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E89 - Spotted!

Specific discussion about the E89 2009 Z4 (sDrive35is, sDrive35i, sDrive30i, sDrive23i)
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Post by Angie4m » Thu Jun 23, 2016 2:07 pm

robertd33 wrote:
Angie4m wrote:
robertd33 wrote:
do you mean put tint on top of tint?
no installer would do that; remove old tint, put on new.
No, there is a tint within the glass itself that cannot be removed. It's in most if not all glass in modern cars to cut down on UV rays.
ah... the tint IN the glass has almost no darkening & wouldn't be considered as part of it.
tint film applied at the factory does.
Suppose it different in the US to the UK but in the UK the police can use a light detector to check the level of a tint as a percentage on a cars Windows. We are only allowed 30% by law front of the B pillar, you can go as dark as you want to the rear of the B Pillar and this is usually the manufactures inbuilt tint, although not dark, it is coloured and designed to reflect and stop a portion of UV Ray's. Light colour of a tint does not always equal a very low or no light stopping ability.

If we add a tint to it and you are pulled it can be checked and it would then exceed the 30% front of the B Pillar rule and you would be required to remove it.
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Post by ric19 » Thu Jun 23, 2016 4:13 pm

Just in Como on Lake Como and seen a 15 plate e89 in bronze go by...with the roof up !!

Anyone on here ?

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Post by nick_l » Sun Jun 26, 2016 2:07 pm

Orange e89 parked up in the far corner of a car park in lakeside....with another car doing naughty things. Apologises for interrupting but it's my job :rofl:

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Post by Angie4m » Sun Jun 26, 2016 3:07 pm

nick_l wrote:Orange e89 parked up in the far corner of a car park in lakeside....with another car doing naughty things. Apologises for interrupting but it's my job :rofl:
:o
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Post by ronk » Sun Jun 26, 2016 3:46 pm

nick_l wrote:Orange e89 parked up in the far corner of a car park in lakeside....with another car doing naughty things. Apologises for interrupting but it's my job :rofl:
How long did you watch before making a decision. :D
You don't stop playing when you get old - You get old when you stop playing!
So I bought a 35is with all the toys to play with. :thumbsup:

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Post by nick_l » Tue Jun 28, 2016 6:45 pm

Very nice satin blue e89 this morning at Upminster.

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Post by DinosaurEyes » Sat Jul 02, 2016 5:16 pm

Spotted a White E89 65 reg by the toilets in North Berwick today.

Spotted another Black E89 with the roof down on the way home. I waved frantically, and got a wave back. :driving: We would have had the roof down too but were driving out of a thunderstorm!

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Post by Angie4m » Thu Jul 07, 2016 9:24 pm

There was a grey E89 possibly picking someone up from the SL building on Perth Street Edinburgh today at around 6pm. Couldn't make out a reg or varient as I was too high up to see.
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Post by PotterZ28i » Fri Jul 08, 2016 10:16 am

Spotted twice this week Gresty Road in Crewe, white E89 with dark alloys and lowered. Someone on early shift like me! :)
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Post by SpiketheBike » Sun Jul 10, 2016 10:50 pm

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Post by ruffedlemurz4 » Tue Jul 12, 2016 11:47 am

Dark blue with roof on went past me on A456 outside Brum last night and went onto the M5 at junction 3. I did a tentative camaraderie wave and then felt a bit stupid. (still getting used to cool car ownership)
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Post by markeg » Wed Jul 13, 2016 7:35 am

Tango E89 3.5 on the A421 approaching the black cat roundabout on the A1 around 5:00 yesterday evening. I was in #108 and gave a quick wave as I went past.
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Post by Russ59 » Fri Jul 15, 2016 12:57 pm

Black E89 JA12 CAM on A148 North Norfolk near cock and Pullet. Driver had straw hat on, you followed me (red Astra) for a good few miles. Anyone on here?
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Post by Smurfalot » Tue Jul 19, 2016 7:02 pm

Followed 1 car behind a 61 plate, White E89 this afternoon, from tollshunt darcy to goldhanger..
Roof down, so we'll done him! :thumbsup:
We were on a sunny afternoon tootle. Found roads I never knew existed :driving:
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Gone :cry: 2.0i sport. Black. Black Piano trim. Black Leather.

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Post by techathy » Sat Jul 23, 2016 6:02 pm

Around 11:00ish today on A505 in Duxford heading towards the M11 Valencia Orange top down. I was heading in the other direction driving top down in a Valencia Orange Z4 & gave you a thumbs up.
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