadster
- Topic: Brake problem
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1954
- Sat 21 Aug, 2010 18:54
- Forum: Z1 roadster
- Topic: Exhaust
- Replies: 38
- Views: 4192
- Sat 21 Aug, 2010 18:47
- Forum: Z1 roadster
- Topic: Anyone feeling brave?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1241
- Sat 21 Aug, 2010 18:44
- Forum: Z1 roadster
- Topic: Chameleon Z1
- Replies: 26
- Views: 7543
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...
- Wed 11 Aug, 2010 09:13
- Forum: Z1 roadster
- Topic: Right hand drive
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2278
- Tue 10 Aug, 2010 16:55
- Forum: Z1 roadster
- Topic: Grabbing serious airtime
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1435
- Tue 10 Aug, 2010 16:47
- Forum: Z1 roadster
- Topic: Right hand drive
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2278
- Sun 01 Aug, 2010 19:54
- Forum: Z1 roadster
- Topic: 10x17 rear wheel
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2463
- Sun 01 Aug, 2010 19:52
- Forum: Z1 roadster
- Topic: New Member
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2370
- Sun 01 Aug, 2010 19:51
- Forum: Z1 roadster
- Topic: Engine Cutting out problem.
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2193
- Sun 01 Aug, 2010 19:48
- Forum: Z1 roadster
- Topic: Aaargh!
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1790
- Mon 19 Jul, 2010 16:10
- Forum: Z1 roadster
- Topic: Back in the saddle
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1857
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...
- Mon 19 Jul, 2010 16:02
- Forum: Z1 roadster
- Topic: Tyre Pressures
- Replies: 25
- Views: 4592
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...
- Tue 13 Jul, 2010 19:50
- Forum: Z1 roadster
- Topic: Tyre Pressures
- Replies: 25
- Views: 4592
Le Mans Classic
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 ...
- Thu 08 Jul, 2010 16:03
- Forum: Z1 roadster
- Topic: Tyre Pressures
- Replies: 25
- Views: 4592
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.....
- Wed 07 Jul, 2010 18:53
- Forum: Z1 roadster
- Topic: White, the new Black
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1906
- Wed 07 Jul, 2010 18:49
- Forum: Z1 roadster
- Topic: Spax
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1093
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...
- Wed 07 Jul, 2010 18:44
- Forum: Z1 roadster
- Topic: Returning to the fold
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2137
- Wed 07 Jul, 2010 18:43
- Forum: Z1 roadster
- Topic: Wiper Issues
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1139
- Wed 07 Jul, 2010 18:11
- Forum: Z1 roadster
- Topic: Wiper Issues
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1139
Wiper Issues
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...