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Post by Flyingfifer » Mon Jul 12, 2021 2:52 pm

Vornwend wrote: Mon Jul 12, 2021 2:50 pm
mmm-five wrote: Mon Jul 12, 2021 10:47 am
Vornwend wrote: Sun Jul 04, 2021 9:44 am Corrado VR6 Storm - still have a soft spot for it
That doesn't look like it's on standard suspension (or wheels) - as they tended to look like tractors on original springs :P
You're right - it was on KW V1's :) I think most owners ditched the hi-lux look :lol:
Always had a big soft spot for the Corrado VR6 but never had the pleasure of driving one :cry:
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Post by mmm-five » Mon Jul 12, 2021 3:57 pm

Vornwend wrote: Mon Jul 12, 2021 2:50 pm
mmm-five wrote: Mon Jul 12, 2021 10:47 am
Vornwend wrote: Sun Jul 04, 2021 9:44 am Corrado VR6 Storm - still have a soft spot for it
That doesn't look like it's on standard suspension (or wheels) - as they tended to look like tractors on original springs :P
You're right - it was on KW V1's :) I think most owners ditched the hi-lux look :lol:
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.

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Post by Big Bad Boris » 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 :D looked much better once I spent another fortune switching to clear light lenses.
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Post by Smartbear » Mon Aug 09, 2021 9:28 am

In 2013 i was smoking around in one of Norfolk’s finest creations, the Z4’s like a limousine in comparison :P
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Post by Argyll Andy » Mon Aug 09, 2021 9:47 am

Big 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 :D looked much better once I spent another fortune switching to clear light lenses.

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Very nice, always great to achieve a lifetime ambition :thumbsup:

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    Post by ronk » Sun Aug 22, 2021 11:24 pm

    2010 3.0l E89
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    Post by PerryGunn » 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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    Post by JamesClements » Wed Sep 01, 2021 4:47 pm

    In 2007 I was still 9 years away from passing my driving test :rofl:
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    Post by ronk » Wed Sep 01, 2021 5:12 pm

    JamesClements wrote: Wed Sep 01, 2021 4:47 pm In 2007 I was still 9 years away from passing my driving test :rofl:
    I was retiring from work :rofl:
    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 JamesClements » Wed Sep 01, 2021 5:17 pm

    ronk wrote: Wed Sep 01, 2021 5:12 pm
    JamesClements wrote: Wed Sep 01, 2021 4:47 pm In 2007 I was still 9 years away from passing my driving test :rofl:
    I was retiring from work :rofl:
    :rofl: :rofl: Proof the Zed is a car for all ages :driving:
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    Post by Flyingfifer » Wed Sep 01, 2021 7:08 pm

    PerryGunn 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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    That's lovely :thumbsup:
    The old bmws just look utterly fantastic especially compared to their newer cousins!
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    Post by obewan » Wed Sep 01, 2021 9:26 pm

    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 :thumbsup:
    Kept it until 2013 then bought an E85 :heart:
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    Post by tiglon » Sat Sep 04, 2021 5:14 pm

    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.
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    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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    Post by Chris_D » Sat Sep 04, 2021 6:42 pm

    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 :D
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