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Build Thread: ///M Coupe Z3 Breadvan

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Re: Imola ///M Coupe Z3 Breadvan

Post by inkey$ » Sat Oct 25, 2014 9:27 pm

Early morning city hack with mini-inkey$ as navigator. Start line, Greenwich Park.ImageImage
Tomorrow, another Suffolk roadtrip in the sunshine.
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Re: Imola ///M Coupe Z3 Breadvan

Post by ZermattV » Sat Oct 25, 2014 10:07 pm

Great Photos :thumbsup:
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Re: Imola ///M Coupe Z3 Breadvan

Post by Bing » Sat Oct 25, 2014 10:17 pm

Ace - shame about the 20mph speed limit. Damned pedestrians :x :roll:

Had a lovely wee top down drive out the back roads to Tonbridge at lunchtime myself - the sunshine was lovely 8)
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Re: Imola ///M Coupe Z3 Breadvan

Post by ZermattV » Sat Oct 25, 2014 10:25 pm

off to one of the last breakfast meets of the season tomorrow morning :driving:
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Re: Imola ///M Coupe Z3 Breadvan

Post by Bing » Sat Oct 25, 2014 10:27 pm

I'm missing meets :(

Must hook up with inkey$ on one of his Saturday morning jaunts sometime :driving:
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Re: Imola ///M Coupe Z3 Breadvan

Post by ZermattV » Sat Oct 25, 2014 10:38 pm

t be fair this is more of the Bacon Sarnie varirty but the quality recently has been pretty high

https://www.facebook.com/v8breakfast


but this one in Aberdeenshire really raised the bar and - well worth a look - you and Inks would have loved it - Particularly the P1 .. yes P1

http://vimeo.com/109389632

Me..... I Missed it :oops:
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Re: Imola ///M Coupe Z3 Breadvan

Post by inkey$ » Sun Oct 26, 2014 7:12 am

Bing wrote:I'm missing meets :(

Must hook up with inkey$ on one of his Saturday morning jaunts sometime :driving:
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Re: Imola ///M Coupe Z3 Breadvan

Post by original guvnor » Sun Oct 26, 2014 9:03 am

ZermattV wrote:t be fair this is more of the Bacon Sarnie varirty but the quality recently has been pretty high

https://www.facebook.com/v8breakfast


but this one in Aberdeenshire really raised the bar and - well worth a look - you and Inks would have loved it - Particularly the P1 .. yes P1

http://vimeo.com/109389632

Me..... I Missed it :oops:
Nice video Rob :thumbsup:

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Re: Imola ///M Coupe Z3 Breadvan

Post by ZermattV » Sun Oct 26, 2014 9:12 am

Found it via Google as i missed the event but the guy who shot it has some talent at it - will try and make some of their events next year

https://www.facebook.com/gtscotland

the sunday morning car and coffee format is really taking off up here - quite a few different groups gtscotland, TartanTarmac , V8 Breakfast.
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Re: Imola ///M Coupe Z3 Breadvan

Post by inkey$ » Fri Nov 07, 2014 6:52 pm

Build update: Recently snapped the bonnet Bowden cable trying to open up after washing - a week before the MOT was due. Took her over to those friendly guys at ETA Motorsport who - after some bodywork removal; reinstalled a new cable and put her back together again.

One non-advisory MOT later and I'm a happy chappie :)

She just needs a decent clean now after today's Kent deluge.
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Re: Imola ///M Coupe Z3 Breadvan

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Re: Imola ///M Coupe Z3 Breadvan

Post by inkey$ » Thu Dec 04, 2014 3:49 pm

DPG wrote:Not sure if you've seen this.

http://www.pistonheads.com/news/default ... ryId=31291
I hadn't so many thanks for posting :thumbsup:

Interesting read. Reckon I got on the bread transportation bus just at the right time. The Silverstone Auctions one mentioned was a similar mileage and spec to mine and that went for crazy money. They are definitely on an increased march upwards.

Love what they said about the chasm of modernity difference between the older MCoupe and the Z4MC at launch. My breadvan always feels mid-school when I climb into it for a hoon :driving:
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Re: Imola ///M Coupe Z3 Breadvan

Post by pvr » Thu Dec 04, 2014 3:55 pm

And you got a proper gearbox as well, none of that auto box malarkey that spoils the modern cars.
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Re: Imola ///M Coupe Z3 Breadvan

Post by inkey$ » Thu Dec 04, 2014 4:00 pm

pvr wrote:And you got a proper gearbox as well, none of that auto box malarkey that spoils the modern cars.
:thumbsup: analogue at its finest!
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Re: Imola ///M Coupe Z3 Breadvan

Post by inkey$ » Tue Mar 17, 2015 11:00 pm

Not updated this thread for a while but noticed today that I've very nearly [this Saturday] owned the MC for an entire year?! Not quite sure where that time went but what I do know is that the 2.5k miles I've driven the car during that time have been ultra fun.

Installed H&R uprated ARBs front and back, sorted Insp2 out in the first week and gradually been fettling and replacing bits and pieces to get her back to a usable, standard issue form. Next jobs to sort will be locating and sorting out the creaky front NS she's developed over the winter, get around to replacing the exterior temp sensor, treat her to a paint correction session, and refurbish the passenger side mirror base (some not uncommon bubbling).

This weekend I'm driving to the 73rd GRRC Members meet, so have everything crossed the predicted cloudy weather changes to at least provide some springtime sunshine. If you see me on the M25 or Ripley bypass around 0700 then give me a wave.

:driving:

* anticipating comments on it being a record time of ownership for me etc etc etc, so saying it first in advance :lol:

Anyway, here's a picture.

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