Always had a big soft spot for the Corrado VR6 but never had the pleasure of driving one
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What were you driving when your car was built?
- Flyingfifer
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What were you driving when your car was built?
2006 3.0Si Coupé in Monaco Blau with all the optional trimmings
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- Lifer
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Don't think KW V1 were available when I did mine in 1999 - so had to make do with Koni/Eibach combo recommended by AMD (who did all the work on mine). Still they helped the RK2s fill the arches nicely.
I did a lot of track days and Corrado/VR6 club meets...
but ultimately I wanted a car that could do this...
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2009:I achieved a lifetime ambition and something I never thought I would achieve, owing a 911. I still remember ticking off the days as I waited to collect it looked much better once I spent another fortune switching to clear light lenses.
- Smartbear
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In 2013 i was smoking around in one of Norfolk’s finest creations, the Z4’s like a limousine in comparison
Robe89 Sdrive 20i, plenty of mumbo & good economy-the thinking bears z4
e89 Sdrive 30i, this ones busted, pass me another...
e85 3.0si sold
- Argyll Andy
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Very nice, always great to achieve a lifetime ambitionBig Bad Boris wrote: ↑Mon Aug 09, 2021 8:51 am 2009:I achieved a lifetime ambition and something I never thought I would achieve, owing a 911. I still remember ticking off the days as I waited to collect it looked much better once I spent another fortune switching to clear light lenses.
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G29 M40i Thundernight with Ivory interior, all option packs (here for a while, hopefully )
G29 M40i Misano Blue all option packs (Gone 26k of fun)
E89 35iS, Valencia Orange, Design Pure Traction pack (Gone)
E89 23i sDrive, Silver (Gone)
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Onlineronk
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2010 3.0l E89
Photo taken on the road up to Belchenblik Segelbahn , Schwarzwald.
Photo taken on the road up to Belchenblik Segelbahn , Schwarzwald.
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.
So I bought a 35is with all the toys to play with.
- PerryGunn
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In 2005, I had a mint V8 E39.
I looked for a 540i but couldn't find one that I liked enough so ended up with a late-2002 535i LCI. Liked it so much that I kept it until 2012 and then passed it on to my wife's cousin when I got my Alpina.
These pictures are from 2012 just before it went to its new owner.
I looked for a 540i but couldn't find one that I liked enough so ended up with a late-2002 535i LCI. Liked it so much that I kept it until 2012 and then passed it on to my wife's cousin when I got my Alpina.
These pictures are from 2012 just before it went to its new owner.
Alpina Roadster S #320
* Quaife ATB LSD * StrongStrut Braces * Turner RTAB Limiters * Gap-Tech RCH+ *
* Intravee & KCA-420i * Mini 0806 * Cheetah C550 * Stubby *
* Quaife ATB LSD * StrongStrut Braces * Turner RTAB Limiters * Gap-Tech RCH+ *
* Intravee & KCA-420i * Mini 0806 * Cheetah C550 * Stubby *
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In 2007 I was still 9 years away from passing my driving test
2006 Sapphire Black E86 3.0si | 108's, ZHP, Stubby, Eibach Springs
2007 Carbon Black E85 2.5i | 19" NAD alloys, Pilot Sport 4S, strut brace, Stubby, ZHP, Brembo 4 pots, Greenstuff pads, Alcantara retrim, roof motor in boot
2022 BMW G80 320D Touring
2007 Carbon Black E85 2.5i | 19" NAD alloys, Pilot Sport 4S, strut brace, Stubby, ZHP, Brembo 4 pots, Greenstuff pads, Alcantara retrim, roof motor in boot
2022 BMW G80 320D Touring
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Onlineronk
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I was retiring from workJamesClements wrote: ↑Wed Sep 01, 2021 4:47 pm In 2007 I was still 9 years away from passing my driving test
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.
So I bought a 35is with all the toys to play with.
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Proof the Zed is a car for all agesronk wrote: ↑Wed Sep 01, 2021 5:12 pmI was retiring from workJamesClements wrote: ↑Wed Sep 01, 2021 4:47 pm In 2007 I was still 9 years away from passing my driving test
2006 Sapphire Black E86 3.0si | 108's, ZHP, Stubby, Eibach Springs
2007 Carbon Black E85 2.5i | 19" NAD alloys, Pilot Sport 4S, strut brace, Stubby, ZHP, Brembo 4 pots, Greenstuff pads, Alcantara retrim, roof motor in boot
2022 BMW G80 320D Touring
2007 Carbon Black E85 2.5i | 19" NAD alloys, Pilot Sport 4S, strut brace, Stubby, ZHP, Brembo 4 pots, Greenstuff pads, Alcantara retrim, roof motor in boot
2022 BMW G80 320D Touring
- Flyingfifer
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That's lovelyPerryGunn wrote: ↑Mon Aug 23, 2021 7:07 am In 2005, I had a mint V8 E39.
I looked for a 540i but couldn't find one that I liked enough so ended up with a late-2002 535i LCI. Liked it so much that I kept it until 2012 and then passed it on to my wife's cousin when I got my Alpina.
These pictures are from 2012 just before it went to its new owner.
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The old bmws just look utterly fantastic especially compared to their newer cousins!
2006 3.0Si Coupé in Monaco Blau with all the optional trimmings
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In 2012 when my E89 was made I'd had a 2.0L Hyundai Coupe for a couple of years.
Really liked it apart for the overly bright radio display - so changed the head unit out for a Kenwood
Kept it until 2013 then bought an E85
Really liked it apart for the overly bright radio display - so changed the head unit out for a Kenwood
Kept it until 2013 then bought an E85
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E89 2.0 SDrive MSport
Honda CB500F.
Gone but not forgotten E85 2.0 MSport
Honda CB500F.
Gone but not forgotten E85 2.0 MSport
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I'm not sure exactly when my car was built, but likely around Easter 2014 when I was driving my £900 eBay MR2 Roadster to the French Alps via Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany and Switzerland.
By the time the Z was registered in May 2014 my MR2 was exploding while doing 90 (I mean 70) on the M6 near Warrington. No phone signal and got picked up by the police while trying to walk somewhere so I could call for help. At the time I lived in Exeter and was not a member of a breakdown service so it was a long and expensive day, but made infinitely better by a brilliant AA man who found a scrapyard that would take my car on the promise that I'd send on the V5 and then gave me a lift to the train station.
Still yet to find a car that's as much fun to drive.
By the time the Z was registered in May 2014 my MR2 was exploding while doing 90 (I mean 70) on the M6 near Warrington. No phone signal and got picked up by the police while trying to walk somewhere so I could call for help. At the time I lived in Exeter and was not a member of a breakdown service so it was a long and expensive day, but made infinitely better by a brilliant AA man who found a scrapyard that would take my car on the promise that I'd send on the V5 and then gave me a lift to the train station.
Still yet to find a car that's as much fun to drive.
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2014 E89 35is Valencia Orange 788M wheels (M2 Competition), E90 M3 control arms, Eibach Pro Kit Springs, MHD Stage 1
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In 2003 when my zed was built I was charging around Europe in this '96 Montreal Blue E36 323i coupe. Bought in '99 at 3 years old and with 30k on the clock it saw service until 2016 and 231k miles later when it was t-boned by some tw@t who claimed not to have seen the lights turn red for him. drrrp.
Before it got biffed it was still going strong, compression within factory spec, everything still worked and it was supremely comfortable sitting at 110mph on the autobahns on my regular blasts between Hamburg and Utrecht.
Never expected to hold on to it for so long but you know what they say; if it aint broke don't fix it....until it's broke, and then buy a zed
Before it got biffed it was still going strong, compression within factory spec, everything still worked and it was supremely comfortable sitting at 110mph on the autobahns on my regular blasts between Hamburg and Utrecht.
Never expected to hold on to it for so long but you know what they say; if it aint broke don't fix it....until it's broke, and then buy a zed
E85 3.0i roadie (03) 'Benny'. E93 320d M-Sport Cabrio (11) 'Bob'.
'Always different, always the same.' John Peel on The Fall.
'Always different, always the same.' John Peel on The Fall.