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How many Z4s have over 100k miles

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How many Z4s have over 100k miles

Post by Chris_D » Fri Mar 03, 2017 11:42 am

jamie_z4 wrote:
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jamie_z4 wrote:wow , holy thread revival :rofl:

im on 150k and still going strong touch wood
any major issues up to 150k jamie?
no mate. just got a noisy idler pulley at the moment.

I hate saying this as now next time i drive it it'll blow up :rofl:
Don't be superstitious - it's bunkum. :lol:

Sayin that tho, I was only saying to Laura the last time we were in Benny together that it was 'amazin that its done over 1/4 million miles without anyone smacking into it'. A week later..... and oh dear. :cry: :roll:
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Post by Marlon » Fri Mar 03, 2017 11:45 am

. . . feel better now Jamie ? :cry:
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Post by jamie_z4 » Fri Mar 03, 2017 11:48 am

haha! yes, oh well if it gets written off i'll just get another one, cars are so disposable to me its sad really :cry:
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Post by Chris_D » Fri Mar 03, 2017 11:52 am

jamie_z4 wrote:haha! yes, oh well if it gets written off i'll just get another one, cars are so disposable to me its sad really :cry:
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Well I felt like I'd lost a limb tbh! Amazing how attached you can get to an inanimate object.
*says while stroking the soft ear cup of my Audeze headphones* :rofl:
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Post by Marlon » Fri Mar 03, 2017 11:57 am

'Attachment' and 'cars' don't go together in Jamie's world - go on Jamie tell him how many motors you've owned :poke:
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Post by jamie_z4 » Fri Mar 03, 2017 11:59 am

:oops:

im on my 92nd & 93rd car @ the moment.
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Post by Chris_D » Fri Mar 03, 2017 12:04 pm

jamie_z4 wrote::oops:

im on my 92nd & 93rd car @ the moment.
no.....way :o
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Post by jamie_z4 » Fri Mar 03, 2017 12:05 pm

yep! 41 have been BMWs though :)
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Post by pvr » Fri Mar 03, 2017 12:09 pm

Are you Mr Wilks' son by any chance? :o
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Post by Marlon » Fri Mar 03, 2017 12:09 pm

Chris_D wrote:
jamie_z4 wrote::oops:

im on my 92nd & 93rd car @ the moment.
no.....way :o
Also, factor in that he's only had a licence for just over 10 years :D
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Post by jamie_z4 » Fri Mar 03, 2017 12:10 pm

pvr wrote:Are you Mr Wilks' son by any chance? :o

:rofl: could well be, he is old enough to be my dad
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Post by jamie_z4 » Fri Mar 03, 2017 12:11 pm

Marlon wrote:
Chris_D wrote:
jamie_z4 wrote::oops:

im on my 92nd & 93rd car @ the moment.
no.....way :o
Also, factor in that he's only had a licence for just over 10 years :D
nearly 12 mate! Im getting on a bit now :( i'd bought n sold 2 cars before i'd passed my test :rofl:
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Post by Marlon » Fri Mar 03, 2017 12:12 pm

jamie_z4 wrote:
Marlon wrote:
Chris_D wrote: no.....way :o
Also, factor in that he's only had a licence for just over 10 years :D
nearly 12 mate! Im getting on a bit now :( i'd bought n sold 2 cars before i'd passed my test :rofl:
that figures :rofl:
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Post by Chris_D » Fri Mar 03, 2017 12:18 pm

Marlon wrote:
Chris_D wrote:
jamie_z4 wrote::oops:

im on my 92nd & 93rd car @ the moment.
no.....way :o
Also, factor in that he's only had a licence for just over 10 years :D
jesus h christ on a bike that's an average of (edit) 7.75 cars a year! lol@basic maths. :lol:
I'm trying to think what frequency of 7.75x things a year I do....

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anyone else?
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Post by jamie_z4 » Fri Mar 03, 2017 12:24 pm

i think ive had over a thousand sets of wheels too :oops:

ah well, keeps me out of trouble i guess :tumbleweed:
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