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Post by Tonyjoc » Mon Mar 05, 2018 8:55 am

Hello everyone from sunny Benidorm.
A bottle of red and late night EBay before we left and I’m the proud owner of a ‘spares or repair’ 2.5i with a good spec, lovely sounding engine and a bunch of electrical gremlins following a longstanding flat battery (2 years) and a hasty jump start.
Will see it tomorrow when we get home, it was delivered on a trailer!
Project before spring arrives.
I may be calling on you experienced folk for advice.
Regards Tony
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Post by metal licker » Mon Mar 05, 2018 8:57 am

Hi and welcome to the forum Tony :thumbsup:
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Post by jabber » Mon Mar 05, 2018 9:30 am

Hi and welcome good luck with the restoration :thumbsup:
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Post by Ducklakeview » Mon Mar 05, 2018 10:45 am

Welcome to the club..

The "gremlins" you refer to could well be caused by it going into "transport mode" due to the flat battery, nice easy fix if that's the problem!

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Post by Marlon » Mon Mar 05, 2018 11:12 am

Welcome to the forum, you're in the right place for knowledgeable and friendly advice
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Post by srhutch » Mon Mar 05, 2018 2:42 pm

Hi and welcome. Probably find most if not all the gremlins will disappear when you have fitted a new battery.

Don't forget

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Post by RickRob » Mon Mar 05, 2018 5:10 pm

Yes - we need pics. Sometimes folk on here can see the gremlins from the pic! :P

Good luck!
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Post by RustyZ4 » Mon Mar 05, 2018 6:24 pm

Hi & Welcome :thumbsup: say hello to Johnny Vegas :D
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Post by Mr Tidy » Mon Mar 05, 2018 9:41 pm

Welcome to the forum OP! :thumbsup:

A bottle of red in Benidorm on Ebay - the perfect way to buy a car! :lol:

Good luck sorting the gremlins, and don't forget the photos. :)
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Post by Tonyjoc » Mon Mar 05, 2018 10:32 pm

Yet another bottle of red.
Home tomorrow at 3.00pm, pick up new battery, MOT booked for 5.00pm after the best car wash in town for £10 inside & out.
Maybe tears.
Will let you know..

Photos to follow later (who wants to see a green Z4?)
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Post by buzyg » Mon Mar 05, 2018 10:50 pm

Welcome to the forum. :D There are plenty of folk here who know how to turn a spanner on a Z4. Not that I'm one of them. I just love driving mine. :D
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Post by paddy wright » Wed Mar 07, 2018 12:54 am

Sounds like an interesting thread- look forward to seeing you get on.
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Post by srhutch » Wed Mar 07, 2018 7:57 am

Tonyjoc wrote: ↑Mon Mar 05, 2018 10:32 pm Yet another bottle of red.
Home tomorrow at 3.00pm, pick up new battery, MOT booked for 5.00pm after the best car wash in town for £10 inside & out.
Maybe tears.
Will let you know..

Photos to follow later (who wants to see a green Z4?)
Oxford green I am assuming, unless it the very rare camo green.
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Post by Tonyjoc » Fri Mar 09, 2018 10:36 pm

Ah no, the green disappeared at the car wash, we now have very respectable Titan Silver.
Pictures when the roof works.
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Post by Mr Tidy » Fri Mar 09, 2018 11:09 pm

Tonyjoc wrote: ↑Fri Mar 09, 2018 10:36 pm Ah no, the green disappeared at the car wash, we now have very respectable Titan Silver.
Ah, it has been sat around a while then! :o

Good luck bringing it back to life! :thumbsup:
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Gone - Montego Blue
Gone - Ruby Black
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